Patent attributes
An embodiment of the invention provides a chip package which includes: a semiconductor substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface; a device region or sensing region defined in the semiconductor substrate; a conducting pad located on the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; at least two recesses extending from the upper surface towards the lower surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein sidewalls and bottoms of the recesses together form a sidewall of the semiconductor substrate; a conducting layer electrically connected to the conducting pad and extending from the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate to the sidewall of the semiconductor substrate; and an insulating layer located between the conducting layer and the semiconductor substrate.
