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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
May. 21, 2012
Mukta G. Farooq, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Troy L. Graves-abe, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Spyridon Skordas, Troy, NY (US);
Kevin R. Winstel, East Greenbush, NY (US);
Mukta G. Farooq, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Troy L. Graves-Abe, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Spyridon Skordas, Troy, NY (US);
Kevin R. Winstel, East Greenbush, NY (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
Circuits incorporating three-dimensional integration and methods of their fabrication are disclosed. One circuit includes a bottom layer and a plurality of upper layers. The bottom layer includes a bottom landing pad connected to functional components in the bottom layer. In addition, the upper layers are stacked above the bottom layer. Each of the upper layers includes a respective upper landing pad that is connected to respective functional components in the respective upper layer. The landing pads are coupled by a single conductive via and are aligned in a stack of the bottom layer and the upper layers such that each of the landing pads is offset from any of the landing pads in an adjacent layer in the stack by at least one pre-determined amount.