Consisting Of Soldered Or Bonded Constructions (epo) Patents (Class 257/E23.023)

  • Patent number: 8426251
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a carrier and attaching a plurality of semiconductor chips to the carrier. The semiconductor chips have a first electrode pad on a first main face and at least a second electrode pad on a second main face opposite to the first main face, whereby the first electrode pad is electrically connected to the carrier. A plurality of first bumps are formed on the carrier, the first bumps being made of a conductive material. The carrier is then singulated into a plurality of semiconductor devices, wherein each semiconductor device includes at least one semiconductor chip and one first bump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Horst Theuss
  • Patent number: 8426983
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include: first and second wiring boards separated from each other via a gap; a semiconductor chip; first and second groups of electrode pads; and first and second groups of connection pads. The semiconductor chip is fixed to upper surfaces of the first and second wiring boards, and has a first portion adjacent to the gap. The first and second groups of electrode pads are disposed on the first portion. The first and second groups of electrode pads are aligned adjacent to side surfaces of the first and second wiring boards, respectively. The side surfaces of the first and second wiring boards face each other. The first and second groups of connection pads are disposed on lower surfaces of the first and second wiring boards, respectively. The first and second groups of connection pads are aligned adjacent to the side surfaces of the first and second wiring boards, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Takeda, Satoshi Isa, Mitsuaki Katagiri
  • Publication number: 20130093086
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a semiconductor package and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor package includes an insulating layer; a plurality of traces and connection pads disposed in the insulating layer and protruded from the insulating layer; a plurality of bumps formed on the plurality of traces; a semiconductor chip disposed on the bumps; and an encapsulant formed on the insulating layer to encapsulate the semiconductor chip, the plurality of bumps, traces and connection pads. When the encapsulant is formed, voids can be prevented from being generated in the traces and the connection pads and thus the yield of process is significantly increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pang-Chun Lin, Yueh-Ying Tsai, Yong-Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 8421232
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a support member bonded to a first surface of the semiconductor element with a first bonding material and a lead electrode bonded to a second surface of the semiconductor element supported on the support member with a second bonding material, and further including a method of producing the semiconductor device. Respective connecting parts of the support member and the lead electrode are Ni-plated and each of the first and the second bonding material is a Sn solder having a Cu6Sn5 content greater than a eutectic content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Ikeda, Masato Nakamura, Satoshi Matsuyoshi, Koji Sasaki, Shinji Hiramitsu
  • Patent number: 8421247
    Abstract: A connecting material that includes metallic particles with an oxygen state ratio of less than 15% as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and a mean particle size between 0.1 ?m and 50 ?m; and especially a connecting material that includes metallic particles that have been subjected to treatment for removal of a surface oxide film and subjected to surface treatment with a surface protective material, so as to provide a connecting material having a high coefficient of thermal conductivity even when joined at a curing temperature of up to 200° C. without application of a load, and that has sufficient bonding strength even when the cured product has been heated at 260° C.; as well as a semiconductor device employing the connecting material to bond a semiconductor element to a support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Hayashi, Kaoru Konno, Ayako Taira
  • Patent number: 8421210
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a first terminal; connecting an integrated circuit to the first terminal; forming a second terminal connected over the first terminal and the integrated circuit by a vertical conductive post integral with the first terminal or the second terminal; and encapsulating the integrated circuit and the vertical conductive post leaving portions of the first terminal and the second terminal exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
    Inventors: HeeJo Chi, Soo Jung Park, Junwoo Myung
  • Patent number: 8421224
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor chip having a double bump structure. The semiconductor chip may include a semiconductor substrate, a circuit region on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, a pad on the semiconductor substrate and connected to the circuit region, a first bump on the pad, and a second bump on the first bump. The second bump may be arranged at one side of an upper surface of the first bump and the upper surface of the first bump may include a test area configured to interface with a probe tip, wherein the test area is an area of the upper surface of the first bump exposed by the second bump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-hyun Shin, Dong-yoon Sun
  • Publication number: 20130087920
    Abstract: An embodiment is a structure comprising a substrate, a first die, and a second die. The substrate has a first surface. The first die is attached to the first surface of the substrate by first electrical connectors. The second die is attached to the first surface of the substrate by second electrical connectors. A size of one of the second electrical connectors is smaller than a size of one of the first electrical connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin-Puu Jeng, Chen-Hua Yu, Jing-Cheng Lin
  • Publication number: 20130087903
    Abstract: A downhole tool is described. The downhole tool includes a work device and an electronics packaging connected to the work device. The electronics packaging comprises a housing, a substrate, at least one first type component, and at least one second type component. The housing defines a void. The substrate is positioned within the void of the housing and forms a first cavity and a second cavity relative to the housing. The first cavity and the second cavity are isolated to form separate atmospheric chambers. The at least one first type component is disposed in the first cavity and connected to the substrate. The at least one second type component is disposed in the second cavity and connected to the substrate. The at least one first type component is different from the at least one second type component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 8415795
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and an assembling method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a chip, a carrier, a plurality of first conductive elements and a plurality of second conductive elements. The chip has a plurality of first pads. The carrier has a plurality of second pads. The second pads correspond to the first pads. Each first conductive element is disposed between one of the first pads and one of the second pads. Each second conductive element is disposed between one of the first pads and one of the second pads. A volume ratio of intermetallic compound of the second conductive elements is greater than a volume ratio of intermetallic compound of the first conductive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Min Lin, Chau-Jie Zhan, Su-Tsai Lu
  • Patent number: 8415801
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device including: a circuit board formed by bonding a first and a second metal plates to both surfaces of an insulating substrate respectively, at least one semiconductor element to be bonded to an external surface of the first metal plate through a first solder, and a radiating base plate to be bonded to an external surface of the second metal plate through a second solder, wherein the first and the second solders are constituted by solder materials of the same type, and a ratio of a sum of thicknesses of the first and the second metal plates to a thickness of the insulating substrate is set in a predetermined range to ensure an endurance to a temperature stress of each of the first and the second solders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Ogura, Takahito Takayanagi, Yuko Yamada, Jun Kato, Tsugio Masuda, Tsukasa Aiba, Fumitomo Takano
  • Patent number: 8415792
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus and method of fabrication of the apparatus, the apparatus including a first electronic device having an interconnection surface with a first plurality of interconnection pads extending from the surface by a first distance and a second plurality of alignment posts extending from the surface by a second distance greater than the first distance, and a second electrical device having an interconnection surface with a first plurality of electrical interconnection pads, each pad arranged to contact a corresponding first electronic device interconnection surface pad upon assembly of the first electronic device interconnection surface upon the second electronic device interconnection surface, the second electronic device interconnection surface including a third plurality of alignment posts, each located to be adjacent to at least one of the first electronic device alignment posts upon assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Justin West, David John Russell
  • Patent number: 8415808
    Abstract: A semiconductor die package is disclosed. An example of the semiconductor package includes a first group of semiconductor die interspersed with a second group of semiconductor die. The die from the first and second groups are offset from each other along a first axis and staggered with respect to each other along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis. A second example of the semiconductor package includes an irregular shaped edge and a wire bond to the substrate from a semiconductor die above the lowermost semiconductor die in the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Chin Liao, Cheeman Yu, Ya Huei Lee
  • Publication number: 20130075893
    Abstract: A packaged power supply module (100) comprising a chip (110) with a first power field effect transistor (FET) and a second chip (120) with a second FET conductively attached side-by-side onto a conductive carrier (130), the transistors having bond pads of a first area (210) and the carrier having bond pads of a second area (230) smaller than the first area. Conductive bumps (114, 115, 124, 125) attached to the transistor bond pads and conductive bumps (126) attached to the carrier bond pads have equal volume and are coplanar (150), the bumps on the transistor pads having a first height and the bumps on the carrier pads having a second height greater than the first height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Juan A. HERBSOMMER, Osvaldo J. LOOPEZ, Jonathan A. NOQUIL, David JAUREGUI, Mark E. GRANAHAN
  • Publication number: 20130075906
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a foundation layer that is provided on a substrate and is electrically conductive; a nickel layer provided on the foundation layer; and a solder provided on the nickel layer, the nickel layer having a first region on a side of the foundation layer and a second region on a side of the solder, the second region being harder than the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC DEVICE INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130075905
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a through via penetrating the substrate. The through via has a protruding portion at a first end thereof extending out from a first surface of the substrate and a second end of the via contacting an interconnection line proximate a second, opposite, end of the substrate. A wetting layer is positioned between the via and the substrate and extends over the protruding portion of the via. The wetting layer includes a material selected to improve an adhesive strength between the wetting layer and a solder ball contacting the wetting layer extending over the protruding portion of the via when a solder ball is coupled to the wetting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Ju-il Choi, Jeong-Woo Park, Jeonggi Jin, Hyungseok Kim
  • Patent number: 8405208
    Abstract: The semiconductor device has the CSP structure, and includes: a plurality of electrode pads formed on a semiconductor integrated circuit in order to input/output signals from/to exterior; solder bumps for making external lead electrodes; and rewiring. The solder bumps are arranged in two rows along the periphery of the semiconductor device. The electrode pads are arranged inside the outermost solder bumps so as to be interposed between the two rows of solder bumps. Each trace of the rewiring is extended from an electrode pad, and is connected to any one of the outermost solder bumps or any one of the inner solder bumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunihiro Komiya
  • Publication number: 20130069231
    Abstract: A semiconductor package with improved height uniformity of solder cap bumps therein is disclosed. In one embodiment, the semiconductor package includes a semiconductor substrate comprising a plurality of pads spacedly disposed on a top surface of the substrate, and a passivation layer formed on top of the pads, wherein a plurality of pad openings are created to expose at least a portion of the pads; a plurality of solder cap bumps formed at the pad openings of the passivation layer; and a carrier substrate having a plurality of bond pads electrically connected to the solder caps of the solder cap bumps on the semiconductor substrate. The solder cap bump includes a solder cap on top of a conductive pillar, and a patternable layer can be coated and patterned on a top surface of the conductive pillar to define an area for the solder ball to be deposited. The deposited solder ball can be reflowed to form the solder cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: ChipMOS Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Geng-Shin Shen
  • Patent number: 8399265
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for releasably receiving a singulated semiconductor chip having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite the first main surface. The device includes a support structure. At least one elastic element is arranged on the support structure. Electrical contact elements are arranged on the at least one elastic element and adapted to be contacted to the first main surface of the semiconductor chip. A foil is adapted to be arranged over the second main surface of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Peter Ossimitz
  • Patent number: 8399300
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a flipchip or PoP semiconductor die mounted to a die attach area interior to a substrate. The substrate has a contact pad area around the die attach area and flow control area between the die attach area and contact pad area. A first channel is formed in a surface of the substrate within the flow control area. The first channel extends around a periphery of the die attach area. A first dam material is formed adjacent to the first channel within the flow control area. An underfill material is deposited between the die and substrate. The first channel and first dam material control outward flow of the underfill material to prevent excess underfill material from covering the contact pad area. A second channel can be formed adjacent to the first dam material. A second dam material can be formed adjacent to the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventors: KyungHoon Lee, KiYoun Jang, JoonDong Kim
  • Patent number: 8399993
    Abstract: An embedded package includes a first semiconductor chip having a first conductive line which has a first sunken area, a second semiconductor chip having a second conductive line which has a second sunken area, wherein the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip are arranged facing each other, and wherein the first sunken area and the second sunken area are arranged facing each other, a core layer surrounding the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip, wherein the core layer has a first circuit pattern coupled to an external terminal; and a bump formed in the first and second sunken areas, wherein the bump is coupled to the first circuit pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Yeo Song Yun
  • Patent number: 8399995
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a chip. The chip includes a single circuit element formed in a semiconductor substrate, a first metal layer on a first face of the semiconductor substrate, and a second metal layer on a second face of the semiconductor substrate opposite the first face. The first metal layer and the second metal layer are configured for accessing the single circuit element. A smaller of a first width of the first face of the semiconductor substrate and a second width of the first face of the semiconductor substrate perpendicular to the first width is less than or equal to a distance between an exposed face of the first metal layer parallel to the first face of the semiconductor substrate and an exposed face of the second metal layer parallel to the second face of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Scharf, Horst Theuss, Markus Leicht
  • Patent number: 8399977
    Abstract: A method of producing a resin-sealed package is provided with: providing an electronic component which has a plurality of terminals on one face, a first support member and a second support member; temporarily fixing said electronic component to a surface of said first support member by a first adhesive agent layer, to face said terminals with said first support member; fixing said second support member having a second adhesive agent layer to said electronic component while interposing said electronic component between said first support member and said second support member to face said second adhesive agent layer with a back face side of said electronic component; resin sealing said electronic component between said first support member and said second support member; peeling said first support member and said first adhesive agent layer from said electronic component and a sealing resin; and stacking an insulating resin layer and a wiring layer which is electrically connected to said terminals of said electr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Kunimoto, Akihiko Tateiwa
  • Publication number: 20130062741
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing and packaging thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit and a plurality of copper pillars coupled to a surface of the integrated circuit. The plurality of copper pillars has an elongated shape. At least 50% of the plurality of copper pillars is arranged in a substantially centripetal orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Yu Wu, Tin-Hao Kuo, Chen-Shien Chen, Ming-Da Cheng
  • Publication number: 20130062779
    Abstract: A bonding contact area on a semiconductor substrate is provided that includes a reinforcing structure having at least one conductive material layer arranged on the semiconductor substrate to receive the patterned reinforcing structure, a metal layer formed as a bonding contact layer with a bonding surface and arranged on a conductive material layer. Whereby, below the bonding surface, an oxide layer having at least about a 2 ?m thickness is arranged, which extends beyond the edge of the bonding surface. The reinforcing structure is arranged in the oxide layer, when viewed looking down onto the bonding surface, outside the bonding surface within the oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Hans-Guenter Zimmer, Pascal Stumpf
  • Publication number: 20130056884
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes at least 4 conductive line groups arranged in parallel over one memory cell block and each configured to include conductive lines. First contact pads may be coupled to the respective ends of the conductive lines of two of the 4 conductive line groups in a first direction, and second contact pads may be coupled to the respective ends of the conductive lines of the remaining 2 of the 4 conductive line groups in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventor: Dae Sung EOM
  • Publication number: 20130049196
    Abstract: A microelectronic package includes a subassembly, a second substrate, and a monolithic encapsulant. The subassembly includes a first substrate that has at least one aperture, a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of eight parts per million per degree Celsius or less, and first and second contacts arranged so as to have a pitch of 200 microns or less. First and second microelectronic elements are respectively electrically connected to the first and second contacts. Wire bonds may be used to connect the second element contacts with the second contacts. A second substrate may underlie either the first or the second microelectronic elements and be electrically interconnected with the first substrate. The second substrate may have terminals configured for electrical connection to a component external to the microelectronic package. A monolithic encapsulant may contact the first and second microelectronic elements and the first and second substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: TESSERA, INC.
    Inventors: Simon McElrea, Wael Zohni, Belgacem Haba
  • Publication number: 20130049190
    Abstract: Various semiconductor chip solder bump and underbump metallization (UBM) structures and methods of making the same are disclosed. In one aspect, a method is provided that includes depositing a layer of a first metallic material on a semiconductor chip. The first layer has a first physical quantity. A layer of a second metallic material is deposited on the layer of the first metallic material. The second layer has a second physical quantity. The first and second layers are reflowed to form a solder structure with a desired ratio of the first metallic material to the second metallic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Roden R. Topacio, Neil McLellan
  • Publication number: 20130049189
    Abstract: A solder joint between a trace (401) and an object (501). The trace having a solderable surface (503), a height (504), and a width (404), the trace including a bulge having a diameter (502) greater than the trace width, a surface area, and sidewalls, the sum of the bulge sidewall areas being no less than the bulge surface area. The object having a solderable surface (503), a diameter (502) greater than the trace width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Kazuaki Mawatari
  • Publication number: 20130049198
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package structure is provided. A chip is provided. An active surface of the chip is disposed on a carrier. A molding compound is formed on the carrier with a metal layer disposed thereon. The metal layer has an upper and lower surface, multiple cavities formed on the upper surface and multiple protrusions formed on the lower surface and corresponding to the cavities. The protrusions are embedded in the molding compound. The metal layer is patterned to form multiple pads on a portion of the molding compound. The carrier and the molding compound are separated. Multiple through holes are formed on the molding compound exposing the protrusions. A redistribution layer is formed on the molding compound and the active surface of the chip. Multiple solder balls are formed on the redistribution layer. A portion of the solder balls are correspondingly disposed to the pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: CHIPMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Tsung-Jen Liao, Cheng-Tang Huang, Mei-Fang Peng
  • Publication number: 20130049195
    Abstract: A method includes performing a laser grooving to remove a dielectric material in a wafer to form a trench, wherein the trench extends from a top surface of the wafer to stop at an intermediate level between the top surface and a bottom surface of the wafer. The trench is in a scribe line between two neighboring chips in the wafer. A polymer is filled into the trench and then cured. After the step of curing the polymer, a die saw is performed to separate the two neighboring chips, wherein a kerf line of the die saw cuts through a portion of the polymer filled in the trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Wu, Szu Wei Lu, Jing-Cheng Lin, Shin-Puu Jeng, Chen-Hua Yu
  • Publication number: 20130043587
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a package on package arrangement comprising a bottom package and a second package. The first package includes a substrate layer including (i) a top side and (ii) a bottom side that is opposite to the top side. Further, the top side defines a substantially flat surface. The first package also includes a die coupled to the bottom side of the substrate layer. The second package includes a plurality of rows of solder balls, and the second package is attached to the substantially flat surface of the substrate layer via the plurality of rows of solder balls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Huahung Kao, Shiann-Ming Liou
  • Patent number: 8378507
    Abstract: A wiring substrate and a semiconductor chip mounted on the wiring substrate are connected together via a bonding wire. The distance from each end of the semiconductor chip to a wire bond pad provided on the wiring substrate is smaller than the height of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Itaya, Dai Sasaki, Mitsuaki Katagirl
  • Publication number: 20130037967
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor package substrate including a base substrate, a mounting member mounted on an upper portion of the base substrate, and an adhesive layer formed between the base substrate and the mounting member, wherein the adhesive layer includes a thermally conductive adhesive and a ductile adhesive formed at the outer circumference of the thermally conductive adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Man KIM, Young Hoon KWAK, Kyu Hwan OH, Seog Moon CHOI, Tae Hoon KIM
  • Patent number: 8367539
    Abstract: The semiconductor device manufacturing method includes the steps of attaching two or more solder particles on at least one electrode among a plurality of electrodes of an electronic component, arranging the electrode of the electronic component and an electrode of a circuit board so as to oppose each other, abutting the solder particles attached on a surface of the electrode of the electronic component to the electrode of the circuit board and heating the solder particles, and connecting electrically the electrode of the electronic component and the electrode of the circuit board via two or more solder joint bodies made by melting the solder particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Sakurai
  • Patent number: 8368227
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor process, a semiconductor element and a package having a semiconductor element. The semiconductor element includes a base material and at least one through via structure. The base material has a first surface, a second surface, at least one groove and at least one foundation. The groove opens at the first surface, and the foundation is disposed on the first surface. The through via structure is disposed in the groove of the base material, and protrudes from the first surface of the base material. The foundation surrounds the through via structure. Whereby, the foundation increases the strength of the through via structure, and prevents the through via structure from cracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Bin-Hong Cheng
  • Publication number: 20130026609
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to be coupled onto a substrate, wherein the apparatus comprises a semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate includes a plurality of trenches defined within a side of the semiconductor substrate. The apparatus further comprises an interconnect layer over portions of the side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the portions of the side of the semiconductor substrate include the plurality of trenches defined within the side of the semiconductor substrate. Each trench is configured to respectively receive a solder ball to provide an interface between i) the interconnect layer and ii) the substrate to which the apparatus is to be coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD.
    Inventor: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8362610
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting configuration in which an electronic component chip having a plurality of protrusion-shaped electrodes distributed on its entire mounting surface is mounted through protrusion-shaped electrodes on a printed circuit board is provided which is capable of improving reliability of an electronic component by relieving thermal stress. The solder bumps are arranged so that intervals between solder bumps adjacent to one another become smaller from a central portion of a mounting surface of the electronic component chip toward the peripheral portion thereof. For example, an interval between the solder bump “1A” arranged in the central portion of the semiconductor chip and the solder bump “1B” arranged in an outer side thereof, adjacent to each other, is set to a pitch of P1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8362611
    Abstract: A semiconductor module is of a structure such that a wiring layer, an insulating resin layer and a semiconductor device are stacked in this order by bonding them together with compression. In the wiring layer, bump electrodes each having a base and a tip portion are provided in positions corresponding respectively to device electrodes of the semiconductor device. The bump electrodes penetrate the insulating resin layer and are electrically coupled to the corresponding device electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Yanase, Yoshio Okayama, Ryosuke Usui
  • Patent number: 8362604
    Abstract: A Ferroelectric tunnel FET switch as ultra-steep (abrupt) switch with subthreshold swing better than the MOSFET limit of 60 mV/decade at room temperature combining two key principles: ferroelectric gate stack and band-to-band tunneling in gated p-i-n junction, wherein the ferroelectric material included in the gate stack creates, due to dipole polarization with increasing gate voltage, a positive feedback in the capacitive coupling that controls the band-to-band (BTB) tunneling at the source junction of a silicon p-i-n reversed bias structure, wherein the combined effect of BTB tunneling and ferroelectric negative capacitance offers more abrupt off-on and on-off transitions in the present proposed Ferroelectric tunnel FET than for any reported tunnel FET or any reported ferroelectric FET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
    Inventor: Mihai Adrian Ionescu
  • Publication number: 20130020709
    Abstract: A semiconductor package and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor package includes a carrier having a plurality bonding pads disposed on a surface thereof, a packaging layer formed on the surface of the carrier and having a plurality of openings corresponding to the bonding pads, a conductive material filled in the openings and electrically connected to the bonding pads, and an electronic component installed on the packaging layer and having a plurality of conductive pillars correspondingly received in the openings and electrically connected to the conductive material. The formation of the openings in the packaging layer can control the position and size of the conductive material to enable the overall height of the conductive structure to be level and to keep the electronic component from tilting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-An Huang, Pin-Cheng Huang, Chi-Hsin Chiu, Shih-Kuang Chiu
  • Publication number: 20130020711
    Abstract: Pillars having a directed compliance geometry are arranged to couple a semiconductor die to a substrate. The direction of maximum compliance of each pillar may be aligned with the direction of maximum stress caused by unequal thermal expansion and contraction of the semiconductor die and substrate. Pillars may be designed and constructed with various shapes having particular compliance characteristics and particular directions of maximum compliance. The shape and orientation of the pillars may be selected as a function of their location on a die to accommodate the direction and magnitude of stress at their location. A method includes fabricating pillars with particular shapes by patterning to increase surface of materials upon which the pillar is plated or deposited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Zhongping Bao, James D. Burrell, Shiqun Gu
  • Patent number: 8357987
    Abstract: The invention is related to a chip package including: a semiconductor substrate having at least one bonding pad region and at least one device region, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes a plurality of heavily doped regions in the bonding pad region, and two of the heavily doped regions are insulatively isolated; a plurality of conductive pad structures disposed over the bonding pad region; at least one opening disposed at a sidewall of the chip package to expose the heavily doped regions; and a conductive pattern disposed in the opening to electrically contact with the heavily doped region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Inventor: Chien-Hung Liu
  • Publication number: 20130015579
    Abstract: A solder ball contact and a method of making a solder ball contact includes: a first insulating layer with a via formed on an integrated circuit (IC) chip and a metal pad; an under bump metallurgy (UBM) structure disposed within the via and on a portion of the first insulating layer, surrounding the via; a second insulating layer formed on an upper surface of an outer portion of the UBM structure that is centered on the via; and a solder ball that fills the via and is disposed above an upper surface of an inner portion of the UBM structure that contacts the via, in which the UBM structure that underlies the solder ball is of a greater diameter than the solder ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Luc Guerin, Mario J. Interrante, Michael J. Shapiro, Thuy Tran-Quinn, Van T. Truong
  • Patent number: 8354754
    Abstract: A layer assemblage for a semiconductor chip having a chip body for producing a soldering connection for the chip. The assemblage is provided on a side of a chip body formed from a semiconducting material, wherein the layer assemblage is formed from a plurality of sequential metal layers which follow one above another and are produced by means of a physical coating method, and wherein a solderable soldering layer is provided between a noble metal layer situated at a surface of the layer assemblage and the chip body. In order to avoid an undesired penetration of a solder through the layer assemblage the soldering layer has at least one internal interface formed by an interruption of the coating method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Semikron Elektronik GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventor: Sven Berberich
  • Publication number: 20130009326
    Abstract: A chip package includes a substrate, an integrated circuit proximate a top surface of the substrate, and a cap comprising encapsulant that encapsulates the integrated circuit on at least a portion of the top surface of the substrate. The chip package further includes at least one extension feature positioned on at least a portion of the top surface of the substrate. The at least one extension feature also comprises the encapsulant and extends from the cap to a perimeter of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: STMIROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD.
    Inventor: Jing-en Luan
  • Patent number: 8350385
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stress buffering package (49) for a semiconductor component, with a semiconductor substrate (52); an I/O pad (54), electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate (52); a stress buffering element (74) for absorbing stresses, electrically connected to the I/O pad (54); an underbump metallization (70), electrically connected to the stress buffering element (74); a solder ball (60), electrically connected to the underbump metallization (70); a metal element (61) between the solder ball (60) and the semiconductor substrate (52); a passivation layer (56, 58), which protects the semiconductor substrate (52) and the metal element (61) and which at least partially exposes the I/O pad (54); characterized in that a roughness of an interface between the stress buffering element (74) and the passivation layer (56, 58) is lower than a roughness of an interface between the metal element (61) and the passivation layer (56, 58).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Hendrik Hochstenbach
  • Patent number: 8350371
    Abstract: The semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor chip, a solid plate to which the semiconductor chip is bonded, and a bonding member made of a BiSn-based material interposed between the semiconductor chip and the solid plate, while the bonding member has a heat conduction path made of Ag for improving heat conductivity between the semiconductor chip and the solid plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoharu Haga, Shoji Yasunaga, Yasumasa Kasuya
  • Publication number: 20130001771
    Abstract: A semiconductor die has first and second discrete semiconductor components mounted over a plurality of wettable contact pads formed on a carrier. Conductive pillars are formed over the wettable contact pads. A semiconductor die is mounted to the conductive pillars over the first discrete components. The conductive pillars provide vertical stand-off of the semiconductor die as headroom for the first discrete components. The second discrete components are disposed outside a footprint of the semiconductor die. Conductive TSV can be formed through the semiconductor die. An encapsulant is deposited over the semiconductor die and first and second discrete components. The wettable contact pads reduce die and discrete component shifting during encapsulation. A portion of a back surface of the semiconductor die is removed to reduce package thickness. An interconnect structure is formed over the encapsulant and semiconductor die. Third discrete semiconductor components can be mounted over the semiconductor die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: STATS CHIPPAC, LTD.
    Inventors: Reza A. Pagaila, Yaojian Lin, Jun Mo Koo
  • Patent number: 8344521
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor package, a circuit board, an interconnection electrically connecting the semiconductor package and the circuit board, and a wiring structure. The wiring structure includes a through hole, a contact disposed at the through hole and a lead pattern extending from the contact. The wiring structure is disposed between the semiconductor package and the circuit board. The interconnection passes through the through hole and connects with the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Mitsuo Suehiro