Vertical system integration
AssigneeElm Technology Corporation
InventorGlenn J. Leedy
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Abstract
The Vertical System Integration (VSI) invention herein is a method for integration of disparate electronic, optical and MEMS technologies into a single integrated circuit die or component and wherein the individual device layers used in the VSI fabrication processes are preferably previously fabricated components intended for generic multiple application use and not necessarily limited in its use to a specific application. The VSI method of integration lowers the cost difference between lower volume custom electronic products and high volume generic use electronic products by eliminating or reducing circuit design, layout, tooling and fabrication costs.
Claims45
A method of making a stacked integrated circuit comprising:
- providing a design library comprising a plurality of physical IC designs of fabricated circuit layers, wherein a circuit layer is from the group of an integrated circuit and a stacked integrated circuit;
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- using at least one circuit layer from the design library to fabricate the stacked integrated circuit, wherein said circuit layer is designed with interconnections that are completed during fabrication of the stacked integrated circuit and said interconnections pass through said circuit layer forming independent signal paths.
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