- Patent Title: Integrated circuit chip and semiconductor device including the same
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Application No.: US16199297Application Date: 2018-11-26
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Publication No.: US10761132B2Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Dong-Uk Lee
- Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: IP & T Group LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@29d9c96c
- Main IPC: G01R31/28
- IPC: G01R31/28 ; H01L25/065 ; H01L25/18 ; H01L23/48

Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a first integrated chip; a second integrated chip; a plurality of reference through-chip vias formed through the first and second integrated circuit chips; and at least a normal through-chip via formed through the first and second integrated circuit chips, wherein the first integrated circuit chip comprises: a plurality of reference sourcing circuits suitable for sourcing a reference current to the respective reference through-chip vias; and at least a sourcing circuit suitable for sourcing the reference current to the normal through-chip via, and wherein the second integrated circuit chip comprises: a plurality of reference sinking circuits suitable for sinking currents flowing through the respective reference through-chip vias; a line suitable for electrically coupling the plurality of reference through-chip vias; a comparison voltage generation circuit suitable for generating a plurality of comparison voltages based on a voltage of the line; at least a sinking circuit suitable for sinking a current flowing through the normal through-chip via; and a comparison circuit suitable for comparing the voltage of the normal through-chip via to the plurality of comparison voltages.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190293711A1 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2019-09-26
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