IP Library Granted Patent US 50,431
Granted Patent E1
US 50,431 · App. 17/308,796 · Granted May 13, 2025

Semiconductor device, fabrication process, and electronic device

Inventor: Masaya Nagata (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
H01L23/49827H01L21/76898H01L23/49866H10F39/011H10F39/804H01L2924/00H01L2924/0002
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 50,431
App. No.
17/308,796
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
E1
Abstract

A semiconductor device is provided, including a semiconductor substrate that includes a semiconductor; an electrode layer formed above a first surface side inside the semiconductor substrate; a conductor layer formed above the electrode layer and above the first surface of the semiconductor substrate; a hole formed through the semiconductor substrate from a second surface of the semiconductor substrate to the conductor layer; and a wiring layer that is electrically connected to the electrode layer via the conductor layer at an end portion of the vertical hole, and that extends to the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, the wiring layer being physically separated from the electrode layer by an insulating layer disposed therebetween.

Claims (31)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate that includes a semiconductor;

an electrode layer formed above a first surface side inside the semiconductor substrate;

a conductor layer formed above the electrode layer and above the first surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a hole formed through the semiconductor substrate from a second surface of the semiconductor substrate to the conductor layer; and

a wiring layer that is electrically connected to the electrode layer via the conductor layer at an end portion of the hole, and that extends to the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, the wiring layer being physically separated from the electrode layer by an insulating layer disposed therebetween.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a frame layer laminated on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the frame layer is a sealant configured to bond a glass substrate to the first surface of the semiconductor substrate.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the conductor layer fills an aperture portion in the sealant.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein the conductor layer includes silver or copper.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein the conductor layer is substantially the same thickness as the sealant.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein the conductor layer has a thickness of about 50 μm.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical connection between the electrode layer and the conductor layer is only at the end portion of the hole, the end portion being located within the conductor layer.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the end portion located within the conductor layer is disposed above an uppermost surface of the electrode layer.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the hole extends into a portion of the conductor layer.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the hole perforates the electrode layer.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the insulating layer is disposed around the wiring layer in the hole and extends into the portion of the conductor layer.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the insulating layer extends above an uppermost surface of the electrode layer.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor layer is a material having a melting point greater than 1,410° C.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor layer is a material having a melting point less than or equal to about 1,410° C.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor layer is in the form of a paste material.

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode layer includes aluminum, copper, tungsten, nickel, or tantalum, or a combination thereof.

17. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a silicon layer;

a film on the silicon layer;

an electrode formed inside the film;

a conductor layer formed under the electrode and above a first surface of the silicon layer;

a hole formed through the silicon layer from a second surface of the silicon layer to the conductor layer, the second surface of the silicon layer being opposite to the first surface of the silicon layer; and

a wiring layer that is electrically connected to the electrode via the conductor layer at an end portion of the hole, and that extends to the second surface of the silicon layer, the wiring layer being physically separated from the silicon layer and a portion of the conductor layer by an insulating layer disposed therebetween,

wherein the wiring layer penetrates the silicon layer and projects from the first surface of the silicon layer.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein, in a cross-sectional view, the conductor layer directly covers an entire bottom surface of the electrode.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein the conductor layer includes at least one of titanium nitride, tantalum nitride, Ag, and Cu.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 17, 2021
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057538/0224 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2021
From: NAGATA, MASAYA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057256/0118 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-054389 · Mar 11, 2011 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16134455 · Sep 18, 2018
Continuation 15448368 · Mar 2, 2017
Reissue 14261033 · Apr 24, 2014
Continuation 13412256 · Mar 5, 2012
Reissue 14261033 · Apr 24, 2014
References Cited (63)
US 5877075A · Dai et al. · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 5976968A · Dai · 1999 [cited by applicant]
US 7482678B2 · Kertesz · 2009 [cited by examiner]
US 7646100B2 · Kameyama et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 7834461B2 · Asai et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 8736027B2 · Nagata · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8742564B2 · Lou et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 8970012B2 · Nagata · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9136291B2 · Saito · 2015 [cited by examiner]
US 9337093B2 · Oshida et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 9936574B2 · Rogers · 2018 [cited by examiner]
US RE47087E · Nagata · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US RE48590E · Nagata · 2021 [cited by examiner]
US 20040129992A1 · Shibayama et al. · 2004 [cited by applicant]
US 20070265792A1 · Gui et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20080284041A1 · Jang · 2008 [cited by examiner]
US 20090284631A1 · Matsuo et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20100007030A1 · Koike · 2010 [cited by examiner]
US 20100140752A1 · Marimuthu · 2010 [cited by examiner]
US 20100321544A1 · Matsuo et al. · 2010 [cited by applicant]
US 20110024858A1 · Yoshihara et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110089571A1 · Matsuo · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110175221A1 · Ni · 2011 [cited by examiner]
US 20110221070A1 · Yen et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110278734A1 · Yen · 2011 [cited by examiner]
US 20110278735A1 · Yen et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110284912A1 · Sekine et al. · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20110304057A1 · Matsumoto · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20120007154A1 · Lin et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20120146108A1 · Chang et al. · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20120298993A1 · Nagata · 2012 [cited by applicant]
US 20150206826A1 · Nagata · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20200258924A1 · Takachi · 2020 [cited by examiner]
JP 2004056031 · 2004 [cited by applicant]
JP 2007305995 · 2007 [cited by applicant]
JP 2008109106 · 2008 [cited by applicant]
JP 2009158862 · 2009 [cited by applicant]
JP 2010109380 · 2010 [cited by applicant]
JP 2011035038 · 2011 [cited by applicant]
KR 1020070036694 · 2007 [cited by applicant]
KR 1020090104127 · 2009 [cited by applicant]
KR 1020110013231 · 2011 [cited by applicant]
Official Action for Japan Patent Application No. 2011-054389, dated Dec. 11, 2014, 4 pages. [cited by applicant]
Official Action (with English translation) for Korean Patent Application No. 10-2012-0021983, dated May 1, 2018, 9 pages. [cited by applicant]
Official Action (with English translation) for Korean Patent Application No. 10-2018-0162105, dated Jan. 24, 2019, 8 pages. [cited by applicant]
Official Action (with English translation) for Korean Patent Application No. 10-2018-0162105, dated Jun. 4, 2019, 8 pages. [cited by applicant]
Official Action (with English translation) for Chinese Patent Application No. 201710300184.7, dated Jan. 2, 2020, 13 pages. [cited by applicant]
Official Action (with English translation) for Korean Patent Application No. 10-2020-0025934, dated May 1, 2020, 6 pages. [cited by applicant]
Official Action for U.S. Appl. No. 13/412,256, dated Apr. 1, 2013, 11 pages. [cited by applicant]
Official Action for U.S. Appl. No. 13/412,256, dated Sep. 10, 2013, 12 pages. [cited by applicant]
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 13/412,256, dated Jan. 31, 2014, 7 pages. [cited by applicant]
Official Action for U.S. Appl. No. 14/261,033, dated Jun. 20, 2014, 4 pages. [cited by applicant]
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 14/261,033, dated Oct. 9, 2014, 7 pages. [cited by applicant]
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 14/261,033, dated Jan. 29, 2015, 2 pages. [cited by applicant]
Official Action for U.S. Appl. No. 15/448,368, dated Oct. 19, 2017, 20 pages. [cited by applicant]
Official Action for U.S. Appl. No. 15/448,368, dated Mar. 30, 2018, 12 pages. [cited by applicant]
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 15/448,368, dated May 16, 2018, 8 pages. [cited by applicant]
Official Action for U.S. Appl. No. 16/134,455, dated Oct. 10, 2019, 12 pages. [cited by applicant]
Official Action for U.S. Appl. No. 16/134,455, dated Jan. 29, 2020, 16 pages. [cited by applicant]
Official Action for U.S. Appl. No. 16/134,455, dated Jun. 16, 2020, 16 pages. [cited by applicant]
Official Action for U.S. Appl. No. 16/134,455, dated Oct. 19, 2020, 10 pages. [cited by applicant]
Notice of Allowance for U.S. Appl. No. 16/134,455, dated Jan. 28, 2021, 8 pages. [cited by applicant]
Japanese Office Action dated Dec. 11, 2014 in application No. 2011-054389. [cited by applicant]