Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device
For the manufacturing of semiconductor devices, in which multiple semiconductor chips which are mounted on a wiring substrate are processed for block molding and thereafter the wiring substrate is diced into individual resin-molded semiconductor devices, here is disclosed a technique for finding out easily, even after the dicing process, the position of each resin-molded semiconductor device in its former state on the wiring substrate. It includes processing steps of implementing the block molding with resin for multiple semiconductor chips mounted on a wiring substrate and thereafter dicing the wiring substrate into individual resin-molded semiconductor devices, with the substrate dicing step being preceded by a step of appending an address information pattern to each of the resin-molded semiconductor devices.
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The present invention relates to the technology of the manufacturing of semiconductor devices, and particularly to a technique which is useful for the manufacturing of semiconductor devices of the resin mold type in which multiple semiconductor chips mounted on a wiring substrate are processed for block molding and thereafter the wiring substrate is diced into individual semiconductor devices.
Japanese Patent Unexamined Publication No. Hei 11(1999)-214588 describes a method of manufacturing semiconductor devices of the resin mold type in which multiple semiconductor chips mounted on a TAB tape are molded with resin and thereafter the resin and TAB tape are cut into individual semiconductor devices.
The above-mentioned patent publication also discloses a technique for preventing the displacement of the cutting position of the resin and TAB tape based on the accurate observation of the cutting position which is displayed in terms of the reflected light from part of copper wire patterns formed in the periphery of the land section of the resin-molded tape.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe inventors of the present invention are developing a technique for manufacturing semiconductor devices of the resin mold type in which multiple semiconductor chips which are mounted in a matrix arrangement on a wiring substrate are processed for block molding and thereafter the wiring substrate is diced into individual semiconductor devices.
In adopting this manufacturing method, it is necessary to know easily, even after the dicing process, the position of each finished resin-molded semiconductor device in its former state on the wiring substrate in order to conduct the prompt analysis of faulty products resulting from a process and find out the defective position.
A conceivable manner, for example, is to form marks of address information on the injector pin or the like of the molding die which is used for molding semiconductor chips with resin so that distinct address information is appended to the area of each resin-molded semiconductor device at the block molding of semiconductor chips on the wiring substrate.
However, this manner necessitates an awkward work of forming on the molding die different patterns of address information for each type of product, and it is not applicable to the case of using standard (existing) molding dies of clients.
It is an object of the present invention to provide for the manufacturing of semiconductor devices of the resin mold type, in which multiple semiconductor chips which are mounted on a wiring substrate are processed for block molding and thereafter the wiring substrate is diced into multiple semiconductor devices, a technique for finding out easily, even after the dicing process, the position of each resin-molded semiconductor device in its former state on the wiring substrate.
These and other objects and novel features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of specification taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Among the affairs of the present invention disclosed in this specification, representatives are summarized as follows.
The inventive method of manufacturing semiconductor devices includes processing steps of implementing the block molding with resin for a plurality of semiconductor chips which are mounted on a wiring substrate and thereafter dicing the wiring substrate into a plurality of resin-molded semiconductor devices, with the substrate dicing step being preceded by a step of appending address information to each of the resin-molded semiconductor devices.
The inventive method of manufacturing semiconductor devices includes processing steps of implementing the block molding with resin for a plurality of semiconductor chips which are mounted on a wiring substrate and thereafter dicing the wiring substrate into a plurality of resin-molded semiconductor devices, with the substrate dicing step being preceded by a step of appending address information of each of the resin-molded semiconductor devices to part of the wiring substrate.
The inventive method of manufacturing semiconductor devices includes processing steps of implementing the block molding with resin for a plurality of semiconductor chips which are mounted on a wiring substrate and thereafter dicing the wiring substrate into a plurality of resin-molded semiconductor devices, with the substrate dicing step being preceded by a step of appending address information of each of the resin-molded semiconductor devices to part of the resin mold corresponding to the individual resin-molded semiconductor devices.
The inventive method of manufacturing semiconductor devices includes processing steps of dividing semiconductor chips which are mounted on a wiring substrate into blocks and molding the chips with resin and thereafter dicing each of the blocks into a plurality of resin-molded semiconductor devices.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b) are enlarged plan views showing the upper side and rear side, respectively, of an area of the matrix substrate for one resin-molded semiconductor device;
FIGS. 16(a) and 16(b) are a plan view and brief cross-sectional view, respectively, of the resin-molded semiconductor device;
FIGS. 21(a) and 21(b) are a plan view and brief cross-sectional view, respectively, of the resin-molded semiconductor device; and
Embodiments of this invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings. Throughout the drawings which explain the embodiments, identical parts are referred to by the same symbols, and their explanation will not be repeated.
Embodiment 1
The matrix substrate 1A is a thin wiring substrate of resin having dimensions of 500 mm by 500 mm and 0.22 to 0.6 mm in thickness, for example, on the upper side of which are mounted a plurality of semiconductor chips in a matrix arrangement in the pellet putting process which will be explained later. The matrix-substrate 1A is made of a known material for wiring substrates, e.g., glass epoxy resin, BT resin or polyamide resin, and particularly it can be made of such an inexpensive material for wiring substrates as glass epoxy resin thereby to lower the manufacturing cost of resin-molded semiconductor devices. The matrix substrate 1A can also be made of a wiring substrate having flexibility such as a flexible printed circuit (FPC) for example.
As shown in
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The number of pads 4 formed in the area of one resin-molded semiconductor device is 6 by 8 in the longitudinal and lateral directions, i.e.,48, for example. The pads 4 have an interval of alignment of 0.75 mm in the longitudinal and lateral directions for example. The alignment target 6 and index pattern 7 shown in the figure have a cross and triangular shapes, respectively, for example.
The address information pattern 8 contains information indicative of the position of the resin-molded semiconductor device within the matrix substrate 1A. Specifically, areas of individual semiconductor devices have patterns of are A11, A12 . . . , A21, A22, . . . , and so on. The alignment target 6, index pattern 7 and address information pattern 8 located at separate positions in the example shown in the figure can be unified and located at one position to have these roles at once. For example,
The address information pattern 8, which is a 3-digit character pattern such as A11, A12, . . . , A21, A22, . . . , and so on in the example shown in the figure, can be arbitrary provided that it is unique to each area of one resin-molded semiconductor device. The address information pattern 8 may contain information other than the chip location of the foregoing case, e.g., it may contain the production lot or the type number of the molding die which is used in the molding process which will be explained later.
Next, the method of manufacturing resin-molded semiconductor devices based on the foregoing matrix substrate 1A will be explained, by following the processing steps in connection with
Initially, the matrix substrate 1A is cut into segments to get matrix substrates 1B for molding as shown in
Next, as shown in
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Next, as shown in
Due to the larger size of the matrix substrate 1B as compared with usual resin-molded semiconductor devices (e.g., QFP), the contraction of the resin mold 14 following the block molding of all chips 12 on the matrix substrate 1B can cause it to warp, resulting possibly in the difficulty of connection between pads 4 and solder bumps in the ball bonding process which will be explained later. Therefore, if this event is probable, it is desirable to prevent the warping of matrix substrate 1B by using a molding die having multiple cavities thereby to split the substrate 1B into multiple blocks, or forming slits 16 in the matrix substrate 1B as shown in
Next, as shown in
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The resin-molded semiconductor devices 20 resulting from the dicing of the matrix substrate 1B undergo the selection test with testers, and a mark 19 of the product type, lot number, etc. (including the index mark of the upper side) is printed on the surface of the resin mold 14 as shown in
The resin-molded semiconductor devices 20 undergo the selection test with testers and visual inspection, and selected good products are packed and shipped to the client manufacturer, where these parts will be packaged on circuit boards of various electronic appliances. At the mounting of a resin-molded semiconductor device 20 on a circuit board, it is positioned accurately based on the observation of the index pattern 7 formed on its packaging surface with a camera or the like.
According to the manufacturing method of the foregoing embodiment, it is readily possible, even after the dicing of matrix substrate 1A, to find out the position of each finished resin-molded semiconductor device 20 in its former state on the matrix substrate 1A based on the observation with a camera, microscope, or human eyes of the address information pattern 8 which has been formed on the matrix substrate 1A, whereby the analysis of faulty products resulting from a process and finding of the defective position can be done promptly.
Embodiment 2
The address information patterns 8, which are formed by use of the wiring material on the packaging surface of the matrix substrate 1A in the preceding embodiment 1, can be formed in a different manner as follows.
Initially, a matrix substrate 1A as shown in
Next, the processing steps of the preceding embodiment 1 shown in
Next, the processing steps of the preceding embodiment 1 shown in
The present invention has been explained for its specific embodiments, however, the invention is not confined to these embodiments, but can be altered obviously in various ways without departing from the essence of the invention.
The present invention is not confined to resin-molded semiconductor devices of the BGA type, but is applicable to various resin-molded semiconductor devices, such as TSOJ, LGA and mini-card, having external connecting terminals other than the solder bumps. Semiconductor chips are not confined to SRAM, but various memory LSI chips such as of DRAM and flash memory can be used.
The effectiveness achieved by the representative affairs of invention disclosed in this specification is summarized as follows.
Based on the present invention for the manufacturing of resin-molded semiconductor devices, in which multiple semiconductor chips which are mounted on a wiring substrate are processed for block molding and thereafter the wiring substrate is diced into multiple semiconductor devices, it becomes possible, even after the dicing process, to find out the position of each finished resin-molded semiconductor device in its former state on the wiring substrate, whereby the analysis of faulty products resulting from a process and finding of the defective position can be done promptly.
The inventive technique is applicable also to the case of using standard (existing) molding dies of clients, whereby the manufacturing cost of resin-molded semiconductor devices can be reduced.
Claims
1-15. (Canceled)
16. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a plurality of semiconductor chips and a wiring substrate, each of said semiconductor chips having a plurality of electrodes formed on a main surface thereof, said wiring substrate having a main surface, a plurality of electrodes formed thereon and a rear surface opposing said main surface, said wiring substrate having a substantially rectangular shape and having a plurality of chip mounting areas arranged in a matrix formation, said wiring substrate having a slit penetrating from said main surface to said rear surface and extending in a direction substantially parallel to a pair of shorter edges of said wiring substrate, said wiring substrate being divided by said slit to provide a first part and second part each having said plurality of chip mounting areas;
- (b) mounting said plurality of semiconductor chips on said plurality of chip mounting areas of said first and second parts of said wiring substrate respectively;
- (c) electrically connecting said plurality of electrodes of said semiconductor chip with said plurality of electrodes of said wiring substrate in each of said plurality of chip mounting areas;
- (d) sealing said main surface of said wiring substrate and said plurality of semiconductor chips with a resin member by a transfer molding method to form a first resin block and a second resin block which are separated from each other on said wiring substrate, said first resin block sealing said plurality of chip mounting areas on said first part of said wiring substrate, said second resin block sealing said plurality of chip mounting areas on said second part of said wiring substrate; and
- (e) after step (d), dividing said wiring substrate and said resin member including said first and second blocks, to provide a plurality of semiconductor packages each having said semiconductor chip sealed by a part of said resin member.
17. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 16, wherein step (c) includes electrically connecting said plurality of electrodes of said semiconductor chips with said plurality of electrodes of said wiring substrate by a plurality of bonding wires, respectively.
18. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 16, further comprising a step of forming a plurality of bump electrodes on said rear surface of said wiring substrate, prior to step (e), said plurality of bump electrodes functions as external connection terminals of said plurality of semiconductor packages.
19. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 16, wherein said division of said wiring substrate and said resin member is performed by dicing in step (e).
Type: Application
Filed: Aug 25, 2004
Publication Date: Feb 3, 2005
Applicants: ,
Inventors: Tsutomu Wada (Higashiyamato), Masachika Masuda (Tokorozawa)
Application Number: 10/924,809