Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Conductive seal ring for power bus distribution
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Application No.: US14809141Application Date: 2015-07-24
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Publication No.: US09881881B2Publication Date: 2018-01-30
- Inventor: Christopher N. Brindle , Anton Arriagada
- Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Haynes & Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: H01L23/522
- IPC: H01L23/522 ; H01L23/52 ; H01L23/58 ; H01L23/66 ; H01L23/60 ; H01L23/528 ; H01L23/00

Abstract:
A multi-block semiconductor device includes a first block and a second block operating in different power regimes from each other. A seal ring is around a periphery of the die, hermetically sealing the first and second blocks. The die has a substrate and an insulating layer, the seal ring being on the insulating layer. The seal ring serves as a power bus for the first block but not the second block. The seal ring and first block are electrically coupled to a first ground node, the first ground node being electrically isolated at a die-level from other ground nodes in the multi-block semiconductor device. In some embodiments, the second block is located in a central area of the die, and a plurality of metal lines electrically connect the seal ring to the first block, the metal lines being evenly spaced around a majority of the periphery of the semiconductor die.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170025368A1 CONDUCTIVE SEAL RING FOR POWER BUS DISTRIBUTION Public/Granted day:2017-01-26
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