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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2010
Sin-hyun Jin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jong-chern Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sin-Hyun Jin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jong-Chern Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A semiconductor integrated circuit having a multi-chip structure includes a plurality of stacked semiconductor chips. At least one of the semiconductor chips includes first and second metal layers separately formed inside the semiconductor chip, a first internal circuit coupled in series between the first and second metal layers inside the semiconductor chip, a first metal path vertically formed over the second metal layer to a first side of the semiconductor chip, and a first through silicon via formed through the semiconductor chip from a second side of the semiconductor chip to the first metal layer.