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Test structure for testing metal connectivity of wafer lamination structure

A technology for testing structures and metal connections, applied in electrical components, electrical solid-state devices, circuits, etc., can solve the problems of reduced device yield, time-consuming, and inability to test connection systems.

Active Publication Date: 2016-04-06
SEMICON MFG INT (SHANGHAI) CORP
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[0004] In MEMS products, the process of wafer bonding (waferbonding) is often used, and the technology of through-silicon vias (TSV) is usually introduced in this process, which brings a new challenge to the stackwafer (stackwafer), that is, each The connectivity problem between the interface, the failure of the connection between the wafer stack (stackwafer), will directly lead to the decrease of the device yield
[0005] In addition, under long-term working conditions, semiconductor devices sometimes fail suddenly, and it is found through detection that electromigration (EM) occurs at the connection between the redistribution layer (RDL) and the through-silicon via TSV, resulting in failure of the circuit connection
[0006] At present, the semiconductor devices of 3D stack wafer (stackwafer) face the reliability problem of multiple connection interfaces (Interface). At present, most of the detection methods are to find out the failed ones through hot spot analysis (HotSpot), slicing, etc. after the device fails. interface, but the method consumes a lot of time
[0007] The currently used independent test structure (Testkey) can only test the EM phenomenon of each interface in a single way, which cannot reflect the overall situation of the combination; or can only monitor a part of the structure, and cannot test the entire connection system

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[0045] In order to solve the problems in the prior art, the present invention provides a test structure for testing the metal connectivity of the wafer stack structure, including:

[0046] The wafer stack structure includes a bottom wafer 201 and a top wafer 202 located above the bottom wafer and integrally bonded to the bottom wafer;

[0047] The test structure includes a plurality of first vertical interconnects extending through the top wafer 202, a plurality of first lateral interconnects on one side of the upper surface of the top wafer 202, and a plurality of first lateral interconnects on the bottom wafer 202. a plurality of second horizontal interconnections on one side of the upper surface of the circle, wherein the first horizontal interconnections and the second horizontal interconnections are arranged alternately in the lateral direction, and the first horizontal interconnections are at The top electrically connects two adjacent first vertical interconnects, and th...

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[0077] The present invention also provides a detection structure for testing the electromigration and reliability of the connection interface in the wafer stack structure, including:

[0078] The wafer stack structure includes a bottom wafer 201 and a top wafer 202 located above the bottom wafer and integrally bonded to the bottom wafer;

[0079] The detection structure includes at least two detection units, and the detection units are arranged at intervals;

[0080] Wherein, each of the detection units includes two first vertical interconnects arranged at intervals, a first horizontal interconnect located on the upper surface side of the top wafer 202 and electrically connected to the first vertical interconnects components, and third horizontal interconnects disposed at intervals below the first vertical interconnects on one side of the upper surface of the bottom wafer.

[0081] The short circuit detection structure of the present invention is a special test structure desi...

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Abstract

The invention relates to a test structure for testing metal connectivity of a wafer lamination structure. The wafer lamination structure comprises a bottom wafer 201 and a top wafer 202 which is arranged on the bottom wafer and connected with the bottom wafer as a whole. The test structure comprises multiple first vertical interconnection pieces which penetrate through the top wafer 202, multiple first transverse interconnection pieces which are arranged at one side of the upper surface of the top wafer 202, and multiple second transverse interconnection pieces which are arranged at one side of the upper surface of the bottom wafer. The first transverse interconnection pieces and the second transverse interconnection pieces are arranged in an alternating way in a transverse direction. The two adjacent first vertical interconnection pieces are electrically connected at the top part by the first transverse interconnection pieces. The two adjacent first vertical interconnection pieces are electrically connected at the bottom part by the second transverse interconnection pieces. Advantages of the test structure for testing metal connectivity of the wafer lamination structure are that connection degree of stability of the whole loop interface can be quantified by the detection structure.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of semiconductors, in particular, the invention relates to a test structure for testing the metal connectivity of a wafer stack structure and a test structure for testing the electromigration and reliability of a connection interface in a wafer stack structure Detect structure. Background technique [0002] In the field of electronic consumption, multi-function devices are more and more popular among consumers. Compared with devices with simple functions, the production process of multi-function devices will be more complicated, such as the need to integrate multiple chips with different functions on the circuit board, so 3D integrated circuit (integrated circuit, IC) technology, 3D integrated circuit (integrated circuit, IC) is defined as a system-level integrated structure, stacking multiple chips in the vertical plane direction, thereby saving space, the edge of each chip can be according to It is necessary to lea...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01L23/544
Inventor 郑超陈福成王伟
Owner SEMICON MFG INT (SHANGHAI) CORP