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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Syed M. Alam, Austin, TX (US);
Robert E. Jones, Austin, TX (US);
Scott K. Pozder, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A reciprocal design symmetry allows stacked wafers or die on wafer to use identical designs or designs that vary only by a few layers (e.g. metal interconnect layers). Flipping or rotating one die or wafer allows the stacked die to have a reciprocal orientation with respect to each other which may be used to decrease the interconnect required between the vertically stacked die and or wafers. Flipping and/or rotating may also be used to improve heat dissipation when wafer and/or die are stacked. The stacked wafers or die may then be packaged.