Patent ID: 7863739

Claim:
A chip comprising: a silicon substrate; a dielectric layer over said silicon substrate; a metal pad over said dielectric layer; a topmost insulating layer of said chip over said dielectric layer, wherein an opening in said topmost insulating layer of said chip exposes said metal pad, and wherein said topmost insulating layer of said chip is a polymer layer; and a metal bump on said metal pad and on a first top surface of said topmost insulating layer of said chip, wherein said metal bump comprises a metal layer on said metal pad, in said opening and on said first top surface, and a copper pillar on said metal layer, over said opening and over said first top surface, wherein said copper pillar has a height between 10 and 100 micrometers and greater than a transverse dimension of said copper pillar, and wherein said copper pillar has a second top surface higher than said first top surface.