With Subsequent Division Of Substrate Into Plural Individual Devices (epo) Patents (Class 257/E21.599)

  • Patent number: 8513096
    Abstract: A method of dividing a wafer having devices formed in a plurality of regions demarcated by a plurality of streets formed in a grid pattern on a surface of the wafer, along the streets and into the individual devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Disco Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Shimotani, Kazuya Miyazaki, Hisaki Ikebata
  • Patent number: 8513088
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an adhesive layer is formed by applying a liquid adhesive to a semiconductor wafer whose wafer shape is maintained by a surface protective film attached to a first surface. A supporting sheet having a tacky layer is attached to a second surface of the semiconductor wafer. After the surface protective film is peeled, the supporting sheet is expanded to cleave the adhesive layer including the adhesive filled into the dicing grooves. The first surface of the semiconductor wafer is cleaned while an expansion state of the supporting sheet is maintained. Tack strength of portions corresponding to the dicing grooves of the tacky layer is selectively reduced before cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Atsushi Yoshimura, Fumihiro Iwami
  • Publication number: 20130210195
    Abstract: A WLCSP method comprises: depositing a metal bump on bonding pads of chips; forming a first packaging layer at front surface of wafer to cover metal bumps while forming an un-covered ring at the edge of wafer to expose the ends of each scribe line located between two adjacent chips; thinning first packaging layer to expose metal bumps; forming a groove on front surface of first packaging layer along each scribe line by cutting along a straight line extended by two ends of scribe line exposed on front surface of un-covered ring; grinding back surface of wafer to form a recessed space and a support ring at the edge of the wafer; depositing a metal layer at bottom surface of wafer in recessed space; cutting off the edge portion of wafer; and separating individual chips from wafer by cutting through first packaging layer, the wafer and metal layer along groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Hamza Yilmaz, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu, Ping Huang, Lei Shi, Lei Duan, Yuping Gong
  • Publication number: 20130210215
    Abstract: A packaging method with backside wafer dicing includes the steps of forming a support structure at the front surface of the wafer then depositing a metal layer on a centre area of the backside of the wafer after grinding the wafer backside to reduce the wafer thickness; detecting from the backside of the wafer sections of scribe lines formed in the front surface in the region between the edge of the metal layer and the edge of the wafer and cutting the wafer and the metal layer from the wafer backside along a straight line formed by extending a scribe line section detected from the wafer backside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Ping Huang, Yueh-Se Ho
  • Patent number: 8507367
    Abstract: A method of fabricating semiconductor devices is disclosed. The method comprises providing a substrate with a plurality of epitaxial layers mounted on the substrate and separating the substrate from the plurality of epitaxial layers while the plurality of epitaxial layers is intact. This preserves the electrical, optical, and mechanical properties of the plurality of epitaxial layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Tinggi Technologies Pte Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuejun Kang, Shu Yuan, Jenny Lam, Shiming Lin
  • Publication number: 20130203240
    Abstract: A method of making an electronic device with a redistribution layer includes providing an electronic device having a first pattern of contact areas, and forming a redistribution layer on a temporary substrate. The temporary substrate has a second pattern of contact areas matching the first pattern of contact areas, and a third pattern of contact areas different than the second pattern of contact areas. The second pattern of contact areas is coupled to the third pattern of contact areas through a plurality of stacked conductive and insulating layers. The first pattern of contact areas is coupled to the second pattern of contact areas on the transferrable redistribution layer. The temporary substrate is then removed to thereby form a redistributed electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: THOMAS REED, DAVID HERNDON, SUZANNE DUNPHY
  • Publication number: 20130200502
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a transfer foil. A plurality of semiconductor chips is placed on and adhered to the transfer foil. The plurality of semiconductor chips adhered to the transfer foil is placed over a multi-device carrier. Heat is applied to laminate the transfer foil over the multi-device carrier, thereby accommodating the plurality of semiconductor chips between the laminated transfer foil and the multi-device carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Ivan Nikitin, Stefan Landau, Joachim Mahler, Alexander Heinrich, Ralf Wombacher
  • Patent number: 8501542
    Abstract: A dual-face package has an LSI chip sealed with a mold resin, and electrodes for external connections on both of the front face and the back face. The LSI chip is bonded onto the die pad of a leadframe whose outer lead portions are exposed as back-face electrodes at at least the back face. The LSI chip and a plurality of inner lead portions of the leadframe are connected by wiring. At least some of the plurality of inner lead portions have front-face electrodes integrally formed by working a portion of the leadframe. Head faces of the front-face electrodes, or bump electrodes connected to the respective head faces of the front-face electrodes serve as electrodes for external connections to another substrate, element, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Masamichi Ishihara, Harufumi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8501590
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing dicing of die on wafer interposers. Methods are disclosed that include receiving an interposer assembly including one or more integrated circuit dies mounted on a die side of an interposer substrate and having scribe areas defined in spaces between the integrated circuit dies, the interposer having an opposite side for receiving external connectors; mounting the die side of the interposer assembly to a tape assembly, the tape assembly comprising an adhesive tape and preformed spacers disposed between and filling gaps between the integrated circuit dies; and sawing the interposer assembly by cutting the opposite side of the interposer in the scribe areas to make cuts through the interposer, the cuts separating the interposer into one or more die on wafer assemblies. Apparatuses are disclosed for use with the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung Yu Wang, Kung-Chen Yeh, Chih-Wei Wu, Szu Wei Lu, Jing-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 8502380
    Abstract: A chip package and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The chip package includes a semiconductor substrate containing a semiconductor component and a conductive pad thereon. A through hole penetrates the semiconductor substrate from a backside thereof to expose the conductive pad. A redistribution layer is below the backside of the semiconductor substrate and electrically connected to the conductive pad in the through hole. A conductive trace layer is below the redistribution layer and extended along a sidewall of the semiconductor substrate to electrically contact with an edge of the redistribution layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Xintec Inc.
    Inventor: Chien-Hung Liu
  • Publication number: 20130196461
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device includes steps of: providing a light-emitting wafer including an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface; setting a plurality of scribing streets on the upper surface of the light-emitting wafer; irradiating a laser beam to form a plurality of cutting regions along the scribing streets, wherein each of the plurality of cutting regions has a sharp end, or the plurality of cutting regions forms a specific pattern in a cross-sectional view; and forming a plurality of light-emitting devices by connecting the plurality of cutting regions and extending the plurality of cutting regions from the respective sharp ends thereof to the lower surface of the light-emitting wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Chih-Hui Alston LIU, Tsung-Pao Yeh, Chang Yi-Cheng, Liao Chuen-Min
  • Publication number: 20130189830
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a trench from a top surface of a substrate having a device region. The device region is adjacent to the top surface than an opposite bottom surface. The trench surrounds the sidewalls of the device region. The trench is filled with an adhesive. An adhesive layer is formed over the top surface of the substrate. A carrier is attached with the adhesive layer. The substrate is thinned from the bottom surface to expose at least a portion of the adhesive and a back surface of the device region. The adhesive layer is removed and adhesive is etched to expose a sidewall of the device region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Joachim Hirschler, Michael Roesner, Manfred Engelhardt
  • Publication number: 20130187258
    Abstract: A method includes bonding a first and a second package component on a top surface of a third package component, and dispensing a polymer. The polymer includes a first portion in a space between the first and the third package components, a second portion in a space between the second and the third package components, and a third portion in a gap between the first and the second package components. A curing step is then performed on the polymer. After the curing step, the third portion of the polymer is sawed to form a trench between the first and the second package components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Szu Wei Lu, Ying-Da Wang, Li-Chung Kuo, Jing-Cheng Lin
  • Publication number: 20130187284
    Abstract: A low cost and high performance flip chip package is disclosed. By assembling the package using a substrate panel level process, a separate fabrication of a substrate is avoided, thus enabling the use of a coreless substrate. The coreless substrate may include multiple stacked layers of laminate dielectric films having conductive traces and vias. As a result, electrical connection routes may be provided directly from die contact pads to package contact pads without the use of conventional solder bumps, thus accommodating very high density semiconductor dies with small feature sizes. The disclosed flip chip package provides lower cost, higher electrical performance, and improved thermal dissipation compared to conventional fabricated substrates with solder bumped semiconductor dies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mengzhi Pang, Ken Zhonghua Wu, Matthew Kaufmann
  • Publication number: 20130181343
    Abstract: A multi-chip package includes a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip has a first active surface. The second semiconductor chip has a second active surface facing the first active surface. The second active surface is electrically connected with the first active surfaceand the first active surface of the first semiconductor chip and the second active surface of the second semiconductor chip are bonded to each other without an adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 8486803
    Abstract: A chip-scale packaging method, with bottom and side of a semiconductor chip encapsulated, includes the following steps: attaching backside of a thinned semiconductor wafer to a dicing tape; separating individual chips by cutting from front side of the wafer at scribe line but not cut through the dicing tape; flipping and attaching the wafer onto a top surface of a double-sided tape, then removing the dicing tape; attaching bottom surface of the double-sided tape on a supporting plate; filling the space between adjacent chips and covering the whole wafer backside with a molding material; flipping the whole structure and remove the supporting plate; placing solder balls at corresponding positions on electrodes of each chip and performing backflow treatment; finally separating individual chip packages by cutting through molding material at the space between adjacent chip packages with molding material encapsulating the bottom and side of each individual semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Ping Huang, Ruisheng Wu, Lei Duan, Yi Chen, Yuping Gong
  • Patent number: 8486728
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device including a first semiconductor element mounted on a first surface of a base plate, wherein solder balls are formed on a second opposite surface of the base plate—such that the second opposite surface includes an area without solder balls. At least one second semiconductor element is mounted to the base plate at the area of the second surface without solder balls. The at least one semiconductor element may be mounted to the base plate using low molecular adhesive, or in the alternative, high temperature solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Ohuchi, Shigeru Yamada, Yasushi Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20130175694
    Abstract: A method includes forming a dielectric layer over a substrate, forming an interconnect structure over the dielectric layer, and bonding a die to the interconnect structure. The substrate is then removed, and the dielectric layer is patterned. Connectors are formed at a surface of the dielectric layer, wherein the connectors are electrically coupled to the die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying-Ching Shih, Szu Wei Lu, Jing-Cheng Lin
  • Publication number: 20130175686
    Abstract: A flip chip package structure is proposed in which a redistribution layer (RDL) is disposed on a surface of both a semiconductor chip and one or more lateral extensions of the semiconductor chip surface. The lateral extensions may be made using, e.g., a reconstituted wafer to implement a fanout region lateral to one or more sides of the semiconductor chip. One or more electrical connectors such as solder bumps or copper cylinders may be applied to the RDL, and an interposer such as a PCB interposer may be connected to the electrical connectors. In this way, a relatively tight semiconductor pad pitch may be accommodated and translated to an appropriate circuit board pitch without necessarily requiring a silicon or glass interposer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten Meyer, Gerald Ofner, Bernd Waidhas
  • Publication number: 20130168830
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer includes a die, an edge seal, a bond pad, a plating bus, and trace. The die is adjacent to a saw street. The edge seal is along a perimeter of the die and includes a conductive layer formed in a last interconnect layer of the die. The bond pad is formed as part of metal deposition layer above the last interconnect layer or part of the last interconnect layer. The plating bus is within the saw street. The trace is connected to the bond pad and to the plating bus (1) over the edge seal, insulated from the edge seal, and formed in the metal deposition layer or (2) through the edge seal and insulated from the edge seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventor: Trent S. Uehling
  • Patent number: 8476091
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus is fabricated by measuring light output of a semiconductor light emitting device, and selectively applying luminous material to the light emitting device based on the measured output of the light emitting device. An amount of luminous material, different compositions of luminous material and/or different doping levels of luminous material may be selectively applied based on the measured output of the light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Norbert Hiller, Scott Schwab, Gerald H. Negley
  • Patent number: 8476109
    Abstract: Semiconductor workpiece carriers and methods for processing semiconductor workpieces are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor workpiece carrier assembly includes (a) a support structure having an opening sized to receive at least a portion of a semiconductor workpiece, and (b) a replaceable carrier positioned at the opening. The replaceable carrier includes a base and an adhesive layer on the base. The base has a surface, and the adhesive layer covers only a section of the surface of the base. The adhesive layer releasably attaches the replaceable carrier to the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chee Peng Neo, Hong Hak Teo, Jamilon Bin Sukami
  • Publication number: 20130161833
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor wafer with a plurality of semiconductor die. Contact pads are formed on a surface of the semiconductor die. The semiconductor die are separated to form a peripheral region around the semiconductor die. An encapsulant or insulating material is deposited in the peripheral region around the semiconductor die. An interconnect structure is formed over the semiconductor die and insulating material. The interconnect structure has an I/O density less than an I/O density of the contact pads on the semiconductor die. A substrate has an I/O density consistent with the I/O density of the interconnect structure. The semiconductor die is mounted to the substrate with the interconnect structure electrically connecting the contact pads of the semiconductor die to the first conductive layer of the substrate. A plurality of semiconductor die each with the interconnect structure can be mounted over the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: STATS CHipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventor: Rajendra D. Pendse
  • Publication number: 20130164914
    Abstract: A wafer has a device area where a plurality of devices are formed, and a peripheral marginal area surrounding the device area. These devices are formed on the front side of the wafer so as to be partitioned by a plurality of division lines. A modified layer is formed by applying a laser beam along the division lines with the focal point of the laser beam set inside the wafer, thereby forming a modified layer as a division start point inside the wafer along each division line. The wafer is transported to a position where the next step is to be performed. In the modified layer forming step, the modified layer is not formed in the peripheral marginal area of the wafer to thereby form a reinforcing portion in the peripheral marginal area. Accordingly, breakage of the wafer from the modified layer in the transporting step can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuma Sekiya
  • Publication number: 20130161795
    Abstract: A disclosed method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a groove on a first surface of a semiconductor wafer along an outer periphery of the semiconductor wafer, forming a semiconductor device on the first surface, forming an adhesive layer on the first surface to cover the semiconductor device, bonding a support substrate to the first surface by the adhesive layer, grinding after the adhering of the support substrate a second surface of the semiconductor wafer opposite to the first surface, and dicing after the grinding the semiconductor wafer into individual semiconductor chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
    Inventor: FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED
  • Patent number: 8470641
    Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device can include providing a patterned layer of mold compound having a plurality of individual mold compound structures overlying a base film. The plurality of mold compound structures are aligned with a plurality of semiconductor dice to interpose the individual mold compound structures between the plurality of semiconductor dice. A pressure is applied to the individual mold compound structures to fill spaces between each of the plurality of semiconductor dice with the mold compound. The mold compound structures can be formed on the base film using a photosensitive mold compound. The mold compound structures can also be formed through the use of a patterned mask and a screen printing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Yoshimi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8470691
    Abstract: An image pickup section picks up images of a pair of targets formed on a substrate with a cutting line interposed therebetween (S101). An extracting section extracts the targets from the images (S102). Then, a measuring section measures the distance d1 between the targets (S103). When a driving section presses a blade against the substrate (S104), the substrate is pressed by the blade to become warped and starts to break. Thus, the image pickup section picks up images of the targets again (S105), and the extracting section extracts the targets from the images (S106). The measuring section measures the distance d2 between the targets (S107). A determining section determines the cutting state of the substrate from the amount of change (d2?d1) of the distances between the targets (S108).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Saegusa, Susumu Sugano
  • Publication number: 20130154106
    Abstract: An exemplary implementation of the present disclosure includes a stacked package having a top die from a top reconstituted wafer situated over a bottom die from a bottom reconstituted wafer. The top die and the bottom die are insulated from one another by an insulation arrangement. The top die and the bottom die are also interconnected through the insulation arrangement. The insulation arrangement can include a top molding compound that flanks the top die and a bottom molding compound that flanks the bottom die. The top die and the bottom die can be interconnected through at least the top molding compound. Furthermore, the top die and the bottom die can be interconnected through a conductive via that extends within the insulation arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Kunzhong Hu, Sam Ziqun Zhao, Rezaur Rahman Khan, Pieter Vorenkamp, Sampath K.V. Karikalan, Xiangdong Chen
  • Publication number: 20130157414
    Abstract: Consistent with an example embodiment, there is a semiconductor device comprised of a combination of device die. The semiconductor device comprises a package substrate having groups of pad landings. A first device die is anchored to the package substrate, the first device die having been wire-bonded to a first group of pad landings. At least one subsequent device die is anchored to the first device die. The at least one subsequent device die has an underside profile with recesses defined therein, the recesses of a size are defined to accommodate wires bonded to the first device die; the at least one subsequent device is wire bonded to a second group of pad landings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: NXP B. V.
    Inventor: NXP B. V.
  • Publication number: 20130154062
    Abstract: A die having a ledge along a sidewall, and a method of forming the die, is provided. A method of packaging the die is also provided. A substrate, such as a processed wafer, is diced by forming a first notch having a first width, and then forming a second notch within the first notch such that the second notch has a second width less than the first width. The second notch extends through the substrate, thereby dicing the substrate. The difference in widths between the first width and the second width results in a ledge along the sidewalls of the dice. The dice may be placed on a substrate, e.g., an interposer, and underfill placed between the dice and the substrate. The ledge prevents or reduces the distance the underfill is drawn up between adjacent dice. A molding compound may be formed over the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing-Cheng Lin, Ying-Da Wang, Li-Chung Kuo, Szu Wei Lu
  • Patent number: 8466042
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing separated micromechanical components situated on a silicon substrate includes the following steps of a) providing separation trenches on the substrate via an anisotropic plasma deep etching method, b) irradiating the area of the silicon substrate which forms the base of the separation trenches using laser light, the silicon substrate being converted from a crystalline state into an at least partially amorphous state by the irradiation in this area, and c) inducing mechanical stresses in the substrate. In one specific embodiment, cavities are etched simultaneously with the etching of the separation trenches. The etching depths can be controlled via the RIE lag effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Laermer, Kathrin Van Teeffelen, Christina Leinenbach
  • Publication number: 20130149841
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a dielectric material layer embedding metal structures is ablated from the chip-containing substrate by laser grooving, which is performed on dicing channels of the chip-containing substrate. Subsequently, an underfill layer is formed over the dielectric material layer in a pattern that excludes the peripheral areas of the chip-containing substrate. The physically exposed dicing channels at the periphery can be employed to align a blade to dice the chip-containing substrate. In another embodiment, an underfill layer is formed prior to any laser grooving. Mechanical cutting of the underfill layer from above dicing channels is followed by laser ablation of the dicing channels and subsequent mechanical cutting to dice a chip-containing substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, DISCO CORPORATION, SUMITOMO BAKELITE COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Richard F. Indyk, Jae-Woong Nah, Satoru Katsurayama, Daisuke Oka, Shigefumi Okada
  • Patent number: 8460957
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high quality optical semiconductor device includes: (a) preparing a growth substrate; (b) forming a semiconductor layer on the growth substrate; (c) forming a metal support made of copper on the semiconductor layer by plating; (d) separating the growth substrate from the semiconductor layer to remove the growth substrate; and (e) carrying out a thermal treatment in order to even density distributions of crystal grains and voids in the copper forming the metal support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuma Saito, Yusuke Yokobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130143388
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a starting-point crack on a cleavage line on a surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming preliminary cracks intermittently along the cleavage line on the surface of the semiconductor substrate; and cleaving the semiconductor substrate along the cleavage line passing through the preliminary cracks, from the starting-point crack, wherein each of the preliminary cracks has a crack joining the cleavage line from outside of the cleavage line, in a direction of a progress of cleaving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsumi ONO, Masato NEGISHI, Masato SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 8455302
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dicing tape-integrated film for semiconductor back surface including: a dicing tape including a base material and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated in this order, and a film for semiconductor back surface provided on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the dicing tape, where the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a thickness of from 20 ?m to 40 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Goji Shiga, Naohide Takamoto, Fumiteru Asai
  • Patent number: 8455303
    Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor package with adhesive material pre-printed on the lead frame and chip, and the manufacturing method. The adhesive material is applied onto the chip carrier and the pin of the lead frame and also on the front electrode of the semiconductor chip via pre-printing. The back of the semiconductor chip is adhered on the chip carrier, and the front electrode of the semiconductor chip and the pin are connected respectively with a metal connector. The size, shape and thickness of the adhesive material are applied according to different application requirements according to size and shapes of the contact zone of the semiconductor chip and the metal connector. Particularly, the adhesive zones are formed by pre-printing the adhesive material thus significantly enhance the quality and performance of semiconductor products, and improves the productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaotian Zhang, Jun Lu
  • Patent number: 8456023
    Abstract: A method of processing a semiconductor wafer is provided which comprises treating a metallization layer provided on a backside of the wafer to form a plurality of channels therein, such that at least some of the channels along substantially the length thereof extend through the thickness of the metallization layer to the backside of the wafer, thereby exposing the material of the backside of the wafer. When the semiconductor wafer is separated into dies, each die is provided with a plurality of channels, which extend to an edge of the die. On attaching the die to a die attach flag by solder, the solder does not stick to the exposed material of the backside of the die, and channels are thereby formed in the solder. This allows venting of gases formed in the solder, and decreases void formation in the solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Bauer, Anton Kolbeck
  • Publication number: 20130134559
    Abstract: A package component includes a substrate, wherein the substrate has a front surface and a back surface over the front surface. A through-via penetrates through the substrate. A conductive feature is disposed over the back surface of the substrate and electrically coupled to the through-via. A first dielectric pattern forms a ring covering edge portions of the conductive feature. An Under-Bump-Metallurgy (UBM) is disposed over and in contact with a center portion of the conductive feature. A polymer contacts a sidewall of the substrate. A second dielectric pattern is disposed over and aligned to the polymer. The first and the second dielectric patterns are formed of a same dielectric material, and are disposed at substantially a same level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing-Cheng Lin, Hsin Chang, Shih Ting Lin
  • Publication number: 20130134589
    Abstract: A chip-package includes a chip-carrier configured to carry a chip, the chip arranged over a chip-carrier side, wherein the chip-carrier side is configured in electrical connection with a chip back side; an insulation material including: a first insulation portion formed over a first chip lateral side; a second insulation portion formed over a second chip lateral side, wherein the first chip lateral side and the second chip lateral side each abuts opposite edges of the chip back side; and a third insulation portion formed over at least part of a chip front side, the chip front side including one or more electrical contacts formed within the chip front side; wherein at least part of the first insulation portion is arranged over the chip-carrier side and wherein the first insulation portion is configured to extend in a direction perpendicular to the first chip lateral side further than the chip-carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Manfred Mengel, Thomas Wowra, Joachim Mahler, Khalil Hosseini
  • Publication number: 20130127029
    Abstract: A leadframe, device package, and mode of construction configured to attain a thin profile and improved thermal performance. Leadframes of this invention include a raised die attachment pad arrange above distal ends of leadframe leads. A package will further include a die electrically coupled with an underside surface of the raised die attachment pad, in one example, using ball bonds, the whole sealed in an encapsulant that exposed a bottom portion of the die and a portion of a lead. Two leadframe stacks of such packages are also disclosed as are methods of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Lee Han Meng @ Eugene LEE, Wei Fen Sueann LIM, Chen Seong CHUA, Kooi Choon OOI
  • Publication number: 20130127060
    Abstract: Under bump passive structures in wafer level packaging and methods of fabricating these structures are described. In an embodiment, a packaged semiconductor device is described which includes an under-bump capacitor formed in semiconductor device post-processing layers. As part of the post-processing a first dielectric layer is deposited on the active face of a semiconductor die and then in sequence a first metal layer, second dielectric layer and second metal layer are deposited. The under-bump capacitor is formed from a lower plate in the first metal layer and an upper plate in the second metal layer, the plates being separated by the second dielectric layer. In order to increase capacitance, the capacitor may be formed over one or more openings in the first dielectric layer, such that the layers forming the capacitor are no longer planar but follow the underlying topology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: CAMBRIDGE SILICON RADIO LIMITED
    Inventor: Zaid Aboush
  • Publication number: 20130127364
    Abstract: Front facing piggyback wafer assembly. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of piggyback substrates are attached to a carrier wafer. The plurality of piggyback substrates are dissimilar in composition to the carrier wafer. The plurality of piggyback substrates are processed, while attached to the carrier wafer, to produce a plurality of integrated circuit devices. The plurality of integrated circuit devices are singulated to form individual integrated circuit devices. The carrier wafer may be processed to form integrated circuit structures prior to the attaching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: INVENSAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ilyas Mohammed, Masud Beroz, Liang Wang
  • Publication number: 20130127043
    Abstract: A variety of improved approaches for packaging integrated circuits are described. In one described approach, a multiplicity of dice are mounted on a carrier (e.g., a plastic carrier). Each die has a plurality of wire bonded contact studs secured to its associated I/O pads. An encapsulant is applied over the carrier to cover the dice and at least portions of the contact studs to form an encapsulant carrier structure. After the encapsulant has been applied, a first surface of the encapsulant and the contact studs are ground such that exposed portions of the contact studs are smooth and substantially co-planar with the encapsulant. In some embodiments, a redistribution layer is formed over the encapsulant carrier structure and solder bumps are attached to the redistribution layer. A contact encapsulant layer is applied over the encapsulant carrier structure to provide extra mechanical support for the resulting packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Anindya Poddar, Tao Feng, Will K. Wong
  • Publication number: 20130127044
    Abstract: A variety of improved approaches for packaging integrated circuits are described. In one described approach, a multiplicity of die cavities are formed in a plastic carrier. In some preferred embodiments, the die cavities are formed by laser ablation. A multiplicity of dice are placed on the carrier, with each die being placed in an associated die cavity. Each of the dice preferably has a multiplicity of I/O bumps formed thereon. An encapsulant is applied over the carrier to form an encapsulant layer that covers the dice and fills portions of the cavities that are not occupied by the dice. In some preferred embodiments, the encapsulant is an epoxy material applied by screen printing and the dice are not physically attached to the carrier prior to the application of the encapsulant. In these embodiments, the epoxy encapsulant serves to secure the dice to the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Anindya Poddar, Tao Feng, Will K. Wong
  • Publication number: 20130130443
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to a packaging method of an ultra-thin chip, more specifically, the invention relates to a method for packaging the ultra-thin chip with solder ball thermo-compression in wafer level packaging process. The method starts with disposing solder balls on metal pads arranged on the front surface of semiconductor chips that are formed at the front surface of a semiconductor wafer. The solder balls are soften by heating the wafer, a compression plate is applied with a pressure on the top ends of the solder balls thus forming a co-planar top surface at the top ends of the solder balls. A molding compound is deposited on the front surface of the wafer with the top ends of the solder balls exposed. The wafer is then ground from its back surface to reduce its thickness to achieve ultra-thin chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Jun Lu, Alex Niu, Yueh-Se Ho, Ping Huang, Jacky Gong, Yan Xun Xue, Xiaotian Zhang, Ming-Chen Lu
  • Patent number: 8445916
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, an insulating film, a first interconnection, a second interconnection, a barrier metal layer, a first metal pillar, a second metal pillar, and a resin. The semiconductor layer has a first major surface, a second major surface formed on an opposite side to the first major surface, and a light emitting layer. The first electrode is provided on the second major surface of the semiconductor layer. The second electrode is provided on the second major surface of the semiconductor layer and includes a silver layer. The insulating film is provided on the second major surface side of the semiconductor layer. The barrier metal layer is provided between the second electrode and the insulating film and between the second electrode and the second interconnection to cover the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akihiro Kojima, Yoshiaki Sugizaki
  • Publication number: 20130122689
    Abstract: A method includes performing a dicing on a composite wafer including a plurality of dies, wherein the composite wafer is bonded on a carrier when the step of dicing is performed. After the step of dicing, the composite wafer is mounted onto a tape. The carrier is then de-bonded from the composite wafer and the first tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung Yu Wang, Jui-Pin Hung, Chih-Hao Chen, Chun-Hsing Su, Yi-Chao Mao, Kung-Chen Yeh, Yi-Lin Tsai, Ying-Tz Hung, Chin-Fu Kao, Shih-Yi Syu, Chin-Chuan Chang, Hsien-Wen Liu, Long Hua Lee
  • Publication number: 20130120699
    Abstract: In order to shield the light incident from the chip side surface or chip rear surface of a semiconductor chip that forms an LCD driver, a light-shielding film is formed over the chip side surface and chip rear surface of the semiconductor chip itself, not using a light-shielding tape that is a component separate from the semiconductor chip. Accordingly, the light-shielding tape as a separate component is not used, and hence the trouble that the light-shielding tape may protrude from the surface of a glass substrate whose thickness has been made small can be solved. As a result, the thinning of a liquid crystal display, and the subsequent thinning of the mobile phone in which the liquid crystal display is mounted can be promoted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Renesas Electronics Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130119533
    Abstract: A wafer level package includes a semiconductor die bonded on a supporting wafer. The semiconductor die has at least a step recess at its substrate. An underfill layer is formed between the semiconductor die and the supporting wafer. Moreover, the height of the underfill layer is limited by the step recess. During a fabrication process of the wafer level package, the step recess helps to reduce the stress on the wafer level package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Chen, Long Hua Lee, Chun-Hsing Su, Yi-Lin Tsai, Kung-Chen Yeh, Chung Yu Wang, Jui-Pin Hung, Jing-Cheng Lin
  • Publication number: 20130119553
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor package including an electrical device having a first lateral surface; and a core substrate including a cavity in which the electrical device is positioned, wherein the core substrate is inclined in a thickness direction of the core substrate and has a second lateral surface that defines the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Tae Sung JEONG, Jung Soo BYUN, Yul Kyo CHUNG, Doo Hwan LEE