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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01); H01L 23/48 (2006.01); H01L 25/065 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/2884 (2013.01); G01R 31/2856 (2013.01); H01L 22/34 (2013.01); H01L 23/481 (2013.01); H01L 25/0657 (2013.01); H01L 2225/06541 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor apparatus includes two or more semiconductor chips and a tester. The two or more semiconductor chips are electrically connected through one or more through-silicon vias (TSVs). The tester is on at least one of the two or more semiconductor chips and tests the state of at least one TSV based on an output signal of the TSV. The TSV is selected as a signal transmission TSV based on the state of the TSV.