摘要 |
A method of fabricating and a wafer having a plurality of photosensor Arrays thereon. And, a method of testing the wafer before the wafer is diced and assembled to form a Silicon photosensor Array which may be combined with other like photosensor arrays to form a full page width image sensor bar. The invention allows checking of every V-groove on every chip. An implanted or diffused region is placed across the V-groove, with electrical connections on both ends of the diffusion. If the V-groove is formed, the diffused region will be broken and the electrical path will be open. A deeper diffusion can be also used to check for incomplete V-grooves. If one end of the electrical path is tied to an existing I/O pad on the chip and the other end to ground, this path will have no effect on the input resistance if the V-groove is formed. There will be a small, but acceptable, increase in input capacitance. If the V-groove is not formed, the connection will appear as a short or high leakage on the chip input, which will fail the DC test on that I/O. Thus, existing DC tests can be used to check normal I/O integrity and V-groove process completion.
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