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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2016
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Kuan-Yu Lin, Hsinchu County, TW;
Chin-Her Chien, Taoyuan County, TW;
Ji-Jan Chen, Kaosiung, TW;
Jung-Rung Jiang, Tao-Yuan, 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 first circuit elements where a first portion of the first circuit elements has a defect. The second layer includes second circuit elements. The IC further includes interconnect elements coupling the first portion to a second portion of the second circuit elements for mitigating the defect.