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aaron_do
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pad layers
May 29th, 2008, 10:53pm
 
Hi all,

just wondering, how many metal layers do we normally have under the pad layer for an RF or digital pad?

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Reply #1 - May 30th, 2008, 3:55am
 
I get the pad from the seniors' design which contain all the metal from bottom to the top.
However I did not get any explanation so I also need some advices.

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Reply #2 - May 30th, 2008, 4:58am
 
We have

- RF pad top metal to top metal -2
- Digital pad top metal to bottom metal

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Reply #3 - May 30th, 2008, 6:25am
 
As bernd indicates, the details depends on your foundry.

But RF pads benefit from being top metal only if it is mechanically robust enough for the bonding process. I have used technology where this was allowed... others where it is not.

I have also seen a trend for circuitry (mostly ESD or IO drivers) to be incorporated beneath pads, in which case the metal layers which constitute the pads are the higher levels only.
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