Involving Soldering Or Alloying Process, E.g., Soldering Wires (epo) Patents (Class 257/E21.509)
  • Patent number: 8368216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor package having at least one first layer chip, a plurality of first metal bumps, at least one second layer chip and a package body. The first layer chip includes a first active surface upon which the first metal bumps are disposed and a plurality of first signal coupling pads disposed adjacent to the first active surface. The second layer chip is electrically connected to the first layer chip, and includes a second active surface that faces the first active surface and a plurality of second signal coupling pads. The second signal coupling pads are capacitively coupled to the first signal coupling pads so as to provide proximity communication between the first layer chip and the second layer chip. The package body encapsulates the first layer chip, the first metal bumps, and the second layer chip, and the first metal bumps are partially exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Shao Lai, Tsung-Yueh Tsai, Ming-Kun Chen, Hsiao-Chuan Chang, Ming-Hsiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 8367477
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for forming an electronic device package, which includes providing a carrier substrate having an upper surface and an opposite lower surface; forming a cavity from the upper surface of the carrier substrate; disposing an electronic device having a conducting electrode in the cavity; forming a filling layer in the cavity, wherein the filling layer surround the electronic device; thinning the carrier substrate from the lower surface to a predetermined thickness; forming at least a through-hole in the electronic device or the in the carrier substrate; and forming a conducting layer over a sidewall of the through-hole, wherein the conducting layer electrically connects to the conducting electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventors: Wen-Cheng Chien, Ching-Yu Ni, Shu-Ming Chang
  • Patent number: 8354750
    Abstract: A mounting structure for a semiconductor device includes a stepwise stress buffer layer under a likewise stepwise UBM structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tzu-Yu Wang, Tzu-Wei Chiu, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Publication number: 20130009295
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a leadframe with a die pad and a first lead, a semiconductor chip with a first electrode, and a contact clip with a first contact area and a second contact area. The semiconductor chip is placed over the die pad. The first contact area is placed over the first lead and the second contact area is placed over the first electrode of the semiconductor chip. A plurality of protrusions extends from each of the first and second contact areas and each of the protrusions has a height of at least 5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Ralf Otremba
  • Patent number: 8349660
    Abstract: A process for closure of at least one cavity intended to encapsulate or be part of a microelectronic device, comprising the following steps: a) Producing a cavity in a first substrate comprising a first layer traversed by an opening forming an access to the cavity; b) Producing a portion of bond material around the opening, on a surface of the first layer located on the side opposite the cavity; c) Producing, on a second substrate, a portion of fusible material, with a deposition of the fusible material on the second substrate and the use of a mask; d) Placing the portion of fusible material in contact with the portion of bond material; e) Forming a plug for the opening, which adheres to the portion of bond material, by melting and then solidification of the fusible material; f) Separating the plug and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Gilles Delapierre, Bernard Diem, Francois Perruchot
  • Patent number: 8334169
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing an integrated circuit having an active side and a non-active side; forming a channel through the integrated circuit; forming an indent, having a flange and an indent side, from a peripheral region of the non-active side; and forming a conformal interconnect, having an offset segment, a sloped segment, and a flange segment, under the indent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Reza Argenty Pagaila, Byung Tai Do, Linda Pei Ee Chua
  • Patent number: 8330272
    Abstract: A packaged microelectronic element includes a microelectronic element having a front surface and a plurality of first solid metal posts extending away from the front surface. A substrate has a major surface and a plurality of conductive elements exposed at the major surface and joined to the first solid metal posts. In particular examples, the conductive elements can be bond pads or can be second posts having top surfaces and edge surfaces extending at substantial angles away therefrom. Each first solid metal post includes a base region adjacent the microelectronic element and a tip region remote from the microelectronic element, the base region and tip region having respective concave circumferential surfaces. Each first solid metal post has a horizontal dimension which is a first function of vertical location in the base region and which is a second function of vertical location in the tip region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Tessera, Inc.
    Inventor: Belgacem Haba
  • Patent number: 8330239
    Abstract: A device comprises a conductive substrate, a micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) structure, and a plurality of bond pads. The conductive substrate has a first side and a second side, the second side opposite the first side. The MEMS structure is formed over the first side of the conductive substrate. The plurality of bond pads are formed over the first side of the conductive substrate and electrically coupled to the first side of the conductive substrate. The conductive substrate and plurality of bond pads function to provide electrostatic shielding to the MEMS structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Jinbang Tang, Lianjun Liu
  • Publication number: 20120299202
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a mounting structure of a semiconductor package component, including: applying a first adhesive with viscosity ?1 and a thixotropy index T1 at a position on the substrate, which is on an outer side of the mounted semiconductor package component; applying, on the first adhesive, a second adhesive with viscosity ?2 and a thixotropy index T2 so that the second adhesive gets in contact with an outer periphery part of the semiconductor package component; and forming, through a subsequent reflow process, a first adhesive part of the hardened first adhesive and a second adhesive part of the hardened second adhesive, wherein the first and second adhesives satisfy 30??2??1?300 (Pa·s) and 3?T2?T1?7, and sectional area S1 of the first adhesive part and sectional area S2 of the second adhesive part with respect to a direction perpendicular to a mounting surface of the substrate satisfy a relation S1?S2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi YAMAGUCHI, Hideyuki TSUJIMURA, Hiroe KOWADA, Ryo KUWABARA, Naomichi OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20120289001
    Abstract: A solder-top enhanced semiconductor device is proposed for packaging. The solder-top device includes a device die with a top metal layer patterned into contact zones and contact enhancement zones. At least one contact zone is electrically connected to at least one contact enhancement zone. Atop each contact enhancement zone is a solder layer for an increased composite thickness thus lowered parasitic impedance. Where the top metal material can not form a uniform good electrical bond with the solder material, the device die further includes an intermediary layer sandwiched between and forming a uniform electrical bond with the top metal layer and the solder layer. A method for making the solder-top device includes lithographically patterning the top metal layer into the contact zones and the contact enhancement zones; then forming a solder layer atop each of the contact enhancement zones using a stencil process for an increased composite thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: François Hébert, Anup Bhalla, Kai Liu, Ming Sun
  • Publication number: 20120286433
    Abstract: An electrical conductor is connected to a first microcircuit element having a first connector site axis and a second microcircuit having a second connector site axis. The first microcircuit and the second microcircuit are separated by and operatively associated with a first electrical insulator layer. The conductor and the first microcircuit element are separated by and operatively associated with a second electrical insulator layer. At least one of the first electrical insulator layer and the second electrical insulator layer comprise a polymeric material. The microcircuit includes a UBM and solder connection to a FBEOL via opening. Sufficiently separating the first connector site axis and the second connector site axis so they are not concentric, decouples the UBM and solder connection to the FBEOL via opening. This eliminates or minimizes electromigration and the white bump problems. A process comprises manufacturing the microcircuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Minhua Lu, Eric D. Pefecto, David L. Questad, Sudipta K. Ray
  • Publication number: 20120286293
    Abstract: An electronic device and manufacturing thereof. One embodiment provides a carrier and multiple contact elements. The carrier defines a first plane. A power semiconductor chip is attached to the carrier. A body is formed of an electrically insulating material covering the power semiconductor chip. The body defines a second plane parallel to the first plane and side faces extends from the first plane to the second plane. At least one of the multiple contact elements has a cross section in a direction orthogonal to the first plane that is longer than 60% of the distance between the first plane and the second plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Ralf Otremba, Josef Hoeglauer
  • Patent number: 8309451
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer contains a plurality of semiconductor die. The wafer has contact pads formed over its surface. A passivation layer is formed over the wafer. A stress buffer layer is formed over the passivation layer. The stress buffer layer is patterned to expose the contact pads. A metal layer is deposited over the stress buffer layer. The metal layer is a common voltage bus for the semiconductor device in electrical contact with the contact pads. An adhesion layer, barrier layer, and seed layer is formed over the wafer in electrical contact with the contact pads. The metal layer is mounted to the seed layer. Solder bumps or other interconnect structures are formed over the metal layer. A second passivation layer is formed over the metal layer. In an alternate embodiment, a wirebondable layer can be deposited over the metal layer and wirebonds connected to the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Tai Do, Stephen A. Murphy, Yaojian Lin, Heap Hoe Kuan, Pandi Chelvam Marimuthu, Hin Hwa Goh
  • Patent number: 8304888
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a semiconductor die package having a first and a second discrete components embedded into a dielectric substrate. An integrated circuit (IC) die is surface mounted on a first side of the dielectric substrate. The semiconductor die package includes a plurality of conductive regions on the second side of the dielectric substrate for mounting the semiconductor die package. A plurality of through hole vias couple the IC die to the first and second discrete components and the plurality of conductive regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Luke England, Douglas Hawks
  • Patent number: 8298862
    Abstract: A layered chip package includes a main body and wiring. The main body includes a plurality of layer portions stacked. The wiring is disposed on at least one side surface of the main body. In the method of manufacturing the layered chip package, first, a plurality of substructures each of which includes an array of a plurality of preliminary layer portions are used to fabricate a layered substructure that includes a plurality of pre-separation main bodies arranged in rows. Next, the layered substructure is cut into a plurality of blocks each of which includes a row of a plurality of pre-separation main bodies, and the wiring is formed on the plurality of pre-separation main bodies included in each block simultaneously. The plurality of pre-separation main bodies are then separated from each other. Each of the plurality of blocks includes a row of three, four, or five pre-separation main bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignees: Headway Technologies, Inc., SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Sasaki, Hiroyuki Ito, Atsushi Iijima
  • Patent number: 8294272
    Abstract: A power module includes a pair of power devices that are stacked with a plate-shaped output electrode arranged therebetween, and an N-electrode and a P-electrode that are stacked with the pair of power devices arranged therebetween. The output electrode is anisotropic such that the thermal conductivity in a direction orthogonal to the stacking direction is greater than the thermal conductivity in the stacking direction. Also, the output electrode extends in the orthogonal direction from a stacked area where the pair of power devices are stacked. The N-electrode and the P-electrode extend in the orthogonal direction while maintaining an opposing positional relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasushi Yamada, Hiroshi Osada, Gentaro Yamanaka, Norifumi Furuta, Akio Kitami, Tadafumi Yoshida, Hiromichi Kuno
  • Patent number: 8294283
    Abstract: A disclosed semiconductor device includes a wiring board, a semiconductor element mounted on a principal surface of the wiring board with flip chip mounting, a first conductive pattern formed on the principal surface along at least an edge portion of the semiconductor element, a second conductive pattern formed on the principal surface along the first conductive pattern and away from the first conductive pattern, a passive element bridging between the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern on the principal surface of the wiring board, and a resin layer filling a space between the wiring board and the semiconductor chip, wherein the resin layer extends between the semiconductor element and the first conductive pattern on the principal surface of the wiring board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventor: Takumi Ihara
  • Patent number: 8294271
    Abstract: Disclosed in this specification is a lead-free soldering alloy made of gold, tin and indium. The tin is present in a concentration of 17.5% to 20.5%, the indium is present in a concentration of 2.0% to 6.0% and the balance is gold and the alloy has a melting point between 290° C. and 340° C. and preferably between 300° C. and 340° C. The soldering alloy is particularly useful for hermetically sealing semiconductor devices since the melting temperature is sufficiently high to permit post-seal heating and sufficiently low to allow sealing of the semiconductor without causing damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Materion Advanced Materials Technologies and Services Inc.
    Inventor: Heiner Lichtenberger
  • Patent number: 8288849
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first memory die having a first memory type, a second memory die having a second memory type different from the first memory type, and a logic die such as a microprocessor. The first memory die can be electrically connected to the logic die using a first type of electrical connection preferred for the first memory type. The second memory die can be electrically connected to the logic die using a second type of electrical connection different from the first type of electrical connection which is preferred for the second memory type. Other devices can include dies all of the same type, or two or more dies of a first type and two or more dies of a second type different from the first type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Kurt Wachtler, Margaret Rose Simmons-Matthews
  • Patent number: 8283762
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package, where the package includes a surface for attachment of the package to a device by a joint formed of a connective material in a joint area of the surface. The method is characterized in that it comprises the step of patterning one or more channels on the surface which channels extend away from the joint area towards an edge of the surface. Also the method has the step of applying a compound to one or more channels which compound interacts with the connective material, such that when the semiconductor package is attached to the device the interaction defines one or more paths in the connective material. These correspond to the one or more channels on the surface and allow the passage of waste material away from the joint area to the outer edge of the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Bauer, Anton Kolbeck
  • Patent number: 8278150
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for packaging semiconductor devices. The apparatus includes a substrate strip component of a leadless three-dimensional stackable semiconductor package having mounting contacts on, for example, four peripheral edges. The substrate strip may either be fabricated for mounting a single electrical component (e.g., an integrated circuit die) or a plurality of substrate strips may be laid out in an X-Y matrix pattern which may later be singulated into individual package strip for leadless packages. Three-dimensional stacking is achieved by a bonding area on an uppermost portion of the sidewall. The sidewall of the strip is high enough to enclose an encapsulant covering a later mounted integrated circuit die and associated bonding wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventor: Ken M. Lam
  • Publication number: 20120241954
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for unpackaged and packaged IC stacked in a system-in-package module. There is provided a system-in-package module comprising a substrate including a first contact pad and a second contact pad disposed thereon, a packaged device disposed on the substrate, and an unpackaged device stacked atop the packaged device, wherein a first electrode of the packaged device is electrically and mechanically coupled to the first contact pad, and wherein a second electrode of the unpackaged device is electrically coupled to the second contact pad. The structure of the disclosed system-in-package module provides several advantages over conventional designs including increased yields, facilitated die substitution, enhanced thermal and grounding performance through direct connect vias, stacking of wider devices without a spacer, and a simplified single package structure for reduced fabrication time and cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert W. Warren, Nic Rossi
  • Publication number: 20120241965
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of fabricating microelectronic packages, wherein cavities are formed in a dielectric layer deposited on a first substrate to maintain separation between soldered interconnections. In one embodiment, the cavities may have sloped sidewalls. In another embodiment, a solder paste may be deposited in the cavities and upon heating solder structures may be formed. In other embodiments, the solder structures may be placed in the cavities or may be formed on a second substrate to which the first substrate may be connected. In still other embodiments, solder structures may be formed on both the first substrate and a second substrate. The solder structures may be used to form solder interconnects by contact and reflow with either contact lands or solder structures on a second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Chuan Hu, Shawna M. Liff, Gregory S. Clemons
  • Patent number: 8274149
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device package includes a substrate, a buffer structure, two active chips and a bridge chip. The substrate has a cavity, a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The cavity is extended from the first surface toward the second surface, and the buffer structure is disposed in the cavity. The active chips are disposed on and electrically connected to the first surface and around the cavity. The active chips both have a first active surface. The bridge chip is disposed in the cavity and above the buffer structure. The bridge chip has a second active surface, the second active surface faces the first active surfaces and is partially overlapped with the first active surfaces, the bridge chip is used for providing a proximity communication between the active chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Chuan Chang, Tsung-Yueh Tsai, Yi-Shao Lai, Ming-Hsiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 8274164
    Abstract: A high power surface mount package including a thick bond line of solder interposed between the die and a heatsink, and between the die and a lead frame, wherein the lead frame has the same coefficient of thermal expansion as the heatsink. In one preferred embodiment, the heatsink and the lead frame are comprised of the same material. The package can be assembled using standard automated equipment, and does not require a weight or clip to force the parts close together, which force typically reduces the solder bond line thickness. Advantageously, the thermal stresses on each side of the die are effectively balanced, allowing for a large surface area die to be packaged with conventional and less expensive materials. One type of die that benefits from the present invention can include a transient voltage suppressor, but could include other dies generating a significant amount of heat, such as those in excess of 0.200 inches square.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Microsemi Corporation
    Inventor: Tracy Autry
  • Patent number: 8274161
    Abstract: A linear, serial chip/substrate assembly processing machine for stepwise advancing a pre-assembled chip/die substrate on a support plate through a series of sealable chambers beginning at a loading station and ending up at an unloading station after various melting and vacuuming of chip/substrate components has been stepwise indexed through those various chambers to the final joining thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: SemiGear Inc
    Inventors: Jian Zhang, Chunghsin Lee
  • Publication number: 20120235291
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor device, a heat spreader, a regulating unit, a containing unit, and a holding unit. The heat spreader is bonded to the semiconductor device with an interposed solder layer. The regulating unit is configured to regulate a dimension between the semiconductor device and the heat spreader. The containing unit is configured to contain melted solder in an interior of the containing unit. The holding unit is configured to allow melted solder held in an interior of the holding unit. The holding unit is configured to replenish the melted solder in the case where an amount of the melted solder contained in the containing unit is insufficient. The holding unit is configured to recover the melted solder in the case where the amount of the melted solder contained in the containing unit is excessive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masayuki UCHIDA, Takashi TOGASAKI, Satoru HARA, Kentaro SUGA
  • Patent number: 8268716
    Abstract: A method of coupling an integrated circuit to a substrate includes providing the substrate, forming a contact pad in the substrate, contacting the contact pad with a solder ball, and repeatedly exposing the solder ball to a thermal process to cause intermetallics based on a metal in the contact pad to be formed in the thermal ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Arvin, Valerie Oberson, Srinivasa N. Reddy, Krystyna W. Semkow, Richard A. Shelleman, Kamalesh K. Srivistava
  • Publication number: 20120231584
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: a step of producing a semiconductor package intermediate by injecting a resin into a forming die in which electrodes, a heat dissipating pad, and a semiconductor element are disposed, providing a peel-off film on one side of the resin in the form of a still-uncured resin body opposite from the other side facing the heat dissipating pad and a rigid material on one side of the peel-off film, and curing the uncured resin body to form a sealant resin body; a step of forming a solder layer by reflow soldering between a substrate and the intermediate; and a step of removing the rigid material from the peel-off film, wherein the rigid material is integrated into the intermediate so as to make the thermal expansion coefficient and rigidity of the intermediate approximately equal to those of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nakaya Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20120223432
    Abstract: An electronic device comprising a bond pad on a substrate and a wire bonded to the bond pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: JOHN M. DELUCCA, FRANK A. BAIOCCHI, RONALD J. WEACHOCK, JOHN W. OSENBACH, BARRY J. DUTT
  • Patent number: 8258012
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer has a plurality of semiconductor die separated by a saw street. The wafer is mounted to dicing tape. The wafer is singulated through the saw street to expose side surfaces of the semiconductor die. An ESD protection layer is formed over the semiconductor die and around the exposed side surfaces of the semiconductor die. The ESD protection layer can be a metal layer, encapsulant film, conductive polymer, conductive ink, or insulating layer covered by a metal layer. The ESD protection layer is singulated between the semiconductor die. The semiconductor die covered by the ESD protection layer are mounted to a temporary carrier. An encapsulant is deposited over the ESD protection layer covering the semiconductor die. The carrier is removed. An interconnect structure is formed over the semiconductor die and encapsulant. The ESD protection layer is electrically connected to the interconnect structure to provide an ESD path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Stats ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventors: Reza A. Pagaila, Jose A. Caparas, Pandi C. Marimuthu
  • Publication number: 20120220118
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device has an active surface. The semiconductor device includes at least a connecting element and at least a bump. The connecting element is disposed on the activate surface and has a minimum dimension smaller than 100 microns. The bump is disposed on the connecting element and is electrically connected to the active surface by the connecting element. The bump includes a pillar part disposed on the connecting element and a top part disposed at the top of the pillar part. The pillar part has a first dimension and a second dimension both parallel to the active surface. The first dimension is longer than 1.2 times the second dimension. The top part is composed of solder and will melt under the determined temperature. The pillar part will not melt under a determined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: ADVANPACK SOLUTIONS PTE LTD.
    Inventors: Hwee-Seng Jimmy CHEW, Chee Kian ONG
  • Patent number: 8252678
    Abstract: A serial thermal processing arrangement for treating a pre-assembled chip/wafer assembly of semiconductor material in a rotary processor, through a series of intermittent, rotatively advanced, movements into independent, temperature and pressure controlled, circumferentially disposed chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: SemiGear, Inc
    Inventor: Jian Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120211880
    Abstract: A flip chip interconnect of a die on a substrate is made by mating the interconnect bump onto a narrow interconnect pad on a lead or trace, rather than onto a capture pad. The width of the narrow interconnect pad is less than a base diameter of bumps on the die to be attached. Also, a flip chip package includes a die having solder bumps attached to interconnect pads in an active surface, and a substrate having narrow interconnect pads on electrically conductive traces in a die attach surface, in which the bumps are mated onto the narrow pads on the traces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: STATS CHIPPAC, LTD.
    Inventor: Rajendra D. Pendse
  • Publication number: 20120211764
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a support base material, and a semiconductor element bonded to the support base material with a binder, the binder including: a porous metal material that contacts the support base material and the semiconductor element, and a solder that is filled in at least one part of pores of the porous metal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED,
    Inventors: Keishiro OKAMOTO, Tadahiro IMADA, Nobuhiro IMAIZUMI, Keiji WATANABE
  • Patent number: 8247911
    Abstract: Provided is a bonding structure of a bonding wire and a method for forming the same which can solve problems of conventional technologies in practical application of a multilayer copper wire, improve the formability and bonding characteristic of a ball portion, improve the bonding strength of wedge connection, and have a superior industrial productivity. A bonding wire mainly composed of copper, and a concentrated layer where the concentration of a conductive metal other than copper is high is formed at a ball bonded portion. The concentrated layer is formed in the vicinity of the ball bonded portion or at the interface thereof. An area where the concentration of the conductive metal is 0.05 to 20 mol % has a thickness greater than or equal to 0.1 ?m, and it is preferable that the concentration of the conductive metal in the concentrated layer should be five times as much as the average concentration of the conductive metal at the ball bonded portion other than the concentrated layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignees: Nippon Steel Materials Co., Ltd., Nippon Micrometal Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Uno, Shinichi Terashima, Keiichi Kimura, Takashi Yamada, Akihito Nishibayashi
  • Patent number: 8241964
    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: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventors: Reza A. Pagaila, Yaojian Lin, Jun Mo Koo
  • Patent number: 8236610
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that enable forming semiconductor chip connections. In one embodiment, the semiconductor chip includes a body having a polyhedron shape with a pair of opposing sides; and a solder member extending along a side that extends between the pair of opposing sides of the polyhedron shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Lu-Chen Hsu, Kangguo Cheng, Timothy J. Dalton, Mukta G. Farooq, John A. Fitzsimmons
  • Patent number: 8232643
    Abstract: Lead free solder interconnections for integrated circuits. A copper column extends from an input/output terminal of an integrated circuit. A cap layer of material is formed on the input/output terminal of the integrated circuit. A lead free solder connector is formed on the cap layer. A substrate having a metal finish solder pad is aligned with the solder connector. An intermetallic compound is formed at the interface between the cap layer and the lead free solder connector. A solder connection is formed between the input/output terminal of the integrated circuit and the metal finish pad that is less than 0.5 weight percent copper, and the intermetallic compound is substantially free of copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yao-Chun Chuang, Ching-Wen Hsiao, Chen-Cheng Kuo, Chen-Shien Chen
  • Patent number: 8227331
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for providing solder material on a predetermined area on a substrate. In various embodiments, the solder material is deposited on a wetting layer which lies within an area on a substrate having a confinement layer. Further a packaging method and package are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: IMEC
    Inventors: Joachim John, Lars Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 8222717
    Abstract: An embedded semiconductor die package is made by mounting a frame carrier to a temporary carrier with an adhesive. The frame carrier includes die mounting sites each having a leadframe interconnect structure around a cavity. A semiconductor die is disposed in each cavity. An encapsulant is deposited in the cavity over the die. A package interconnect structure is formed over the leadframe interconnect structure and encapsulant. The package interconnect structure and leadframe interconnect structure are electrically connected to the die. The frame carrier is singulated into individual embedded die packages. The semiconductor die can be vertically stacked or placed side-by-side within the cavity. The embedded die packages can be stacked and electrically interconnected through the leadframe interconnect structure. A semiconductor device can be mounted to the embedded die package and electrically connected to the die through the leadframe interconnect structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Kwon Shim, Seng Guan Chow, Heap Hoe Kuan
  • Publication number: 20120175764
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic component having a circuit integrated on a semiconductor substrate, and a heat-conducting connection of the substrate by soldering using a carrier serving as a heat sink, wherein the invention proposes depositing a first, thicker Au layer (23) in the conventional back-side metallization of the substrate, thereafter a barrier coating (24), and, as the last layer, a thinner, second Au layer (25), wherein the material of the barrier coating is selected such that the barrier coating prevents the penetration by means of a diffusion barrier of Sn or AuSn from a liquid Au—Sn phase in the region of the second Au layer into the first Au layer (23) during the soldering process. The layer sequence of the back-side metallization is also deposited in the pass-through openings of the substrate, wherein the surface of the second Au layer comprises a reduced coatablity for the solder material due to the material diffused out of the barrier coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: UNITED MONOLITHIC SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Dag Behammer, Hermann Stieglauer
  • Patent number: 8217500
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit is mounted on the package substrate so that its sides are at approximately a 45 degree angle to the sides of the substrate. As a result, the sides of the die face the corners of the substrate rather than the sides of the substrate. In this orientation, substantially all the space available in the corners of the substrate becomes readily available for use in reducing congestion along the sides of the die and/or routing connections to the die and/or in mounting coupling capacitors. It also becomes possible to mount a larger die on the substrate while still meeting manufacturing and reliability rules. Larger stiffener/lid structures may also be used for enhanced adhesion to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventor: Vincent Hool
  • Patent number: 8216880
    Abstract: In semiconductor devices having a copper-based metallization system, bond pads for wire bonding may be formed directly on copper surfaces, which may be covered by an appropriately designed protection layer to avoid unpredictable copper corrosion during the wire bond process. A thickness of the protection layer may be selected such that bonding through the layer may be accomplished, while also ensuring a desired high degree of integrity of the copper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias Lehr, Frank Kuechenmeister
  • Patent number: 8212355
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor device, and a wiring board where the semiconductor device is mounted. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a piercing electrode configured to pierce the semiconductor substrate and electrically connect the wiring board and the semiconductor device, and a ring-shaped concave part provided so as to surround the piercing electrode, the ring-shaped concave part being configured to open to a wiring board side of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sunohara, Yuichi Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20120164787
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vacuum wafer level packaging method for a micro electro mechanical system device, including: forming a plurality of via holes on an upper wafer for protecting a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) wafer; forming at least one metal layer on inner walls of the plurality of via holes and regions extended from the plurality of via holes; arranging and bonding the upper wafer and the MEMS wafer at atmospheric pressure; applying solder paste to the regions extended from the plurality of via holes; filling a solder in the plurality of via holes by increasing the temperature of a high-vacuum chamber to melt the solder paste; and changing the solder in the plurality of via holes to a solid state by lowering the temperature of the high-vacuum chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jong Tae Moon, Yong Sung Eom, Hyun-Cheol Bae
  • Publication number: 20120161312
    Abstract: Electronic assemblies and their manufacture are described. One assembly includes a substrate and a die on a first side of the substrate. A plurality of non-solder metal bumps are positioned on a second side of the substrate. The assembly also includes a board to which the non-solder metal bumps are coupled. The assembly also includes solder positioned between the board and the substrate, wherein the board is electrically coupled to the substrate through the solder and the bumps. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Md Altaf HOSSAIN, Scott A. GILBERT
  • Publication number: 20120153461
    Abstract: A semiconductor component of the present invention includes a semiconductor element and a joining layer formed on one surface of the semiconductor element and consisting of a joining material containing Bi as an essential ingredient, and projecting sections are formed on a surface of the joining layer on a side opposite to a surface in contact with the semiconductor element. By joining the semiconductor component to an electrode arranged so as to face the joining layer, the generation of a void can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kitaura, Akio Furusawa, Shigeaki Sakatani, Taichi Nakamura, Takahiro Matsuo
  • Patent number: 8198186
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die with die bump pads and substrate with trace lines having integrated bump pads. A solder mask patch is formed interstitially between the die bump pads or integrated bump pads. The solder mask patch contains non-wettable material. Conductive bump material is deposited over the integrated bump pads or die bump pads. The semiconductor die is mounted over the substrate so that the conductive bump material is disposed between the die bump pads and integrated bump pads. The bump material is reflowed without a solder mask around the integrated bump pads to form an interconnect between the semiconductor die and substrate. The solder mask patch confines the conductive bump material within a footprint of the die bump pads or integrated bump pads during reflow. The interconnect can have a non-fusible base and fusible cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventor: Rajendra D. Pendse
  • Patent number: 8193037
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a lead having a horizontal ridge at a lead top side; forming a connection layer having an inner pad and an outer pad directly on the lead top side, the inner pad having an inner pad bottom surface; mounting an integrated circuit over the inner pad; applying a molding compound, having a molding bottom surface, over the integrated circuit, the inner pad, and the outer pad; and applying a dielectric directly on the molding bottom surface and the inner pad bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Henry Descalzo Bathan, Zigmund Ramirez Camacho, Dioscoro A. Merilo, Emmanuel Espiritu