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Granted Patent B2
US 12,557,606 · App. 17/699,197 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Semiconductor test key including strip arranged resistor patterns

Inventors: Linshan Yuan (Fujian, CN); Yi Lu Dai (Shamen, CN); Guang Yang (Fujian, CN); Jinjian Ouyang (Fujian, CN); Hang Liu (Shamen, CN); Chin-Chun Huang (Hsinchu County, TW); Wen Yi Tan (Fujian, CN)
Assignee: United Semiconductor (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
H01L22/34G01R31/2884H01L23/544H05K1/0266
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Patent No.
US 12,557,606
App. No.
17/699,197
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a semiconductor testkey, which includes a testkey on a substrate, the testkey includes a first resistor pattern, a second resistor pattern and a third resistor pattern arranged in a strip, the distance between the first resistor pattern and the second resistor pattern is defined as a first distance, and the distance between the second resistor pattern and the third resistor pattern is defined as a second distance, the first resistor pattern, the second resistor pattern and the third resistor pattern have the same pattern, and the second distance is larger than the first distance.

Claims (11)

1 . A semiconductor test key, comprising:

a test key located on a substrate;

wherein the test key comprises a first resistor pattern, a second resistor pattern and a third resistor pattern arranged in a strip, wherein a distance between the first resistor pattern and the second resistor pattern is defined as a first distance, and a distance between the second resistor pattern and the third resistor pattern is defined as a second distance, wherein the first resistor pattern, the second resistor pattern and the third resistor pattern have the same pattern, and the second distance is larger than the first distance, wherein the first resistor pattern, the second resistor pattern and the third resistor pattern all include a plurality of stripe resistor patterns, and a plurality of wires connect the stripe resistor patterns in series, wherein the stripe resistor patterns of the first resistor pattern, the second resistor pattern and the third resistor pattern are arranged along a same direction.

2 . The semiconductor test key according to claim 1 , wherein the stripe resistor pattern is perpendicular to the wires.

3 . The semiconductor test key according to claim 1 , wherein a width of each stripe resistor pattern is between 0.1 μm and 1 μm.

4 . The semiconductor test key according to claim 1 , wherein a length of each of the stripe resistor patterns is between 0.5 μm and 3 μm.

5 . The semiconductor test key according to claim 1 , wherein in the first resistor pattern, a distance between any strip resistor pattern and another adjacent strip resistor pattern is between 0.1 μm and 1 μm.

6 . The semiconductor test key according to claim 1 , wherein the first distance and the second distance are between 10 μm and 1000 μm.

7 . The semiconductor test key according to claim 1 , further comprising a device pattern pair located beside the test key, wherein the device pattern pair comprises two mutually symmetrical device patterns.

8 . The semiconductor test key of claim 7 , wherein a distance between the two mutually symmetrical device patterns is equal to the first distance or the second distance.

9 . The semiconductor test key according to claim 1 , wherein the test key further comprises a fourth resistor pattern disposed beside the third resistor pattern, wherein the fourth resistor pattern comprises a pattern equal to the third resistor pattern, and the distance between the fourth resistor pattern and the third resistor pattern is defined as a third distance, wherein the third distance is greater than the second distance.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2022
From: YUAN, LINSHAN; DAI, YI LU; YANG, GUANG; OUYANG, JINJIAN; LIU, HANG; HUANG, CHIN-CHUN; TAN, WEN YI
To: UNITED SEMICONDUCTOR (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202210132613.5 · Feb 14, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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