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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey David Birdsley, Austin, TX (US);
Rosalinda M. Ring, Austin, TX (US);
Rama R. Goruganthu, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/940 ; H01L 2/358 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/940 ; H01L 2/358 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor structure that includes an electrically conductive probe that extends from the back side of an integrated circuit to a selected region within the substrate. The structure includes a substrate having first and second surfaces. An active region is disposed in the substrate, and an electrically conductive probe extends from the first surface of the substrate to the active region. Probes can also be constructed to connect one to another and with well regions within the substrate.