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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2017
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Chen-Hua Yu, Hsinchu, TW;
Shin-Puu Jeng, Hsinchu, TW;
Wen-Chih Chiou, Zhunan Township, TW;
Fang Wen Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;
Chen-Yu Tsai, Zhongli, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A device includes a through substrate via (TSV) extending through a device substrate. The TSV includes a first conductive material having a sidewall, a protruding end of the TSV protruding from a second side of the device substrate. A liner covers the sidewall of the first conductive material from a below the top surface of the protruding end of the TSV to an opposite end of the TSV. A passivation layer is disposed over the second side of the device substrate and over a portion of the liner disposed on the protruding end of the TSV, the passivation layer having a stair-step surface extending away from the TSV. A conductive interface layer is disposed over the passivation layer, the sidewall of the first conductive material, and the top surface of the protruding end of the TSV. A second conductive material is disposed over the first conductive material.