Appeal No. 1998-0338 Application No. 08/350,865 were known in the prior art, Nishimoto solves a different problem of cracking in a passivation layer over metal wiring. Nishimoto’s problem occurs when the width of the metal wiring is large, and 10Page: Previous 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007