IP Library Granted Patent US 9,922,961
Granted Patent B2
US 9,922,961 · App. 15/354,871 · Granted Mar 20, 2018

Semiconductor device, manufacturing method for semiconductor device, and electronic device

Inventors: Satoru Wakiyama (Kanagawa, JP); Masaki Okamoto (Kumamoto, JP); Yutaka Ooka (Kanagawa, JP); Reijiroh Shohji (Tokyo, JP); Yoshifumi Zaizen (Kanagawa, JP); Kazunori Nagahata (Kanagawa, JP); Masaki Haneda (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
H01L25/0657H01L21/30604H01L21/31111H01L21/31116H01L21/76805H01L21/76877H01L21/76898H01L23/481H01L24/32H01L24/83H01L25/50H01L27/1469H01L27/14632H01L27/14634H01L27/14636H01L27/14687H01L2224/32145H01L2225/06541H01L2225/06544H01L2225/06548H01L2924/0002
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Patent No.
US 9,922,961
App. No.
15/354,871
Granted
Mar 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a semiconductor device and an electronic apparatus that comprises a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device including a first chip, a second chip that is bonded onto a first surface side of the first chip, a through electrode that is formed to penetrate from a second surface side of the first chip to a second wiring layer on the second semiconductor base substrate, and an insulation layer that is disposed between the through electrode and a semiconductor base substrate in the first chip.

Claims (48)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first chip;

a second chip that is bonded onto a first surface side of the first chip;

a first conductive layer in a first wiring layer in the first chip;

a through electrode that is formed to penetrate from a second surface side of the first chip to a second wiring layer in the second chip; and

an insulation layer that is disposed between the through electrode and a semiconductor base substrate in the first chip,

wherein the through electrode is connected to the first conductive layer,

wherein the first conductive layer includes an opening connected to a side surface of the through electrode, and

wherein the opening of the first conductive layer is formed such that the opening on a side of the first conductive layer adjacent the second surface side of the first chip is larger than on a side of the first conductive layer adjacent the first surface side of the first chip.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the insulation layer surrounds a circumference of the through electrode.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the through electrode has a first inclined surface that is in contact with the first conductive layer.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein the through electrode has a second inclined surface in the first wiring layer.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a bottom portion of the through electrode is connected to a second conductive layer in the second wiring layer in the second chip, and wherein the first and second conductive layers are connected to each other via the through electrode.

6. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first chip;

a second chip that is bonded onto a first surface side of the first chip;

a first conductive layer in a first wiring layer in the first chip;

a through electrode that is formed to penetrate from a second surface side of the first chip to a second wiring layer in the second chip; and

an insulation layer that is disposed between the through electrode and a semiconductor base substrate in the first chip,

wherein the through electrode is connected to the first conductive layer,

wherein the first conductive layer includes an opening connected to a side surface of the through electrode, and

wherein an opening width of the first conductive layer is smaller than a width of an opening portion of the through electrode.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a length of an inside of the insulation layer is greater than a width of an opening portion of the through electrode.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the opening of the first conductive layer is formed in a shape having an inclined surface.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein an inclination angle of the inclined surface of the opening of the first conductive layer is equal to or smaller than 40°.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an electrode protective layer disposed between the insulation layer and the first conductive layer.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the electrode protective layer is formed of a same material as an oxide included in the wiring layer at the first surface of the first chip.

12. An electronic device comprising:

a semiconductor device that includes:

a first chip;

a first conductive layer in a first wiring layer in the first chip;

a second chip that is bonded onto a first surface side of the first chip;

a through electrode that is formed to penetrate from a second surface side of the first chip to a wiring layer in the second chip; and

an insulation layer that is disposed between the through electrode and a semiconductor base substrate in the first chip,

wherein the through electrode is connected to the first conductive layer,

wherein the first conductive layer includes an opening connected to a side surface of the through electrode,

wherein a size of the opening on a side of the first conductive layer towards the second surface side of the first chip is larger that a size of the opening on a side of the first conductive layer towards the first surface side of the first chip; and

a signal processing circuit that processes an output signal of the semiconductor device.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the insulation layer surrounds a circumference of the through electrode.

14. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the through electrode has a first inclined surface that is in contact with the first conductive layer.

15. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein a bottom portion of the through electrode is connected to a second conductive layer in the second wiring layer in the second chip, and wherein the first and second conductive layers are connected to each other via the through electrode.

16. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein an opening width of the first conductive layer is smaller than a width of an opening portion of the through electrode.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the insulation layer surrounds a circumference of the through electrode.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the through electrode has a first inclined surface that is in contact with the first conductive layer.

19. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein a bottom portion of the through electrode is connected to a second conductive layer in the second wiring layer in the second chip, and wherein the first and second conductive layers are connected to each other via the through electrode.

20. The semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein an opening width of the first conductive layer is smaller than a width of an opening portion of the through electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2020
From: WAKIYAMA, SATORU; OKAMOTO, MASAKI; OOKA, YUTAKA; SHOHJI, REIJIROH; ZAIZEN, YOSHIFUMI; NAGAHATA, KAZUNORI; HANEDA, MASAKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053697/0320 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2012-147316 · Jun 29, 2012 · national
JP 2013-024505 · Feb 12, 2013 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15097093 · Apr 12, 2016
Division 14409634
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