Patent ID: 8264090

Claim:
A semiconductor device, comprising: a plurality of circuit blocks, a circuit block of the plurality of circuit blocks being formed in a peripheral edge portion of a semiconductor chip; a circuit block pad formed on the circuit block providing an electrical connection for the circuit block; at least one fill block to fill in a gap between two adjacent circuit blocks of the plurality of circuit blocks; and a bonding pad laterally offset from the circuit block and the circuit block pad, the bonding pad being electrically connected to the circuit block pad and serving as a bonding wire pad for the circuit block, the laterally offset bonding pad thereby functioning as a substitute wire bonding pad for the circuit block, wherein the bonding pad is laterally offset from the circuit block pad in a direction of a nearest corner of the semiconductor chip, wherein the corner of the semiconductor chip comprises a portion of the peripheral edge portion of the semiconductor chip wherein no circuit blocks are formed, and the laterally offset bonding pad is thereby not formed on a circuit block, wherein the plurality of circuit blocks are formed in the peripheral edge portion of the semiconductor chip, wherein circuit blocks of the plurality of circuit blocks not adjacent to the corner of the semiconductor chip include a circuit block pad formed thereon that does not have an associated laterally offset bonding pad, and wherein each fill block is formed at a position farther away from a corner of the semiconductor chip than the circuit block.