IP Library Granted Patent US 8,536,711
Granted Patent B2
US 8,536,711 · App. 13/064,758 · Granted Sep 17, 2013

Chip-stacked semiconductor and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,536,711
App. No.
13/064,758
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a through electrode that penetrates through a silicon substrate, an isolation trench provided to penetrate through the silicon substrate to surround the through electrode, a first silicon film in contact with an inner surface of the isolation trench, a second silicon film in contact with an outer surface of the isolation trench, and an insulation film provided between the first and second silicon films.

Claims (39)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a through electrode that penetrates through a substrate;

an isolation trench provided to penetrate through the substrate to surround an inner portion of the substrate and the through electrode;

a first silicon film covering an inner surface of the isolation trench;

a second silicon film covering an outer surface of the isolation trench; and

an insulation film filled in a gap between the first silicon film and the second silicon film.

2. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the insulation film includes a silicon thermal oxide film formed by thermally oxidizing a surface of the first and second silicon films.

3. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the insulation film includes a CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) silicon oxide film.

4. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the insulation film includes a CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) silicon oxide film.

5. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and second silicon films comprise polycrystalline silicon films.

6. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of the inner portion of the substrate is defined by the inner surface of the isolation trench.

7. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an inner surface of the inner portion of the substrate is in contact with the through electrode.

8. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the isolation trench comprises a ring-shaped isolation trench.

9. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a rear-surface insulation film formed on a rear surface of the substrate,

wherein the first silicon film, the second silicon film, the insulation film and the inner portion of the substrate contact the rear-surface insulation film.

10. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the first silicon film, the second silicon film, the insulation film extend from the rear-surface insulation film to a main surface of the substrate.

11. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the through electrode is electrically isolated from an outer portion of the substrate by the insulation film.

12. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the isolation trench comprises an inner wall and an outer wall which is formed opposite the inner wall, the inner surface of the isolation trench being formed on the inner wall and the outer surface of the isolation trench being formed on the outer wall.

13. A semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate;

a trench penetrating the substrate;

a sidewall film formed in the trench, the sidewall film comprising a first silicon oxide film and a second silicon oxide film laminated in contact with an inner surface of the first silicon oxide film; and

a rear-surface insulation film formed on a rear surface of the substrate,

wherein the first silicon oxide film contacts the rear-surface insulation film.

14. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the first silicon oxide film includes a silicon thermal oxide film.

15. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the second silicon oxide film includes a CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) silicon oxide film.

16. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the sidewall film comprises a plurality of silicon oxide films including the first silicon oxide film and the second silicon oxide film laminated in contact with the inner surface of the first silicon oxide film, and

wherein the first silicon oxide film comprises an outermost silicon oxide film of the plurality of silicon oxide films and the first silicon oxide film is separated from a sidewall of the trench.

17. A semiconductor device comprising:

a substrate;

a trench penetrating the substrate;

a sidewall film formed in the trench, the sidewall film comprising:

a silicon film comprising a polycrystalline silicon film; and

a silicon oxide film laminated in contact with an inner surface of the silicon film; and

a film filled in a gap between the silicon oxide film.

18. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the silicon oxide film includes a silicon thermal oxide film.

19. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the silicon film comprises a monocrystalline silicon film.

20. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the film filled in the gap between the silicon oxide film comprises an insulation film.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2018
From: LONGITUDE SEMICONDUCTOR S.A.R.L.
To: LONGITUDE LICENSING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046867/0248 →
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 032900/0568 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 29, 2013
From: PS4 LUXCO S.A.R.L.
To: ELPIDA MEMORY INC.
Reel/Frame 032414/0261 →