IP Library Granted Patent US 8,183,685
Granted Patent B2
US 8,183,685 · App. 12/986,716 · Granted May 22, 2012

Semiconductor device

Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,183,685
App. No.
12/986,716
Granted
May 22, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A falling off of a through electrode is inhibited without decreasing a reliability of a semiconductor device including a through electrode. A semiconductor device 100 includes: a silicon substrate 101 ; a through electrode 129 extending through the silicon substrate 101 ; and a first insulating ring 130 provided in a circumference of a side surface of the through electrode 129 and extending through the semiconductor substrate 101 . In addition, the semiconductor device 100 also includes a protruding portion 146 , being provided at least in the vicinity of a back surface of a device-forming surface of the semiconductor substrate 101 so as to contact with the through electrode 129 , and protruding in a direction along the surface of the semiconductor substrate 101 toward an interior of the through electrode 129.

Claims (40)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate ( 101 );

a through electrode ( 129 ) extending through the semiconductor substrate; and

an annular cylindrical insulating film ( 130 ), being provided in a circumference of a side surface of the through electrode ( 129 ) and extending through the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ),

wherein the side surface of the through electrode ( 129 ) in the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ) has a first region at an exterior surface side of the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ) and a second region in an internal side of the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ), and

wherein the first region is substantially perpendicular with respect to the exterior surface side of the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ), and the second region is non-perpendicular with respect to the exterior surface side of the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ).

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

a protruding portion ( 146 ) being provided between the annular cylindrical insulating film ( 130 ) and the first region.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the protruding portion ( 146 ) is made from the same material that the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ) is made from.

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

an insulating film ( 139 ) covering the surface of the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ).

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the through electrode ( 129 ) extends through the insulating film ( 139 ) via an opening ( 145 ) in the insulating film ( 139 ).

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein a diameter of the opening ( 145 ) is smaller than a maximum diameter of the through electrode ( 129 ).

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein an innermost portion ( 131 ) of said annular cylindrical insulating film ( 130 ) is annular and cylindrical and an outermost portion ( 135 ) is annular and cylindrical.

8. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate ( 101 );

a through electrode ( 129 ) extending through the semiconductor substrate;

an annular cylindrical insulating film ( 130 ), being provided in a circumference of a side surface of the through electrode ( 129 ) and extending through the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ),

wherein the side surface of the through electrode ( 129 ) in the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ) has a first region at an exterior surface side of the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ) and a second region in an internal side of the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ), and

wherein the first region is substantially perpendicular with respect to the exterior surface side of the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ), and the second region is non-perpendicular with respect to the exterior surface side of the semiconductor substrate ( 101 );

a protruding portion ( 146 ) being provided between the annular cylindrical insulating film ( 130 ) and the first region,

wherein the protruding portion ( 146 ) is made from the same material that the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ) is made from.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

an insulating film ( 139 ) covering the surface of the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ).

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the through electrode ( 129 ) extends through the insulating film ( 139 ) via an opening ( 145 ) in the insulating film ( 139 ).

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 10 , wherein a diameter of the opening ( 145 ) is smaller than a maximum diameter of the through electrode ( 129 ).

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein an innermost portion ( 131 ) of said annular cylindrical insulating film ( 130 ) is annular and cylindrical and an outermost portion ( 135 ) is annular and cylindrical.

13. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate ( 101 );

an insulating film ( 139 ) located on an exterior surface side of the semiconductor substrate ( 101 );

a through electrode ( 129 ) extending through the semiconductor substrate and the insulating film ( 139 ); and

an annular cylindrical insulating film ( 130 ), being provided in a circumference of a side surface of the through electrode ( 129 ) and extending through the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ),

wherein the side surface of the through electrode ( 129 ) in the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ) has a first region at the exterior surface side of the semiconductor substrate extending through the insulating film ( 139 ), and a second region in an internal side of the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ), and

wherein the first region is substantially perpendicular with respect to the exterior surface side of the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ), and the second region is non-perpendicular with respect to the exterior surface side of the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ).

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 13 , further comprising:

a protruding portion ( 146 ) being provided between the annular cylindrical insulating film ( 130 ) and the first region.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 14 , wherein the protruding portion ( 146 ) is made from the same material that the semiconductor substrate ( 101 ) is made from.

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 13 , wherein the through electrode ( 129 ) extends through the insulating film ( 139 ) via an opening ( 145 ) in the insulating film ( 139 ).

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein a diameter of the opening ( 145 ) is smaller than a maximum diameter of the through electrode ( 129 ).

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 13 , wherein an innermost portion ( 131 ) of said annular cylindrical insulating film ( 130 ) is annular and cylindrical and an outermost portion ( 135 ) is annular and cylindrical.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2012
From: KAWANO, MASAYA; SOEJIMA, KOJI; TAKAHASHI, NOBUAKI
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028018/0314 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 10, 2012
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028018/0432 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-284248 · Sep 29, 2005 · national
Continuity (3)
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