The present disclosure relates to a packaging process. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a chip matching system and a chip matching method applied in a multi-chip module packaging process.
In the conventional semiconductor manufacturing process, after the wafer is manufactured, it undergoes processes such as thinning, packaging, and singulation. In each process, a carrier board (such as a package substrate, a temporary glass carrier or another carrier, etc.) is required to carry the wafer or chips.
On the production line, the defective chips must be eliminated first, and then the good chips must be rearranged on the carrier board. As shown in
The early package structure usually only needs a single chip to meet the functional requirements, so only one chip packaging process (such as flip chip process or wire bonding process) is required on the production line.
However, due to the development of multi-functions and the demand for high-frequency and high-speed computing, the demand for products has moved towards the development of multi-chip modules (MCM).
As shown in
However, on the production line, the chips 11 and 12 are obtained from different wafers, and the grade status (such as position, quantity, etc.) of the chips 11 and 12 of each wafer is inconsistent. Therefore, if the good chips (the first-grade chips 1, the second-grade chips 7, the third-grade chips 8, and the fourth-grade chips 9) are picked one by one onto the carrier board (such as the package substrate 10) according to the S-shaped continuous winding path L, the grade of each chip 11, 12 in a single multi-chip module 1′ cannot be controlled. As a result, the functional status of each multi-chip module 1′ cannot be controlled. Therefore, subsequent quality control operations need to eliminate a large number of multi-chip modules 1′ with poor functional status (for example, all or most of the chips 11 and 12 are fourth-grade chips 9).
Therefore, how to overcome the shortcomings of the above-mentioned conventional technologies has become an urgent problem to be solved at present.
To solve the above problems, the present disclosure provides a chip matching system, including: a first picking device configured for moving a plurality of first electronic components of different grades defined by a first wafer; a second picking device configured for moving a plurality of second electronic components of different grades defined by a second wafer; and a calculation module communicatively connected to the first picking device and the second picking device to perform a grade matching between the first electronic components and the second electronic components to generate target information, wherein the first picking device and the second picking device integrate at least one of the first electronic components and at least one of the second electronic components in one position based on the target information.
In the chip matching system, the first picking device transmits first status information to the calculation module, and the second picking device transmits second status information to the calculation module, such that the calculation module performs the grade matching according to the first status information and the second status information to generate the target information, wherein the first status information includes grades of the plurality of first electronic components, and the second status information includes grades of the plurality of second electronic components.
The present disclosure further provides a chip matching method, including: defining a plurality of first electronic components and a plurality of second electronic components of different grades in a first wafer and a second wafer, respectively; performing a grade matching between the plurality of first electronic components and the plurality of second electronic components to generate target information; and integrating at least one of the first electronic components and at least one of the second electronic components in one position based on the target information.
In the aforementioned chip matching system and method, the plurality of first electronic components are classified into at least three grades.
In the aforementioned chip matching system and method, the plurality of second electronic components are classified into at least three grades.
In the aforementioned chip matching system and method, the calculation module is configured for matching the first electronic components of a highest grade to the second electronic components of a highest grade in a same position. For example, a number of matched pairs of the first electronic components and the second electronic components of the highest grade is maximized.
It can be seen from the above that in the chip matching system and method of the present disclosure, the calculation module performs the grade matching between the first electronic components and the second electronic components to generate the target information, so that the first electronic components and the second electronic components of higher grades can be integrated in the same position according to the target information. Therefore, compared to the conventional technology, the present disclosure can match the qualities of chips of each grade of different wafers according to quality requirements of the multi-chip modules to achieve high-efficiency chip quality matching operation, optimize the quality of the multi-chip modules and increase the productivity and efficiency of the production line.
The following describes the implementation of the present disclosure with specific embodiments. Persons having ordinary skills in the art can easily understand the other advantages and effects of the present disclosure based on the content disclosed in this specification.
Please note that the structure, ratio, size, etc., shown in the drawings accompanying this specification are used to illustrate the contents disclosed in the specification for the understanding and reading of persons familiar with the art, and are not used to limit the present disclosure. Therefore, the aforementioned structure, ratio, size, etc., do not have technical significance. Any structural modification, change of proportional relationship, or size adjustment should still fall within the scope that can be covered by the technical contents disclosed by the present disclosure as long as the goals achievable by the present disclosure and the effects that can be generated by the present disclosure are not affected. Meanwhile, the terms such as “on,” “first,” “second,” “third,” “fourth” and “a” used in this specification are for ease of description, not for limiting the implementable scope of the present disclosure. The change or adjustment of the relationship thereof shall be regarded as the implementable scope of the present disclosure as long as there is no substantial change to the technical contents.
In an embodiment, the chip matching system 2 disposes a plurality of electronic components on a carrier board 2a″, as shown in
The carrier board 2a″ is a circuit structure with a core layer or without a core layer (coreless), such as a package substrate. It should be understood that the carrier board 2a″ can also be another component for carrying other electronic components (such as chips), such as a lead frame, a silicon interposer, or consumable temporary carrier board, which is not limited thereto.
The electronic components include a first electronic component 2a, a second electronic component 2b, a third electronic component 2c and a plurality of fourth electronic components 2d, which are disposed on the carrier board 2a″ and are electrically connected to the carrier board 2a″, wherein, the first electronic component 2a, the second electronic component 2b, and the third electronic component 2c are semiconductor chips, and the fourth electronic components 2d are passive components such as resistors, capacitors, or inductors. For example, the first electronic component 2a, the second electronic component 2b, and the third electronic component 2c are disposed on the carrier board 2a″ in a flip chip manner through a plurality of conductive bumps such as solder material and are electrically connected to the carrier board 2a″. Alternatively, the first electronic component 2a, the second electronic component 2b, and the third electronic component 2c can also be disposed on the carrier board 2a″ in a wire bonding manner through a plurality of bonding wires (not shown) and electrically connected to the carrier board 2a″. However, the configuration of the electronic components is not limited to the above.
The package layer 24 is formed on the carrier board 2a″ and covers each of the electronic components, wherein the material forming the package layer 24 is an insulating material such as polyimide (PI), dry film, epoxy or molding compound, but not limited to the above.
The metal layer 25 is formed on the external surface of the package layer 24 for shielding purposes. The material of the metal layer 25 is selected from copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), aluminum (Al) or stainless steel (Sus). For example, the metal layer 25 is formed by electroplating, chemical plating, physical vapor deposition, sputtering, or other appropriate methods.
The first detection device 20a is configured for detecting the electronic components. The first picking device 21 is configured for moving the electronic components, and has functions such as picking and rearranging the electronic components, etc. The first picking device 21 can be configured with related equipment (such as robotic arms, conveyor belts, etc.) according to the functions.
In an embodiment, the first detection device 20a transmits the result information of detecting the electronic components to the first picking device 21 via the calculation module 23, so that the first picking device 21 can move the first electronic component 2a. For example, the first detection device 20a performs quality inspection on each chip defined in the first wafer 2a′, as shown in
Furthermore, the first picking device 21 picks the good chips (the first-grade chips 1, the second-grade chips 7, the third-grade chips 8, and the fourth-grade chips 9) one by one according to an S-shaped continuous winding (such as snaking) path L onto the carrier board 2a″ (for example, a temporary glass carrier or package substrate), as shown in
The second detection device 20b is configured to detect the electronic components. The second picking device 22 is configured to move the electronic components, and has functions such as picking and rearranging the electronic components, etc. The second picking device 22 can be configured with related equipment (such as robotic arms, conveyor belts, etc.) according to the functions.
In an embodiment, the second detection device 20b transmits the result information of detecting the electronic components to the second picking device 22 via the calculation module 23, so that the second picking device 22 can move the second electronic component 2b. For example, the second detection device 20b performs quality inspection on each chip defined in the second wafer 2b′, as shown in
The calculation module 23 is configured for performing the grade matching between the first electronic components 2a and the second electronic components 2b.
In an embodiment, the calculation module 23 operates in an electronic device 3 (as shown in
Furthermore, the chip pairing combination P includes the matching statuses of chips of various grades. For example, a first-grade chip 1 of the first wafer 2a′ can be matched to a first-grade chip 1 of the second wafer 2b′ in the same electronic package 2′ (the pattern “⊚” shown in
In addition, the virtual array N is generated by rearranging the good chips of the second wafer 2b′ (the second status information) according to the matching statuses of the chip pairing combination P, that is, according to the matching statuses that can be used in the chip pairing combination P (such as the “⊚” pattern and the “∘” patterns shown in
Therefore, the second picking device 22 picks the required good chips (the first-grade chips 1, the second-grade chips 7 and the third-grade chips 8 as shown in
In step S30, a plurality of wafers are provided in a production line for manufacturing electronic packages 2′ as shown in
In step S31, the quality inspection and classification operation of the first wafer 2a′ and the second wafer 2b′ are performed by the first detection device 20a and the second detection device 20b.
In an embodiment, the first detection device 20a performs quality inspection on each chip defined in the first wafer 2a′ to determine good chips and defective chips X, and then performs quality classification of functionality performance of each good chip to define the first-grade chips 1, the second-grade chips 7, the third-grade chips 8 and the fourth-grade chips 9, as shown in
Moreover, the second detection device 20b performs quality inspection on each chip defined in the second wafer 2b′ to determine good chips and defective chips X, and then performs quality classification of functionality performance of each good chip to define the first-grade chips 1, the second-grade chips 7 and the third-grade chips 8, as shown in
In step S32, the first picking device 21 is used to perform the first picking and placing (rearrangement) operation.
In an embodiment, the first picking device 21 rearranges the good chips (the first-grade chips 1, the second-grade chips 7, the third-grade chips 8 and the fourth-grade chips 9) on the carrier board 2a″ and eliminates the defective chips X, as shown in
In step S33, the first picking device 21 generates the first status information according to the result of the picking (classification).
In an embodiment, the first picking device 21 transmits the first status information to the electronic device 3, so that the calculation module 23 can access the first status information, as shown in
In step S34, the second status information is collected by the calculation module 23.
In an embodiment, the second picking device 22 transmits the second wafer 2b′ that has undergone the quality classification as the second status information (as shown in
In step S35, the target information is generated by the calculation module 23.
In an embodiment, the calculation module 23 performs optimized matching according to the first status information and the second status information to obtain the target information, as shown in
In step S36, the second picking device 22 is used to perform the second picking and placing operation.
In an embodiment, the second picking device 22 selects the good chips on the second wafer 2b′ (the first-grade chips 1, the second-grade chips 7 and the third-grade chips 8 as shown in
Therefore, the first picking device 21 and the second picking device 22 transmit the required first status information and second status information to the calculation module 23, so that the calculation module 23 can perform the grade matching between the first electronic components 2a and the second electronic components 2b to generate the target information, so that the first picking device 21 and the second picking device 22 can integrate the first electronic components 2a and the second electronic components 2b in one position according to the target information. Therefore, in the packaging process of a multi-chip module (such as the electronic package 2′), chip matching of higher grades can be performed according to the quality requirements of the electronic packages 2′, thus the matching efficiency of chip qualities of the electronic packages 2′ can be accelerated, and the quality of the electronic packages 2′ can be optimized, so as to improve the production capacity and efficiency of the production line.
In step S40, the first wafer 2a′ and the second wafer 2b′ are provided on a production line for manufacturing the electronic package 2′ as shown in
In an embodiment, the first detection device 20a performs quality inspection on each chip defined in the first wafer 2a′ to determine good chips and defective chips X, and then classifies the quality of functionality performance of each good chip to define the first-grade chips 1, the second-grade chips 7, the third-grade chips 8 and the fourth-grade chips 9, as shown in
Moreover, the second detection device 20b performs quality inspection on each chip defined in the second wafer 2b′ to determine good chips and defective chips X, and then classifies the quality of functionality performance of each good chip to define the first-grade chips 1, the second-grade chips 7 and the third-grade chips 8, as shown in
In step S41, the calculation module 23 collects the first status information and the second status information, as shown in
In an embodiment, the first picking device 21 transmits the first wafer 2a′ that has undergone quality classification as the first status information (as shown in
In step S42, the target information is generated by the calculation module 23, as shown in
In an embodiment, the calculation module 23 performs the optimized matching according to the first status information and the second status information to obtain the target information.
In step S43, the first picking device 21 is used to perform the first picking and placing operation, as shown in
In an embodiment, the first picking device 21 picks the good chips on the first wafer 2a′ (the first-grade chips 1, the second-grade chips 7, the third-grade chips 8, and the fourth-grade chips 9) according to the instructions of the target information of the calculation module 23 and rearranges the good chips on the carrier board 2a″, and eliminates the defective chips X. For example, the first picking device 21 does not follow the sequence of the continuous winding path L, but rearranges the good chips on the first wafer 2a′ (the first-grade chips 1, the second-grade chips 7, the third-grade chips 8 and the fourth-grade chips 9) according to the arrangement of grade positions of the target information (such as the arrangement on the carrier board 2a″ shown in
In step S44, the second picking device 22 is used to perform the second picking and placing operation, as shown in
In an embodiment, the second picking device 22 selects the good chips on the second wafer 2b′ (the first-grade chips 1, the second-grade chips 7 and the third-grade chips 8 as shown in
In summary, in the chip matching system 2 and the chip matching method of the present disclosure, the calculation module 23 is used to match the chips of different grades on multiple wafers to dispose multiple higher-grade electronic components (such as the first-grade chips 1) in the same electronic package 2′, so that there will not be too many electronic components of the lowest grade (such as the third-grade chips 8 or the fourth-grade chips 9) in the electronic package 2′. Therefore, compared to the conventional technology, the chip matching system 2 of the present disclosure can effectively control the grades of various electronic components (such as the first electronic component 2a and the second electronic component 2b) in a single multi-chip module through the chip matching method, so that the function status of each multi-chip module (as shown in
It should be understood that the chip matching system 2 and the chip matching method of the present disclosure are applicable to the matching among three or more wafers. For example, the matching can be performed on a wafer with the third electronic components 2c shown in
The aforementioned embodiments illustrate the principles and effects of the present disclosure, and are not used to limit the present disclosure. Persons having ordinary skills in the art can modify and change the aforementioned embodiments as long as the spirit and scope of the present disclosure are not violated. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be as listed in the claims below.
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This is a divisional of co-pending U.S. Ser. No. 17/073,783, filed Oct. 19, 2020, which claims priority to Taiwan Application Serial No. 109127748, filed Aug. 14, 2020.
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