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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
May. 05, 2016
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Sudeep Mandal, Bangalore, IN;
Richard S. Graf, Gray, ME (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
Structures that include thermoelectric couples and methods for fabricating such structures. A device level and a back-end-of-line (BEOL) interconnect structure are fabricated at a front side of a substrate. A thermoelectric couple is formed that is coupled with the substrate. The thermoelectric couple includes a first through-silicon via extending through the device level and the substrate to a back side of the substrate, a second through-silicon via extending through the device level and the substrate to the back side of the substrate, an n-type thermoelectric pillar coupled with the first through-silicon via, and a p-type thermoelectric pillar coupled with the second through-silicon via. The BEOL interconnect structure includes a wire that couples the first through-silicon via in series with the second through-silicon via.