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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2013
Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Fen Chen, Williston, VT (US);
Andrew T. Kim, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Minhua Lu, Mohegan Lake, NY (US);
Timothy D. Sullivan, Underhill, VT (US);
Ping-Chuan Wang, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Lijuan Zhang, Beacon, NY (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
The present disclosure generally provides for an integrated circuit (IC) structure with a TSV, and methods of manufacturing the IC structure and the TSV. An IC structure according to embodiments of the present invention may include a through-semiconductor via (TSV) embedded within a substrate, the TSV having an axial end; and a metal cap contacting the axial end of the TSV, wherein the metal cap has a greater electrical resistivity than the TSV.