This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202310975688.4 filed on Aug. 3, 2023, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to the field of chip packaging technology and, more specifically, to a chip packaging structure, a packaging substrate and a manufacturing method thereof.
With the continuous development of science and technology, more and more electronic devices are widely used in people's daily life, bringing great convenience to people's daily life, and becoming indispensable and important tools for people today.
The core structure for an electronic device to realize various functions is the chip. In order to protect the chip and facilitate the connection between the chip and external circuits, a chip needs to be packaged and protected. In conventional technology, when packaging and protecting the chip, the spacing between the core conductive holes in the packaging substrate is large, which affects the performance of the chip packaging structure.
One aspect of this disclosure provides a packaging substrate for chip packaging. The packaging substrate includes a first conductive layer to an Nth conductive layer stacked in sequence, N being a positive integer greater than 3; an insulating layer arranged between two adjacent conductive layers; a plurality of pads disposed on the first conductive layer, the plurality of pads being used to connect a plurality of conductive bumps at the bottom of a chip; and a plurality of conductive holes arranged one-to-one corresponding to the plurality of pads between the first conductive layer and an ath conductive layer, one end of the conductive hole is connected to the corresponding pad, and the other end extending to the ath conductive layer at most and being electrically connected to a corresponding core conductive hole. The ath conductive layer is the first core conductive layer and an a+1th is a second core conductive layer, a being a positive integer, 1<a<N−1. The first core conductive layer and the second core conductive layer are connected via the core conductive hole. The spacing between two adjacent conductive layers is no less than the process standard required for arranging the core conductive hole in the core conductive layer.
Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a packaging substrate. The packaging substrate includes a first conductive layer to an Nth conductive layer stacked in sequence, and an insulating layer arranged between two adjacent conductive layers. The method includes forming an ath conductive layer and an a+1th conductive layer stacked on each other, the ath conductive layer being a first core conductive layer, the a+1th conductive layer being a second core conductive layer, a being a positive integer, 1<a<N−1, the first core conductive layer and the second core conductive layer being connected via a core conductive hole; sequentially forming an a−1th conductive layer to the first conductive layer on a surface of the ath conductive layer facing away from the a+1th conductive layer; and sequentially forming an a+2th conductive layer to the Nth conductive layer on a surface of the a+1th conductive layer facing away from the ath conductive layer. The first conductive layer includes a plurality of pads, the plurality of pads being used to connect conductive bumps at the bottom of a chip. A plurality of conductive holes are arranged one-to-one corresponding to the plurality of pads between the first conductive layer and an ath conductive layer, one end of the conductive hole is connected to the corresponding pad, and the other end extending to the ath conductive layer at most and being electrically connected to a corresponding core conductive hole. The spacing between two adjacent conductive layers is no less than the process standard required for arranging the core conductive hole in the core conductive layer.
Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a chip packaging structure. The chip packaging structure includes a packaging substrate and a chip. The packaging substrate includes a first conductive layer to an Nth conductive layer stacked in sequence, an insulating layer arranged between two adjacent conductive layers, and a plurality of pads disposed on the first conductive layer. The chip includes a plurality of conductive bumps at the bottom of the chip. The plurality of conductive bumps are connected and fixed to the plurality of pads in the packaging substrate.
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In order to illustrate the technical solutions in accordance with the embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, the accompanying drawings to be used for describing the embodiments are introduced briefly in the following. It is apparent that the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. Persons of ordinary skill in the art can obtain other accompanying drawings in accordance with the accompanying drawings without any creative efforts.
The technical solutions of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. It will be appreciated that the described embodiments represent some, rather than all, of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Other embodiments conceived or derived by those having ordinary skills in the art based on the described embodiments without inventive efforts should fall within the scope of the present disclosure.
As the functions and complexity of system-on-chip (SOC) increase, the number of signals and types of power supplies required also increased. However, due to the design limitation of chip size, the number of conductive bumps corresponding to power supplies and signals is also limited.
From the perspective of chip power supply, the more power conductive bumps there are, the more stable the power delivery network (PDN) in the chip will be. Therefore, in chip design, the number of conductive bumps can be increased by reducing the spacing between the conductive bumps at the bottom of the chip.
However, from the perspective of packaging substrate design, the layout space of signals and power supplies in the packaging substrate is greatly restricted due to considerations such as reducing the cost of the packaging substrate, reducing the size of the packaging substrate, and reducing the number of conductive layers. In particular, the process level of the packaging substrate is often greater than the process level of the chip process. Therefore, the conductive bump spacing in the chip design is not ideal to the packaging substrate design. In order to meet the needs of chip design, the electrical properties of the packaging structure often need to be sacrificed, resulting in poor product performance.
Embodiments consistent with the present disclosure provide a chip packaging structure, a packaging substrate, and a manufacturing method thereof, which improves the circuit layout in the packaging substrate. Simulations have shown that the technical solutions of the present disclosure can ensure the integrity of the chip and package power supply and improve product performance.
To make the above objectives, features, and advantages of the present disclosure more obvious and comprehensible, the present disclosure will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and various embodiments.
The ath conductive layer La is the first core conductive layer, and the a+1th conductive layer La+1 is the second core conductive layer, a being a positive integer, and 1<a<N−1. The first core conductive layer and the second core conductive layer may be connected via core conductive holes 12. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a=5 is taken as an example for illustration. That is, the fifth conductive layer L5 and the sixth conductive layer L6 are the first core conductive layer and the second core conductive layer respectively. The value of a can be set based on the value of N in the packaging circuit board and the circuit layout requirements, and is not limited to the implementation method in which a=5 in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The core conductive holes 12 includes a first core conductive hole 121, represented by a thick dotted circle, and a second core conductive layer 122, represented by a thin dotted circle.
The first metal layer L1 is the front side of the packaging substrate and has a plurality of pads corresponding to the conductive bumps at the bottom of the chip. The pad may be connected to the corresponding core conductive hole 12 through the conductive hole 11. The conductive hole 11 includes a first conductive hole 111 and a second conductive hole 112. The first conductive hole 111 may be used to connect to the first core conductive hole 121, and the second conductive hole 112 may be used to connect to the second core conductive hole 122. The relatively thick solid circle represents the first conductive hole 111, and the relatively thin solid circle represents the second conductive hole 112. The first conductive hole 111 and the second conductive hole 112 may be used to access different potentials. The first conductive hole 111 may be connected to the conductive bump at the bottom of the chip through its top pad, and the second conductive hole 112 may be connected to the grounding conductive bump at the bottom of the chip through its top pad.
In the packaging substrate, the first conductive layer L1 to the a−1th conductive layer La−1 above the core conductive layer may have different process standards from the core conductive layer. The first conductive layer L1 to the a−1th conductive layer La−1 can meet the circuit layout requirements with relatively small hole spacing and conductive trace width. However, the thickness between the two conductive layers is relatively large, thereby having relatively large conductive holes and relatively large conductive hole spacing extending to the first core conductive layer. In this way, as shown in
Next, a flip chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) packaging substrate is taken as an example to describe the relatively large packaging substrate size caused by the arrangement shown in
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The packaging substrate may include a first conductive layer L1 to an Nth conductive layer LN stacked in sequence. An insulting layer 13 may be provided between two adjacent conductive layers, N being a positive integer greater than 3.
In some embodiments, the first conductive layer L1 may include a plurality of pads 21, which can be used to connect the conductive bumps at the bottom of the chip.
The ath conductive layer La may be the first core conductive layer, the a+1th conductive layer La+1 may be the second core conductive layer, a being a positive integer, and 1<a<N−1. The first core conductive layer and the second core conductive layer may be connected via a core conductive hole 12.
In some embodiments, a plurality of conductive holes 11 corresponding to the pads 21 may be arranged between the first conductive layer L1 and the ath conductive layer La. One end of the conductive hole 11 may be connected to the corresponding pad 21, and the other end may extend to the ath conductive layer La at most and may be electrically connected to the corresponding core conductive hole 12.
In some embodiments, the spacing between two adjacent conductive holes 11 may not be less than the process standard required for laying out the core conductive holes 12 in the core conductive layer.
The spacing between two adjacent conductive holes 11 may be set to be no less than the process standard required for the layout of the core conductive holes 12 in the core conductive layer, thereby increasing the spacing between the two adjacent conductive holes 11 connected to different potentials. In this way, two adjacent conductive holes 11 connected to different potentials can be extended to the first core conductive layer, thereby reducing the spacing between the conductive holes 12 connected to the two conductive holes 11.
In the packaging substrate provided in this embodiment of the present disclosure, the spacing between two adjacent conductive holes 11 may be set to be no less than the process standard required for arranging the core conductive holes 12 in the core conductive layer. Compared with the embodiment shown in
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As described below, between the first conductive layer L1 and the ath conductive layer La, the conductive hole 11 that does not extend to the ath conductive layer La may be connected to the conductive hole 11 extending to the ath conductive layer La through other conductive layers above the ath conductive layer La, thereby realizing the connection with the corresponding core conductive hole 12.
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The conductive bumps at the bottom of the chip may include power conductive bumps and grounding conductive bumps, which can be used to connect to power and ground respectively. The first pad 211 in the conductive layer L1 may be used to connect the power conductive bump, and the second pad 212 may be used to connect the grounding conductive bump.
The pads 21 may be arranged opposite to the conductive bumps at the bottom of the chip in a one-to-one relationship, and the pads may also be arranged opposite the conductive holes 11 in a one-to-one relationship. Therefore, the pads 21, the conductive bumps and the conductive holes 11 can have the same arrangement.
All first conductive holes 111 may be arranged in an array, and all second conductive holes 112 may be arranged in an array. The array of the first conductive holes 111 and the array of the second conductive holes 112 may be staggered and nested. More specifically, for the array formed by the first conductive holes 111, a second conductive hole 112 may be correspondingly arranged in the middle area of four first conductive holes 111 arranged in 2 rows×2 columns defined by the intersection of any two adjacent rows and any two adjacent columns.
As described above, the core conductive hole 12 connected to the first conductive hole 111 is the first core conductive hole 121. A plurality of first conductive holes 111 are connected to the same first core conductive hole 121, and a plurality of first conductive holes 121 are arranged in an array. The core conductive hole 12 connected to the second conductive hole 12 is the second core conductive hole 122. A plurality of second conductive holes 112 are connected to the same second core conductive hole 122, and a plurality of second core conductive holes 122 are arranged in an array. In addition, a second core conductive hole 122 is arranged between the four first core conductive holes 121 defined by two adjacent rows and two adjacent columns.
All first core conductive holes 121 may be arranged in an array, and all second core conductive holes 122 may be arranged in an array. The array of the first core conductive holes 121 and the array of the second core conductive holes 122 may be staggered and nested. More specifically, for the array formed by the first core conductive holes 121, a second core conductive hole 122 may be correspondingly arranged in the middle area of the four first core conductive holes 121 arranged in 2 rows×2 columns defined by the intersection of any two adjacent rows and any two adjacent columns. As shown in
In the packaging substrate provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, in a direction perpendicular to the packaging substrate, a row of first conductive holes 111 and a row of second conductive holes 112 may be arranged between adjacent rows of first conductive holes 121 and rows of second conductive holes 122.
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In the packaging substrate provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, the spacing between two adjacent conductive holes 11 can be set to be no less than the process standard required for arranging the core conductive hole 12 in the core conductive layer such that the adjacent first conductive hole 111 and the second conductive hole 112 can both extend to the first core conductive layer, the first core conductive hole 121 can be arranged adjacent to the first conductive hole 111, and the second core conductive hole 122 can be arranged adjacent to the second conductive hole 112. In this way, the spacing between the first core conductive hole 121 and the second core conductive hole 122 can be reduced.
Next, an FC-BGA packaging substrate is taken as an example to compare the embodiment shown in
In the FC-BGA packaging substrate, an aperture A of the conductive hole 11 may be 100 μm, and an aperture B of the core conductive hole 12 may be larger than the aperture A of the conductive hole 11. The embodiments shown in
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Assume that there are n rows and n columns of first conductive holes 111 connected to the power supply, as long as the condition of √{square root over (2)}×(D2−130)×n≤√{square root over (2)}×130 is met, the embodiment shown in
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Therefore, under the condition that the size of the packaging substrate remains unchanged, compared with the embodiment shown in
When the conductive holes 11 and the core conductive holes 12 are arranged in the manner shown in
When the conductive holes 11 and the core conductive holes 12 are arranged in the manner shown in
Compared with the embodiments shown in
In the present disclosure, connecting to different potentials may indicate that one conductive trace is used to connect to the power supply and the other conductive trace is used to connect to the ground. As described above, the first conductive hole 111 and the second conductive hole 112 are connected to different potentials respectively. The first conductive hole 111 can be used to connect to the power conductive bump, and the second conductive hole 112 can be used to connect to the grounding conductive bump. At this time, in the same conductive layer, two adjacent conductive traces can be used to connect the first conductive hole 111 and the second conductive hole 112 respectively.
Assume that the conductive trace 30 connected to the first conductive hole 111 is a first conductive trace 31, and the conductive trace 30 connected to the second conductive hole 112 is a second conductive trace 32. In the first conductive layer L1 to the a−1th conductive layer La−1, each conductive layer may include the first conductive traces 31 and the second conductive traces 32 alternately arranged in the same layer.
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In the embodiments of the present disclosure, in the first conductive layer L1 to the a−1th conductive layer La−1, each conductive layer can include a plurality of conductive traces 30 arranged in parallel such that each conductive layer has a conductive trace 30 for connecting a row or a column of power conductive bumps in series. In this way, the series effect of the power supply conductive bumps is improved, the power supply has good planarity, the current path of the power supply conductive bumps is increase, the impedance is reduced, and the loop inductance of the power supply conductive bumps is reduced.
When each of the first conductive layer L1 to the a−1th conductive layer La−1 includes a plurality of conductive traces 30 arranged in parallel, the conductive traces 30 in each conductive layer may also be arranged in parallel. That is, each conductive layer can adopt the embodiment shown in
In other embodiments, in the first conductive layer L1 to the a−1th conductive layer La−1, each conductive layer may include a concentric square conductive trace. In the same conductive layer, any two adjacent square-shaped conductive traces may be respectively used to access different potentials. That is, one conductive trace may be used to connect to the conductive hole 11, and the other conductive trace may be used to connect to the second conductive hole 112.
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Based on the packaging substrate provided in the foregoing embodiments, an embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing the above packaging substrate.
11, forming an ath conductive layer La and an a+1th conductive layer La+1 stacked on each other.
In some embodiments, the ath conductive layer La may be the first core conductive layer, the a+1th conductive layer La+1 may be the second core conductive layer, a may be a positive integer, and 1<a<N−1. The first core conductive layer and the second core conductive layer may be connected via core conductive holes.
12, on the surface of the ath conductive layer La facing away from the a+1th conductive layer La+1, sequentially forming the a−1th conductive layer La−1 to the first conductive layer L1, and on the surface of the a+1th conductive layer La+1 facing away from the ath conductive layer La, sequentially forming the a+2th conductive layer La+2 to the Nth conductive layer LN.
In some embodiments, the first conductive layer L1 may include a plurality of pads 21, which can be used to connect the conductive bumps at the bottom of the chip. A plurality of conductive holes 11 corresponding to the pads 21 may be arranged between the first conductive layer L1 and the ath conductive layer La. One end of the conductive hole 11 may be connected to the corresponding pad 21, and the other end may extend to the ath conductive layer La at most and may be electrically connected to the corresponding core conductive hole 12. The spacing between two adjacent conductive holes 11 may not be less than the process standard required for laying out the core conductive holes 12 in the core conductive layer.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, each conductive hole 11 may be prepared layer by layer. For example, for the conductive hole 11 extending from the first conductive layer L1 to the ath conductive layer La, in the process of preparing the ith conductive layer L1, the conductive hole 11 extending from the ith conductive layer L1 to the i+1th conductive layer L1+1 can be prepared, i being a positive integer, and i<a.
Based on the packaging substrate provided in the foregoing embodiments, an embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a chip packaging structure.
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In some embodiments, the packaging substrate 41 may be disposed away from the chip 42 and may include solder balls 44 for connecting to external circuits.
In the chip packaging structure provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, by adopting the packaging substrate 41 provided in the above embodiment, not only the loop inductance of the power conductive bumps can be reduced, the loop inductance of the grounding conductive bumps will not be affected, thereby improving the performance of the chip packaging structure.
Embodiments in this specification are described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment focuses on the difference from other embodiments. Same and similar parts of the embodiments may refer to each other. As for the device disclosed in the embodiments, since it corresponds to the method disclosed in the embodiments, the description is relatively simple, and for relevant details, the reference may be made to the description of the method embodiments.
Units and algorithm steps of the examples described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented by electronic hardware, computer software or a combination of the two. To clearly illustrate the possible interchangeability between the hardware and software, in the above description, the composition and steps of each example have been generally described according to their functions. Whether these functions are executed by hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be regarded as exceeding the scope of the present disclosure.
In the present disclosure, the drawings and descriptions of the embodiments are illustrative and not restrictive. The same drawing reference numerals identify the same structures throughout the description of the embodiments. In addition, figures may exaggerate the thickness of some layers, films, panels, areas, etc., for purposes of understanding and ease of description. It will also be understood that when an element such as a layer, film, region or substrate is referred to as being “on” another element, it may be directly on another element or intervening elements may be present. In addition, “on” refers to positioning an element on or below another element, but does not essentially mean positioning on the upper side of another element according to the direction of gravity.
The orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms “upper,” “lower,” “top,” “bottom,” “inner,” “outer,” etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present disclosure, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be construed as a limitation of the present disclosure. When a component is said to be “connected” to another component, it may be directly connected to the other component or there may be an intermediate component present at the same time.
It should also be noted that in this article, relational terms such as “first” and “second” are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply that there is such actual relationship or sequence between these entities or operations them. Furthermore, the terms “comprises,” “includes,” or any other variation thereof are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that an article or device including a list of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not expressly listed. Or it also includes elements inherent to the article or equipment. Without further limitation, an element defined by the statement “comprises a . . . ” does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in an article or device that includes the above-mentioned element.
Various embodiments have been described to illustrate the operation principles and exemplary implementations. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the specific embodiments described herein and that various other obvious changes, rearrangements, and substitutions will occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Thus, while the present disclosure has been described in detail with reference to the above described embodiments, the present disclosure is not limited to the above described embodiments, but may be embodied in other equivalent forms without departing from the scope of the present disclosure, which is determined by the appended claims.
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202310975688.4 | Aug 2023 | CN | national |