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Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2009
Applicants:

Joseph P. Ellul, San Jose, CA (US);

Khanh Tran, Milpitas, CA (US);

Edward Martin Godshalk, Newberg, OR (US);

Albert Bergemont, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Joseph P. Ellul, San Jose, CA (US);

Khanh Tran, Milpitas, CA (US);

Edward Martin Godshalk, Newberg, OR (US);

Albert Bergemont, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 29/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Inductors and methods for integrated circuits that result in inductors of a size compatible with integrated circuits, allowing the fabrication of inductors, with or without additional circuitry on a first wafer and the bonding of that wafer to a second wafer without wasting of wafer area. The inductors in the first wafer are comprised of coils formed by conductors at each surface of the first wafer coupled to conductors in holes passing through the first wafer. Various embodiments are disclosed.


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