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(88) Date of publication A3: 26.07.2018 (43) Date of publication: 14.08.2019 Bulletin 2019/33 (21) Application number: 17859869.4 (22) Date of filing: 19.09.2017

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H01L 27/06(2006.01) H01L 27/11551(2017.01) H01L 27/11(2006.01) H01L 21/8238(2006.01) H01L 27/108(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2017/052359 (87) International publication number: WO 2018/071143 (19.04.2018 Gazette 2018/16)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: MA MD (30) Priority: 10.10.2016 US 201662406376 P 11.12.2016 US 201662432575 P 30.12.2016 US 201662440720 P 11.02.2017 US 201762457838 P 20.02.2017 US 201762460989 P 16.03.2017 US 201762471963 P 02.04.2017 US 201762480529 P 12.04.2017 US 201762484398 P 23.04.2017 US 201762488821 P 08.06.2017 US 201762517152 P 08.07.2017 US 201762530173 P 21.07.2017 US 201762535265 P 24.08.2017 US 201762549952 P (71) Applicant: Monolithic 3D Inc. San Jose, California 95124 (US)

(72) Inventors: OR-BACH, Zvi San Jose, California 95124 (US) HAN, Jin-Woo San Jose, California 96124 (US) CRONQUIST, Brian San Jose, California 95123 (US) LUSKY, Eli 5200200 Ramat-Gan (IL) (74) Representative: Romano, Giuseppe et al Società Italiana Brevetti S.p.A Piazza di Pietra, 39 00186 Roma 00186 Roma (IT)