SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT INCLUDING BACK SIDE INPUT/OUTPUT SIGNAL ROUTING

    公开(公告)号:US20230170297A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US17991255

    申请日:2022-11-21

    Applicant: IMEC VZW

    Abstract: A semiconductor component, for example an integrated circuit chip, including a semiconductor substrate having active devices at the front side thereof and I/O terminals at the back side of the component, is provided. In one aspect, the terminals are connected to the active devices through TSV connections and buried rails in an area of the substrate that is separate from the area in which the active devices are located. The I/O TSV connections are located in a floating well of the substrate that is separated from the rest of the substrate by a second well formed of material of the opposite conductivity type compared to the material of the floating well. The second well includes at least one contact configured to be coupled to a voltage that is suitable for reverse-biasing the junction between the floating well and the second well. A small capacitance is placed in series with the large parasitic capacitance generated by a thin dielectric liner that isolates the I/O TSVs and I/O rails from the substrate, thereby mitigating the negative effect of the large parasitic capacitance. Additional contacts and conductors can be provided which are configured to create an ESD protection circuit for protecting the I/O TSVs and the I/O rails from electrostatic discharges.

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