Patent ID: 8828846

Claim:
A method comprising: computing a diameter of a bonding structure operable to be electrically coupled to a semiconductor die formed on a semiconductor substrate; based on computing the diameter of the bonding structure, determining a dimension of a portion of the bonding structure that extends beyond a peripheral edge of the semiconductor die and into a scribe region, wherein the scribe region is incorporated into a mask set and includes an area extending in horizontal and vertical directions on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate between semiconductor dies, and wherein the semiconductor substrate is operable to be sawed along the scribe region to separate the semiconductor dies; computing a width of the scribe region based on the dimension of the portion of the bonding structure that extends into the scribe region, and an additional distance that is operable to accommodate a width of a saw blade used to separate at least one semiconductor die from other semiconductor dies during a sawing process, wherein the semiconductor dies are physically separated on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate by the scribe region that is configured with the computed width; and forming one or more bonding structures on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate where at least one bonding structure is electrically coupled to the semiconductor die and partially extends beyond the peripheral edge of the semiconductor die and into the scribe region.