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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1999
Daniel Baudouin, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Adin Hyslop, Dallas, TX (US);
Akitoshi Nishimura, Ibaraki, JP;
Jeffrey Janzen, Houston, TX (US);
Mark Kressley, Dallas, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device is disclosed. The device includes an integrated circuit chip having integral de-coupling capacitors on the chip backside. The de-coupling capacitors includes a metal layer in intimate contact with the semiconductor substrate of the integrated circuit, a dielectric layer and a second metal layer. The second metal layer is segmented to form multiple capacitors, and each capacitor is interconnected to power supplies of the chip. Interconnection to different integrated circuit packages is provided. A method of making the semiconductor device is also disclosed.