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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Kuan-Yu Lin, Zhudong Township, TW;
Jung-Rung Jiang, Chung-Li, TW;
Chin-Her Chien, Chung-Li, TW;
Ji-Jan Chen, Kaohsiung, TW;
Wei-Pin Changchien, Taichung, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
Provided is a monolithic stacked integrated circuit (IC). The IC includes a first layer over a substrate and a second layer over the first layer. The first layer includes a first plurality of circuit elements where a first portion of the first plurality of circuit elements has defects. The second layer includes a second plurality of circuit elements. The IC further includes interconnect elements coupling the first portion to a second portion of the second plurality of circuit elements for mitigating the defects.