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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Chia-hui Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Fang-tsun Chu, Taichung, TW;
Inventors:
Chia-Hui Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Fang-Tsun Chu, Taichung, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/00 (2006.01); H01L 23/552 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H01L 25/065 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/552 (2013.01); H01L 25/0655 (2013.01); H01L 27/0292 (2013.01); H01L 2224/16225 (2013.01); H01L 2924/157 (2013.01); H01L 2924/15192 (2013.01); H01L 2924/15311 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit structure includes first and second integrated circuit devices disposed on a interposer. Each integrated circuit device has electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuitry therein connected to an internal ESD bus. The first and second integrated circuit devices communicate with one another through the interposer. The interposer includes an ESD bus electrically connected to the ESD busses of the first and second integrated circuit devices for providing cross-device ESD protection for the integrated circuit devices.