A method performed on a wafer having multiple chips, each including a
doped semiconductor and substrate, involves etching an annulus trench
partially into the substrate, metalizing an inner and outer perimeter
side wall of the annulus trench with a metal, etching a via trench within
the periphery of the annulus trench, making a length of the via trench
electrically conductive, and thinning the substrate to expose the metal
and the electrically conductive material so that the metal on the outer
perimeter side wall and on the inner perimeter side wall are both
electrically separated from each other and from the electrically
conductive material.