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Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2023
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Hao-Lin Yang, Kaohsiung City, TW;

Kuan-Chieh Huang, Hsinchu City, TW;

Wei-Cheng Hsu, Kaohsiung City, TW;

Tzu-Jui Wang, Fengshan City, TW;

Chen-Jong Wang, Hsin-Chu, TW;

Dun-Nian Yaung, Taipei City, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/00 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/811 (2025.01); H10F 39/014 (2025.01); H10F 39/024 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01); H10F 39/8037 (2025.01); H10F 39/804 (2025.01); H10F 39/8057 (2025.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated circuit (IC) including a first IC chip bonded to a second IC chip. The first IC chip includes a plurality of photodetectors disposed in a first substrate and a first bond structure. The first bond structure includes a first plurality of bond contacts disposed on a first plurality of conductive bond pads. The second IC chip includes a second bond structure and a second substrate. A first bond interface is disposed between the first bond structure and the second bond structure. The second bond structure comprises a second plurality of bond contacts. The first bond structure further includes a first plurality of shield structures disposed between adjacent conductive bond pads in the first plurality of conductive bond pads.


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