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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2008
Applicants:
Ki-tae Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Kang-wook Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyun-kyoung Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, and a through electrode passing through the substrate. The semiconductor device has a pad region and a through electrode region. A pad covers the pad region, extends into the through electrode region, and delimits an opening in the through electrode region. A through electrode extends through the semiconductor substrate below the hole in the pad in the through region.