Flip-chip-type Assembly Patents (Class 438/108)
  • Publication number: 20140306338
    Abstract: The present invention relates to die-die stacking structure and the method for making the same. The die-die stacking structure comprises a top die having a bottom surface, a first insulation layer covering the bottom surface of the top die, a bottom die having a top surface, a second insulation layer covering the top surface of the bottom die, a plurality of connection members between the top die and the bottom die and a protection material between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer. The plurality of connection members communicates the top die with the bottom die. The protection material bridges the plurality of connection members to form a mesh layout between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: I-Tseng Lee, Yi Hsiu Liu
  • Patent number: 8860202
    Abstract: A chip stack structure and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The chip stack structure comprises a first chip, a second chip and a vertical conductive line. The second chip is disposed above the first chip. The vertical conductive line is electrically connected to the first chip and the second chip. The vertical conductive line is disposed at the outside of a projection area of the first chip and the second chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 8859335
    Abstract: A method for alignment of a first substrate coupled to a second substrate includes determining an inclination angle for the first substrate or the second substrate due to warpage. The method includes determining a joint height difference based on the inclination angle and configuring a size for one or more bond pads based on the joint height difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Michael G. Lee, Chihiro Uchibori
  • Publication number: 20140299985
    Abstract: A multi-chip package includes a substrate having a plurality of first bump structures. A pitch between first bump structures of the plurality of first bump structures is uniform across a surface of the substrate. The multi-chip package includes a first chip bonded to the substrate and a second chip bonded to the substrate. The first chip includes a plurality of second bump structures, and the plurality of second bump structures are bonded to a first set of first bump structures of the plurality of first bump structures. The second chip includes a plurality of third bump structures, and the plurality of third bump structures are bonded to a second set of first bump structures of the plurality of first bump structures. A pitch between second bump structures of the plurality of second bump structures is different from a pitch between third bump structures of the plurality of third bump structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Chen-Hua YU, Jing-Cheng LIN
  • Publication number: 20140302640
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for Flip Chip on Chip (FCoC) package based on multi-row Quad Flat No-lead (QFN) package is provided wherein the lower surface of plate metallic base material are half-etched to form grooves. Insulation filling material is filled in the half-etched grooves. The upper surface of plate metallic base material is half-etched to form chip pad and multi-row of leads. Encapsulating first IC chip, second IC chip, solder bumps, underfill material, and metal wire to form an array of FCoC package based on the type of multi-row QFN package. Sawing and separating the FCoC package array, and forming FCoC package unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Fei Qin, Guofeng Xia, Tong An, Chengyan Liu, Wei Wu, Wenhui Zhu
  • Patent number: 8853058
    Abstract: A method of assembling semiconductor devices includes providing a structure that includes an array of conductive frame members beside an array of apertures and an array of conductive vias that are exposed at a first face and extend towards a second face. An array of semiconductor dies is positioned in the array of apertures with their active faces positioned in the first face of the structure. The assembly is encapsulated from the second face of the structure and a redistribution layer is formed on the first face of the structure and the active faces of the die. Material is removed from the back face of the encapsulated array to expose the vias at the back face for connection through a further redistribution layer formed on the back face to electronic components stacked vertically on the further redistribution layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Kesvakumar V. C. Muniandy, Navas Khan Oratti Kalandar, Lan Chu Tan
  • Patent number: 8853002
    Abstract: Methods for assembling metal bump dies. In an embodiment, a method includes providing an integrated circuit die having a plurality of conductive terminals; depositing solder to form solder depositions on the conductive terminals; providing a substrate having a die attach region on a surface for receiving the integrated circuit die, the substrate having a plurality of conductive traces formed in the die attach region; aligning the integrated circuit die and the substrate and bringing the plurality of conductive terminals and the conductive traces into contact, so that the solder depositions physically contact the conductive traces; and selectively heating the integrated circuit die and the conductive terminals to a temperature sufficient to cause the solder depositions to melt and reflow, forming solder connections between the conductive traces on the substrate and the conductive terminals on the integrated circuit die. Various energy sources are disclosed for the selective heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsiu-Jen Lin, Ai-Tee Ang, Yu-Jen Tseng, Yu-Peng Tsai, Ming-Da Cheng, Chung-Shi Liu
  • Patent number: 8853001
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die with a die pad layout. Signal pads in the die pad layout are located primarily near a perimeter of the semiconductor die, and power pads and ground pads are located primarily inboard from the signal pads. The signal pads are arranged in a peripheral row or in a peripheral array generally parallel to an edge of the semiconductor die. Bumps are formed over the signal pads, power pads, and ground pads. The bumps can have a fusible portion and non-fusible portion. Conductive traces with interconnect sites are formed over a substrate. The bumps are wider than the interconnect sites. The bumps are bonded to the interconnect sites so that the bumps cover a top surface and side surfaces of the interconnect sites. An encapsulant is deposited around the bumps between the semiconductor die and substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventor: Rajendra D. Pendse
  • Publication number: 20140295618
    Abstract: Methods of producing a semiconductor package using dual-sided thermal compression bonding includes providing a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface. A first device having a first surface and a second surface can be provided along with a second device having a third surface and a fourth surface. The first surface of the first device can be coupled to the upper surface of the substrate while the third surface of the second device can be coupled to the lower surface of the substrate, the coupling occurring simultaneously to produce the semiconductor package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: STATS ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventors: KyungMoon Kim, YoungChul Kim, HunTeak Lee, KeonTaek Kang, HeeJo Chi
  • Publication number: 20140295619
    Abstract: A two-layer structure bump including a first bump layer of a bulk body of a first conductive metal, which is any of gold, copper, and nickel, formed on a substrate and a second bump layer of a sintered body of a powder of a second conductive metal, which is any of gold and silver, formed on the first bump layer. The bulk body composing the first bump layer is formed through any of plating, sputtering, or CVD. The sintered body composing the second bump layer is formed by sintering the powder of the second conductive metal having a purity of not lower than 99.9 wt % and an average particle diameter of 0.005 ?m to 1.0 ?m. The second bump layer has a Young's modulus 0.1 to 0.4 times that of the first bump layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.
    Inventors: TOSHINORI OGASHIWA, MASAYUKI MIYAIRI
  • Publication number: 20140291842
    Abstract: A method of assembling a multi-chip electronic device into a thin electronic package entails inverting a flip-chip die arrangement over a hollow substrate, stacking additional dies on the hollow substrate to form a multi-chip electronic device, and encapsulating the multi-chip electronic device. Containment of the encapsulant can be achieved by joining split substrate portions, or by reinforcing a hollow unitary substrate, using a removable adhesive film. Use of the removable adhesive film facilitates surrounding the multi-chip electronic device with the encapsulant. The adhesive film can also prevent encapsulant from creeping around the substrate to an underside of the substrate that supports solder ball pads for subsequent attachment to a ball grid array (BGA) or a land grid array (LGA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernie Chrisanto ANG, Bryan Christian BACQUIAN
  • Publication number: 20140295620
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device that includes stacking a plurality of semiconductor chips to form a first chip laminated body, providing an underfill material to fill gaps between the semiconductor chips so that a fillet portion is formed around the first chip laminated body, and trimming the fillet portion to form a second chip laminated body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Youkou ITO, Shinichi SAKURADA
  • Patent number: 8846449
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a three-dimensional integrated circuit 1 including a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip that are layered on each other, wherein each of (i) a wiring layer closest to an interface between the first and second semiconductor chips among wiring layers of the first semiconductor chip and (ii) a wiring layer closest to the interface among wiring layers of the second semiconductor chip includes a power conductor area and a ground conductor area, a layout of the power conductor area and the ground conductor area in the first semiconductor chip is the same as a layout of the power conductor area and the ground conductor area in the second semiconductor chip, and the power conductor area in the first semiconductor chip at least partially faces the ground conductor area in the second semiconductor chip with an insulation layer therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Morimoto, Takeshi Nakayama, Takashi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8846447
    Abstract: A method of attaching a microelectronic element to a substrate can include aligning the substrate with a microelectronic element, the microelectronic element having a plurality of spaced-apart electrically conductive bumps each including a bond metal, and reflowing the bumps. The bumps can be exposed at a front surface of the microelectronic element. The substrate can have a plurality of spaced-apart recesses extending from a first surface thereof. The recesses can each have at least a portion of one or more inner surfaces that are non-wettable by the bond metal of which the bumps are formed. The reflowing of the bumps can be performed so that at least some of the bond metal of each bump liquefies and flows at least partially into one of the recesses and solidifies therein such that the reflowed bond material in at least some of the recesses mechanically engages the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Invensas Corporation
    Inventors: Charles G. Woychik, Se Young Yang, Pezhman Monadgemi, Terrence Caskey, Cyprian Emeka Uzoh
  • Patent number: 8846448
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tool arrangement and method to reduce warpage within a package-on-package semiconductor structure, while minimizing void formation within an electrically-insulating adhesive which couples the packages. A pressure generator and a variable frequency microwave source are coupled to a process chamber which encapsulates a package-on-package semiconductor structure. The package-on-package semiconductor structure is simultaneously heated by the variable frequency microwave source at variable frequency, variable temperature, and variable duration and exposed to an elevated pressure by the pressure generator. This combination for microwave heating and elevated pressure limits the amount of warpage introduced while preventing void formation within an electrically-insulating adhesive which couples the substrates of the package-on-package semiconductor structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Meng-Tse Chen, Wei-Hung Lin, Kuei-Wei Huang, Tsai-Tsung Tsai, Ai-Tee Ang, Ming-Da Cheng, Chung-Shi Liu
  • Patent number: 8846450
    Abstract: A bonded device structure including a first substrate having a first set of metallic bonding pads, preferably connected to a device or circuit, and having a first non-metallic region adjacent to the metallic bonding pads on the first substrate, a second substrate having a second set of metallic bonding pads aligned with the first set of metallic bonding pads, preferably connected to a device or circuit, and having a second non-metallic region adjacent to the metallic bonding pads on the second substrate, and a contact-bonded interface between the first and second set of metallic bonding pads formed by contact bonding of the first non-metallic region to the second non-metallic region. At least one of the first and second substrates may be elastically deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Ziptronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Qin-yi Tong, Paul M. Enquist, Anthony Scott Rose
  • Patent number: 8846454
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a protective layer formed over an active surface of a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor die with pre-applied protective layer are moved from the semiconductor wafer and mounted on a carrier. The semiconductor die and contact pads on the carrier are encapsulated. The carrier is removed. A first insulating layer is formed over the pre-applied protective layer and contact pads. Vias are formed in the first insulating layer and pre-applied protective layer to expose interconnect sites on the semiconductor die. An interconnect structure is formed over the first insulating layer in electrical contact with the interconnect sites on the semiconductor die and contact pads. The interconnect structure has a redistribution layer formed on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer formed on the redistribution layer, and an under bump metallization layer formed over the second dielectric in electrical contact with the redistribution layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Kwon Shim, Yaojian Lin, Seng Guan Chow
  • Patent number: 8846445
    Abstract: A system for connecting a first chip to a second chip having a post on the first chip having a first metallic material, a recessed wall within the second chip and defining a well within the second chip, a conductive diffusion layer material on a surface of the recessed wall within the well, and a malleable electrically conductive material on the post, the post being dimensioned for insertion into the well such that the malleable electrically conductive material will deform within the well and, upon heating to at least a tack temperature for the malleable, electrically conductive material, will form an electrically conductive tack connection with the diffusion layer to create an electrically conductive path between the first chip and the second chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Cufer Asset Ltd. L.L.C.
    Inventor: John Trezza
  • Patent number: 8841647
    Abstract: A flexible substrate includes: a flexible base substrate; a plurality of display structures on a first surface of the flexible base substrate; and a barrier coating on a second surface of the flexible base substrate to prevent contaminants from penetrating into the display structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong In Park, Seung Han Paek, Sang Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 8841779
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die with a plurality of bumps formed over contact pads on a surface of the semiconductor die. The bumps can have a fusible portion and non-fusible portion. A plurality of conductive traces is formed over a substrate with interconnect sites having a width greater than 20% and less than 80% of a width of a contact interface between the bumps and contact pads. The bumps are bonded to the interconnect sites so that the bumps cover a top surface and side surface of the interconnect sites. An encapsulant is deposited around the bumps between the semiconductor die and substrate. The conductive traces have a pitch as determined by minimum spacing between adjacent conductive traces that can be placed on the substrate and the width of the interconnect site provides a routing density equal to the pitch of the conductive traces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventor: Rajendra D. Pendse
  • Patent number: 8841167
    Abstract: A semiconductor package method for co-packaging high-side (HS) and low-side (LS) semiconductor chips is disclosed. The HS and LS semiconductor chips are attached to two opposite sides of a lead frame, with a bottom drain electrode of the LS chip connected to a top side of the lead frame and a top source electrode of the HS chip connected to a bottom side of the lead frame through a solder ball. The stacking configuration of HS chip, lead frame and LS chip reduces the package size. A bottom metal layer covering the bottom of HS chip exposed outside of the package body provides both electrical connection and thermal conduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuping Gong, Yan Xun Xue, Liang Zhao
  • Publication number: 20140264831
    Abstract: A chip arrangement may include: a first semiconductor chip having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; a second semiconductor chip having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the second semiconductor chip disposed at the first side of the first semiconductor chip and electrically coupled to the first semiconductor chip, the first side of the second semiconductor chip facing the first side of the first semiconductor chip; an encapsulation layer at least partially encapsulating the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip, the encapsulation layer having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the second side facing in a same direction as the second side of the second semiconductor chip; and an interconnect structure disposed at least partially within the encapsulation layer and electrically coupled to at least one of the first and second semiconductor chips, wherein the interconnect structure may extend to the second side of the encapsulati
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Thorsten Meyer
  • Publication number: 20140273349
    Abstract: Provided are a power module having a stacked flip-chip and a method of fabricating the power module. The power module includes a lead frame; a control device part including a control device chip; a power device part including a power device chip and being electrically connected to the lead frame; and an interconnecting substrate of which the control and power device parts are respectively disposed at upper and lower portions, and each of the control and power device chips may be attached to one of the lead frame and the interconnecting substrate using a flip-chip bonding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Fairchild Korea Semiconductor, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-won Lim, O-Seob Jeon, Joon-seo Son, Keun-hyuk Lee, Yun-hwa Choi
  • Patent number: 8835300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inhibiting growth of intermetallic compounds, comprising the steps of: (i) preparing a substrate element including a substrate on which at least one layer of metal pad is deposited, wherein at least one thin layer of solder is deposited onto the layer of metal pad, and then carry out reflowing process; and (ii) further depositing a bump of solder with an appropriate thickness on the substrate element, characterized in that a thin intermetallic compound is formed by the reaction of the thin solder layer and the metal in the metal pad after appropriate heat treatment of the thin solder layer. In the present invention, the formation of a thin intermetallic compound is able to slow the growth of the intermetallic compound and to prevent the transformation of the intermetallic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Chih Chen, King-Ning Tu, Hsiang-Yao Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8835217
    Abstract: Package substrates enabling reduced bump pitches and package assemblies thereof. Surface-level metal features are embedded in a surface-level dielectric layer with surface finish protruding from a top surface of the surface-level dielectric for assembly, without solder resist, to an IC chip having soldered connection points. Package substrates are fabricated to enable multiple levels of trace routing with each trace routing level capable of reduced minimum trace width and spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Mark S Hlad, Islam A Salama, Mihir K Roy, Tao Wu, Yueli Liu, Kyu Oh Lee
  • Patent number: 8835224
    Abstract: An integrated circuit with distributed power using through-silicon-vias (TSVs) is presented. The integrated circuit has conducting pads for providing power and ground located within the peripheral region of the top surface. A number of through-silicon-vias are distributed within the peripheral region and a set of TSVs are formed within the non-peripheral region of the integrated circuit. Conducting lines on the bottom surface are coupled between each peripheral through-silicon-via and a corresponding non-peripheral through-silicon-via. Power is distributed from the conducting pads to the TSVs within the non-peripheral region through the TSVs within the peripheral region, thus supplying power and ground to circuits located within the non-peripheral region of the integrated circuit chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Henry White, Giles V. Powell, Rakesh H. Patel
  • Patent number: 8835222
    Abstract: A method for producing a two-chip assembly includes: providing a wafer having a first thickness, which wafer has a front side and a back side, a first plurality of first chips being provided on the front side of the wafer; attaching a second plurality of second chips on the front side of the wafer, so that every first chip is joined in each instance to a second chip and forms a corresponding two-chip pair; forming a cohesive mold package on the front side of the wafer, so that the second chips are packaged; thinning the wafer from the back side to a second thickness which is less than the first thickness; forming vias from the back side to the second chips; and separating the two-chip pairs into corresponding two-chip assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mathias Bruendel, Frieder Haag, Jens Frey, Rolf Speicher, Juergen Fritz, Lutz Rauscher
  • Patent number: 8835221
    Abstract: An integrated chip package structure and method of manufacturing the same is by adhering dies on a ceramic substrate and forming a thin-film circuit layer on top of the dies and the ceramic substrate. Wherein the thin-film circuit layer has an external circuitry, which is electrically connected to the metal pads of the dies, that extends to a region outside the active surface of the dies for fanning out the metal pads of the dies. Furthermore, a plurality of active devices and an internal circuitry is located on the active surface of the dies. Signal for the active devices are transmitted through the internal circuitry to the external circuitry and from the external circuitry through the internal circuitry back to other active devices. Moreover, the chip package structure allows multiple dies with different functions to be packaged into an integrated package and electrically connecting the dies by the external circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jin-Yaun Lee, Mou-Shiung Lin, Ching-Cheng Huang
  • Patent number: 8836115
    Abstract: A stacked inverted flip chip package includes a substrate having a secondary electronic component opening and first traces. Primary flip chip bumps electrically and physically couple a primary electronic component structure to the substrate. Secondary flip chip bumps electrically and physically couple an inverted secondary electronic component to the primary electronic component structure between the primary electronic component structure and the substrate and within the secondary electronic component opening. By placing the secondary electronic component between the primary electronic component structure and the substrate, the height of the stacked inverted flip chip package is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Inventors: Roger D. St. Amand, August Joseph Miller, Jr., Alexander William Copia, KwangSeok Oh
  • Publication number: 20140252561
    Abstract: A via-enabled package-on-package circuit includes a first package including a first package die having a plurality of through substrate vias (TSVs). The TSVs are configured to carry the input/output signaling for at least one second package die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Durodami Joscelyn Lisk, Vidhya Ramachandran, Jae Sik Lee
  • Patent number: 8828799
    Abstract: A method for forming an integrated circuit package is disclosed. A flex circuit is form by forming a direct connect pad on a first side of a dielectric layer. After forming the direct connect pad, an opening from a second side of the dielectric layer is formed to expose the direct connect pad. A blind via is formed within the opening in the dielectric layer. A first conductor is formed within the opening. A bond pad of a semiconductor die is electrically coupled with the direct connect pad using a second conductor, wherein the bond pad and the second conductor directly overlie the direct connect pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Kenneth Robert Rhyner, Peter R. Harper
  • Patent number: 8829672
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes: a dielectric layer having opposite first and second surfaces; a semiconductor chip embedded in the dielectric layer and having a plurality of electrode pads; a plurality of first metal posts disposed on the electrode pads of the semiconductor chip, respectively, such that top ends of the first metal posts are exposed from the first surface; at least a second metal post penetrating the dielectric layer such that two opposite ends of the second metal post are exposed from the first and second surfaces, respectively; a first circuit layer formed on the first surface for electrically connecting the first and second metal posts; and a second circuit layer formed on the second surface for electrically connecting the second metal post. The semiconductor package dispenses with conventional laser ablation and electroplating processes for forming conductive posts in a molding compound, thereby saving fabrication time and cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yan-Heng Chen, Jung-Pang Huang, Hsin-Yi Liao, Shih-Kuang Chiu, Guang-Hwa Ma
  • Publication number: 20140246773
    Abstract: An integrated passive device and power management integrated circuit are directly connected, active surface to active surface, resulting in a pyramid die stack. The die stack is flip-chip attached to a laminate substrate having a cavity drilled therein wherein the smaller die fits into the cavity. The die to die attach is not limited to IPD and PMIC and can be used for other die types as required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH
    Inventor: Ian Kent
  • Publication number: 20140248743
    Abstract: The inventive concept provides semiconductor memory modules and methods of fabricating the same. The semiconductor memory module may include a module board having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and memory chips mounted directly on the module board by a flip-chip bonding method. Each of the memory chips may include a passivation layer disposed on a rear surface of each of the memory chips, and the passivation layer may have a color different from a natural color of single-crystalline silicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Ja KIM, JUNYOUNG KO, DAESANG CHAN
  • Patent number: 8822269
    Abstract: Even when a stiffener is omitted, the semiconductor device which can prevent the generation of twist and distortion of a wiring substrate is obtained. As for a semiconductor device which has a wiring substrate, a semiconductor chip by which the flip chip was made to the wiring substrate, and a heat spreader adhered to the back surface of the semiconductor chip, and which omitted the stiffener for reinforcing a wiring substrate and maintaining the surface smoothness of a heat spreader, a wiring substrate has a plurality of insulating substrates in which a through hole whose diameter differs, respectively was formed, and each insulating substrate contains a glass cloth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Hayashi, Kyo Go, Kozo Harada, Shinji Baba
  • Patent number: 8824163
    Abstract: Provided is a structure and disposing method of a radio frequency (RF) layered module using three dimensional (3D) vertical wiring. A first wafer in the RF layered module having the 3D vertical wiring may include a first RF device and at least one first via-hole. A second wafer may include a second RF device and at least one second via-hole disposed at a location corresponding to the at least one first via-hole. A vertical wiring may connect the at least one first via-hole and the at least one second via-hole. The vertical wiring may be configured to be connected to an external device through a bottom surface of the at least one first via-hole or a top surface of the at least one second via-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Il Kim, In Sang Song, Duck Hwan Kim, Chul Soo Kim, Yun Kwon Park, Jea Shik Shin, Hyung Rak Kim, Jae Chun Lee
  • Patent number: 8823134
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip is mounted on a first surface of an interconnect substrate, and has a multilayer interconnect layer. A first inductor is formed over the multilayer interconnect layer, and a wiring axis direction thereof is directed in a horizontal direction to the interconnect substrate. A second inductor is formed on the multilayer interconnect layer, and a wiring axis direction thereof is directed in the horizontal direction to the interconnect substrate. The second inductor is opposite to the first inductor. A sealing resin seals at least the first surface of the interconnect substrate and the semiconductor chip. A groove is formed over the whole area of a portion that is positioned between the at least first inductor and the second inductor of a boundary surface of the multilayer interconnect layer and the sealing resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Miyagawa, Hideki Fujii, Kenji Furuya
  • Publication number: 20140239505
    Abstract: A method and structure for bump-on-trace bonding is provided. In an embodiment traces to be used for bump-on-trace (BOT) bonding are protected during a pre-solder treatment. The pre-solder treatment improves the adhesion between the exposed traces (e.g., the non-BOT traces) and a solder resist layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20140242753
    Abstract: Flip chip packaging methods, and flux head manufacturing methods used in the flip chip packaging methods may be provided. In particular, a flip chip packaging method including printing flux on a pad of a printed circuit board (PCB), mounting the die in a flip chip manner on the PCB such that a bump of the die faces the pad of the PCB, and bonding the bump of the die to the pad of the PCB using the flux may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong Min YEO, Seung Min RYU, Dae Jung KIM, Ji Ho UH, Suk Won LEE
  • Publication number: 20140239479
    Abstract: A microelectronic package of the present description may include a microelectronic interposer having a first surface with an active surface of the at least one microelectronic device electrically attached to the microelectronic interposer first surface. A thermal interface material may be disposed on a back surface of the at least one microelectronic device. A heat spreader, having a first surface and an opposing second surface, may be in thermal contact by its first surface with the thermal interface material. A mold material may be disposed to encapsulate the microelectronic device, the thermal interface material, and the heat spreader, wherein the mold material abuts at least a portion of the microelectronic interposer first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Paul R Start
  • Publication number: 20140242752
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor package includes providing a wafer which includes an upper area having through silicon vias (TSVs) and a lower area not having the TSVs; mounting a semiconductor chip on the upper area of the wafer; forming a passivation layer to a predetermined thickness to cover the semiconductor chip; exposing the TSVs by removing the lower area of the wafer in a state where no support is attached to the wafer; and exposing a top surface of the semiconductor chip by partially removing the passivation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jae-Yong PARK, Jun-Young KO, Sang-Jun KIM
  • Patent number: 8815653
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method for packaging cMUT arrays allow packaging multiple cMUT arrays on the same packaging substrate introduced over a side of the cMUT arrays. The packaging substrate is a dielectric layer on which openings are patterned for depositing a conductive layer to connect a cMUT array to VO pads interfacing with external devices. Auxiliary system components may be packaged together with the cMUT arrays. Multiple cMUT arrays and optionally multiple auxiliary system components can be held in place by a larger support structure for batch production. The support structure can be made of an arbitrary size using inexpensive materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Kolo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Yongli Huang
  • Publication number: 20140235017
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first package substrate, a first semiconductor chip disposed on the first package substrate, the semiconductor chip including first through hole vias, and a chip package disposed on the first semiconductor chip, the chip package including a second package substrate and a second semiconductor chip disposed on the second package substrate, wherein a first conductive terminal is disposed on a first surface of the semiconductor chip and a second conductive terminal is disposed on a first surface of the second package substrate, the first conductive terminal disposed on the second conductive terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Tae-Joo HWANG, Tae-Gyeong CHUNG, Eun-Chul AHN
  • Patent number: 8809116
    Abstract: A method of packaging a semiconductor device that incorporates the formation of cavities about electronic devices during the packaging process. In one example, the device package includes a first substrate having a first recess formed therein, a second substrate having a second recess formed therein, and an electronic device mounted in the first recess. The first and second substrates are joined together with the first and second recesses substantially overlying one another so as to form a cavity around the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Behnam Tabrizi
  • Patent number: 8807068
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, equipment for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a first block, a plurality of stamp pins, a second block and a plurality of springs. The first block includes a plurality of first through-holes penetrating from a first major surface to a second major surface. The stamp pins are inserted into each of the first through-holes from the first major surface, each of the stamp pins having an end projected from the second major surface and being capable of moving forward and backward in the insertion direction. The second block has a plurality of second through-holes with an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the first through-holes, the second through-holes being disposed so as to overlap with the first through-holes; and the springs are disposed in each of the second through-holes, for biasing the stamp pins in the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tsutomu Miyahara, Masahiro Ogushi
  • Patent number: 8810028
    Abstract: Integrated circuit packaging devices and methods are disclosed. An embodiment package lid is formed from a single piece of material. The lid includes a planar rectangular main body having a bottom surface, and a leg disposed at each corner of the main body and within a perimeter of the main body. Each leg has a wall projecting downwardly from the main body and a non-planar bottom surface disposed at a bottom of the wall. The non-planar bottom surface of the leg faces a same direction as the main body bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Nael Zohni, Kumar Nagarajan, Ronilo Boja
  • Patent number: 8811031
    Abstract: A multichip module comprising: a base substrate; a wiring board disposed on the base substrate and having a wiring pattern; an adhesive layer configured to bond the base substrate to the wiring board while maintaining an electrical connection between the base substrate and the wiring board; and a plurality of chips connected to a surface of the wiring board, the surface being opposite the adhesive layer, wherein, assuming that ? is a coefficient of thermal expansion of the wiring board, ? is a coefficient of thermal expansion of the base substrate, and ? is a coefficient of thermal expansion of the adhesive layer, the relationship ?<?<? is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masateru Koide, Daisuke Mizutani
  • Patent number: 8809075
    Abstract: The method for filling a liquid material, and the apparatus and the program make it possible, without changing a moving speed of an ejection device, to correct a change in ejection amount and to stabilize an application shape. The method fills a liquid material into a gap between a substrate and a work by using the capillary action. The method includes the steps of: generating an application pattern consisting of a plurality of application areas continuous to one another; assigning a plurality of ejection cycles, each obtained by combining the number of ejection pulses and the number of pause pulses at a predetermined ratio therebetween, to each of the application areas; and measuring an ejection amount at correction intervals and calculating a correction amount for the ejection amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Musashi Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Kazumasa Ikushima
  • Publication number: 20140226297
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a connection structure which includes a wiring substrate, a first electronic component that is flip-chip mounted on the front surface thereof, and a second electronic component that is flip-chip mounted on the rear surface. The method includes the steps of: temporarily mounting the first electronic component on the front surface of the wiring substrate with a first adhesive film disposed therebetween; temporarily mounting the second electronic component on the rear surface of the wiring substrate with a second adhesive film disposed therebetween, placing, on a pressure bonding receiving base, the wiring substrate on which the first electronic component and the second electronic component are temporarily mounted; and mounting the first electronic component and the second electronic component at a time onto the respective front and rear surfaces of the wiring substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryoji Kojima
  • Patent number: 8802496
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate for a semiconductor package in which leakage of radiation noise from a gap between a semiconductor element and a mounting substrate can be prevented. The substrate for the semiconductor package includes a coplanar waveguide including a signal and ground electrodes on the mounting substrate, the signal electrode flip-chip connected to the semiconductor element, the ground electrodes arranged on both sides of the signal electrode with intervals therebetween. A step part is formed in the ground electrodes in an outer circumferential part of a mounting region of the semiconductor element, the step part having a larger distance between upper surfaces of the mounting substrate and the ground electrode in the outer circumferential part of the mounting region than such distance in the mounting region, and an insulator for covering the signal electrode in the outer circumferential part of the mounting region is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Akinobu Shibuya, Akira Ouchi