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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2012
Circuits for self-reconfiguration or intrinsic functional changes of chips before vs. after stacking
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Norman W. Robson, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Daniel J. Fainstein, New York, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for testing one or more semiconductor structures, for example, chips or wafers, in a three-dimensional stack. The method and system includes controlling a logic signal of a first circuit in a first chip or wafer connected to a supply voltage to indicate a first state during pre-assembly testing of the first chip or wafer. The method and system further includes controlling the logic signal to indicate a second state when the first circuit is connected to a second circuit of a second chip or wafer resulting in a combined circuit. The combined circuit is in a three-dimensional chip or wafer stack during post-assembly testing of the three-dimensional chip or wafer stack.