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US 6,661,086 B2Granted
Three-dimensionally embodied circuit with electrically connected semiconductor chips
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorRudolf Zelsacher
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Abstract
The invention relates to a three-dimensional circuit configuration in which semiconductor chips are configured one above the other and in which the semiconductor chips are electrically connected together. In this arrangement, conductive channels are produced between mutually opposite surfaces of the semiconductor chips by thermomigrating a conductive material.
Claims6
A three-dimensionally embodied circuit, comprising:
- a plurality of semiconductor chips configured one above another, said plurality of said semiconductor chips including a first semiconductor chip, said first semiconductor chip having a conductivity type, an active first surface, a second surface opposite said active first surface, interconnects running from said active first surface to said second surface, and other zones;
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- contact plugs electrically connecting said plurality of said semiconductor chips together;
- said first semiconductor chip including regions surrounding said interconnects, said regions having a conductivity type opposing said conductivity type of said first semiconductor chip;
- said regions cooperating with said interconnects such that each one of said interconnects is electrically insulated from said other zones of said first semiconductor chip by a pn junction;
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- said regions formed by a thermomigration of a conductive material.
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