Patent ID: 7867817
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor component, the method comprising: providing an integrated circuit element with input/output pads located on an active side of the integrated circuit element; forming a plurality of non-conductive support structures on the active side of the integrated circuit element in areas that are free from input/output pads, each support structure comprising at least one apex area and at least one slope area extending from the active side to the apex area; forming a conductive interface pad on the apex area of each support structure and a conductive path across the slope of each support structure, such that the interface pad is electrically connected to the input/output pad of the integrated circuit element; and for at least one but not all of the plurality of conductive interface pads, removing all of the associated non-conductive support structure from the integrated circuit element after forming the conductive interface pads and the conductive paths.