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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2023
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Albert M. Chu, Nashua, NH (US);
Brent A. Anderson, Jericho, VT (US);
Junli Wang, Slingerlands, NY (US);
Ruilong Xie, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jay William Strane, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device including a logic block, the logic block includes circuitry for one logic function of a semiconductor device, the logic block comprises a set of circuit rows, and a frontside to backside signal via vertically aligned and directly connecting a first backside metal signal to a first frontside metal signal, where the frontside to backside signal via is only in an edge cell of the logic block. A method including forming a logic block, the logic block includes circuitry for one logic function of a semiconductor device, the logic block comprises a set of circuit rows, and edge cells surrounding the logic block, forming a frontside to backside signal via vertically aligned and directly connecting a first backside metal signal to a first frontside metal signal, where the frontside to backside signal via is in an edge cell of the logic block.