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Semiconductor devices with through electrodes and methods of fabricating the same

US9852965B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 7, 2016
Grant dateDec 26, 2017
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/181
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided herein are semiconductor devices with through electrodes and methods of fabricating the same. The methods may include providing a semiconductor substrate having top and bottom surfaces facing each other, forming on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate a main via having a hollow cylindrical structure and a metal line connected to the main via, forming an interlayered insulating layer on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate to cover the main via and the metal line, removing a portion of the semiconductor substrate to form a via hole exposing a portion of a bottom surface of the main via, and forming in the via hole a through electrode that is electrically connected to the main via. The bottom surface of the main via is overlapped by a circumference of the via hole, when viewed in a plan view.

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