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Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2013
Applicant:

Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventors:

Guoxiang Ning, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Xiang Hu, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Paul Ackmann, Gansevoort, NY (US);

Sarasvathi Thangaraju, Malta, NY (US);

Assignee:

GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/44 (2006.01); H01L 21/768 (2006.01); H01L 23/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/76898 (2013.01); H01L 23/481 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract

Fabrication of through-substrate via (TSV) structures is facilitated by: forming at least one stress buffer within a substrate; forming a through-substrate via contact within the substrate, wherein the through-substrate via structure and the stress buffer(s) are disposed adjacent to or in contact with each other; and where the stress buffer(s) includes a configuration or is disposed at a location relative to the through-substrate via conductor, at least in part, according to whether the TSV structure is an isolated TSV structure, a chained TSV structure, or an arrayed TSV structure, to customize stress alleviation by the stress buffer(s) about the through-substrate via conductor based, at least in part, on the type of TSV structure.


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