Invention Publication
- Patent Title: IMPROVED SEALS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH SINGLE-PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE PIXELS
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Application No.: US18051600Application Date: 2022-11-01
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Publication No.: US20240145504A1Publication Date: 2024-05-02
- Inventor: Jeffrey Peter GAMBINO , Rick Carlton JEROME , David T. PRICE , Michael Gerard KEYES , Anne DEIGNAN
- Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Main IPC: H01L27/146
- IPC: H01L27/146

Abstract:
A semiconductor device may include a plurality of single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) pixels. The semiconductor device may be a backside device having a substrate at the backside, dielectric layers on the substrate, metal layers interleaved with the dielectric layers, and a through silicon via (TSV) formed in the backside through the substrate and the dielectric layers. TSV seal rings may be formed around the TSV to protect the semiconductor device from moisture and/or water ingress. The TSV seal rings may be coupled to a high-voltage cathode bond pad and be coupled to offset portions of one of the metal layers to reduce leakage and/or parasitic effects due to the voltage difference between the cathode and the substrate. The TSV seal rings may also be merged with die seal rings at the edge of the substrate.
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