IP Library Granted Patent US 8,536,705
Granted Patent B2
US 8,536,705 · App. 13/455,152 · Granted Sep 17, 2013

Integrated circuit system with through silicon via and method of manufacture thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,536,705
App. No.
13/455,152
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit system includes: providing a substrate including an active device; forming a through-silicon-via into the substrate; forming an insulation layer over the through-silicon-via to protect the through-silicon-via; forming a contact to the active device after forming the insulation layer; and removing the insulation layer.

Claims (14)

1. An integrated circuit (IC) device comprising:

a substrate including an active component;

a passivation layer being disposed over the substrate and the active component;

a through-silicon-via (TSV) contact for facilitating stacking of IC devices, wherein the TSV contact comprises a top surface and a continuous depth which extends from a top side of the IC device through the passivation layer and into the substrate; and

a device contact which comprises a top surface and a depth to the active device, wherein the top surfaces of the TSV and device contacts are exposed.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the TSV contact passes through an isolation structure in the substrate.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the TSV contact and the device contact comprise different material.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the top surfaces of the TSV and device contacts are coplanar with each other.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the device contact passes through the passivation layer.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the TSV contact and the contact are physically separated from each other.

7. The device of claim 2

wherein the substrate has a thickness T s , the substrate includes a TSV region in the substrate, the TSV region has a first material different from the substrate, the TSV region has a TSV depth D TSV which is less than T s ; and

comprises a via in the substrate through the TSV region, wherein the via has a via depth D v which is greater than D TSV and less than T s and the TSV contact is in the via.

8. The device of claim 2 comprising a trench in the substrate filled with a first material different from the substrate, and wherein the TSV contact is disposed in the substrate through the trench.

Assignments (2)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2020
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 054481/0673 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 27, 2018
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 047660/0203 →