Abstract: The present disclosure provides one embodiment of a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure comprises a device substrate having a front side and a back side; an interconnect structure disposed on the front side of the device substrate; and a bonding pad connected to the interconnect structure. The bonding pad comprises a recessed region in a dielectric material layer; a dielectric mesa of the dielectric material layer interposed between the recessed region; and a metal layer disposed in the recessed region and on the dielectric mesa.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a device substrate having a front side and a back side. The semiconductor device further includes an interconnect structure disposed on the front side of the device substrate, the interconnect structure having a n-number of metal layers. The semiconductor device also includes a bonding pad disposed on the back side of the device substrate, the bonding pad extending through the interconnect structure and directly contacting the nth metal layer of the n-number of metal layers.

Abstract: A high-voltage MOS device includes a first high-voltage well (HVW) region overlying a substrate, a second HVW region overlying the substrate, a third HVW region of an opposite conductivity type as that of the first and the second HVW regions overlying the substrate, wherein the HVPW region has at least a portion between the first HVNW region and the second HVNW region, an insulation region in the first HVNW region, the second HVNW region, and the HVPW region, a gate dielectric over and extending from the first HVNW region to the second HVNW region, a gate electrode on the gate dielectric, and a shielding pattern electrically insulated from the gate electrode over the insulation region. Preferably, the gate electrode and the shielding pattern have a spacing of less than about 0.4 ?m. The shielding pattern is preferably connected to a voltage lower than a stress voltage applied on the gate electrode.

Abstract: A high-voltage MOS device includes a first high-voltage well (HVW) region overlying a substrate, a second HVW region overlying the substrate, a third HVW region of an opposite conductivity type as that of the first and the second HVW regions overlying the substrate, wherein the HVPW region has at least a portion between the first HVNW region and the second HVNW region, an insulation region in the first HVNW region, the second HVNW region, and the HVPW region, a gate dielectric over and extending from the first HVNW region to the second HVNW region, a gate electrode on the gate dielectric, and a shielding pattern electrically insulated from the gate electrode over the insulation region. Preferably, the gate electrode and the shielding pattern have a spacing of less than about 0.4 ?m. The shielding pattern is preferably connected to a voltage lower than a stress voltage applied on the gate electrode.