Stacked Arrangements Of Devices (epo) Patents (Class 257/E25.006)
  • Patent number: 8030134
    Abstract: Stacked semiconductor assemblies in which a first die is mounted active side upward on a first substrate and is electrically interconnected to the substrate by wire bonding; an adhesive/spacer structure is formed upon the active side of the first die; and a device such as a die or a package or a heat spreader, having an electrically nonconductive side, is mounted upon the adhesive/spacer structure with the electrically nonconductive side facing the first wire bonded die. The side of the device facing the first wire bonded die may be made electrically nonconductive by having an electrically insulating layer, such as a dielectric film adhesive. Also, methods for making the assemblies are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Chippac, Inc.
    Inventors: Hyeog Chan Kwon, Marcos Karnezos
  • Patent number: 8026586
    Abstract: A semiconductor package comprises a substrate having bond fingers on an upper surface thereof and ball lands on a lower surface thereof; at least two chip modules stacked on the upper surface of the substrate, each of the at least two chip modules including a plurality of semiconductor chips having first connection members and stacked in a manner such that the first connection members of the semiconductor chips are connected to one another, the chip modules being stacked in a zigzag pattern such that connection parts of the chip modules project sideward; and second connection members electrically connecting the connection parts of the respective chip modules to the bond fingers of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Jong Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 8026582
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package system comprising: providing a substrate; forming a base assembled package over the substrate; forming a top package over the base assemble package; and applying a top package stacking material for stand-off or insulation to the base assembled package and the top package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Kil Lee, Jae Chang Kim, Byung Ok Kim, legal representative, Koo Hong Lee
  • Patent number: 8026608
    Abstract: An electronic package includes a first layer having a first surface, the first layer includes a first device having a first electrical node, and a first contact pad in electrical communication with the first electrical node and positioned within the first surface. The package includes a second layer having a second surface and a third surface, the second layer includes a first conductor positioned within the second surface and a second contact pad positioned within the third surface and in electrical communication with the first conductor. A first anisotropic conducting paste (ACP) is positioned between the first contact pad and the first conductor to electrically connect the first contact pad to the first conductor such that an electrical signal may pass therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Sabatini, Christopher James Kapusta, Glenn Forman
  • Patent number: 8008667
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer and a first semiconductor element located in the first semiconductor layer. The semiconductor device also includes a second semiconductor layer of a transparent semiconductor material. The second semiconductor layer is disposed on the first semiconductor layer covering the first semiconductor element. The semiconductor device also includes a second semiconductor element located in the second semiconductor layer. The semiconductor device also includes a wire extending within the second semiconductor layer and electrically connecting the first and second semiconductor elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Koyama, Yoshitaka Kamo
  • Patent number: 8008763
    Abstract: A stacked electronic component comprises a first electronic component adhered on a substrate via a first adhesive layer, and a second electronic component adhered by using a second adhesive layer thereon. The second adhesive layer has a two-layer structure formed by a same material and having different modulus of elasticity. The second adhesive layer of the two-layer structure has a first layer disposed at the first electronic component side and a second layer disposed at the second electronic component side. The first layer softens or melts at an adhesive temperature. The second layer maintains a layered shape at the adhesive temperature. According to the stacked electronic component, occurrences of an insulation failure and a short circuiting are prevented, and in addition, a peeling failure between the electronic components, an increase of a manufacturing cost, and so on, can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Atsushi Yoshimura, Naoyuki Komuta, Hideo Numata
  • Patent number: 7994623
    Abstract: A semiconductor device where multiple chips of identical design can be stacked, and the spacer and interposer eliminated, to improve three-dimensional coupling information transmission capability. A first semiconductor circuit including a three-dimensional coupling circuit (three-dimensional coupling transmission terminal group and three-dimensional coupling receiver terminal group); and a second semiconductor integrated circuit including a three-dimensional coupling circuit and feed-through electrode (power supply via hole and ground via hole); and a third semiconductor integrated circuit including a three-dimensional coupling circuit and feed-through electrode are stacked on the package substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Itaru Nonomura, Kenichi Osada, Makoto Saen
  • Patent number: 7994619
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package system is provided including mounting a first device on a carrier, mounting a second device over the first device and the carrier in an offset face-to-face configuration, and connecting the first device and the second device at an overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard P. Sheridan, Eric Gongora, Douglas J. Mathews
  • Patent number: 7994627
    Abstract: A substrate includes a substrate; a number of pad redistribution chips stacked on the substrate and on one another after being rotated 90° in a predetermined direction relative to one another, the pad redistribution chips having a number of center pads positioned at the center thereof, a number of (+) edge pads positioned on an end thereof while corresponding to those of the center pads lying in (+) direction from a middle center pad located in the middle of the center pads, a number of (?) edge pads positioned on the other end thereof while corresponding to those of the center pads lying in (?) direction with symmetry to those of the center pads lying in the (+) direction, and a number of traces for electrically connecting the center pads to the corresponding (±) edge pads, respectively; a flexible PCB for electrically connecting the substrate to the pad redistribution chips; and an anisotropic dielectric film for electrically connecting the pad redistribution chips to the flexible PCB and the substrate to t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Tae Min Kang
  • Patent number: 7982298
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided multiple embodiments of a package-in-package semiconductor device including shortened electrical signal paths to optimize electrical performance. In each embodiment, the semiconductor device comprises a substrate having a conductive pattern formed thereon. In certain embodiments, a semiconductor package and one or more semiconductor dies are vertically stacked upon the substrate, and placed into electrical communication with the conductive pattern thereof. One or more of the semiconductor dies may include through-silicon vias formed therein for facilitating the electrical connection thereof to the conductive pattern of the substrate or to other electronic components within the vertical stack. Similarly, the semiconductor package may be provided with through-mold vias to facilitate the electrical connection thereof to other electronic components within the vertical stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Amkor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dae Byoung Kang, Sung Jin Yang, Jung Tae Ok, Jae Dong Kim
  • Patent number: 7982300
    Abstract: Layers suitable for stacking in three dimensional, multi-layer modules are formed by interconnecting a ball grid array electronic package to an interposer layer which routes electronic signals to an access plane. The layers are under-filled and may be bonded together to form a stack of layers. The leads on the access plane are interconnected among layers to form a high-density electronic package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Aprolase Development Co., LLC
    Inventors: Keith Gann, W. Eric Boyd
  • Patent number: 7982306
    Abstract: A stackable semiconductor package includes a substrate with a first side surface that includes circuit patterns. Each circuit pattern includes a pad. A semiconductor die is electrically coupled to the circuit patterns. An encapsulant covers the semiconductor die and the first side surface of the substrate inward of the pads. A layer of a solder is fused to each of the pads. A lateral distance between immediately adjacent pads is selected to be greater than a lateral distance between sidewalls of the encapsulant and immediately adjacent pads, and a height of the solder layers relative to the first side surface is selected to be less than a height of the sidewalls of the encapsulant, so that misalignment of a semiconductor package stacked on the solder layers/pads is self-correcting when juxtaposed ones of the solder layers and respective solder balls of the second semiconductor package are reflowed and fused together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Amkor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Akito Yoshida, Young Wook Heo
  • Patent number: 7973401
    Abstract: A chip package comprises a first chip having a first side and a second side, wherein said first chip comprises a first pad, a first trace, a second pad and a first passivation layer at said first side thereof, an opening in said first passivation layer exposing said first pad, said first trace being over said first passivation layer, said first trace connecting said first pad to said second pad; a second chip having a first side and a second side, wherein said second chip comprises a first pad at said first side thereof, wherein said second side of said second chip is joined with said second side of side first chip; a substrate joined with said first side of said first chip or with said first side of said second chip; a first wirebonding wire connecting said second pad of said first chip and said substrate; and a second wirebonding wire connecting said first pad of said second chip and said substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Megica Corporation
    Inventors: Mou-Shiung Lin, Shih-Hsiung Lin, Hsin-Jung Lo, Ying-Chih Chen, Chiu-Ming Chou
  • Patent number: 7969019
    Abstract: Semiconductor device 1 includes: first wiring board 5 provided with a plurality of external terminals 9 on the under surface thereof; first semiconductor chip 3 with the under surface thereof mounted on the upper surface of first wiring board 5; and second semiconductor chip 10 with the under surface thereof mounted on the upper surface of first semiconductor chip 3. On the upper surface of first wiring board 5, connecting pad 6a and connecting pad 6b are provided, while connecting pad 6a is electrically connected with the under surface of first semiconductor chip 3 and connecting pad 6b is arranged closely to an end portion of first semiconductor chip 3. Connecting pad 6a and connecting pad 6b are electrically connected with external terminals 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuhisa Watanabe, Ichiro Anjoh
  • Patent number: 7964948
    Abstract: A chip stack may include a first chip and a second chip stacked on the first chip. Each of the first and second chips may include a substrate having an active surface and an inactive surface opposite to the active surface; an internal circuit in the active surface; an I/O chip pad on the active surface and connected to the internal circuit through an I/O buffer; and a I/O connection pad connected to the I/O chip pad through the I/O buffer by a circuit wiring. A redistributed I/O chip pad layer may be on the active surface of the first chip, the redistributed I/O chip pad layer redistributing the I/O chip pad. The I/O connection pads of the first chip and the second chip may be electrically connected to each other by an electrical connecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-joo Lee, Sun-won Kang
  • Patent number: 7964953
    Abstract: A stacked type chip package structure including a backplate, a circuit substrate, a first chip, a second chip, and a conductive film is provided. The backplate comprises a circuit layer. The circuit substrate is disposed on the backplate, and has an upper surface and an opposite lower surface. Besides, the circuit substrate has a receiving hole corresponding to the backplate. The first chip is disposed inside the receiving hole, and the first chip is electrically connected to the circuit substrate through the circuit layer of the backplate. The second chip is disposed above the first chip, and is electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The conductive film is disposed between the first chip and the second chip, wherein the conductive film is electrically connected to a ground of the circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Hyeong-No Kim
  • Patent number: 7964952
    Abstract: A stackable package substrate has an opening shaped and dimensioned to accommodate but not contact a mold cap of a package upon which the stackable package is to be mounted. On the die attach surface, the frame substrate accommodates a die attach margin adjacent at the edge of the opening; and a row of wire bond sites arranged along at an outer frame edge, for electrical interconnection. The frame substrate accommodates z-interconnect ball pads arranged to align with corresponding z-interconnect pads on the substrate of a package. A stackable package has a frame substrate. A stacked package assembly includes a second package mounted on a first package using peripheral solder ball z-interconnect, in which the first package includes a die enclosed by a mold cap and in which the second package includes one die mounted on the frame substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Gue Lee
  • Patent number: 7960844
    Abstract: Disclosed are a flash memory device and method of operation. The flash memory device includes a bottom memory cell array and a top memory cell array disposed over the bottom memory cell array. The bottom memory cell array includes a bottom semiconductor layer, a bottom well, and a plurality of bottom memory cell units. The top memory cell array includes a top semiconductor layer, a top well, and a plurality of top memory cell units. A well bias line is disposed over the top memory cell array and includes a bottom well bias line and a top well bias line, The bottom well bias line is electrically connected to the bottom well, and the top well bias line is electrically connected to the top well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Chul Jang, Han-Soo Kim, Jae-Hun Jeong, Soon-Moon Jung
  • Patent number: 7952181
    Abstract: An interposer has an opening in the central portion. A plurality of first electrode terminals are formed on the front surface near the opening of the interposer, a plurality of second electrode terminals are formed on the front surface of the peripheral portion thereof and corresponding ones of the plurality of first and second electrode terminals are electrically connected to one another via a plurality of wirings. A plurality of bump electrodes is formed on the front surface of a child chip. A plurality of bump electrodes containing a plurality of bump electrodes for connection with the exterior are formed on the front surface of a parent chip. The front surfaces of the parent chip and child chip are set to face each other with the interposer disposed therebetween and the bump electrodes are electrically connected to one another in the opening of the interposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Makoto Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7936057
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for constructing and operating a high bandwidth package in an electronic device, such as a data storage device. In some embodiments, a high bandwidth package comprises a first known good die that has channel functions, a second known good die that has a controller function, and a third known good die that has a buffer function. Further in some embodiments, the high bandwidth package has pins that connect to each of the first, second, and third dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Dadi Setiadi, Patrick Ryan
  • Patent number: 7936074
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a programmable system in package (“PSiP”). The PSiP includes a single IC housing, a substrate and several IC's that are arranged within the single IC housing. At least one of the IC's is a configurable IC. In some embodiments, the configurable IC is a reconfigurable IC that can reconfigure more than once during run time. In some of these embodiments, the reconfigurable IC can be reconfigured at a first clock rate that is faster (i.e., larger) than the clock rates of one or more of the other IC's in the PSiP. The first clock rate is faster than the clock rate of all of the other IC's in the PSiP in some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Tabula, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Teig
  • Patent number: 7928551
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a first semiconductor chip is stacked on a wiring substrate and has first electrode pads disposed at predetermined positions on an upper surface thereof. A second semiconductor chip is stacked on the first semiconductor chip through an insulating member in an offset manner so that the first electrode pads are exposed. Support members support a back surface of a protruding portion of the second semiconductor chip through the insulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
    Inventors: Reiko Fujiwara, Akihiko Hatasawa, Fumitomo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7923847
    Abstract: Semiconductor packages that contain a system-in-a-package and methods for making such packages are described. The semiconductor packages contain a first semiconductor die resting on a middle of a land pad array, a second die disposed over the first die and resting on routing leads that are connected to the land pad array, a third die resting on the backside of the second die and connected to the land pad array by wire bonds, and a passive device and/or a discrete device resting on device pads. The packages also contain thermal pads which operate as a heat sink. The land pad array is formed from etching the leadframe. The semiconductor packages have a full land pad array with a thin package size while having a system-in-a-package design. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Manolito Galera, Leocadio Morona Alabin
  • Publication number: 20110079890
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package may include a first semiconductor package having first semiconductor chips sequentially stacked on a substrate. In example embodiments, the first semiconductor chips may have a cascaded arrangement in which first sides and second sides of the semiconductor chips define cascade patterns. The cascaded arrangement may extend in a first direction to define a space between the first sides of the first semiconductor chips and the substrate. The semiconductor package may also include at least one first connection wiring at the second sides of the semiconductor chips, the at least one first connection wiring being configured to electrically connect the substrate with the first semiconductor chips. In addition, the semiconductor package may further include a first filling auxiliary structure adjacent to the first sides of the first semiconductor chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-Sang Song, Seok-Keun Lim, In-Wook Jung, Bong-Ken Yu, Sang-Wook Park, Ji-Seok Hong
  • Patent number: 7919870
    Abstract: An integrated circuit chip includes devices formed by doping of a semiconductor on a substrate and at least one post-device formation through-chip via made up of an annulus of insulating material, an annulus of metallization bounding an outer surface of the annulus of insulating material and an annulus of electrically conductive material within the annulus of insulating material, the annulus of metallization and the annulus of electrically conductive material being electrically isolated from each another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Cufer Asset Ltd. L.L.C.
    Inventor: John Trezza
  • Patent number: 7919850
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a lead; mounting an inner package so that the lead is peripheral to the inner package, and the inner package having a connection pad; forming an exposed terminal interconnect on the connection pad; and encapsulating the inner package, and partially encapsulating the exposed terminal interconnect with an encapsulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Arnel Senosa Trasporto, Lionel Chien Hui Tay, Zigmund Ramirez Camacho, Abelardo Hadap Advincula, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7915079
    Abstract: A layered chip package includes a main body, and wiring disposed on at least one side surface of the main body. The main body includes a plurality of layer portions stacked. In a method of manufacturing the layered chip package, a plurality of structures are initially formed. Each structure includes at least one main-body-forming portion that is to be the main body and that has a pre-wiring surface. Next, the plurality of structures are surrounded with a jig and thereby aligned so that their pre-wiring surfaces face upward. The jig has a top surface that is lower in level than the pre-wiring surfaces. Next, a resin layer covering the jig and the structures is formed using a resin film. Next, the resin layer is polished until the pre-wiring surfaces are exposed. Next, the wiring is formed on the pre-wiring surfaces simultaneously. Next, the main-body-forming portions are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignees: Headway Technologies, Inc., SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Sasaki, Hiroyuki Ito, Atsushi Iijima
  • Patent number: 7915083
    Abstract: A layered chip package includes a main body, and wiring disposed on at least one side surface of the main body. The main body has: a main part having a top surface and a bottom surface and including a plurality of layer portions stacked; and a plurality of terminals arranged on at least one of the top and bottom surfaces of the main part and electrically connected to the wiring. A manufacturing method for the layered chip package includes: fabricating a plurality of first layered substructures each including a plurality of pre-separation main bodies arrayed; fabricating a second layered substructure by stacking the first layered substructures; cutting the second layered substructure into a block in which a plurality of pre-separation main bodies are arrayed in two directions; forming the wiring simultaneously for the plurality of pre-separation main bodies included in the block; and separating the pre-separation main bodies from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignees: Headway Technologies, Inc., SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Sasaki, Hiroyuki Ito, Hiroshi Ikejima, Atsushi Iijima
  • Patent number: 7911045
    Abstract: A semiconductor element is provided with electrode pads which are arranged on a front surface of an element main body, an insulating protection film which covers the front surface of the element main body excepting its outer peripheral area while exposing the electrode pads, and an insulating adhesive layer which is formed to cover a back surface, a sidewall surface and a corner between the front surface and the sidewall surface of the element main body. A plurality of semiconductor elements are stacked on a circuit substrate. The semiconductor elements are adhered via the insulating adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Ryoji Matsushima, Naohisa Okumura
  • Patent number: 7906854
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a supporting body that is disposed below the semiconductor chip and supports the semiconductor chip, a spacer that is fixed onto the first semiconductor chip, and a substrate that is located below the first semiconductor chip and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip with a wire. At least a part of the peripheral portion of the semiconductor chip is an overhang portion that projects more laterally than the peripheral portion of the supporting body. A covering portion that covers a part of the upper surface of the overhang portion is formed in the spacer. The wire is connected to a region in the upper surface of the overhang portion, the region being lateral to the outermost periphery of the covering portion of the spacer and not being covered with the covering portion of the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichi Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 7902651
    Abstract: A multi-chip stack module provides increased circuit density for a given surface chip footprint. The multi-chip stack module comprises support structures alternating with standard surface mount type chips to form a stack wherein the support structures electrically interconnect the chips. Various embodiments disclose a structure and method for interconnecting a plurality of generally planar chips in a vertical stack such that common signals are connected in the stack and individually-accessed signals are separated within the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: STEC, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Moshayedi
  • Patent number: 7898091
    Abstract: In a first embodiment, an apparatus and a method of fabrication thereof includes a substrate, a controller formed on a first integrated circuit (IC) die and disposed on the substrate, a second IC die embodying circuitry configured to enable communication between the controller and an external device, first I/O pads disposed on the first IC die, second I/O pads disposed on the second IC die, wire bonding interconnections coupling at least one of the first I/O pads with at least one of the second I/O pads, and a memory array formed on a third IC die and configured to enable communication with the controller. In a second embodiment the memory array is alternatively integrated into the first IC die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: SanDisk Corporation
    Inventors: Steven T. Sprouse, Dhaval Parikh, Michael McCarthy
  • Patent number: 7898069
    Abstract: A semiconductor system having a substrate (101) including a rigid insulating interposer (110) with a high modulus and a top (140) and a bottom (150) low-modulus tape with flip-attached semiconductor chips (120, 130). The assembled chips, with the passive surfaces facing each other, are located in an opening (114) of the interposer, which has a thickness (111) equal to or smaller than the sum of the assembled two chips. Adhesive material (160) holds the tapes parallel to the interposer and the chip surfaces together. Solder balls (180) and discrete components (170) may be attached to the outside surfaces of the tapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Rajiv C Dunne
  • Patent number: 7898080
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device has a power field effect transistors connected in a bridge circuit (16), parallel circuit or series circuit (18), the power semiconductor device (30) having a base power semiconductor chip (1) with large-area external contacts (S1, D1) on the top side (31) and rear side (32) and carrying at least one stacked power semiconductor chip (2). The stacked power semiconductor chip (2) is surface-mounted with at least one large-area external electrode (D2) on a correspondingly large-area external electrode (S1) of the top side (31) of the base power semiconductor chip (1). At least one metallic structured spacer (33) is arranged between the surface-mounted external electrodes (S1, D2) of the base power semiconductor chip (1) and the stacked power semiconductor chip (2). The structure of the spacer (33) has at least one cutout (34) for a non-surface-mountable connecting element (35) of the base power semiconductor chip (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Ralf Otremba
  • Patent number: 7898075
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor package disclosed herein can be generally characterized as including a resin substrate having a first recess, a first interconnection disposed on a surface of the first recess, a first semiconductor chip disposed in the first recess, and an underfill resin layer substantially filling the first recess and covering a side surface of the first semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip is electrically connected to the first interconnection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-Yong Jang, Eun-Chul Ahn, Pyoung-Wan Kim, Taek-Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 7892890
    Abstract: Chips are stacked and mounted on a circuit board having external connection electrodes and mounted thereon by wire bonding. At least one of the chips stacked on the chip includes overhung portions each of which has a start point inside bonding pads, is made thinner in a direction towards the outer periphery to an end point reaching the side wall and forms a space used to accommodate ball bonding portions between the overhung portion and the main surface of the chip arranged in the lower stage on a backside corresponding in position to the bonding pads, and insulating members formed to cover the overhung portions and prevent bonding wires of the chip arranged in the lower stage from being brought into contact with the upper-stage chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kurosawa, Junya Sagara
  • Patent number: 7893539
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes: a wiring board; a first semiconductor device mounted on the wiring board; a second semiconductor device which is stacked on the first semiconductor device and a projection part projects from the outer edge of the first semiconductor device; and a sealing resin layer which seals each semiconductor device. And the second semiconductor device has thereon a first analog cell, and a second analog cell which reaches a higher temperature than the first analog cell, and the second analog cell is arranged so as to include the projection part of the second semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Otsuka, Toshikazu Imaoka
  • Patent number: 7872339
    Abstract: Prepackaged chips, such a memory chips, are vertically stacked and bonded together with their terminals aligned. The exterior lead frames are removed including that portion which extends into the packaging. The bonding wires are now exposed on the collective lateral surface of the stack. In those areas where no bonding wire was connected to the lead frame, a bare insulative surface is left. A contact layer is disposed on top of the stack and vertical metalizations defined on the stack to connect the ends of the wires to the contact layer and hence to contact pads on the top surface of the contact layer. The vertical metalizations are arranged and configured to connect all commonly shared terminals of the chips, while the control and data input/output signals of each chip are separately connected to metalizations, which are disposed in part on the bare insulative surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Inventors: Keith Gann, Douglas N. Albert
  • Patent number: 7871861
    Abstract: A stacked integrated circuit package system includes: mounting a first integrated circuit over a first carrier; mounting a second integrated circuit package system having a second carrier with an intra-stack interconnect attached thereto and with the intra-stack interconnect over the first carrier and the first integrated circuit; and forming an intra-stack encapsulation between the first carrier and the second carrier surrounding the intra-stack interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungmin Song, Junwoo Myung, Byoung Wook Jang
  • Patent number: 7868438
    Abstract: Multi-chip package includes first through Nth semiconductor chips, each of which includes an input/output pad, an input/output driver coupled to the input/output pad, and an internal circuit. Each of the first through Nth semiconductor chips includes an internal pad for coupling the internal input/output driver and the internal circuit. The internal pads of the first through Nth semiconductor chips are coupled to each other such as via a common pad installed at a substrate. The input/output pad of the first semiconductor chip directly receives an input/output signal transmitted via a corresponding pin of the multi-chip package. The second through Nth semiconductor chips indirectly receive the input/output signal via the internal pads coupled to each other. The multi-chip package can improve signal compatibility by maintaining a parasitic load of a pin to at least the level of a single chip, when a signal is transmitted to the pin at high speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Se So, Dong-Ho Lee, Hyun-Soon Jang
  • Patent number: 7863721
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has first and second wafers having bond pads. The bond pad of the second wafer is connected to the bond pad of the first wafer using a conductive adhesive. A first interconnect structure is formed within the second wafer and includes a first via formed in a back surface of the second wafer to expose the bond pad of the second wafer. A first metal layer is formed conformally over the first via and is in electrical contact with the bond pad of the second wafer. A third wafer is mounted over the second wafer by connecting a bond pad formed over a front surface of the third wafer to the first metal layer. A second interconnect structure is formed over a backside of the third wafer opposite the front surface. The second interconnect structure is electrically connected to the first metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nathapong Suthiwongsunthorn, Pandi Chelvam Marimuthu
  • Patent number: 7855444
    Abstract: A mountable integrated circuit package system includes: providing a substrate having an opening provided therein; providing an encapsulated integrated circuit package having an external leadfinger; mounting the encapsulated integrated circuit package by the external leadfinger proximate to the opening in the substrate; and connecting the external leadfinger and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Zigmund Ramirez Camacho, Albelardo Jr. Hadap Advincula, Henry Descalzo Bathan, Lionel Chien Hui Tay
  • Patent number: 7851900
    Abstract: In a stacked semiconductor package, since electric power is supplied to a second semiconductor package through a first semiconductor package, a power supply path becomes complicated and fluctuation of its inductance becomes large, whereby power bounce occurs to reduce signal quality and also prevent high speed signal communication. Therefore, according to the present invention, a first solder ball group for joint to a printed wiring board is attached to a second layer of the first semiconductor package, and a second solder ball group for joint to the first semiconductor package and a solder group for power supply for direct joint to the printed wiring board are provided on the second layer of the second semiconductor package, whereby electric power can be directly supplied from the printed wiring board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Ohsaka, Hiroshi Kondo
  • Patent number: 7847383
    Abstract: A multi-chip package includes first through Nth semiconductor chips, each of which includes an input/output pad, an input/output driver coupled to the input/output pad, and an internal circuit. Each of the first through Nth semiconductor chips includes an internal pad for coupling the internal input/output driver and the internal circuit. The input/output pad of the first semiconductor chip directly receives an input/output signal via a corresponding pin of the multi-chip package. The second through Nth semiconductor chips indirectly receive the input/output signal via the internal pads coupled to each other. The multi-chip package can improve signal compatibility by maintaining a parasitic load of a pin to at least the level of a single chip, when a signal is transmitted to the pin at high speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Se So, Dong-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 7847384
    Abstract: A semiconductor package 100 is constructed of a semiconductor chip 110, a sealing resin 106 for sealing this semiconductor chip 110, and wiring 105 formed inside the sealing resin 106. And, the wiring 105 is constructed of pattern wiring 105b connected to the semiconductor chip 110 and also formed so as to be exposed to a lower surface 106b of the sealing resin 106, and a post part 105a formed so as to extend in a thickness direction of the sealing resin 106, the post part in which one end is connected to the pattern wiring 105b and also the other end is formed so as to be exposed to an upper surface 106a of the sealing resin 106.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Tetsuya Koyama, Takaharu Yamano
  • Patent number: 7843051
    Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same, and more particularly, a semiconductor package and a method of fabricating the semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a first package that comprises a first substrate, at least one first semiconductor chip stacked on the first substrate, and first conductive pads exposed on a top surface of the first substrate; a second package disposed below the first package such that the second package comprises a second substrate, at least one second semiconductor chip, and second conductive pads exposed on a bottom surface of the second substrate; and a connection unit that extends from the first conductive pads to the second conductive pads such that the connection unit covers a side surface of the first package and a side surface of the second package in order to electrically connect the first package to the second package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Sang Song, In-Ku Kang, Kyung-Man Kim
  • Publication number: 20100295163
    Abstract: A stacked package assembly includes N (where N?2) package bodies stacked together. Each package body is made up of a substrate which comprises a top surface and a bottom surface, and a chip packaged in the substrate. The top surface of the substrate of each package body includes (N?1) pads, and the bottom surface includes N pads. The Kth pad on the top surface of the substrate of each package body is electrically connected to the (K+1)th pad on the bottom surface thereof. The Kth (K=1, 2, . . . , (N?1)) pad on the top surface of the substrate of one lower package body corresponds to the Kth pad on the bottom surface of the substrate of another upper package body stacked above the lower package body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ching-Yao Fu
  • Patent number: 7834469
    Abstract: A stacked type chip package structure including a lead frame, a chip package, a second chip, and a second molding compound is provided. The lead frame includes a plurality of first leads and second leads insulated from one another. The first leads have a first upper surface, and the second leads have a second upper surface which is not co-planar with the first upper surface. The chip package is disposed on the first leads and includes a substrate, a first chip, and a first molding compound. The second chip is stacked on the chip package and electrically connected to the second leads. The second molding compound is disposed on the lead frame and filled among the first leads and the second leads for encapsulating the chip package and the second chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Yao-Kai Chuang, Chien Liu, Chih-Ming Chung, Chao-Cheng Liu
  • Patent number: 7829995
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first die pad, a first semiconductor chip provided on the first die pad, a second die pad, a second semiconductor chip provided on the second die pad, and a sealing resin made of a first resin material, sealing the first die pad, the first semiconductor chip, the second die pad and the second semiconductor chip. A lower surface of the first semiconductor chip is connected to the first die pad. A first portion of a lower surface of the second semiconductor chip is connected to the second die pad, and a second portion not connected to the second die pad of the lower surface of the second semiconductor chip is connected to an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip via a second resin material different from the first resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Matsumura
  • Patent number: 7816775
    Abstract: A method for of manufacturing integrated circuit packages and a multi-chip integrated circuit package are disclosed. According to the method, a first die is attached onto a first side of a set of leads of a leadframe, and an adhesive is applied onto the set of leads at a second side opposite to the first side. A second die is attached onto the adhesive. The adhesive fills into the gaps defined by the set of leads. The adhesive is thereafter cured. In a multi-chip integrated circuit package made according to the method, the adhesive attaching the second die fills the gaps between the leads so that to avoid formation of internal cavities of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: United Test and Assembly Center Limited
    Inventors: Chuen Khiang Wang, Hao Liu, Hien Boon Tan, Clifton Teik Lyk Law, Rahamat Bidin, Anthony Yi Sheng Sun