Semiconductor device
AssigneeElpida Memory, Inc.
InventorsHideyuki Yoko, Kayoko Shibata
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Abstract
One interface chip and a plurality of core chips are stacked, and these semiconductor chips are electrically connected to each other via a plurality of through silicon vias. A data signal output from a driver circuit is input into the core chip via one of the through silicon vias. An output selection circuit selects any one of the through silicon vias by activating a corresponding one of a plurality of tri-state inverters. When an inverter is activated, a primary selection circuit causes a test signal to be supplied to a receiver circuit from a test pad. When the inverter is inactivated, a data signal from any one of the through silicon vias is supplied to the receiver circuit.
Claims13
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a first semiconductor chip that includes a driver circuit;
- a second semiconductor chip that includes a receiver circuit and an external terminal;
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- a plurality of through silicon vias that connect the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip, wherein
- the first semiconductor chip further includes an output switching circuit that selectively connects the driver circuit to any one of the through silicon vias, and
- the second semiconductor chip further includes an input switching circuit that selectively connects the receiver circuit to anyone of the through silicon vias and the external terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.