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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2007
Pietro Montanini, Milan, IT;
Fabrizio Fausto Renzo Toia, Busto Arsizio, IT;
Marta Mottura, Milan, IT;
Pietro Montanini, Milan, IT;
Fabrizio Fausto Renzo Toia, Busto Arsizio, IT;
Marta Mottura, Milan, IT;
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
An electronic device is proposed. The device is integrated in a chip including at least one stacked layer having a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface, the device including: an insulating trench insulating an active region of the chip, the insulating trench having a section across each plane parallel to the front surface extending along a longitudinal line, and a front-rear contact electrically contacting the front surface to the rear surface in the active region, wherein the section of the insulating trench has a non-uniform width along the longitudinal line, and/or the device further includes at least one further insulating trench within the active region.