Method and apparatus providing a circuit edit structure through the back side of an integrated circuit die

Abstract

A method and an apparatus providing a circuit edit structure to an integrated circuit enabling circuit edits to be performed through the back side of an integrated circuit die. In one embodiment, a passive diffusion is disposed in the substrate of a flip-chip packaged integrated circuit die. A plurality of contacts couple the passive diffusion to a signal line disposed in a dielectric isolation layer of the integrated circuit die. In another embodiment, the signal line includes an uninterrupted length of approximately 3.0 microns beneath a field oxide region in the integrated circuit die, which provides a circuit edit cut location. The passive diffusion and circuit edit cut locations may be accessed through the back side of the flip-chip packaged integrated circuit, which enable circuit edits to be performed on the flip-chip packaged integrated circuit.

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