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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Qing Su, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Min NI, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Zongwu Tang, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jamil Kawa, Campbell, CA (US);
James D. Sproch, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Inventors:
Qing Su, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Min Ni, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Zongwu Tang, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jamil Kawa, Campbell, CA (US);
James D. Sproch, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Assignee:
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/40 (2006.01); H01L 23/053 (2006.01); H01L 23/12 (2006.01); H01L 23/48 (2006.01); H01L 23/52 (2006.01); H01L 23/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Roughly described, an antenna diode is formed at least partially within the exclusion zone around a TSV, and is connected to the TSV by way of a metal 1 layer conductor at the same time that the TSV is connected to either the gate poly or a diffusion region of one or more transistors placed outside the exclusion zone.