Patent ID: 8866267

Claim:
A semiconductor device with substrate-side exposed device-side electrode (SEDE), the semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate (SCS) having a device-side, a substrate-side opposite the device side and a semiconductor device region (SDR) located at the device-side; a plurality of device-side electrodes (DSE) formed upon the device-side and in contact with the SDR for operation of the semiconductor device; at least one through substrate trench (TST) extending through the SCS, reaching a DSE thus turning it into an SEDE; and a device-side passivation (DSPV) and, corresponding to at least one SEDE, a pre-determined member of the DSEs, other than said at least one SEDE, comprises an extended support ledge, stacked below while separated from said at least one SEDE with the DSPV, for structurally supporting said at least one SEDE during post-wafer processing packaging whereby the SEDE can be interconnected via a conductive interconnector through the TST.