Encapsulation, E.g., Encapsulation Layer, Coating (epo) Patents (Class 257/E21.502)
  • Patent number: 8980687
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a transfer foil. A plurality of semiconductor chips is placed on and adhered to the transfer foil. The plurality of semiconductor chips adhered to the transfer foil is placed over a multi-device carrier. Heat is applied to laminate the transfer foil over the multi-device carrier, thereby accommodating the plurality of semiconductor chips between the laminated transfer foil and the multi-device carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ivan Nikitin, Stefan Landau, Joachim Mahler, Alexander Heinrich, Ralf Wombacher
  • Patent number: 8980696
    Abstract: A method of packaging a semiconductor die includes the use of an embedded ground plane or drop-in embedded unit. The embedded unit is a single, stand-alone unit with at least one cavity. The embedded unit is placed on and within an encapsulation area of a process mounting surface. The embedded unit may have different sizes and shapes and a number of different cavities that can be placed in a predetermined position on a substrate, panel or tape during processing of semiconductor dies that are embedded into redistributed chip package (RCP) or wafer level package (WFL) panels. The embedded unit provides the functionality and design flexibility to run a number of embedded units and semiconductor dies or components having different sizes and dimensions in a single processing panel or batch and reduces die drift, movement or skew during encapsulation and post-encapsulation cure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominic Koey Poh Meng, Zhiwei Gong, Kesvakumar V. C. Muniandy, Weng Foong Yap
  • Patent number: 8975612
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a first inductor coil within and/or over a substrate. The first inductor coil is formed adjacent a top side of the substrate. First trenches are formed within the substrate adjacent the first inductor coil. The first trenches are filled at least partially with a magnetic fill material. At least a first portion of the substrate underlying the first inductor coil is thinned. A backside magnetic layer is formed under the first portion of the substrate. The backside magnetic layer and the magnetic fill material form at least a part of a magnetic core region of the first inductor coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Renate Hofmann, Carsten Ahrens, Wolfgang Klein, Alexander Glas
  • Patent number: 8975734
    Abstract: A semiconductor package without a chip carrier formed thereon and a fabrication method thereof. A metallic carrier is half-etched to form a plurality of grooves and metal studs corresponding to the grooves. The grooves are filled with a first encapsulant and a plurality of bonding pads are formed on the metal studs. The first encapsulant is bonded with the metal studs directly. Each of the bonding pads and one of the metal studs corresponding to the bonding pad form a T-shaped structure. Therefore, bonding force between the metal studs and the first encapsulant is enhanced such that delamination is avoided. Die mounting, wire-bonding and molding processes are performed subsequently. Since the half-etched grooves are filled with the first encapsulant, the drawback of having pliable metallic carrier that makes transportation difficult to carry out as encountered in prior techniques is overcome, and the manufacturing cost is educed by not requiring the use of costly metals as an etching resist layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yueh-Ying Tsai, Fu-Di Tang, Chien-Ping Huang, Chun-Chi Ke
  • Patent number: 8969977
    Abstract: The invention provides a flow sensor structure for sealing the surface of an electric control circuit and a part of a semiconductor device via a manufacturing method capable of preventing occurrence of flash or chip crack when clamping the semiconductor device via a mold. The invention provides a flow sensor structure comprising a semiconductor device having an air flow sensing unit and a diaphragm formed thereto, and a board or a lead frame having an electric control circuit for controlling the semiconductor device disposed thereto, wherein a surface of the electric control circuit and a part of a surface of the semiconductor device is covered with resin while having the air flow sensing unit portion exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Kono, Yuuki Okamoto, Takeshi Morino, Keiji Hanzawa
  • Patent number: 8969183
    Abstract: Method for making thin crystalline or polycrystalline layers. The method includes electrochemically etching a crystalline silicon template to form a porous double layer thereon, the double layer including a highly porous deeper layer and a less porous shallower layer. The shallower layer is irradiated with a short laser pulse selected to recrystallize the shallower layer resulting in a crystalline layer. Silicon is deposited on the recrystallized shallower layer and the silicon is irradiated with a short laser pulse selected to crystalize the silicon leaving a layer of crystallized silicon on the template. Thereafter, the layer of crystallized silicon is separated from the template. The process of the invention can be used to make optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Mark T. Winkler, Tonio Buonassisi, Riley E. Brandt, Michael J. Aziz, Austin Joseph Akey
  • Patent number: 8969143
    Abstract: A light-emitting device package including a lead frame formed of a metal and on which a light-emitting device chip is mounted; and a mold frame coupled to the lead frame by injection molding. The lead frame includes: a mounting portion on which the light-emitting device chip is mounted; and first and second connection portions that are disposed on two sides of the mounting portion in a first direction and connected to the light-emitting device chip by wire bonding, wherein the first connection portion is stepped with respect to the mounting portion, and a stepped amount is less than a material thickness of the lead frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Kim, Jae-sung You, Jong-kil Park
  • Patent number: 8970044
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a substrate; mounting an integrated circuit over the substrate; forming an encapsulation over the integrated circuit, the encapsulation having an encapsulation interior sidewall; forming a peripheral non-horizontal conductive plate directly on the encapsulation interior sidewall; and forming a peripheral vertical conductor directly on the peripheral non-horizontal conductive plate and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
    Inventors: A Leam Choi, DongSam Park, YongDuk Lee
  • Patent number: 8962390
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a chip packaging structure is disclosed. The manufacturing method includes steps of: providing a protection layer; forming a conductive trace layer on the protection layer; forming an adhesion layer on the conductive trace layer; placing a chip on the adhesion layer; and electrically connecting the chip to the conductive trace layer. Via these arrangements, the chip packaging structure made by the manufacturing method can have a smaller thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Dawning Leading Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Diann-Fang Lin
  • Patent number: 8952503
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for an electronic package incorporating shielding against emissions of electromagnetic interference (EMI). According to an integrated circuit structure, a substrate is on a printed circuit board. An integrated circuit chip is on the substrate. The integrated circuit chip is electrically connected to the substrate. An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding unit is on the integrated circuit chip and the substrate. The EMI shielding unit comprises a lid covering the integrated circuit chip and portions of the substrate outside the integrated circuit chip. A fill material can be deposited within a cavity formed between the lid and the substrate. The fill material comprises an EMI absorbing material. A periphery of the lid comprises a side skirt, the side skirt circumscribing the integrated circuit chip and the substrate. EMI absorbing material is on the printed circuit board, and a portion of the side skirt is embedded in the EMI absorbing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William L. Brodsky, Timothy W. Budell, Samuel R. Connor, Mark Curtis Hayes Lamorey, Janak G. Patel, Peter Slota, Jr., David B. Stone
  • Patent number: 8945995
    Abstract: A method comprises forming semiconductor flip chip interconnects having electrical connecting pads and electrically conductive posts terminating in distal ends operatively associated with the pads. We solder bump the distal ends by injection molding, mask the posts on the pads with a mask having a plurality of through hole reservoirs and align the reservoirs in the mask to be substantially concentric with the distal ends. Injecting liquid solder into the reservoirs and allowing it to cool provides solidified solder on the distal ends, which after mask removal produces a solder bumped substrate which we position on a wafer to leave a gap between the wafer and the substrate. The wafer has electrically conductive sites on the surface for soldering to the posts. Abutting the sites and the solder bumped posts followed by heating joins the wafer and substrate. The gap is optionally filled with a material comprising an underfill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jae-Woong Nah, Da-Yuan Shih
  • Patent number: 8946743
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting apparatus. The light emitting apparatus includes a package body; first and second electrodes; a light emitting device electrically connected to the first and second electrodes and including a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first and second conductive semiconductor layers; and a lens supported on the package body and at least a part of the lens including a reflective structure. The package body includes a first cavity, one ends of the first and second electrodes are exposed in the first cavity and other ends of the first and second electrodes are exposed at lateral sides of the package body, and a second cavity is formed at a predetermined portion of the first electrode exposed in the first cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bong Kul Min
  • Patent number: 8945983
    Abstract: A method embodiment includes forming a packaging unit by attaching a die to a packaging substrate, applying plasma treatment to a first portion of the packaging substrate, wherein the first portion corresponds to a portion of the packaging substrate underneath the die, not applying plasma treatment to a second portion of the packaging substrate, wherein the second portion of the packaging substrate surrounds the first portion of the packaging substrate, and applying an underfill material over the first portion of the packaging substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Hsin Liu, Cing He Chen, Kewei Zuo, Chien Rhone Wang
  • Patent number: 8945992
    Abstract: A metal tab die attach paddle (DAP) disposed between the lead frame and a power device die in a power device package reduces the stress exerted on the semiconductor power device die caused by the different coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) of the semiconductor power device die and the lead frame. In addition the power device package substantially prevents impurities from penetrating into the power device package by increasing the surface creepage distance of a sealant resulting from the metal tab DAP and an optional swaging of the lead frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Fairchild Korea Semiconductor, Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-seo Son, O-seob Jeon, Taek-keun Lee, Byoung-ok Lee
  • Patent number: 8941230
    Abstract: A metal plate covers an opening on the upper surface of a core substrate and exposes an outer edge of the upper surface of the core substrate. A conductive layer covers the lower surface of the core substrate. A semiconductor chip bonded to a first surface of the metal plate is exposed through the opening. A first insulating layer covers the upper and side surface of the metal plate and the outer edge of the upper surface of the core substrate. A second insulating layer fills the openings of the metal plate and the conductive layer and covers the outer edge of the lower surface of the core substrate, the conductive layer, and the semiconductor chip. The metal plate is thinner than the semiconductor chip. Total thickness of the conductive layer and the core substrate is equal to or larger than the thickness of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kyozuka, Akihiko Tateiwa, Yuji Kunimoto, Jun Furuichi
  • Patent number: 8941222
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes at least one semiconductor die having an active surface, an interposer element having an upper surface and a lower surface, a package body, and a lower redistribution layer. The interposer element has at least one conductive via extending between the upper surface and the lower surface. The package body encapsulates portions of the semiconductor die and portions of the interposer element. The lower redistribution layer electrically connects the interposer element to the active surface of the semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc.
    Inventor: John Richard Hunt
  • Patent number: 8941250
    Abstract: A redistribution pattern is formed on active surfaces of electronic components while still in wafer form. The redistribution pattern routes bond pads of the electronic components to redistribution pattern terminals on the active surfaces of the electronic components. The bond pads are routed to the redistribution pattern terminals while still in wafer form, which is a low cost and high throughput process, i.e., very efficient process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Francis Darveaux, Brett Arnold Dunlap, Ronald Patrick Huemoeller
  • Patent number: 8940630
    Abstract: Microelectronic components and methods forming such microelectronic components are disclosed herein. The microelectronic components may include a plurality of electrically conductive vias in the form of wire bonds extending from a bonding surface of a substrate, such as surfaces of electrically conductive elements at a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Invensas Corporation
    Inventors: Philip Damberg, Zhijun Zhao, Ellis Chau
  • Patent number: 8937387
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a semiconductor device having conductive vias. In an embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a substrate having at least one conductive via formed therein. The conductive via has a first end substantially coplanar with an inactive surface of the substrate. A circuit layer is disposed adjacent to an active surface of the substrate and electrically connected to a second end of the conductive via. A redistribution layer is disposed adjacent to the inactive surface of the substrate, the redistribution layer having a first portion disposed on the first end an electrically connected thereto, and a second portion positioned upward and away from the first portion. A die is disposed adjacent to the inactive surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the second portion of the redistribution layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Che-Hau Huang, Ying-Te Ou
  • Patent number: 8937324
    Abstract: A light-emitting device and a method for manufacturing the light-emitting device is disclosed. Such a light-emitting device comprises a substrate, a plurality of cells disposed in the substrate, and a plurality of semiconductor dice, wherein each of the plurality of cells accommodates at least one of the plurality of dice. Each of the plurality of cells may be filled with an encapsulant, phosphor or a mixture of an encapsulant with phosphor to control light characteristics of the light-emitting device. In an alternative aspect, cells may be filled with an encapsulant, and comprise a transparent cover coated with or filled with phosphors to control light characteristics of the light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.
    Inventors: Rene Peter Helbing, Tao Xu
  • Patent number: 8936971
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a package paddle group having a first package paddle electrically isolated from a second package paddle; attaching an integrated circuit device on the first package paddle and the second package paddle; forming a standoff terminal adjacent the package paddle group and electrically connected to the integrated circuit device; connecting a paddle connector to the integrated circuit device and the first package paddle and another paddle connector to the integrated circuit device and the second package paddle; and forming an encapsulation over the integrated circuit device, the first package paddle, the second package paddle, and the standoff terminal, the encapsulation exposing a portion of the first package paddle, the second package paddle, and the standoff terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
    Inventors: Zigmund Ramirez Camacho, Emmanuel Espiritu, Henry Descalzo Bathan
  • Patent number: 8927303
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light-emitting diode (LED) and a method for manufacturing the same. The LED comprises an LED die, one or more metal pads, and a fluorescent layer. The characteristics of the present invention include that the metals pads are left exposed for the convenience of subsequent wiring and packaging processes. In addition, the LED provided by the present invention is a single light-mixing chip, which can be packaged directly without the need of coating fluorescent powders on the packaging glue. Because the fluorescent layer and the packaging glue are not processed simultaneously and are of different materials, the stress problem in the packaged LED can be reduced effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Formosa Epitaxy Incorporation
    Inventors: Wei-Kang Cheng, Jia-Lin Li, Shyi-Ming Pan, Kuo-Chi Huang
  • Patent number: 8922013
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package includes an integrated circuit die in a reconstituted substrate. The active side is processed then covered in molding compound while the inactive side is processed. The molding compound on the active side is then partially removed and solder balls are placed on the active side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Pte Ltd.
    Inventors: How Yuan Hwang, Kah Wee Gan
  • Patent number: 8922024
    Abstract: Semiconductor packages including molding layer and methods of fabricating the same are provided. The method may include forming a bare package including a semiconductor chip on a package substrate and forming a molding layer surrounding the semiconductor chip on the package substrate while contacting an upper surface of the molding layer with a lower surface of a release film. The lower surface of the release film and the upper surface of the molding layer comprising uneven surfaces and the molding layer may expose an upper surface of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minok Na, Okgyeong Park, Ji-Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 8916420
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a chip package including a substrate, a cavity extending downward from an upper surface of the substrate, a metal layer overlying the substrate and conformally covering a sidewall and a bottom portion of the cavity, a chip having an upper surface and located on the metal layer in the cavity, wherein the upper surface is not lower than an upper surface of the metal layer outside of the cavity, and the protective layer covering the chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Inventors: Baw-Ching Perng, Chun-Lung Huang
  • Patent number: 8916423
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a first electrode on a first semiconductor substrate; coating the semiconductor substrate with an insulating material having a first viscosity at a first temperature, having a second viscosity lower than the first viscosity at a second temperature higher than the first temperature, and having a third viscosity higher than the second viscosity at a third temperature higher than the second temperature; and forming a first insulating film by curing the insulating material. In this method, the forming the first insulating film includes: bringing the insulating material to the second viscosity by heating the insulating material under a first condition; and bringing the insulating material to the third viscosity by heating the insulating material under a second condition. The first condition and the second condition are different in their temperature rising rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Tamotsu Owada, Hikaru Ohira, Hirosato Ochimizu
  • Patent number: 8912659
    Abstract: A stacked semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip having a first surface and a second surface which faces away from the first surface and including first bonding pads which are formed on the first surface and first through electrodes which pass through the first surface and the second surface; a second semiconductor chip stacked over the second surface of the first semiconductor chip, and including second bonding pads which are formed on a third surface facing the first semiconductor chip and second through electrodes which pass through the third surface and a fourth surface facing away from the third surface and are electrically connected with the first through electrodes; and a molding part formed to substantially cover the stacked first and second semiconductor chips and having openings which expose one end of the first through electrodes disposed on the first surface of the first semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Hyeong Seok Choi
  • Patent number: 8906746
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor device, including a semiconductor chip, for improving production efficiency and the flexibility of production design is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Oda, Kosuke Morita, Eiji Toyoda
  • Patent number: 8906740
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: mounting an integrated circuit, having a device through via and a device interconnect, over a substrate with the device through via traversing the integrated circuit and the device interconnect attached to the device through via; attaching a conductive support over the substrate with the conductive support adjacent to the integrated circuit; providing a pre-formed interposer, having an interposer through via and a pre-attached interconnect, with the pre-attached interconnect attached to the interposer through via; mounting the pre-formed interposer over the integrated circuit and the conductive support with the pre-attached interconnect over the device through via; and forming an encapsulation over the substrate covering the integrated circuit, the conductive support, and partially covering the pre-formed interposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
    Inventors: Chan Hoon Ko, Soo-San Park, YoungChul Kim
  • Patent number: 8901668
    Abstract: An n-channel MISFETQn is formed in an nMIS first formation region of a semiconductor substrate and a p-channel MISFETQp is formed in an adjacent pMIS second formation region of the semiconductor substrate. A silicon nitride film having a tensile stress is formed to cover the n-channel MISFETQn and the p-channel MISFETQp. In one embodiment, the silicon nitride film in the nMIS formation region and the pMIS formation region is irradiated with ultraviolet rays. Thereafter, a mask layer is formed to cover the silicon nitride film in the nMIS formation region and to expose the silicon nitride film in the pMIS formation region. The silicon nitride film in the pMIS formation region is then subjected to plasma processing, which relieves the tensile stress of the silicon nitride film in the pMIS formation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsunori Murata
  • Patent number: 8901718
    Abstract: There are provided a semiconductor package and a manufacturing method thereof, capable of increasing integration by mounting electronic devices on both surfaces of a substrate. The semiconductor package includes a first substrate having mounting electrodes on both surfaces thereof; a plurality of electronic devices mounted on both surfaces of the first substrate; and a second substrate exposed in cavities and bonded to a bottom surface of the first substrate so as to accommodate the electronic devices mounted on the bottom surface of the first substrate in the cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min Gi Cho
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8896135
    Abstract: Disclosed is an encapsulation film. An inorganic oxide film is formed on an organic sealing layer by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) to form the encapsulation film, wherein the organic sealing layer is a polymer containing hydrophilic groups. The organic sealing layer and the inorganic oxide layer have covalent bondings therebetween. The encapsulation film can solve the moisture absorption problem of conventional organic sealing layers, thereby being suitable for use as a package of optoelectronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ching-Chiun Wang, Kang-Feng Lee, Feng-Yu Tsai, Ming Horn Zheng, Chih-Yung Huang, Shih-Chin Lin, Jen-Rong Huang
  • Patent number: 8890316
    Abstract: A method and structures are provided for implementing decoupling capacitors within a DRAM TSV stack. A DRAM is formed with a plurality of TSVs extending completely through the substrate and filled with a conducting material. A layer of glass is grown on both the top and bottom of the DRAM providing an insulator. A layer of metal is grown on each glass layer providing a conductor. The metal and glass layers are etched through to TSVs with a gap provided around the perimeter of via pads. A respective solder ball is formed on the TSVs to connect to another DRAM chip in the DRAM TSV stack. The metal layers are connected to at least one TSV by one respective solder ball and are connected to a voltage source and a dielectric is inserted between the metal layers in the DRAM TSV stack to complete the decoupling capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joab D. Henderson, Kyu-hyoun Kim, Warren E. Maule, Kenneth L. Wright
  • Patent number: 8884429
    Abstract: A package structure having an embedded electronic component includes: a carrier having a cavity penetrating therethrough; a semiconductor chip received in the cavity and having solder bumps disposed thereon; a dielectric layer formed on the carrier and the semiconductor chip so as to encapsulate the solder bumps; a wiring layer formed on the dielectric layer; an insulating protection layer formed on the dielectric layer and the wiring layer; and a solder material formed in the dielectric layer and the insulating protection layer for electrically connecting the wiring layer and the solder bumps, thereby shortening the signal transmission path between the semiconductor chip and the carrier to avoid signal losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Unimicron Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Zhao-Chong Zeng
  • Patent number: 8877567
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has an interposer frame having a die attach area. A uniform height insulating layer is formed over the interposer frame at corners of the die attach area. The insulating layer can be formed as rectangular or circular pillars at the corners of the die attach area. The insulating layer can also be formed in a central region of the die attach area. A semiconductor die has a plurality of bumps formed over an active surface of the semiconductor die. The bumps can have a non-fusible portion and fusible portion. The semiconductor die is mounted over the insulating layer which provides a uniform standoff distance between the semiconductor die and interposer frame. The bumps of the semiconductor die are bonded to the interposer frame. An encapsulant is deposited over the semiconductor die and interposer frame and between the semiconductor die and interposer frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventors: KyungHoon Lee, Soo Moon Park, SeungWon Kim
  • Patent number: 8877564
    Abstract: One embodiment is directed towards a method of manufacturing a packaged circuit. The method includes partially etching an internal surface of a lead frame at dividing lines between future sections of the lead frame as first partial etch. One or more dies are attached to the internal surface of the lead frame and encapsulated. The method also includes partially etching an external surface of the lead frame at the dividing lines to disconnect different sections of lead frame as a second partial etch, wherein the second partial etch removes a laterally wider portion of the lead frame than the first partial etch of the internal surface; and partially etching the external surface of the lead frame as a third partial etch, wherein the third partial etch overlaps a portion of the second partial etch and extends deeper into the lead frame than the second partial etch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Intersil Americas LLC
    Inventors: Randolph Cruz, Loyde M. Carpenter, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8877556
    Abstract: A method comprises forming semiconductor flip chip interconnects having electrical connecting pads and electrically conductive posts terminating in distal ends operatively associated with the pads. We solder bump the distal ends by injection molding, mask the posts on the pads with a mask having a plurality of through hole reservoirs and align the reservoirs in the mask to be substantially concentric with the distal ends. Injecting liquid solder into the reservoirs and allowing it to cool provides solidified solder on the distal ends, which after mask removal produces a solder bumped substrate which we position on a wafer to leave a gap between the wafer and the substrate. The wafer has electrically conductive sites on the surface for soldering to the posts. Abutting the sites and the solder bumped posts followed by heating joins the wafer and substrate. The gap is optionally filled with a material comprising an underfill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jae-Woong Nah, Da-Yuan Shih
  • Patent number: 8866294
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die with a plurality of bumps formed over a surface of the first semiconductor die. A penetrable adhesive layer is formed over a temporary carrier. The adhesive layer can include a plurality of slots. The semiconductor die is mounted to the carrier by embedding the bumps into the penetrable adhesive layer. The semiconductor die and interconnect structure can be separated by a gap. An encapsulant is deposited over the first semiconductor die. The bumps embedded into the penetrable adhesive layer reduce shifting of the first semiconductor die while depositing the encapsulant. The carrier is removed. An interconnect structure is formed over the semiconductor die. The interconnect structure is electrically connected to the bumps. A thermally conductive bump is formed over the semiconductor die, and a heat sink is mounted to the interconnect structure and thermally connected to the thermally conductive bump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventors: Reza A. Pagaila, Yaojian Lin, Jun Mo Koo
  • Patent number: 8865520
    Abstract: The present invention provides a temporary carrier bonding and detaching process. A first surface of a semiconductor wafer is mounted on a first carrier by a first adhesive layer, and a first isolation coating disposed between the first adhesive layer and the first carrier. Then, a second carrier is mounted on the second surface of the semiconductor wafer. The first carrier is detached. Then, the first surface of the semiconductor wafer is mounted on a film frame. The second carrier is detached. The method of the present invention utilizes the second carrier to support and protect the semiconductor wafer, after which the first carrier is detached. Therefore, the semiconductor wafer will not be damaged or broken, thereby improving the yield rate of the semiconductor process. Furthermore, the simplicity of the detaching method for the first carrier allows for improvement in efficiency of the semiconductor process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Pin Yang, Wei-Min Hsiao, Cheng-Hui Hung
  • Patent number: 8866287
    Abstract: Electronic assemblies including substrates and their manufacture are described. One assembly includes a die embedded in a dielectric layer in a multilayer substrate, and a dielectric region embedded in the dielectric layer in the multilayer substrate. The multilayer substrate includes a die side and a land side, with the first dielectric region and the dielectric layer extending to the die side. A plurality of vias are positioned within the first dielectric region, the vias extending to pads on the die side. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Weng Hong Teh, Vinodhkumar Raghunathan
  • Patent number: 8859333
    Abstract: An IC package that is suitable for surface mounting arrangements includes a heat spreader device that is coupled to a bottom portion of the package below the IC die. Coupling the heat spreader device to the bottom portion of the package reduces or eliminates the possibility that placement of the heat spreader device will result in the molding compound bleeding on top of the heat spreader device, and delamination at the footings of the heat spreader device that can cause the package to delaminate, or “popcorn”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Kok Hua Simon Chua, Budi Njoman
  • Patent number: 8860079
    Abstract: Semiconductor packages and methods of forming a semiconductor package are disclosed. The method includes providing at least one die having first and second surfaces. The second surface of the die includes a plurality of conductive pads. A permanent carrier is provided and the at least one die is attached to the permanent carrier. The first surface of the at least one die is facing the permanent carrier. A cap having first and second surfaces is formed to encapsulate the at least one die. The first surface of the cap contacts the permanent carrier and the second surface of the cap is disposed at a different plane than the second surface of the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: United Test and Assembly Center Ltd.
    Inventors: Catherine Bee Liang Ng, Kriangsak Sae Le, Chuen Khiang Wang, Nathapong Suthiwongsunthorn
  • Patent number: 8853867
    Abstract: A mold compound is provided for encapsulating a semiconductor device (101). The mold compound comprises at least approximately 70% by weight silica fillers, at least approximately 10% by weight epoxy resin system, and beneficial ions that are beneficial with respect to copper ball bond corrosion. A total level of the beneficial ions in the mold compound is at least approximately 100 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheila F. Chopin, Varughese Mathew, Leo M. Higgins, III, Chu-Chung Lee
  • Patent number: 8853011
    Abstract: A repairing method, repairing device and repairing structure for repairing a signal line of an array substrate having the disconnected defect, including: setting a repairing route according to a position of the disconnected defect and determining a position at which a filling portion is required to be formed according to the repairing route; forming the filling portion at the position at which the filling portion is required to be formed; and forming a repairing line along the repairing route. By detecting the repairing route before repairing the disconnected defect by forming the filling portion according to the repairing route, the present disclosure can avoid the disconnection of the repairing line caused by great height differences of the surface under the repairing line and improve the repairing success rate of the disconnected defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-da Cheng, Chujen Wu
  • Patent number: 8847379
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a package comprises a first step of forming a metal pattern including a frame and a plurality of leads extending inward from the frame, a second step of molding a resin pattern including a first resin portion which holds the plurality of leads from an inner side thereof, and second resin portions which cover bottom surfaces of peripheral portions, adjacent to portions to be removed, in the plurality of leads while exposing bottom surfaces of the portions to be removed in the plurality of leads, so as to hold the plurality of leads from a lower side thereof, and a third step of cutting the plurality of leads into a plurality of first leads and a plurality of second leads by removing the portions to be removed in the plurality of leads while the resin pattern keeps holding the peripheral portions in the plurality of leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koji Ono
  • Patent number: 8847336
    Abstract: In a micromechanical component having an inclined structure and a corresponding manufacturing method, the component includes a substrate having a surface; a first anchor, which is provided on the surface of the substrate and which extends away from the substrate; and at least one cantilever, which is provided on a lateral surface of the anchor, and which points at an inclination away from the anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tjalf Pirk, Stefan Pinter, Hubert Benzel, Heribert Weber, Michael Krueger, Robert Sattler, Frederic Njikam Njimonzie, Joerg Muchow, Joachim Fritz, Christoph Schelling, Christoph Friese
  • Patent number: 8836117
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a bottom interconnect layer and an integrated circuit (IC) carried by the bottom interconnect layer. The electronic device may further include an encapsulation material on the bottom interconnect layer and laterally surrounding the IC. The electronic device may further include electrically conductive pillars on the bottom interconnect layer extending through the encapsulation material. At least one electrically conductive pillar and adjacent portions of encapsulation material may have a reduced height with respect to adjacent portions of the IC and the encapsulation material and may define at least one contact recess. The at least one contact recess may be spaced inwardly from a periphery of the encapsulation material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonggang Jin, How Yuan Hwang
  • Patent number: 8835218
    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: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Aprolase Development Co., LLC
    Inventors: Keith Gann, W. Eric Boyd
  • Patent number: 8835226
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a meta-module having circuitry for two or more modules is formed on a substrate, which is preferably a laminated substrate. The circuitry for the different modules is initially formed on the single meta-module. Each module will have one or more component areas in which the circuitry is formed. A metallic structure is formed on or in the substrate for each component area to be shielded. A single body, such as an overmold body, is then formed over all of the modules on the meta-module. At least a conductive vertical interconnect access structure (vias) associated with each component area to be shielded is then exposed through the body by a cutting, drilling, or similar operation. Next, an electromagnetic shield material is applied to the exterior surface of the body of each of the component areas to be shielded and in contact with the exposed conductive vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Scott Morris, Ulrik Riis Madsen, Donald Joseph Leahy