Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Through-substrate via (TSV) testing
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Application No.: US14877360Application Date: 2015-10-07
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Publication No.: US09929064B2Publication Date: 2018-03-27
- Inventor: Venkatraghavan Bringivijayaraghavan , Jason M. Brown
- Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: H01L21/66
- IPC: H01L21/66 ; G01R31/3185 ; H01L23/48 ; G01R31/317

Abstract:
Various embodiments comprise apparatuses and methods for testing and repairing through-substrate vias in a stack of interconnected dice. In various embodiments, an apparatus is provided that includes a number of through-substrate vias to couple to one or more devices, at least one redundant through-substrate via to allow a repair of the apparatus, and a pair of pull-up devices coupled to the through-substrate vias and the redundant through-substrate via to provide a high-data value to the first end of the respective through-substrate vias. A test register is coupled the second end of each of the through-substrate vias and the redundant through-substrate via to store a received version of the high-data value. A comparator compares the high-data value with the received version of the high-data value to test the through-substrate vias for short-circuit connections. Other apparatuses and methods are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160027706A1 THROUGH-SUBSTRATE VIA (TSV) TESTING Public/Granted day:2016-01-28
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