IP Library Granted Patent US 8,373,210
Granted Patent B2
US 8,373,210 · App. 12/755,854 · Granted Feb 12, 2013

Semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufacturing method

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Patent No.
US 8,373,210
App. No.
12/755,854
Granted
Feb 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a pair of electromagnetically coupled inductors. Each of the inductors is comprised of a plurality of through electrodes which extend through a semiconductor substrate, and wires which connect the plurality of through electrodes in series.

Claims (19)

1. A semiconductor device comprising a pair of electromagnetically coupled inductors, each of said inductors including a plurality of through electrodes which extend through a semiconductor substrate, and wires which connect said plurality of through electrodes in series.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a magnetic core which serves as a magnetic core for said pair of inductors.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein said magnetic core is comprised of a plurality of partial magnetic core segments.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , comprising a plurality of said magnetic cores.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein said magnetic core and said through electrodes are formed of the same magnetic material.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein said magnetic core and said through electrodes are formed of the same magnetic material.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein said magnetic core and said through electrodes are formed of the same magnetic material.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein said magnetic core and said through electrodes are formed of nickel.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein said magnetic core and said through electrodes are formed of nickel.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein said magnetic core and said through electrodes are formed of nickel.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , further comprising a magnetic element arranged around said pair of inductors.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , further comprising a magnetic element arranged around said pair of inductors.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , further comprising a magnetic element arranged around said pair of inductors.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , further comprising a magnetic element arranged around said pair of inductors.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , further comprising a magnetic element arranged around said pair of inductors.

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein said magnetic element is connected to said magnetic core.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein said magnetic core, said through electrodes, and said magnetic element are formed of the same magnetic material.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 17 , wherein said magnetic core, said through electrodes, and said magnetic element are formed of nickel.

19. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein at least part of one of said pair of inductors is disposed within circumference formed by the other inductor.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2018
From: LONGITUDE SEMICONDUCTOR S.A.R.L.
To: LONGITUDE LICENSING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046865/0667 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: LONGITUDE SEMICONDUCTOR S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039793/0880 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2016
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: PS5 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 039818/0506 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2014
From: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
To: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 032898/0732 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 29, 2013
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: ELPIDA MEMORY INC.
Reel/Frame 032414/0261 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2010
From: IKEDA, HIROAKI; SHIOZAKI, MITSURU; IWATA, ATSUSHI
To: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
Reel/Frame 024201/0484 →