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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2008
Ebrahim H Hargan, Boise, ID (US);
Layne Bunker, Boise, ID (US);
Dragos Dimitriu, Boise, ID (US);
Gregory King, Hastings, MN (US);
Ebrahim H Hargan, Boise, ID (US);
Layne Bunker, Boise, ID (US);
Dragos Dimitriu, Boise, ID (US);
Gregory King, Hastings, MN (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A stack of vertically-connected, horizontally-oriented integrated circuits (ICs) may have electrical connections from the front side of one IC to the back side of another IC. Electrical signals may be transferred from the back side of one IC to the front side of the same IC by means of through substrate vias (TSVs), which may include through silicon vias. Electronic apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to test and/or replace defective TSVs. Additional apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed.