Patent ID: 6239703
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: G08B,H01L

Abstract:
A radio frequency (RF) device, comprising;an antenna,a semiconductor device connected to the antenna with an electrically conducting lead, wherein the electrically conducting lead is compression bonded to a communication pad structure attached to the semiconductor device, the communication pad structure comprising:a first electrically insulating layer having a first side and a second side, the first side attached to a surface of the semiconductor device;a second electrically conducting layer having a third side and a fourth side, the third side connected to the second side of the first insulating layer, the electrically conducting layer formed into:a pad, the pad for electrically connecting to an active element of the semiconductor device, the pad having a pad area A.sub.1 ;a mechanical supportive structure, the mechanical supportive structure substantially surrounding the pad, the mechanical supportive structure having a mechanical supportive structure area A.sub.2 ;a third electrically insulating layer having a fifth and a sixth side, the fifth side connected to the second side of the first insulating layer outside the areas A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 of the pad and the mechanical supportive structure, the third layer effectively covering the area A.sub.2 of the mechanical supportive structure, the third layer effectively covering the edges of the pad, the third layer having a contact hole allowing the electrically conducting lead to contact a central portion of the pad, where the area of the pad exposed for contacting is A.sub.3.