US Patent 7956470 Semiconductor device

A semiconductor device has a semiconductor chip which is usable as any one of 4-bit, 8-bit, and 16-bit structure devices, and a package for packaging the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip has first and second DQ pad groups of DQ system pads for said 16-bit structure device. The first DQ pad group is arranged in a first area at a vicinity of a middle part of a surface of the semiconductor chip while the second DQ pad group is arranged in a second area at an outer side of the first area on the surface. An additional pad necessary as one of DQ system pads for the 8-bit structure device except for pads included in the second DQ pad group is formed in the second area.