Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Willliam B. Kempler
  • Patent number: 6380634
    Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to provide a type of conductor wires which are appropriate for making a thin semiconductor device and can minimize problems of short-circuits between wires. This invention pertains to a type of conductor wires for electrically connecting a semiconductor chip to external conductors. According to this invention, each of conductor wires (5) has first end portion (5a) bonded to electrode pad (2) of semiconductor chip (1), second end portion (5b) bonded to external conductor (4), and bending point (A1) which is positioned between the aforementioned first and second end portions and is bent almost in the direction opposite to the direction that the conductor wire rises at the aforementioned first end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Norito Umehara