Patents by Inventor Cheng-Hsu Hsiao

Cheng-Hsu Hsiao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10242972
    Abstract: A package structure is provided, which includes: a dielectric layer having opposite first and second surfaces; a circuit sub-layer formed in the dielectric layer; an electronic element disposed on the first surface of the dielectric layer and electrically connected to the circuit sub-layer; a plurality of conductive posts formed on the first surface of the dielectric layer and electrically connected to the circuit sub-layer; and an encapsulant formed on the first surface of the dielectric layer and encapsulating the electronic element and the conductive posts. Upper surfaces of the conductive posts are exposed from the encapsulant so as to allow another electronic element to be disposed on the conductive posts and electrically connected to the circuit sub-layer through the conductive posts, thereby overcoming the conventional drawback that another electronic element can only be disposed on a lower side of a package structure and improving the functionality of the package structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lu-Yi Chen, Chang-Lun Lu, Shih-Ching Chen, Guang-Hwa Ma, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20160233194
    Abstract: A package structure is provided, which includes: a dielectric layer having opposite first and second surfaces; a circuit sub-layer formed in the dielectric layer; an electronic element disposed on the first surface of the dielectric layer and electrically connected to the circuit sub-layer; a plurality of conductive posts formed on the first surface of the dielectric layer and electrically connected to the circuit sub-layer; and an encapsulant formed on the first surface of the dielectric layer and encapsulating the electronic element and the conductive posts. Upper surfaces of the conductive posts are exposed from the encapsulant so as to allow another electronic element to be disposed on the conductive posts and electrically connected to the circuit sub-layer through the conductive posts, thereby overcoming the conventional drawback that another electronic element can only be disposed on a lower side of a package structure and improving the functionality of the package structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Lu-Yi Chen, Chang-Lun Lu, Shih-Ching Chen, Guang-Hwa Ma, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20150054150
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor package is disclosed, which includes: providing first and second packaging substrates, wherein a surface of the first packaging substrate has first conductive pads and first conductive posts formed on the first conductive pads, a surface of the second packaging substrate has second conductive pads and second conductive posts formed on the second conductive pads, and the surface of the second packaging substrate further has a semiconductor chip disposed thereon; disposing the first packaging substrate on the second packaging substrate in a manner that the first conductive posts correspond in position to and are electrically connected to the second conductive posts; and forming an encapsulant between the first and second packaging substrates for encapsulating the first and second conductive posts and the semiconductor chip, thereby effectively preventing solder bridging and increasing the product yield and reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsu Hsiao, Lung-Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 8895366
    Abstract: A semiconductor package and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The fabrication method includes the steps of providing a semiconductor chip having an active surface and a non-active surface opposing to the active surface, roughening a peripheral portion of the non-active surface so as to divide the non-active surface into the peripheral portion formed with a roughened structure and a non-roughened central portion, mounting the semiconductor chip on a chip carrier via a plurality of solder bumps formed on the active surface, forming an encapsulant on the chip carrier to encapsulate the semiconductor chip. The roughened structure formed on the peripheral portion of the non-active surface of the semiconductor chip can reinforce the bonding between the semiconductor chip and the encapsulant, and the non-roughened central portion of the non-active surface of the semiconductor chip can maintain the structural strength of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Home Huang, Wen-Tsung Tseng, Chang-Fu Lin, Ho-Yi Tsai, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20140179067
    Abstract: A semiconductor package and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The fabrication method includes the steps of providing a semiconductor chip having an active surface and a non-active surface opposing to the active surface, roughening a peripheral portion of the non-active surface so as to divide the non-active surface into the peripheral portion formed with a roughened structure and a non-roughened central portion, mounting the semiconductor chip on a chip carrier via a plurality of solder bumps formed on the active surface, forming an encapsulant on the chip carrier to encapsulate the semiconductor chip. The roughened structure formed on the peripheral portion of the non-active surface of the semiconductor chip can reinforce the bonding between the semiconductor chip and the encapsulant, and the non-roughened central portion of the non-active surface of the semiconductor chip can maintain the structural strength of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Home Huang, Wen-Tsung Tseng, Chang-Fu Lin, Ho-Yi Tsai, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8698326
    Abstract: A semiconductor package and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed. The fabrication method includes the steps of providing a semiconductor chip having an active surface and a non-active surface opposing to the active surface, roughening a peripheral portion of the non-active surface so as to divide the non-active surface into the peripheral portion formed with a roughened structure and a non-roughened central portion, mounting the semiconductor chip on a chip carrier via a plurality of solder bumps formed on the active surface, forming an encapsulant on the chip carrier to encapsulate the semiconductor chip. The roughened structure formed on the peripheral portion of the non-active surface of the semiconductor chip can reinforce the bonding between the semiconductor chip and the encapsulant, and the non-roughened central portion of the non-active surface of the semiconductor chip can maintain the structural strength of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Silconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Home Huang, Wen-Tsung Tseng, Chang-Fu Lin, Ho-Yi Tsai, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8420521
    Abstract: A stack structure of semiconductor packages and a method for fabricating the stack structure are provided. A plurality of electrical connection pads and dummy pads are formed on a surface of a substrate of an upper semiconductor package and at positions corresponding to those around an encapsulant of a lower semiconductor package. Solder balls are implanted to the electrical connection pads and the dummy pads. The upper semiconductor package is mounted on the lower semiconductor package. The upper semiconductor package is electrically connected to the lower semiconductor package by the solder balls implanted to the electrical connection pads, and the encapsulant of the lower semiconductor package is surrounded and confined by the solder balls implanted to the dummy pads. Thereby, the upper semiconductor package is properly and securely positioned on the lower semiconductor package, without the occurrence of misalignment between the upper and lower semiconductor packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fang-Lin Tsai, Ho-Yi Tsai, Han-Ping Pu, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8361843
    Abstract: A heat dissipation package structure and method for fabricating the same are disclosed, which includes mounting and electrically connecting a semiconductor chip to a chip carrier through its active surface; mounting a heat dissipation member having a heat dissipation section and a supporting section on the chip carrier such that the semiconductor chip can be received in the space formed by the heat dissipation section and the supporting section, wherein the heat dissipation section has an opening formed corresponding to the semiconductor chip; forming an encapsulant to encapsulate the semiconductor chip, and the heat dissipation member; and thinning the encapsulant to remove the encapsulant formed on the semiconductor chip to expose inactive surface of the semiconductor chip and the top surface of the heat dissipation section from the encapsulant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Shun Hung, Ho-Yi Tsai, Chien-Ping Huang, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8207620
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a flip-chip semiconductor package and a chip carrier thereof. The chip carrier includes a groove formed around a chip-mounting area. The groove may be formed along a periphery of the chip-mounting area or at corners thereof. The groove is filled with a filler of low Young's modulus so as to absorb and eliminate thermal stress, thereby preventing delamination between an underfill and a flip chip mounted on the chip-mounting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Tzeng, Nai-Hao Kao, Jeng-Yuan Lai, Yu-Po Wang, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8183092
    Abstract: A stacked semiconductor structure and fabrication method thereof are provided. The method includes mounting and connecting electrically a semiconductor chip to a first substrate, mounting on the first substrate a plurality of supporting members corresponding in position to a periphery of the semiconductor chip, mounting a second substrate having a first surface partially covered with a tape and a second surface opposite to the first surface on the supporting members via the second surface, connecting electrically the first and second substrates by bonding wires, forming on the first substrate an encapsulant for encapsulating the semiconductor chip, the supporting members, the second substrate, the bonding wires, and the tape with an exposed top surface, and removing the tape to expose the first surface of the second substrate and allow an electronic component to be mounted thereon. The present invention prevents reflow-induced contamination, spares a special mold, and eliminates flash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Ping Huang, Chih-Ming Huang, Han-Ping Pu, Yu-Po Wang, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20110287587
    Abstract: A heat dissipation package structure and method for fabricating the same are disclosed, which includes mounting and electrically connecting a semiconductor chip to a chip carrier through its active surface; mounting a heat dissipation member having a heat dissipation section and a supporting section on the chip carrier such that the semiconductor chip can be received in the space formed by the heat dissipation section and the supporting section, wherein the heat dissipation section has an opening formed corresponding to the semiconductor chip; forming an encapsulant to encapsulate the semiconductor chip, and the heat dissipation member; and thinning the encapsulant to remove the encapsulant formed on the semiconductor chip to expose inactive surface of the semiconductor chip and the top surface of the heat dissipation section from the encapsulant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Shun Hung, Ho-Yi Tsai, Chien-Ping Huang, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20110287588
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating semiconductor package structure and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed. The method includes: disposing on and electrically connecting to a chip carrier at least a semiconductor chip and a package unit; disposing on the top surface of the package unit a heat-dissipating element having a flat portion and a supporting portion via the flat portion; receiving the package unit and semiconductor chip in a receiving space formed by the flat portion and supporting portion of the heat-dissipating element; and forming on the chip carrier encapsulant for encapsulating the package unit, semiconductor chip, and heat-dissipating element. The heat-dissipating element dissipates heat generated by the package unit, provides EMI shielding, prevents delamination between the package unit and the encapsulant, decreases thermal resistance, and prevents cracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Tsung Tseng, Ho-Yi Tsai, Chien-Ping Huang, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8062933
    Abstract: A heat dissipating package structure includes a chip carrier; a semiconductor chip mounted and electrically connected to the chip carrier; an encapsulant formed on the chip carrier and for encapsulating the chip, with a non-active surface of the chip being exposed from the encapsulant; and a heat spreader having a hollow portion and attached to the encapsulant, wherein the chip is received in the hollow portion and the non-active surface of the chip is completely exposed to the hollow portion, such that heat generated by the chip can be directly dissipated out of the package structure. The present invention also provides a method for fabricating the heat dissipating package structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Ping Huang, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8058100
    Abstract: A chip scale package structure and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The method includes forming metal pads on a predetermined part of a carrier; mounting chips on the carrier, each of the chips having a plurality of conductive bumps soldered to the metal pads; forming an encapsulant on the carrier to encapsulate the chips and the conductive bumps; removing the carrier to expose the metal pads and even the metal pads with a surface of the encapsulant; forming on the encapsulant a plurality of first conductive traces electrically connected to the metal pads; applying a solder mask on the first conductive traces, and forming a plurality of openings on the solder mask to expose a predetermined part of the first conductive traces; forming a plurality of conductive elements on the predetermined part; and cutting the encapsulant to form a plurality of chip scale package structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-Ping Pu, Chien-Ping Huang, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8013436
    Abstract: A heat dissipation package structure and method for fabricating the same are disclosed, which includes mounting and electrically connecting a semiconductor chip to a chip carrier through its active surface; mounting a heat dissipation member having a heat dissipation section and a supporting section on the chip carrier such that the semiconductor chip can be received in the space formed by the heat dissipation section and the supporting section, wherein the heat dissipation section has an opening formed corresponding to the semiconductor chip; forming an encapsulant to encapsulate the semiconductor chip and the heat dissipation member; and thinning the encapsulant to remove the encapsulant formed on the semiconductor chip to expose inactive surface of the semiconductor chip and the top surface of the heat dissipation section from the encapsulant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Shun Hung, Yo-Yi Tsai, Chien-Ping Huang, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8008769
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating semiconductor package structure and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed. The method includes: disposing on and electrically connecting to a chip carrier at least a semiconductor chip and a package unit; disposing on the top surface of the package unit a heat-dissipating element having a flat portion and a supporting portion via the flat portion; receiving the package unit and semiconductor chip in a receiving space formed by the flat portion and supporting portion of the heat-dissipating element; and forming on the chip carrier encapsulant for encapsulating the package unit, semiconductor chip, and heat-dissipating element. The heat-dissipating element dissipates heat generated by the package unit, provides EMI shielding, prevents delamination between the package unit and the encapsulant, decreases thermal resistance, and prevents cracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Tsung Tseng, Ho-Yi Tsai, Chien-Ping Huang, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 7993967
    Abstract: A semiconductor package and a fabrication method are disclosed. The fabrication method includes applying a sacrificial layer on one surface of a metal carrier, applying an insulation layer on the sacrificial layer, and forming through holes in the sacrificial layer and the insulation layer to expose the metal carrier; forming a conductive metallic layer in each through hole; forming a patterned circuit layer on the insulation layer to be electrically connected to the conductive metallic layer; mounting at least a chip on the insulation layer and electrically connecting the chip to the patterned circuit layer; forming an encapsulant to encapsulate the chip and the patterned circuit layer; and removing the metal carrier and the sacrificial layer to expose the insulation layer and conductive metallic layer to allow the conductive metallic layer to protrude from the insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yih-Jenn Jiang, Han-Ping Pu, Chien-Ping Huang, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 7981729
    Abstract: A multi-chip stack structure and a fabrication method thereof are proposed, including providing a leadframe having a die base and a plurality of leads and disposing a first and a second chips on the two surfaces of the die base respectively; disposing the leadframe on a heating block having a cavity in a wire bonding process with the second chip received in the cavity of the heating block; performing a first wire bonding process to electrically connect the first chip to the leads through a plurality of first bonding wires, and forming a bump on one side of the leads connected with the first bonding wires; disposing the leadframe in an upside down manner to the heating block via the bump with the first chip and the first bonding wires received in the cavity of the heating block; and performing a second wire bonding process to electrically connect the second chip to the leads through a plurality of second bonding wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Pin Huang, Chin-Huang Chang, Chien-Ping Huang, Chung-Lun Liu, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20110070697
    Abstract: A stack structure of semiconductor packages and a method for fabricating the stack structure are provided. A plurality of electrical connection pads and dummy pads are formed on a surface of a substrate of an upper semiconductor package and at positions corresponding to those around an encapsulant of a lower semiconductor package. Solder balls are implanted to the electrical connection pads and the dummy pads. The upper semiconductor package is mounted on the lower semiconductor package. The upper semiconductor package is electrically connected to the lower semiconductor package by the solder balls implanted to the electrical connection pads, and the encapsulant of the lower semiconductor package is surrounded and confined by the solder balls implanted to the dummy pads. Thereby, the upper semiconductor package is properly and securely positioned on the lower semiconductor package, without the occurrence of misalignment between the upper and lower semiconductor packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fang-Lin Tsai, Ho-Yi Tsai, Han-Ping Pu, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 7855443
    Abstract: A stack structure of semiconductor packages and a method for fabricating the stack structure are provided. A plurality of electrical connection pads and dummy pads are formed on a surface of a substrate of an upper semiconductor package and at positions corresponding to those around an encapsulant of a lower semiconductor package. Solder balls are implanted to the electrical connection pads and the dummy pads. The upper semiconductor package is mounted on the lower semiconductor package. The upper semiconductor package is electrically connected to the lower semiconductor package by the solder balls implanted to the electrical connection pads, and the encapsulant of the lower semiconductor package is surrounded and confined by the solder balls implanted to the dummy pads. Thereby, the upper semiconductor package is properly and securely positioned on the lower semiconductor package, without the occurrence of misalignment between the upper and lower semiconductor packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fang-Lin Tsai, Ho-Yi Tsai, Han-Ping Pu, Cheng-Hsu Hsiao