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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Fen Chen, Williston, VT (US);
Mukta G. Farooq, Hopewell Junction, VT (US);
John A. Griesemer, Salt Point, NY (US);
Chandrasekaran Kothandaraman, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
John M. Safran, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Timothy D. Sullivan, Underhill, VT (US);
Ping-Chuan Wang, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Lijuan Zhang, Beacon, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A structure, such as a wafer, semiconductor chip, integrated circuit, or the like, includes a through silicon via (TSV) and an electromigration (EM) monitor. The TSV) includes at least one perimeter sidewall. The EM monitor includes a first EM wire separated from the perimeter sidewall of the TSV by a dielectric.