Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jihak Yu

Eunji Kim

Kwangwuk Park

Yongyeop Kim

Seil Oh

A through-silicon via (TSV) key for overlay measurement includes: a first TSV extending through at least a portion of a substrate in a first direction that is perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate; and at least one ring pattern, which is apart from and surrounds the first TSV in a second direction that is parallel to the top surface of the substrate, the at least one ring pattern being arranged in a layer that is lower than a top surface of the first TSV in the first direction, wherein an inner measurement point corresponds to the first TSV, an outer measurement point corresponds to the at least one ring pattern, and the inner measurement point and the outer measurement point are arranged to provide an overlay measurement of a TSV.

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Jihak Yu