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Triaxial through-chip connection

US7215032B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 10, 2006
Grant dateMay 8, 2007
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Expiry dateJan 10, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24174
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method performed on a wafer having multiple chips, each including a doped semiconductor and substrate, involves etching an annulus trench partially into the substrate, metalizing an inner and outer perimeter side wall of the annulus trench with a metal, etching a via trench within the periphery of the annulus trench, making a length of the via trench electrically conductive, and thinning the substrate to expose the metal and the electrically conductive material so that the metal on the outer perimeter side wall and on the inner perimeter side wall are both electrically separated from each other and from the electrically conductive material.

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