IP Library Granted Patent US 12,062,627
Granted Patent B2
US 12,062,627 · App. 17/467,964 · Granted Aug 13, 2024

Semiconductor device

Inventor: Yoshihiro Ohara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
H01L23/60H01L23/481H01L23/5286H01L25/0652H01L2225/06513H01L2225/06544H01L2225/06586
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Patent No.
US 12,062,627
App. No.
17/467,964
Granted
Aug 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A part among a plurality of through vias formed in a non-transistor region is a floating via having a floating potential.

Claims (29)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first semiconductor chip having a first transistor region and a non-transistor region; and

a plurality of through vias formed in the non-transistor region,

wherein the plurality of through vias include:

an active via electrically connected to a circuit; and

a floating via having a floating potential,

wherein the non-transistor region is arranged between the first transistor region and a second transistor region in a plan view, and

wherein the plurality of through vias arranged at a closest place to a first boundary line between the second transistor region and the non-transistor region in a plan view are a plurality of active vias composed of the active via electrically connected to a protection circuit.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least a part of the through vias arranged at a closest place to a second boundary line between the first transistor region and the non-transistor region in a plan view is the floating via.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein arrangement density of a diffusion layer formed in the first transistor region is higher than arrangement density of a diffusion layer formed in the non-transistor region.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein no through via is formed in the first transistor region.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second semiconductor chip laminated on the first semiconductor chip,

wherein the active via is electrically connected to the second semiconductor chip.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the active via functions as a supply path for power supplied to a circuit formed on the second semiconductor chip.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 ,

wherein a protection circuit configured to suppress destruction of the active via due to plasma charge-up is not formed on the first semiconductor chip.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the floating via has a function of suppressing destruction of the active via due to plasma charge-up.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the floating via is arranged at a place where destruction due to plasma charge-up more easily occurs than that of the active via.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the second boundary line includes a convex portion protruding from the non-transistor region toward the first transistor region in a plan view, and

wherein the floating via is formed in the convex portion.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a laminated structure in which a plurality of semiconductor chips are laminated,

wherein the first semiconductor chip is a semiconductor device which is a semiconductor chip arranged in a lowermost layer among the plurality of semiconductor chips constituting the laminated structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2021
From: OHARA, YOSHIHIRO
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057453/0294 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-152505 · Sep 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220084960A1 · Mar 17, 2022
Cited By (1)
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