Capped through-silicon-vias for 3D integrated circuits

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10170399
APP PUB NO 20180012824A1
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15711241

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The present disclosure relates to a chip including a wafer, a back-end-of-line (BEOL) layer deposited on the wafer, a chip TSV in the wafer containing a conductive material, and a chip cap layer disposed between the chip TSV and the BEOL layer, and configured to reduce via extrusion of conductive material in the chip TSV during operation of the chip. The present disclosure further includes a 3D integrated circuit including a plurality of electrically connected chips, at least one of which is a chip as described above. The disclosure further relates to a 3D integrated circuit with an interposer, a TSV in the interposer containing a conductive material, and an interposer cap layer configured to reduce via extrusion of the conductive material located in the interposer TSV during operation of the circuit. The present disclosure further includes methods of forming such chips and 3D integrated circuits.

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BOARD OF REGENTS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM210 WEST 7TH STREET AUSTIN TX 78701

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Ho, Paul S Austin, US 18 259
Jiang, Tengfei Orlando, US 10 2

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