Patent ID: 8089165

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 the interlayer film; a first insulating film ( 106 ) covering the interior portion of the device and surrounding edge portions of the metal wire-contact layer at positions along said peripheral portion of the device, the first insulating film having a plurality of first openings, each exposing a respective first part of the metal wire-contact layer surrounded by the first insulating film; and a second insulating film ( 108 c ) covering the first insulating film in the interior portion, the second insulating film having a plurality of second openings, each exposing a respective one of the plurality of first openings and the exposed first part of the metal wire-contact layer, wherein each of the plurality of second openings open toward the peripheral portion of the device and are coupled to each other at the peripheral portion.