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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2019
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Brian C. Gaide, Erie, CO (US);
Steven P. Young, Boulder, CO (US);
XILINX, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Examples described herein generally related to multi-chip devices having vertically stacked chips. In an example, a multi-chip device includes a chip stack. The chip stack includes a base chip and a plurality of interchangeable chips. The base chip is directly bonded to a first one of the plurality of interchangeable chips. Each neighboring pair of the plurality of interchangeable chips is directly bonded together in an orientation with a front side of one chip of the respective neighboring pair directly bonded to a backside of the other chip of the respective neighboring pair. Each of the interchangeable chips has a same processing integrated circuit and a same hardware layout. The chip stack can include a distal chip, which can be directly bonded to a second one of the plurality of interchangeable chips.