Patent ID: 8564100

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a main surface and having in the main surface an element formation region and a dicing line region surrounding the element formation region; a plurality of first pads formed in the element formation region; and a plurality of second pads formed in the dicing line region, wherein the first pads and the second pads are arranged across each other along a first edge of the element formation region, wherein a first distance is a closest distance between a third pad of the first pads and the first edge of the element formation region, a second distance is a closest distance between a fourth pad of the first pads and the first edge of the element formation region, a third distance is a closest distance between a fifth pad of the second pads closest with the third pad and the first edge of the element formation region, a fourth distance is a closest distance between a sixth pad of the second pads closest with the fourth pad and the first edge of the element formation region, the third distance and the fourth distance are substantially the same distance, the third pad is aligned with the fifth pad across the first edge of the element formation region with no intervening first pads therebetween and the fourth pad is aligned with the sixth pad across the first edge of the element formation region with no intervening first pads therebetween, and the first distance is longer than the second distance.