Of The Hybrid Type (e.g., Chip-on-chip, Bonded Substrates) (epo) Patents (Class 257/E27.161)
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Patent number: 12106887Abstract: A method of manufacturing a coil component having terminal electrodes with high mounting strength, includes: embedding an air-core coil in complex magnetic material being a mixture of resin and metal magnetic grains, molding the magnetic material so that both ends of the coil are exposed on its surface, curing the resin in the molding, thereby obtaining a magnetic body in which the coil is embedded, polishing and etching a surface where the ends of the coil are exposed, sputtering metal material onto an etched surface of the magnetic body, thereby forming an underlying layer across a surface of the magnetic body and ends of the coil, and then forming a cover layer that covers an outer side of the underlying layer, thereby forming terminal electrodes constituted by the underlying layer and cover layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Daiki Mimura, Toshiyuki Yagasaki
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Patent number: 9000575Abstract: A first substrate with a penetration electrode formed thereon is stacked on a second substrate with a protruding electrode formed thereon. The penetration electrode has a recessed portion. The substrates are stacked with the protruding electrode entered in the recessed portion. A distal width of the protruding electrode is smaller than an opening width of the recessed portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Hideo Imai
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Patent number: 8921901Abstract: A stacked wafer structure includes a CIS wafer, an ISP wafer, a lamination layer, a through silicon via and a pixel device. The CIS wafer bonds to the ISP wafer through the lamination layer. The pixel device is disposed on the CIS wafer. The through silicon via penetrates either the CIS wafer or the ISP wafer to connect devices in CIS wafer to the devices in ISP wafer electrically.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2013Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.Inventor: Ching-Hung Kao
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Patent number: 8796811Abstract: In a hybrid integrated module, a semiconductor die is mechanically coupled face-to-face to an integrated device in which the substrate has been removed. For example, the integrated circuit may include an optical device fabricated on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer in which the backside silicon handler has been completely removed, thereby facilitating improved device performance and highly efficient thermal tuning of the operating wavelength of the optical device. Moreover, the semiconductor die may be a VLSI chip that provides power, and serves as a mechanical handler and/or an electrical driver. The thermal tuning efficiency of the substrateless optical device may be enhanced by over 100× relative to an optical device with an intact substrate, and by 5× relative to an optical device in which the substrate has only been removed in proximity to the optical device.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Ivan Shubin, Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy, John E. Cunningham
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Patent number: 8698297Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a base substrate; applying a molded under-fill on the base substrate; forming a substrate contact extender through the molded under-fill and in direct contact with the base substrate; mounting a stack device over the molded under-fill; attaching a coupling connector from the substrate contact extender to the stack device; and forming a base encapsulation on the stack device, the substrate contact extender, and encapsulating the coupling connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Ltd.Inventors: JoHyun Bae, In Sang Yoon, DaeSik Choi
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Patent number: 8673740Abstract: A method is for formation of an electrically conducting through-via within a first semiconductor support having a front face and comprising a silicon substrate. The method may include forming of a first insulating layer on top of the front face of the first semiconductor support, fabricating a handle including, within an additional rigid semiconductor support having an intermediate semiconductor layer, and forming on either side of the intermediate semiconductor layer of a porous region and of an additional insulating layer. The method may also include direct bonding of the first insulating layer and of the additional insulating layer, and thinning of the silicon substrate of the first semiconductor support so as to form a back face opposite to the front face.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SASInventors: Julien Cuzzocrea, Laurent-Luc Chapelon
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Patent number: 8664083Abstract: InP epitaxial material is directly bonded onto a Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) wafer having Vertical Outgassing Channels (VOCs) between the bonding surface and the insulator (buried oxide, or BOX) layer. H2O and other molecules near the bonding surface migrate to the closest VOC and are quenched in the buried oxide (BOX) layer quickly by combining with bridging oxygen ions and forming pairs of stable nonbridging hydroxyl groups (Si—OH). Various sizes and spacings of channels are envisioned for various devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventor: Di Liang
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Patent number: 8525348Abstract: A fabrication method of a chip scale package includes providing electronic components, each having an active surface with electrode pads and an opposite inactive surface, and a hard board with a soft layer disposed thereon; adhering the electronic components to the soft layer via the inactive surfaces thereof; pressing the electronic components such that the soft layer encapsulates the electronic components while exposing the active surfaces thereof; forming a dielectric layer on the active surfaces of the electronic components and the soft layer; and forming a first wiring layer on the dielectric layer and electrically connected to the electrode pads, thereby solving the conventional problems caused by directly attaching a chip on an adhesive film, such as film-softening, encapsulant overflow, warpage, chip deviation and contamination that lead to poor electrical connection between the electrode pads and the wiring layer formed in a subsequent RDL process and even waste product.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chiang-Cheng Chang, Chun-Chi Ke, Chien-Ping Huang
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Patent number: 8441134Abstract: A chip stacking structure includes a first chip and a second chip. The first chip includes a surface having a first group of pads formed thereon, and the second chip includes a surface having a second group of pads formed thereon. The second group of pads is bonded onto the first group of pads to define a plurality of capillary passages extending in a same direction. The chip stacking structure further includes an underfill filling up interspaces between the first chip and the second chip. The chip stacking structure is capable of avoiding chip deformation and cracking during a bonding process.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: United Microelectronics CorporationInventors: Chien-Li Kuo, Yung-Chang Lin, Ming-Tse Lin
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Patent number: 8378482Abstract: A wiring board between which and a chip to be mounted a resin is filled includes: a substrate body on which a conductor portion to be connected to an electrode terminal of the chip is formed; and an insulating protection film formed on the substrate body and having an opening portion formed therein to expose the conductor portion. The opening portion is formed in such a manner that the edge thereof is positioned along and outside the outer shape of the chip except for a specific corner portion, and that the edge in the specific corner portion is positioned on a side of or inside the outer shape of the chip.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takashi Ozawa
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Patent number: 8338932Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes a package having a first package portion and a second package portion. The side of the first package portion facing the second package portion has an anchoring element with a first recess. The second package portion includes a second recess with an indentation which receives the anchoring element. To produce a mechanically firm connection between the first package portion and the second package portion, a plug-in element is inserted in the first recess and the second recess. The plug-in element displaces the anchoring element transversely with respect to the plug-in direction, causing the anchoring element to engage the indentation so that a form-fit connection is produced between the first package portion and the second package portion. The plug-in element prevents the anchoring element from disengaging the indentation.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Georg Borghoff, Thilo Stolze
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Patent number: 8319329Abstract: Microelectronic packages are fabricated by stacking integrated circuits upon one another. Each integrated circuit includes a semiconductor layer having microelectronic devices and a wiring layer on the semiconductor layer having wiring that selectively interconnects the microelectronic devices. After stacking, a via is formed that extends through at least two of the integrated circuits that are stacked upon one another. Then, the via is filled with conductive material that selectively electrically contacts the wiring. Related microelectronic packages are also described.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Pil-kyu Kang, Jung-Ho Kim, Jong-Wook Lee, Seung-woo Choi, Dae-Lok Bae
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Patent number: 8134237Abstract: An integrated type semiconductor device that is capable of reducing cost or improving the reliability of connecting semiconductor chips together or chips to a circuit board. One embodiment of such an integrated type semiconductor device comprises a first semiconductor device having a semiconductor chip with electrodes, a stress-relieving layer prepared on the semiconductor chip, a wire formed across the electrodes and the stress-relieving layer, and solder balls formed on the wire over the stress-relieving layer; and a bare chip as a second semiconductor device to be electrically connected to the first semiconductor device.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8129257Abstract: InP epitaxial material is directly bonded onto a Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) wafer having Vertical Outgassing Channels (VOCs) between the bonding surface and the insulator (buried oxide, or BOX) layer. H2O and other molecules near the bonding surface migrate to the closest VOC and are quenched in the buried oxide (BOX) layer quickly by combining with bridging oxygen ions and forming pairs of stable nonbridging hydroxyl groups (Si—OH). Various sizes and spacings of channels are envisioned for various devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventor: Di Liang
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Patent number: 8129833Abstract: Microelectronic packages are fabricated by stacking integrated circuits upon one another. Each integrated circuit includes a semiconductor layer having microelectronic devices and a wiring layer on the semiconductor layer having wiring that selectively interconnects the microelectronic devices. After stacking, a via is formed that extends through at least two of the integrated circuits that are stacked upon one another. Then, the via is filled with conductive material that selectively electrically contacts the wiring. Related microelectronic packages are also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Pil-kyu Kang, Jung-Ho Kim, Jong-Wook Lee, Seung-woo Choi, Dae-Lok Bae
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Patent number: 7998833Abstract: The invention relates to a method for bonding wafers along their corresponding surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2009Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Inventor: Erich Thallner
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Patent number: 7977781Abstract: In a semiconductor device in which a plurality of memory LSIs and a plurality of processor LSIs are stacked, as the number of stacked layers increase, the communication distance of data between a memory LSI and a processor LSI will increase. Therefore, the parasitic capacitance and parasitic resistance of the wiring used for the communication increase and, as a result of which, the power and speed performance of the entire system will be degraded. At least two or more of the combinations of a processor LSI 100 and a memory LSI 200 are stacked and the processor LSI 100 and the memory LSI 200 in the same combination are stacked adjacent to each other in the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2010Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kiyoto Ito, Makoto Saen, Yuki Kuroda
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Patent number: 7960843Abstract: A chip arrangement includes a logic chip with electric contacts arranged on one side, at least one memory chip arrangement with electrical contacts arranged on at least one side, and a substrate with electrical contacts on both sides of the substrate. The logic chip is attached to the substrate and is electrically conductively coupled to the substrate. The memory chip arrangement is arranged on the logic chip on the side facing the substrate and is electrically conductive coupled to the logic chip. The substrate includes a plurality of electrical connections between the contacts of the one and the other side.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2009Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Qimonda AGInventors: Harry Hedler, Roland Irsigler
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Patent number: 7932612Abstract: An integrated type semiconductor device that is capable of reducing cost or improving the reliability of connecting semiconductor chips together or chips to a circuit board. One embodiment of such an integrated type semiconductor device comprises a first semiconductor device having a semiconductor chip with electrodes, a stress-relieving layer prepared on the semiconductor chip, a wire formed across the electrodes and the stress-relieving layer, and solder balls formed on the wire over the stress-relieving layer; and a bare chip as a second semiconductor device to be electrically connected to the first semiconductor device.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2009Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7859027Abstract: A back irradiating type solid state imaging device comprises: a first semiconductor substrate; a plurality of photoelectric converting devices that receives a light incident from a back side of the first semiconductor substrate and are formed in a two-dimensional array on a surface side of the first semiconductor substrate; a CCD type signal reading section that are formed on the surface side of the first semiconductor substrate and reads detection signals of the photoelectric converting devices; and a MOS type signal reading section that are formed on the surface side of the first semiconductor substrate and reads detection signals of the photoelectric converting devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2008Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: FujiFilm CorporationInventor: Shinji Uya
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Patent number: 7833836Abstract: A semiconductor chip having an adhesive layer previously formed on an element forming surface thereof and having a bump exposed from the surface of the adhesive layer is wire-bonded to a printed circuit board. Another semiconductor chip is stacked on the above semiconductor chip with the adhesive layer disposed therebetween and is wire-bonded to the printed circuit board by wire bonding. Likewise, at least one semiconductor chip is sequentially stacked on the thus attained semiconductor structure to form a stack MCP.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2008Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Shinya Takyu, Kazuhiro Iizuka, Mika Kiritani
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Patent number: 7834440Abstract: In a semiconductor device in which a plurality of memory LSIs and a plurality of processor LSIs are stacked, as the number of stacked layers increase, the communication distance of data between a memory LSI and a processor LSI will increase. Therefore, the parasitic capacitance and parasitic resistance of the wiring used for the communication increase and, as a result of which, the power and speed performance of the entire system will be degraded. At least two or more of the combinations of a processor LSI 100 and a memory LSI 200 are stacked and the processor LSI 100 and the memory LSI 200 in the same combination are stacked adjacent to each other in the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2009Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Kiyoto Ito, Makoto Saen, Yuki Kuroda
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Patent number: 7807503Abstract: A die-wafer package includes a singulated semiconductor die having a first plurality of bond pads on a first surface and a second plurality of bond pads on a second, opposing surface thereof. Each of the first and second pluralities of bond pads includes an under-bump metallization (UBM) layer. The singulated semiconductor die is disposed on a semiconductor die site of a semiconductor wafer and a first plurality of conductive bumps electrically couples the first plurality of bond pads of the singulated semiconductor die with a first set of bond pads formed on the semiconductor die site. A second plurality of conductive bumps is disposed on a second set of bond pads of the semiconductor die site. A third plurality of conductive bumps is disposed on the singulated semiconductor die's second plurality of bond pads. The second and third pluralities of conductive bumps are configured for electrical interconnection with an external device.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2008Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: Trung T. Doan
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Patent number: 7781887Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first die, a substrate, and a first interconnect. The first die includes a first isolation region and a first contact at least partially overlapping the first isolation region. The substrate includes a second contact. The first interconnect couples the first contact to the second contact. The first interconnect is defined by a via through the first isolation region.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2008Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Alois Nitsch
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Patent number: 7777350Abstract: A semiconductor stack package includes a first printed wiring board; a plurality of semiconductor chips stacked on the first printed wiring board, wherein among the semiconductor chips, the uppermost semiconductor chip has an electrode pad for providing power supply, a ground pad for providing grounding, and a signal pad for signal transmission in a center area on the upper surface of the chip; connection lands formed on the first printed wiring board on the outside of the stacked semiconductor chips; a wiring extension part which is formed on the uppermost semiconductor chip, and has wiring circuits extending from the center to the periphery thereof, wherein at least one of the electrode pad and the ground pad is electrically connected to one end of one of the wiring circuits; and a wire for connecting the other end of the relevant wiring circuit of the wiring extension part and one of the connection lands on the first printed wiring board.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2008Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.Inventors: Dai Sasaki, Mitsuaki Katagiri, Satoshi Isa
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Patent number: 7777229Abstract: A method for fabricating a back-illuminated semiconductor imaging device and resulting imaging device is disclosed, which includes the steps providing a substrate having a front surface and a back surface; growing an epitaxial layer substantially overlying the front surface of the substrate; forming at least one barrier layer substantially within the epitaxial layer; fabricating at least one imaging structure overlying and extending into the epitaxial layer, the imaging structure at least one charge transfer region, the at least one barrier layer substantially underlying the at least one charge transfer region, wherein light incident on the back surface of the substrate generates charge carriers which are diverted away from the at least one charge transfer region by the at least one barrier layer. At least a portion of the epitaxial layer is grown using an epitaxial lateral overgrowth technique.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Sarnoff CorporationInventors: Pradyumna Kumar Swain, Mahalingam Bhaskaran, Peter Levine, Norman Goldsmith
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Patent number: 7663245Abstract: An interposer may include a base substrate supporting an array of conductive lands. The conductive land may have an identical shape and size. The conductive lands may be provided at regular intervals on the base substrate. The conductive land pitch may be determined such that adjacent conductive lands may be electrically connected by one end of an electric connection member. Alternatively, each conductive land may provide respective bonding locations to which ends of two different electric connection members may be bonded. A stacked chip package may include an interposer that may be fabricated by cutting an interposer to size. In the stacked chip package, electrical connections may be made through the interposer between an upper semiconductor chip and a package substrate, between the upper semiconductor chip and a lower semiconductor chip, and/or between the lower semiconductor chip and the package substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2006Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Gwang-Man Lim
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Patent number: 7663244Abstract: The semiconductor device 1 has a semiconductor chip 10 (first semiconductor chip) and a semiconductor chip 20 (second semiconductor chip). The semiconductor chip 20 is formed on the semiconductor chip 10. The semiconductor chip 20 is constituted by comprising a semiconductor substrate 22. The semiconductor substrate 22, which is an SOI substrate, is constituted by comprising an insulating layer 34, and a silicon layer 36, which is provided on the insulating layer 34, including a circuit forming region A1. The insulating layer 34 functions as a protective film (a first protective film) covering a lower face (a face opposite to the semiconductor chip 10) of the circuit forming region A1. A protective film 38 (a second protective film) is provided on the semiconductor substrate 22. The protective film 38 covers a side face of the circuit forming region A1.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2005Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: NEC Electronics CorporationInventor: Yoichiro Kurita
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Patent number: 7638365Abstract: Provided is a stacked chip package and a method for forming the same. A spacer is formed on a side of an upper chip. A conductive line is formed on the spacer to electrically connect upper and lower chips. The reliability of the stacked chip package is improved because wire bonding is not used to electrically connect the upper and lower chips. Further, the overall size of the stacked chip package can be reduced as the height of bonding wire loops does not contribute to the overall stacked chip package height.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2007Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Se-Young Jeong, Nam-Seog Kim, Cha-Jea Jo, Jong-Ho Lee, Myeong-Soon Park
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Patent number: 7615871Abstract: A microelectronic package and method for forming such packages. In one embodiment, the package can be formed by providing a support member having a first surface, a second surface facing opposite the first surface, and a projection extending away from the first surface. A quantity of adhesive material can be applied to the projection to form an attachment structure, and the adhesive material can be connected to a microelectronic substrate with the attachment structure providing no electrically conductive link between the microelectronic substrate and the support member. The microelectronic substrate and the support member can then be electrically coupled, for example, with a wire bond. In one embodiment, the projection can be formed by disposing a first material on a support member while the first material is at least partially flowable, reducing the flowability of the first material, and disposing a second material (such as the adhesive) on the first material.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: Tongbi Jiang
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Patent number: 7608920Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for employing leaded packaged memory devices in memory cards. Leaded packaged ICs are disposed on one or both sides of a flex circuitry structure to create an IC-populated structure. In a preferred embodiment, leads of constituent leaded IC packages are configured to allow the lower surface of the leaded IC packages to contact respective surfaces of the flex circuitry structure. Contacts for typical embodiments are supported by a rigid portion of the flex circuitry structure and the IC-populated structure is disposed in a casing to provide card structure for the module.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2006Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Entorian Technologies, LPInventor: James Douglas Wehrly, Jr.
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Patent number: 7605454Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for employing leaded packaged memory devices in memory cards. Leaded packaged ICs are disposed on one or both sides of a flex circuitry structure to create an IC-populated structure. In a preferred embodiment, leads of constituent leaded IC packages are configured to allowed the lower surface of the leaded IC packages to contact respective surfaces of the flex circuitry structure. Contacts for typical embodiments are supported by a rigid portion of the flex circuitry structure and the IC-populated structure is disposed in a casing to provide card structure for the module.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2007Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Entorian Technologies, LPInventor: James Douglas Wehrly, Jr.
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Patent number: 7598619Abstract: An integrated type semiconductor device that is capable of reducing cost or improving the reliability of connecting semiconductor chips together or chips to a circuit board. One embodiment of such an integrated type semiconductor device comprises a first semiconductor device (10) having a semiconductor chip (12) with electrodes (16), a stress-relieving layer (14) prepared on the semiconductor chip (12), a wire (18) formed across the electrodes (16) and the stress-relieving layer (14), and solder balls (19) formed on the wire (18) over the stress-relieving layer (14); and a bare chip (20) as a second semiconductor device to be electrically connected to the first semiconductor device (10).Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2008Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7578891Abstract: An adhesive bonding sheet having an optically transmitting supporting substrate and an adhesive bonding layer, and being used in both a dicing step and a semiconductor element adhesion step, wherein the adhesive bonding layer comprises: a polymer component (A) having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 or more including functional groups; an epoxy resin (B); a phenolic epoxy resin curing agent (C); a photoreactive monomer (D), wherein the Tg of the cured material obtained by ultraviolet light irradiation is 250° C. or more; and a photoinitiator (E) which generates a base and a radical by irradiation with ultraviolet light of wavelength 200-450 nm.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2005Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Ookubo, Teiichi Inada
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Patent number: 7550856Abstract: A semiconductor assembly (300) comprising a semiconductor device (301), which has a plurality of metallic contact pads (302) and an outline by sides (303). A metallic bump (304) made of reflowable metal is attached to each of these contact pads. An electrically insulating substrate (305) has a surface with a plurality of metallic terminal pads (306) in locations matching the locations of the device contact pads, and further a plurality of grooves (310) and humps (311) distributed between the terminal pad locations, complementing the distribution of the terminal pads. Each bump is further attached to its matching terminal pad, respectively; the device is thus interconnected with the substrate and spaced apart by a gap (320). Adherent polymeric material (330) containing inorganic fillers fills the gap substantially without voids.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2006Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Jeremias P. Libres, Joel T. Medina, Mary C. Miller
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Patent number: 7531905Abstract: A stacked semiconductor device includes an interposer substrate having external power supply terminals, and semiconductor chips stacked on the interposer substrate. A power supply wiring arranged in the semiconductor chip located in the bottom layer is connected to the external power supply terminal via a bump electrode, the power supply wiring arranged in the semiconductor chip located in the top layer is connected to the external power supply terminal via a bonding wire, and the power supply wirings each arranged in adjacent semiconductor chips are mutually connected via the through electrode. Such a loop structure can solve a problem such that the higher the semiconductor chip, the larger its voltage drop.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2007Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.Inventors: Masakzau Ishino, Hiroaki Ikeda, Junji Yamada
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Patent number: 7508058Abstract: The present invention provides an improvement on the use of flexible circuit connectors for electrically coupling IC devices to one another in a stacked configuration by use of the flexible circuit to provide the connection of the stacked IC module to other circuits. Use of the flexible circuit as the connection of the IC module allows the flexible circuit to provide strain relief and allows stacked IC modules to be assembled with a lower profile than with previous methods. The IC module can be connected to external circuits through the flexible circuit connectors by a variety of means, including solder pads, edge connector pads, and socket connectors. This allows for IC devices to occupy less space then with previous methods, which is beneficial in modules such as memory modules with multiple, stacked memory devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2006Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Entorian Technologies, LPInventor: James Douglas Wehrly, Jr.
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Patent number: 7491580Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing an electro-optical device from a large substrate that is cut into a plurality of first substrates having a chip shape. In the electro-optical device, second substrates of a chip shape are bonded to the first substrates. The method includes adhering a large glass substrate to approximately an entire surface of the large substrate opposite to a surface to which the second substrates are bonded; and cutting both the large substrate and the large glass substrate into first substrate units.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2005Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seiichi Matsushima, Kenji Murakami, Hiroki Maruyama
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Patent number: 7485969Abstract: Stacked microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing such devices. An embodiment of a microelectronic device can include a support member and a first known good microelectronic die attached to the support member. The first die includes an active side, a back side, a first terminal, and integrated circuitry electrically coupled to the first terminal. The first die also includes a first redistribution structure at the active side. The microelectronic device can also include a second known good microelectronic die attached to the first die in a stacked configuration with a back side of the second die facing the support member and an active side of the second die facing away from the support member. The second die includes a second redistribution structure at the active side. The device can further include a casing covering the first die, the second die, and at least a portion of the support member.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: David J. Corisis, Chin Hui Chong, Choon Kuan Lee
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Patent number: 7482695Abstract: A semiconductor chip having an adhesive layer previously formed on an element forming surface thereof and having a bump exposed from the surface of the adhesive layer is wire-bonded to a printed circuit board. Another semiconductor chip is stacked on the above semiconductor chip with the adhesive layer disposed therebetween and is wire-bonded to the printed circuit board by wire bonding. Likewise, at least one semiconductor chip is sequentially stacked on the thus attained semiconductor structure to form a stack MCP.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2007Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Shinya Takyu, Kazuhiro Iizuka, Mika Kiritani
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Patent number: 7474005Abstract: Apparatus including a chip substrate having a first chip surface facing away from a second chip surface; an array of microelectronic elements on the first chip surface; and an array of conductors each in communication with one of the microelectronic elements, the conductors passing through the chip substrate and fully spanning a distance between the first and second chip surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2006Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Anatolyevich Aksyuk, Nagesh R Basavanhally, Avinoam Kornblit, Warren Yiu-Cho Lai, Joseph Ashley Taylor, Robert Francis Fullowan
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Patent number: 7436071Abstract: An integrated type semiconductor device that is capable of reducing cost or improving the reliability of connecting semiconductor chips together or chips to a circuit board. One embodiment of such an integrated type semiconductor device comprises a first semiconductor device (10) having a semiconductor chip (12) with electrodes (16), a stress-relieving layer (14) prepared on the semiconductor chip (12), a wire (18) formed across the electrodes (16) and the stress-relieving layer (14), and solder balls (19) formed on the wire (18) over the stress-relieving layer (14); and a bare chip (20) as a second semiconductor device to be electrically connected to the first semiconductor device (10).Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2006Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Nobuaki Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7432599Abstract: A multi-chip memory module may be formed including two or more stacked integrated circuits mounted to a substrate or lead frame structure. The memory module may include means to couple one or more of the stacked integrated circuits to edge conductors in a memory card package configuration. Such means may include the capability to utilize bonding pads on all four sides of an integrated circuit. A lead frame structure may be divided into first and second portions. The first portion may be adapted to receive the stacked integrated circuits and the second portion may include a plurality of conductors. The first portion may also be adapted to couple at least one of the integrated circuits to power and ground conductors on the second portion. In one embodiment, the first portion may include the lead frame paddle and a conductive ring. In another embodiment, the first portion may include first and second coplanar elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2006Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: SanDisk 3D LLCInventors: Vani Verma, Khushrav S. Chhor
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Patent number: 7417293Abstract: An image sensor module includes a first substrate, a second substrate provided over the first substrate, an image sensor device for receiving an image signal flip-chip bonded to the second substrate, and a semiconductor device for processing the image signal from the image sensor device embedded in the first substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Shou-Lung Chen, Fang-Jun Leu, Shan-Pu Yu
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Patent number: 7413928Abstract: A die-wafer package includes a singulated semiconductor die having a first plurality of bond pads on a first surface and a second plurality of bond pads on a second opposing surface thereof. Each of the first and second pluralities of bond pads includes an under-bump metallization (UBM) layer. The singulated semiconductor die is disposed on a semiconductor die site of a semiconductor wafer and a first plurality of conductive bumps electrically couples the first plurality of bond pads of the singulated semiconductor die with a first set of bond pads formed on the semiconductor die site. A second plurality of conductive bumps is disposed on a second set of bond pads of the semiconductor die site. A third plurality of conductive bumps is disposed on the singulated semiconductor die's second plurality of bond pads. The second and third pluralities of conductive bumps are configured for electrical interconnection with an external device.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2006Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: Trung T. Doan
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Patent number: 7400047Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises a plurality of integrated circuit die arranged in a stack, with a given die other than a top die of the stack carrying current for itself and at least one additional die of the stack via substrate conduction. In one arrangement, each of the die other than a bottom die of the stack carries its power supply current by substrate conduction via a bus or other power supply conductor of an underlying die.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2004Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Agere Systems Inc.Inventor: Thaddeus John Gabara
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Patent number: 7378331Abstract: A method and article to provide a three-dimensional (3-D) IC wafer process flow. In some embodiments, the method and article include bonding a device layer of a multilayer wafer to a device layer of another multilayer wafer to form a bonded pair of device layers, each of the multilayer wafers including a layer of silicon on a layer of porous silicon (SiOPSi) on a silicon substrate where the device layer is formed in the silicon layer, separating the bonded pair of device layers from one of the silicon substrates by splitting one of the porous silicon layers, and separating the bonded pair of device layers from the remaining silicon substrate by splitting the other one of the porous silicon layers to provide a vertically stacked wafer.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2004Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Mohamad Shaheen, Peter G. Tolchinsky, Irwin Yablok, Scott R. List
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Patent number: 7335533Abstract: A method for assembling semiconductor devices includes providing a first semiconductor device, applying a predetermined volume of adhesive material to at least a surface of the first semiconductor device, and positioning a second semiconductor device adjacent to the first semiconductor device in superimposed relation thereto. The adhesive material may be applied to a surface of the first semiconductor device prior to positioning the second semiconductor device thereover, or introduced between the first and second semiconductor devices. Upon curing or hardening, the predetermined volume of adhesive material spaces the first and second semiconductor devices a predetermined distance apart from one another. Additional semiconductor devices may also be added to the assembly. The first semiconductor device may be associated with a substrate. Semiconductor device assemblies and packages that are at least partially fabricated in accordance with the method are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2004Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: James M. Derderian
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Patent number: 7332372Abstract: A method for assembling semiconductor devices includes providing a first semiconductor device, applying a volume of adhesive material to at least a surface of the first semiconductor device, and positioning a second semiconductor device over the first semiconductor device and a portion of at least one discrete conductive element protruding thereabove. The adhesive material may be applied to a surface of the first semiconductor device prior to positioning the second semiconductor device thereover, or introduced between the first and second semiconductor devices. Upon curing, the predetermined volume of adhesive material spaces the first and second semiconductor devices a predetermined distance apart from one another. Additional semiconductor devices may also be added to the assembly. The first semiconductor device may be associated with a substrate. Semiconductor device assemblies and packages that are at least partially fabricated in accordance with the method are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2004Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: James M. Derderian
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Patent number: 7327038Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device package in which instability of a bonding wire that may occur when a plurality of semiconductor chips are stacked is prevented and which obtains a light, thin and small structure. The semiconductor device package includes a substrate having a plurality of substrate pads on a top surface of the semiconductor device package and includes a plurality of semiconductor chips stacked on the substrate. Each of the semiconductor chips have a chip pad electrically connected to a common pin, e.g., to which a common signal may be concurrently applied to each of the semiconductor chips. An interposer chip, also stacked on the substrate, has a connecting wire electrically connected to the chip pad, the common pin of each of the semiconductor chips being thereby electrically coupled at the connecting wire via the chip pad, and the connecting wire being thereby electrically connected to the substrate pad.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2005Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Heung-Kyu Kwon, Tae-Je Cho, Kyung-Lae Jang