Patent ID: 6348400
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: H01L,Y10S

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