Patent ID: 7547976

Claim:
A semiconductor device, comprising: a peripheral portion and an interior portion inside said peripheral portion; an interlayer film (105); an electrode pad having an exposed metal wire-contact layer (110) on said interlayer film; a first insulating film (106) covering said interior portion of the device and an edge of said metal wire-contact layer, said first insulating film having a plurality of first openings that each expose a respective first part of said metal wire-contact layer; and a second insulating film (108 c ) covering said first insulating film in said interior portion and covering a part of the edge of said metal wire-contact layer covered by said first insulating film, said second insulating film having a plurality of second openings that each expose a respective said first part of said metal wire-contact layer and a part of said first insulating film surrounding the respective first part of said metal wire-contact layer, said second insulating film extending only partially around said first openings so that said second openings open to said peripheral portion of the device and are coupled to each other at said peripheral portion.