Abstract: A system and method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: a trace layer; a stud directly on a portion of the trace layer for forming a metal-to-metal connection with the trace layer; a dielectric layer directly on the trace layer and the stud for forming a vialess substrate exposing the trace layer and the dielectric layer; an active device on the trace layer, the trace layer exposed from the vialess substrate; a die interconnect coupled between the active device to the trace layer for providing electrical connectivity; and an external interconnect connected to the stud for electrically coupling the active device, the trace layer, the studs, and the external interconnect.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a lead-frame having a metal connector mounted thereon and having a peripheral mounting region; forming an insulation cover on the lead-frame and on the metal connector; connecting an integrated circuit die over the insulation cover; forming a top encapsulation on the integrated circuit die with the peripheral mounting region exposed from the top encapsulation; forming a routing layer, having a conductive land, from the lead-frame; and forming a bottom encapsulation partially encapsulating the routing layer and the insulation cover.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a thermal attach cluster includes: forming a heat collector having a heat dissipation surface, forming a cluster bridge, having a thermal surface, connected to the heat collector, forming a cluster pad, having an attachment surface, connected to the end of the cluster bridge opposite the heat collector; connecting an integrated circuit to the thermal attach cluster; and forming an encapsulation over the thermal attach cluster with the heat dissipation surface, the thermal surface, and the attachment surface exposed from and coplanar with the encapsulation.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a lead array having an innermost space with an innermost lead having an inner lead profile different around an inner non-horizontal side of the innermost lead; forming a middle lead having a middle lead profile the same around a lead side of the middle lead; placing an integrated circuit in the innermost space adjacent to the innermost lead; and forming a package encapsulation over the integrated circuit, the innermost lead, and the middle lead.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a leadframe having a trench; mounting an integrated circuit device on the leadframe; forming a top encapsulation on the leadframe and the trench; forming a lead having a lead protrusion and a peripheral groove, the lead protrusion and the peripheral groove formed from etching the trench at a leadframe bottom side; and forming a bottom encapsulation surrounding a lead bottom side of the lead.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a carrier and semiconductor die having an optically active region. The semiconductor die is mounted to the carrier to form a separation between the carrier and the semiconductor die. The semiconductor device further includes a passivation layer disposed over a surface of the semiconductor die and a glass layer disposed over a surface of the passivation layer. The passivation layer has a clear portion for passage of light to the optically active region of the semiconductor die. The semiconductor device further includes an encapsulant disposed over the carrier within the separation to form an expansion region around a periphery of the semiconductor die, a first via penetrating the expansion region, glass layer, and passivation layer, a second via penetrating the glass layer and passivation layer to expose a contact pad on the semiconductor die, and a conductive material filling the first and second vias.

Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a base substrate including: providing a sacrificial carrier: mounting a metallic sheet on the sacrificial carrier, applying a top trace to the metallic sheet, forming a conductive stud on the top trace, forming a base encapsulation over the metallic sheet, the top trace, and the conductive stud, the top trace exposed from a top surface of the base encapsulation, and removing the sacrificial carrier and the metallic sheet; mounting an integrated circuit device on the base substrate; and encapsulating the integrated circuit device and the base substrate with a top encapsulation.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a leadframe with a grid lead and a support pad; connecting a redistribution layer to the grid lead, the redistribution layer over the support pad; mounting an integrated circuit over the redistribution layer; applying an encapsulation on the redistribution layer, the redistribution layer in an interior area of the leadframe and the interior area under the integrated circuit; forming a support pad residue on the bottom surface of the redistribution layer by removing the support pad under the encapsulation and the interior redistribution layer; and forming an insulation layer on the support pad residue and the grid lead.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a package paddle having an upper hole below a paddle top side, the upper hole bounded by an upper non-horizontal side with a curve surface; forming a terminal adjacent the package paddle; mounting an integrated circuit on the paddle top side; and forming an encapsulation within the upper hole.

Abstract: An integrated circuit packaging system, and a method of manufacture therefor, including: electrical terminals; circuitry protective material around the electrical terminals and formed to have recessed pad volumes; routable circuitry on the top surface of the circuitry protective material; and an integrated circuit die electrically connected to the electrical terminals.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: conductively bonding a first surface of a transposer to an inner end of a lead separate from the transposer; conductively bonding a die to the first surface of the transposer; and encapsulating the inner end with a mold compound having a bottom mold surface that is exposed and is coplanar with a surface of the transposer opposite the first surface.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a lead-frame having a metal connector mounted thereon and having a peripheral mounting region; forming an insulation cover on the lead-frame and on the metal connector; connecting an integrated circuit die over the insulation cover; forming a top encapsulation on the integrated circuit die with the peripheral mounting region exposed from the top encapsulation; forming a routing layer, having a conductive land, from the lead-frame; and forming a bottom encapsulation partially encapsulating the routing layer and the insulation cover.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit mounting system includes: providing a die paddle with a component side having a die mount area and a recess with more than one geometric shape; applying an adhesive on the die mount area and in a portion of the recess; and mounting an integrated circuit device with an inactive side directly on the adhesive.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming an isolated contact having a contact protrusion, the contact protrusion having a lower protrusion surface, an upper protrusion surface, and a protrusion sidewall; forming a die paddle, adjacent to the isolated contact, having a die paddle protrusion, the die paddle protrusion having a lower die protrusion surface, an upper die protrusion surface, and a die protrusion sidewall; depositing a contact pad on the contact protrusion; depositing a die paddle pad on the die paddle protrusion; coupling an integrated circuit die to the contact protrusion; and molding an encapsulation on the integrated circuit die.

Abstract: System and method of manufacturing an integrated circuit packaging system using transferable trace lead frame. A lead frame is provided having lower metal contacts. A masking layer can be formed on an upper surface of the lead frame for protection and shielding purposes. Routing layer and conductive lands may subsequently be formed by shaping the lead frame, along with bottom encapsulation. The masking layer may subsequently be removed for additional processing steps including connecting an integrated circuit die to the upper surface of the lead frame.

Abstract: System and method of manufacturing an integrated circuit packaging system using routable grid array lead frame. Method includes providing a lead frame having top metal connector and bottom contact, and treating the top metal connector with an additive, or the bottom contact with an additive, or both. Concomitant to the treatment process, insulation cover or bottom encapsulation can be formed about the top metal connector or the bottom contact with respective openings. Upon coupling the interconnects to the lead frame the interconnects do not exceed the metal contacts by more than about 60% due to the treatment process.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a terminal having a top with a depression; applying a dielectric material in the depression, the dielectric material having a gap formed therein and exposing a portion of the top therefrom; forming a trace within the gap and in direct contact with the top, the trace extending laterally over an upper surface of the dielectric material; and connecting an integrated circuit to the terminal through the trace.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a first device having a first exposed side and a first inward side; connecting a second device having a second exposed side and a second inward side facing the first inward side to the first device, the second device having planar dimensions less than planar dimensions of the first device; connecting a system connector to a perimeter of the first inward side, the system connector having an exposed leg partially vertical and an exposed foot partially horizontal; and applying an encapsulant exposing the first exposed side, the second exposed side, the exposed leg, and the exposed foot, the exposed leg offset from the encapsulant, the exposed foot on an end of the system connector opposite the first device.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a package paddle having a single integral structure with a paddle central portion surrounded by a paddle peripheral portion; forming a terminal adjacent the package paddle; mounting an integrated circuit over the paddle central portion; and forming an encapsulation over the integrated circuit and the terminal, the encapsulation free of delamination with the encapsulation directly on the paddle peripheral portion.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a package paddle and a terminal adjacent to the package paddle; mounting a stack paddle over the package paddle with the stack paddle at a non-center offset with the package paddle; mounting a stack integrated circuit over the stack paddle; and encapsulating the stack integrated circuit and the stack paddle.