Patent ID: 8952473
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H01L,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A self-powering integrated circuit comprising: a thin film target integrated circuit (TIC) having at least an electrical circuit deposited upon a semiconductor substrate wherein the TIC further comprises a top conducting layer (TCL) formed within; and a plurality of thin film cell structures deposited over the TIC, wherein each of the plurality of cell structures comprising at least a lower conducting layer (LCL) and an upper conducting layer (UCL), at least one of the plurality of thin film cell structures connected to the TIC for the self-powering the at least electric circuit of the TIC, wherein at least a first cell structure of the plurality of cell structures is coupled to a second cell structure of the plurality of cell structures using a conducting path connecting at least a LCL of the at least first cell structure of the plurality of cell structures through a first connector to an upper surface of the TCL and from the upper surface of the TCL through a second connector to at least one UCL of the second cell structure of the plurality of cell structures.