SEGMENTED-WIDTH THIN-FILM SENSE RESISTORS WITH WIDTH-DISTRIBUTED TERMINAL LAND CONNECTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20240361356A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18140456

    申请日:2023-04-27

    CPC classification number: G01R1/203 G01R19/0092

    Abstract: A thin-film resistor circuit for an integrated circuit provides low resistance by segmenting a thin-film resistor to provide a wider effective thin-film resistor in a smaller die. The die includes a substrate, multiple electronic devices integrated on the substrate and interconnected to form at least a portion of an electronic circuit, a plurality of interconnect lands arranged in a grid that interconnect the devices with external terminals, and a thin-film resistor implemented by two or more thin-film resistor segments that operate in parallel in the circuit. The segments are disposed between different pairs of adjacent columns of the grid interconnect lands, with one of the thin-film resistor segments electrically connected along its width to lands of a first column of the grid of interconnect lands, and another one of the thin-film resistor segments is electrically connected along its width to lands of a second column of the grid interconnect lands.

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