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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2012
Rajiv Dunne, Murphy, TX (US);
Gary P. Morrison, Garland, TX (US);
Satyendra S. Chauhan, Sugarland, TX (US);
Masood Murtuza, Sugarland, TX (US);
Thomas D. Bonifield, Dallas, TX (US);
Rajiv Dunne, Murphy, TX (US);
Gary P. Morrison, Garland, TX (US);
Satyendra S. Chauhan, Sugarland, TX (US);
Masood Murtuza, Sugarland, TX (US);
Thomas D. Bonifield, Dallas, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit (IC) die including a substrate, and a plurality of through substrate via (TSV) that extends through the substrate to a protruding integral tip and which is partially covered with a dielectric liner and partially exposed from the dielectric liner. A metal layer is on the bottom surface of the IC die physically connecting the plurality of TSVs and physically and electrically connected to connecting the first metal protruding tips of TSVs.