Patent ID: 8115315

Claim:
A semiconductor chip comprising: a semiconductor substrate having an internal circuit at an upper portion thereof; an internal interconnection disposed on the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the internal circuit; a chip pad disposed on the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the internal circuit by the internal interconnection; a passivation layer extending over the substrate; and a redistributed metal interconnection extending over the passivation layer, and wherein one portion of the redistributed metal interconnection passes through the passivation layer and is electrically conductively connected to the internal interconnection, and another portion of the redistributed metal interconnection passes through the passivation layer and is electrically conductively connected to the chip pad such that the internal interconnection and the chip pad are electrically connected to one another by the redistributed metal interconnection, wherein the internal connection and the chip pad are formed at a same level relative to a surface of the semiconductor substrate.