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TEST STRUCTURE AND RELATED METHODS FOR EVALUATING STRESS-INDUCED VOIDING

  • US 20040207383A1
  • Filed: 04/21/2003
  • Published: 10/21/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A test structure formed within a semiconductor wafer, comprising:

  • a plurality of first level bulk metals having varying sizes, adjacent ones of the plurality of first level bulk metals coupled together using vias connected to second level thin conductors located therebetween;

    a plurality of second level bulk metals having varying sizes, adjacent ones of the plurality of second level bulk metals coupled together using vias connected to first level thin conductors located therebetween;

    a first level contact pad coupled to a smallest of the plurality of second level bulk metals; and

    a second level contact pad coupled to a largest of the plurality of first level bulk metals, a largest of the second level bulk metals coupled to a smallest of the first level bulk metals.

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