IP Library Granted Patent US 8,994,187
Granted Patent B2
US 8,994,187 · App. 14/132,625 · Granted Mar 31, 2015

Semiconductor device, circuit substrate, and electronic device

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Patent No.
US 8,994,187
App. No.
14/132,625
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device has a through electrode formed in a through hole which penetrates a Si substrate from one surface to the other surface of the Si substrate, wherein a rectangular electrode pad is provided on the other surface with an insulation film laid between the electrode pad and the other surface, an opening of the through hole on the one surface side is circular, an opening of the through hole on the other surface side is rectangular, and the area of the opening on the other surface side is made smaller than the area of the opening on the one surface side.

Claims (22)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a silicon substrate that has a first surface, a second surface and a through hole penetrating the silicon substrate from the first surface to the second surface, wherein

a cross-sectional area of the through hole decreases toward a position nearer the second surface from a middle section of the through hole to the second surface, and

first shape and size of a first cross-sectional area of the middle section of the through hole in a plan view are different from second shape and size of a second cross-sectional area of the through hole in the plan view adjacent to the second surface, and

the second cross-sectional area of the through hole adjacent to the second surface is smaller than other cross-sectional areas of the through hole.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second cross-sectional area is a rectangular shape.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the through hole has a truncated pyramid-shaped inclined surface directed toward a center of an opening at the second surface.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein

the truncated pyramid-shaped inclined surface is a (111) face.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the through hole has a circular cylinder shape from the first surface to the position nearer the second surface.

6. A circuit substrate, wherein

the semiconductor device according to claim 1 is mounted on the circuit substrate.

7. An electronic device, wherein

the semiconductor device according to claim 1 is mounted on the electronic device.

8. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a silicon substrate that has a first surface, a second surface and a through hole penetrating the silicon substrate from the first surface to the second surface, wherein

a cross-sectional area of the through hole decreases toward a position nearer the second surface from a middle section of the through hole to the second surface,

the cross-sectional area of the through hole adjacent to the second surface is smaller than other cross-sectional areas of the through hole, and

an inner surface of the cross-sectional area of the through hole adjacent to the second surface is a (111) face.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2017
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: ADVANCED INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS LIMITED
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