Patent ID: 7994501
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for electronically aligning mini-bars on different semiconductor chips which are situated face-to-face to facilitate communication between the semiconductor chips through capacitive coupling, the apparatus comprising: a measurement mechanism configured to measure an alignment between a first chip and a second chip; a transmitter mini-bar selection mechanism configured to select a group of transmitter mini-bars on the first chip to form a transmitter bit position based on the measured alignment, thereby allowing a data signal to be distributed to and transmitted by the mini-bars within the transmitter bit position; a receiver mini-bar selection mechanism configured to select a group of receiver mini-bars on the second chip to form a receiver bit position based on the measured alignment; and an association mechanism configured to associate transmitter bit positions on the first chip with proximate receiver bit positions on the second chip based on the measured alignment, thereby allowing data signals transmitted by the mini-bars that form a transmitter bit position on the first chip to be collectively received by the mini-bars within an associated receiver bit position on the second chip.