IP Library Granted Patent US 7,898,073
Granted Patent B2
US 7,898,073 · App. 12/820,478 · Granted Mar 1, 2011

Semiconductor device and semiconductor module employing thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,898,073
App. No.
12/820,478
Granted
Mar 1, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device is provided with a silicon substrate and a structure filled in a through hole that has a rectangular cross section and extends through the silicon substrate. The structure comprises a pipe-shaped through electrode, stripe-shaped through electrodes, silicons, a first insulating film, a second insulating film and a third insulating film. The pipe-shaped through electrode is utilized as a pipe-shaped electric conductor that extends through the silicon substrate. In addition, the stripe-shaped through electrodes are provided in the interior of the pipe-shaped through electrode so that the stripe-shaped through electrodes extend through the silicon substrate and is spaced away from the pipe-shaped through electrode. A plurality of through electrodes are provided in substantially parallel within the inner region of the pipe-shaped through electrode.

Claims (12)

1. A semiconductor module, comprising a multilayered structure that includes a plurality of semiconductor devices,

wherein each of said semiconductor devices comprises:

a semiconductor substrate;

a first electric conductor extending through said semiconductor substrate, wherein the first electric conductor is a loop, the loop enclosing a first region of the semiconductor substrate; and

a plurality of second electric conductors extending through said semiconductor substrate and being provided in the interior of said first electric conductor spaced away from said first electric conductor, wherein the plurality of the second electric conductors are provided in the interior of the first region enclosed by said loop and are spaced away from said first electric conductor,

wherein said first electric conductor or said second electric conductor of one of said semiconductor devices is electrically coupled to another one of said semiconductor devices.

2. A semiconductor module, comprising a multilayered structure that includes a plurality of semiconductor devices,

wherein each of said semiconductor devices comprises:

a semiconductor substrate;

a first electric conductor extending through said semiconductor substrate, wherein the first electric conductor is a loop; and

a second electric conductor, extending through said semiconductor substrate and coupled to opposite sides of said loop, the second electric conductor dividing a region enclosed by said first electric conductor into more than one sub region,

wherein said first electric conductor or said second electric conductor of one of said semiconductor devices is electrically coupled to another one of said semiconductor devices.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2020
From: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
To: TESSERA, INC.; INVENSAS BONDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (F/K/A ZIPTRONIX, INC.); FOTONATION CORPORATION (F/K/A DIGITALOPTICS CORPORATION AND F/K/A DIGITALOPTICS CORPORATION MEMS); INVENSAS CORPORATION; TESSERA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC; DTS, INC.; DTS LLC; PHORUS, INC.; IBIQUITY DIGITAL CORPORATION
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2020
From: ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; TIVO SOLUTIONS INC.; VEVEO, INC.; INVENSAS CORPORATION; INVENSAS BONDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; TESSERA, INC.; TESSERA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; DTS, INC.; PHORUS, INC.; IBIQUITY DIGITAL CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2016
From: INVENSAS CORPORATION; TESSERA, INC.; TESSERA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; ZIPTRONIX, INC.; DIGITALOPTICS CORPORATION; DIGITALOPTICS CORPORATION MEMS; DTS, LLC; DTS, INC.; PHORUS, INC.; IBIQUITY DIGITAL CORPORATION
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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