Patent ID: 6635560
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of interconnecting internal circuitry within a semiconductor device having a semiconductor die, comprising:providing a plurality of bond pads on an active surface of said semiconductor die, each of said plurality of bond pads being wirelessly electrically connected to internal circuitry of said semiconductor die, a first portion of said plurality of bond pads located adjacent a perimeter of said semiconductor die providing an external contact for a first portion of said internal circuitry of said semiconductor die and a second portion of said plurality of bond pads located on said semiconductor die providing an external contact for a second portion of said internal circuitry of said semiconductor die providing access at any time to selected functions of said internal circuitry of said semiconductor die for forming a semiconductor die having selected functions at any time of a manufacturing process, said selected functions of said internal circuitry including selected functions of said internal circuitry other than supply of power to said semiconductor die through use of more than one bond pad of said plurality of bond pads; selecting a first bond pad from said first portion of said plurality of bond pads including selecting a lead finger on said active surface; selecting a second bond pad from said second portion of said plurality of bond pads; selecting an option bond pad for use in connection of portions of said semiconductor die; and electrically interconnecting said internal circuitry within said semiconductor die by directly interconnecting said first bond pad with said second bond pad using at least one electrically conductive wire bond, said at least one electrically conductive wire bond providing an external electrical connection between said first and said second bond pads, said interconnecting altering at least one of an input function and an output function of said semiconductor die.