IP Library Granted Patent US 7,696,609
Granted Patent B2
US 7,696,609 · App. 11/290,509 · Granted Apr 13, 2010

Semiconductor device comprising a memory portion and a peripheral circuit portion

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Patent No.
US 7,696,609
App. No.
11/290,509
Granted
Apr 13, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a semiconductor chip that provides a semiconductor device with high reliability and low leak current, and a method of manufacturing such a semiconductor chip, and more specifically, provides a semiconductor chip comprising memory portions and a peripheral circuit portion, where the memory portions and the peripheral circuit portion are formed in a main surface portion of the semiconductor chip, a thickness of the sections of the semiconductor chip passing through the main surface portion in which the memory portions are formed is larger than a thickness of sections of the semiconductor chip passing through the main surface portion in which the peripheral circuit portion is formed, and a method of manufacturing such a semiconductor chip.

Claims (7)

1. A semiconductor device including a board and a semiconductor chip mounted on the board, wherein the semiconductor chip is formed from a semiconductor material, and comprises memory portions and a peripheral circuit portion including predetermined portions that are adjacent to respective memory portions, wherein

the memory portions and the peripheral circuit portion are formed in a main surface portion of the semiconductor chip, and

the semiconductor chip further comprising groove portions that are formed in the semiconductor material on a backside of the semiconductor chip only at positions corresponding to the projected plan of the peripheral circuit portion except the predetermined portions and that have a depth in which the groove portions do not reach an element of a peripheral circuit in the peripheral circuit portion, said backside opposing said main surface.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising flat portions that are formed on the backside of the semiconductor chip at positions corresponding to the projected plan of the memory portions and the predetermined portions.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a depth of the groove portions is in a range of 5 to 60% of the thickness of the semiconductor chip.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor chip is bonded to the board.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 or 4 , wherein at least one of a surface of the semiconductor chip comes into contact with a sealing resin.

Assignments (9)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 051028/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 050937/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2018
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 047243/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2018
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 047540/0001 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REPLACE ERRONEOUSLY FILED PATENT #7358718 WITH THE CORRECT PATENT #7358178 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 038669 FRAME 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Jun 8, 2017
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 043079/0001 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 2, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038954/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2016
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038669/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 032645/0422 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2005
From: OYU, KIYONORI
To: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
Reel/Frame 017309/0042 →