Patent ID: 11967551
Assignee: ARM LIMITED
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A device comprising:
a switch structure having an input and an output, wherein the switch structure is formed in and on a silicon wafer;
a frontside metal layer formed above the silicon wafer;
a frontside via that couples a frontside signal from an external source to a gate of the switch structure by way of the input of the switch structure, wherein the frontside metal layer is used for routing the frontside signal to the gate of the switch structure; and
a thru-silicon via, disposed beside a first diffusion region of the switch structure, wherein the thru-silicon via passes through the silicon wafer and is operably connected to the frontside metal layer formed above the silicon wafer, that couples a backside signal to the output of the switch structure.