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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Daniel C. Edelstein, White Plains, NY (US);
Michael A. Gaynes, Vestal, NY (US);
Thomas M. Shaw, Peekskill, NY (US);
Bucknell C. Webb, Ossining, NY (US);
Roy R. Yu, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A volumetric integrated circuit manufacturing method is provided. The method includes assembling a slab element of elongate chips, exposing a wiring layer between adjacent elongate chips of the slab element, metallizing a surface of the slab element at and around the exposed wiring layer to form a metallized surface electrically coupled to the wiring layer and passivating the metallized surface to hermetically seal the metallized surface.