IP Library Granted Patent US 12,500,166
Granted Patent B2
US 12,500,166 · App. 18/675,097 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Semiconductor device

Inventor: Wei-Kai Shih (Nantou County, TW)
Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
H01L23/528H01L23/3171H01L24/03H01L24/05H01L2224/02311H01L2224/02313H01L2224/02373H01L2224/0401
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Patent No.
US 12,500,166
App. No.
18/675,097
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

One of the semiconductor devices includes a semiconductor substrate, a passivation layer and a conductive pattern. The semiconductor substrate includes a conductive pad thereover. The passivation layer over the semiconductor substrate. The conductive pattern is penetrating through the passivation layer and electrically connected to the conductive pad, wherein a sidewall of the conductive pattern interfacing with the passivation layer and the conductive pad has at least one turning point.

Claims (26)

1 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate, comprising a conductive pad thereover;

a passivation layer over the semiconductor substrate; and

a conductive pattern, penetrating through the passivation layer and electrically connected to the conductive pad, wherein a sidewall of the conductive pattern interfacing with the passivation layer and the conductive pad has a first turning point, and a height of the first turning point is at a lower level with respect to an interface of the passivation layer and the conductive pad.

2 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sidewall of the conductive pattern further comprises a second turning point, and a height of the second turning point is substantially at a same level with the interface of the passivation layer and the conductive pad.

3 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sidewall of the conductive pattern is in direct contact with the passivation layer.

4 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a width of the conductive pattern decreases along a direction from the first turning point to the semiconductor substrate.

5 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a width of the conductive pad increases along a direction from the first turning point to the semiconductor substrate.

6 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sidewall of the conductive pattern further comprises a second turning point, and a height of the second turning point is substantially the same as a top of the conductive pad.

7 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the height of the first turning point is lower than a height of a top of the conductive pad.

8 . A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate, comprising a conductive pad thereover;

a passivation layer over the semiconductor substrate; and

a conductive pattern, penetrating through the passivation layer and electrically connected to the conductive pad, wherein a sidewall of the conductive pattern interfacing with the passivation layer and the conductive pad has at least one turning point, and a height of the at least one turning point is lower than a height of a top of the conductive pad.

9 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the conductive pattern is electrically connected to an under bump metallization layer.

10 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the conductive pad has a concave surface interfacing with the conductive pattern.

11 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the conductive pattern has a concave surface conformal to the concave surface of the conductive pad.

12 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the concave surface of the conductive pad is lower than the height of the top of the conductive pad.

13 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the top of the conductive pad interfaces with the passivation layer.

14 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sidewall of the conductive pattern further comprises a second turning point, and a height of the-second turning point is lower than the height of the first turning point.

15 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sidewall of the conductive pattern further comprises a second turning point, and a height of the-second turning point is higher than the height of the first turning point.

16 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the at least one turning point comprises a plurality of turning points at different heights.

17 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the passivation layer comprises a first layer and a second layer on the first layer, and a sidewall of the first layer interfacing with the conductive pattern is substantially flush with a sidewall of the second layer interfacing with the conductive pattern.

18 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the conductive pad has a first surface facing the semiconductor substrate and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the passivation layer covers a portion of the second surface of the conductive pad.

19 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising an interconnect structure between the semiconductor substrate and the conductive pad, wherein the conductive pad is electrically connected to the interconnect structure.

20 . The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the passivation layer has a first surface facing the semiconductor substrate and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the conductive pattern covers a portion of the second surface.

Continuity (2)
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