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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2010
Gerald K. Bartley, Rochester, MN (US);
Darryl J. Becker, Rochester, MN (US);
Philip R. Germann, Oronoco, MN (US);
Andrew B. Maki, Rochester, MN (US);
John E. Sheets, Ii, Zumbrota, MN (US);
Gerald K. Bartley, Rochester, MN (US);
Darryl J. Becker, Rochester, MN (US);
Philip R. Germann, Oronoco, MN (US);
Andrew B. Maki, Rochester, MN (US);
John E. Sheets, II, Zumbrota, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor chip has a gated through silicon via (TSVG). The TSVG may be switched so that the TSVG can be made conducting or non-conducting. The semiconductor chip may be used between a lower level semiconductor chip and a higher semiconductor chip to control whether a voltage supply on the lower level semiconductor chip is connected to or disconnected from a voltage domain in the upper level semiconductor chip. The TSVG comprises an FET controlled by the lower level chip as a switch.