In integrated circuit fabrication, the need to minimize costs and improve performance and yields are constant challenges. The integrated circuit (IC) substrate or IC package substrate is an increasingly important part of an IC package. In addition to being a support platform and protecting the bare IC or semiconductor die, they also facilitate connections between the IC and a printed circuit board's network of traces. They consist of several layers, which may or may not include a middle supporting core, which will typically contain a network of drill holes, vias, and conductor pads that may have a density that exceeds the density of conventional PCBs. A package substrate may have a significant influence on an IC's performance. Moreover, the use of 2.5D and 3D packaging technology has further increased the prominence of package substrates, which have also become increasingly complex to design and fabricate.
Depending on the size and consistency of the IC substrates, certain IC substrates may be fragile and easy to distort; in particular, in the case of coreless substrates. The manufacture of such package substrates is typically carried out on transparent substrate carriers, e.g., glass. Currently, a conventional substrate build-up process uses only one surface of the glass substrate carrier. For example, a bonding film may be applied to a top surface of the glass substrate carrier, and the package substrate formed on top of the bonding film, which is subsequently exposed to ultra-violet light through the backside of the substrate carrier to enable the detachment of the completed substrate. The ability to use the backside surface of the substrate carrier would allow for increased production of such package substrates.
In the drawings, like reference characters generally refer to the same parts throughout the different views. The drawings are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead generally being placed upon illustrating the principles of the present disclosure. The dimensions of the various features or elements may be arbitrarily expanded or reduced for clarity. In the following description, various aspects of the present disclosure are described with reference to the following drawings, in which:
The following detailed description refers to the accompanying drawings that show, by way of illustration, specific details, and aspects in which the present disclosure may be practiced. These aspects are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the present disclosure. Various aspects are provided for devices, and various aspects are provided for methods. It will be understood that the basic properties of the devices also hold for the methods and vice versa. Other aspects may be utilized and structural, and logical changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The various aspects are not necessarily mutually exclusive, as some aspects can be combined with one or more other aspects to form new aspects.
The present disclosure is directed to a substrate manufacturing system that uses a dual surface substrate carrier. The dual surface substrate carrier includes a first transparent support providing a first build surface and a second transparent support providing a second build surface, with a reflective film positioned between the first and second transparent supports, and a light source that irradiates light off the reflective film towards the first and second build surfaces. The system also provides for one or more build-up tools or units for forming a first multilayer substrate and a second multilayer substrate on the first and second build surfaces, respectively, of the dual surface substrate carrier. The dual surface substrate carrier may have a form factor that will allow it to be used with existing package substrate fabrication tools.
In an aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a dual surface substrate carrier that includes a first transparent support with a first top surface and first bottom surface, a second transparent support with a second top surface and second bottom surface, and a reflective film positioned between and attached to the first transparent support and the second transparent support. The first transparent support has a first set of trenches configured in the first top surface that form a first set of ridges between the plurality of trenches and the second transparent support has a second set of trenches configured in the second top surface that form a second set of ridges between the plurality of trenches. In addition, the dual surface substrate may include a cover transport support that is attached to the first top surface of the first transparent transport and a third transparent support that is attached to the second bottom surface of the second transparent transport.
In another aspect, the present disclosure is direct to a method that provides a first transparent support with a first top surface and first bottom surface and etching a first set of trenches in the first top surface of the first transparent support to form a first set of ridges between the plurality of trenches. The method provides a second transparent support with a second top surface and a second bottom surface and etching a second set of trenches in the second top surface of the second transparent support to form a second set of ridges between the plurality of trenches. In addition, the method includes forming a reflective film on the first and/or second top surfaces, respectively, of the first and second transparent supports and providing an adhesive to attach the first transparent support to the second transparent support with the reflective film positioned therebetween to form a dual surface substrate carrier with a first build-up surface and a second build-up surface. The method further includes providing a first bonding film on the first build-up surface and a second bonding film on the second build-up surface and performing a build-up process to form a first multilayered substrate on the first bonding film on the first build-up surface and a second multilayered substrate on the second bonding film on the second build-up surface.
The technical advantages of the present disclosure may include, but are not limited to:
To more readily understand and put into practical effect the present substrate system using a dual surface substrate carrier, and the methods for building a package substrate, particular aspects will now be described by way of examples provided in the drawings that are not intended as limitations. The advantages and features of the aspects herein disclosed will be apparent through reference to the following descriptions relating to the accompanying drawings. Furthermore, it is to be understood that the features of the various aspects described herein are not mutually exclusive and can exist in various combinations and permutations. For the sake of brevity, duplicate descriptions of features and properties may be omitted.
In an aspect of the present disclosure, the bonding films 105a and 105b may include a variety of different types of flexible film adhesives for the attachment of a package substrate to the dual surface substrate carrier 101 including dry epoxy film adhesives, tacky pressure sensitive epoxy film adhesives, thermally conductive insulating film and paste adhesives, and electrically conductive film and paste adhesives.
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According to the present disclosure, the build-up for the package substrates may include conventional types of manufacturing methods, such as (i) subtraction methods that involve first applying a copper layer on a copper-clad laminate, followed by dry film coating to protect the circuits and thru-holes and etching off any unnecessary copper sheeting; (ii) addition methods that involve applying an insulating substrate, which contains a photosensitive catalyst, to an exposed circuit and selectively deposits a stream of a chemical copper compound on the areas forming the desired pattern; (iii) modified semi-additive process methods that involve electroplating a thin copper layer on a primary laminate layer, while applying a protective layer on the areas of the laminate layer where electroplating is not necessary, and removing excess copper through a flash etching process. It is understood that the build-up processes of the present substrate system may involve one or more semiconductor tools to perform the various steps and processes typically needed to fabricate a package substrate.
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It is understood that exposing a bonding film to UV light and other artificial lights will affect its adhesive properties. The UV light or radiation can break down the chemical bonds in a polymer adhesive in a process called photodegradation. In an aspect, an exposed bonding film may lose its adhesive and other physical properties, which may result in cracking, buckling, chalking, and ultimately the loss of its bonding properties.
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In another aspect, reflective films 303 may be formed on the side surfaces of the plurality of trenches 302, as shown in
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In another aspect, the multilayered dual surface substrate carrier 401 may provide tuneable control over the light distribution, as shown in
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The operation 501 may be directed to providing a first transparent and etching a first set of trenches in a first top surface of the first transparent support to form ridges.
The operation 502 may be directed to providing a second transparent support and etching a second set of trenches in a second top surface of the second transparent support to form ridges.
The operation 503 may be directed to forming at least a partially reflective film on the first and/or second sets of trenches, respectively, of the first and second transparent supports.
The operation 504 may be directed to assembling the first transparent support and the second transparent support with a fully reflective film or adhesive layer positioned therebetween to form a dual surface substrate carrier with a first build-up surface and a second build-up surface.
The operation 505 may be directed to forming bonding films on the first and second build-up surfaces and building up package substrates on the bonding films on the first and second build-up surfaces.
It will be understood that any specific property described herein for a particular aspect of a substrate system with a dual surface substrate carrier and method may also generally hold for any of the other aspects thereof described herein. It will also be understood that any specific property described herein for a specific method may generally hold for any of the other methods described herein. Furthermore, it will be understood that for any system, component or method described herein, not necessarily all the components or operations described will be enclosed in the system, component, or method, but only some (but not all) components or operations may be enclosed.
To more readily understand and put into practical effect the present reticle assemblies and sensor assemblies, they will now be described by way of examples. For the sake of brevity, duplicate descriptions of features and properties may be omitted.
Example 1 provides a substrate system including a dual surface substrate carrier including a first transparent support providing a first build surface, a second transparent support providing a second build surface, at least a partially reflective film positioned on portions of the first and second transparent supports, and a light source, for which the light source irradiates light off the at least partially reflective film towards the first and second build surfaces.
Example 2 may include the substrate system of example 1 and/or any other example disclosed herein, for which the dual surface substrate carrier further includes a first bonding film positioned on the first build surface and a second bonding film positioned on the second build surface and, for which the light source irradiates the first and second bonding films.
Example 3 may include the substrate system of example 2 and/or any other example disclosed herein, further includes one or more build-up units for forming a first multilayer substrate on the first bonding film and a second multilayer substrate on the second bonding film.
Example 4 may include the substrate system of example 3 and/or any other example disclosed herein, further includes a collection unit for removing and collecting the first and second multilayer substrates from the dual surface substrate carrier and collecting the dual surface substrate carrier for reuse.
Example 5 may include the substrate system of example 1 and/or any other example disclosed herein, further comprising a fully reflective film positioned between the first and second transparent supports, the fully reflective film is configured from aluminum.
Example 6 may include the substrate system of example 1 and/or any other example disclosed herein, for which the light source further includes one or more ultra-violet light or light emitting diodes configured to irradiate edges of the dual surface substrate carrier.
Example 7 provides a dual surface substrate carrier including a first transparent support with a first top surface and first bottom surface, a second transparent support with a second top surface and second bottom surface, and an adhesive film positioned between and attached to the first transparent support and the second transparent support.
Example 8 may include the dual surface substrate carrier of example 7 and/or any other example disclosed herein, for which the first transparent support includes a first set of trenches configured in the first top surface that form a first set of ridges between the plurality of trenches and the first set of trenches having side surfaces with at least a partially reflective film.
Example 9 may include the dual surface substrate carrier of example 8 and/or any other example disclosed herein, for which the second transparent support includes a second set of trenches configured in the second top surface that form a second set of ridges between the plurality of trenches and the second set of trenches having side surfaces with at least a partially reflective film.
Example 10 may include the dual surface substrate carrier of example 7 and/or any other example disclosed herein, for which the first and second transparent supports are stacked with the first top surface opposing the second top surface and the adhesive film is made of a fully reflective material that is positioned between and attached to the first top surface of the first transparent support and the second top surface of the second transparent support.
Example 11 may include the dual surface substrate carrier of example 7 and/or any other example disclosed herein, for which the first bottom surface of the first transparent support is configured as a first build surface and the second bottom surface of the second transparent support is configured as a second build surface, for which the first and second build surfaces provide platforms for building package substrates.
Example 12 may include the dual surface substrate carrier of example 9 and/or any other example disclosed herein, further includes a cover transparent support with a cover top surface and a cover bottom surface, and a third transparent support with a third top surface and a third bottom surface, the third transparent support comprising a third set of trenches configured in the third top surface that form a third set of ridges between the plurality of trenches, for which the cover, first, second and third transparent supports are stacked in sequence with their bottom surface attached to the top surface below to form a multilayered dual surface substrate carrier.
Example 13 may include the dual surface substrate carrier of example 12 and/or any other example disclosed herein, for which the cover top surface of the cover transparent support is configured as a first build surface and the third bottom surface of the third transparent support is configured as a second build surface of the multilayered dual surface substrate carrier.
Example 14 may include the dual surface substrate carrier of example 7 and/or any other example disclosed herein, for which the fully reflective material includes a thin ultra-violet reflective metal layer, a thin reflective polymer layer, a polyethylene terephthalate layer, and/or an aluminum layer.
Example 15 provides a method that includes providing a first transparent support with a first top surface and first bottom surface, etching a first set of trenches in the first top surface of the first transparent support, for which the first set of trenches form a first set of ridges between the plurality of trenches, providing a second transparent support with a second top surface and a second bottom surface, etching a second set of trenches in the second top surface of the second transparent support, for which the second set of trenches form a second set of ridges between the plurality of trenches, forming at least partially reflective films on side surfaces of the first and second sets of trenches, respectively, of the first and second transparent supports, and providing an adhesive to attach the first transparent support to the second transparent support to form a dual surface substrate carrier with a first build-up surface and a second build-up surface.
Example 16 may include the method of example 15 and/or any other example disclosed herein, further includes providing a cover transparent support with a cover top surface and a cover bottom surface, providing a third transparent support with a third top surface and third bottom, etching a third set of trenches in the third top surface of the third transparent support, for which the third set of trenches form a third set of ridges between the plurality of trenches, and forming a third reflective film on the side surfaces of the third set of trenches of the third transparent support.
Example 17 may include the method of example 16 and/or any other example disclosed herein, further includes assembling the cover transparent support and the third transparent support with the first and second transparent supports to form the dual surface substrate carrier with a first build-up surface and a second build-up surface.
Example 18 may include the method of example 15 and/or any other example disclosed herein, further includes providing a first bonding film on the first build-up surface and a second bonding film on the second build-up surface.
Example 19 may include the method of example 18 and/or any other example disclosed herein, further includes performing a build-up process to form a first multilayered substrate on the first bonding film on the first build-up surface and a second multilayered substrate on the second bonding film on the second build-up surface.
Example 20 may include the method of example 19 and/or any other example disclosed herein, further includes using an ultra-violet (UV) light source to direct an UVlight to the edges of the dual surface substrate carrier to irradiate the first and second bonding films, removing the first and second multilayered substrates from the dual surface substrate carrier, and reusing the dual surface substrate carrier.
The term “comprising” shall be understood to have a broad meaning similar to the term “including” and will be understood to imply the inclusion of a stated integer or operation or group of integers or operations but not the exclusion of any other integer or operation or group of integers or operations. This definition also applies to variations on the term “comprising” such as “comprise” and “comprises”.
The term “coupled” (or “connected”) herein may be understood as electrically coupled or as mechanically coupled, e.g., attached or fixed or attached, or just in contact without any fixation, and it will be understood that both direct coupling or indirect coupling (in other words: coupling without direct contact) may be provided.
The terms “and” and “or” herein may be understood to mean “and/or” as including either or both of two stated possibilities.
While the present disclosure has been particularly shown and described with reference to specific aspects, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims. The scope of the present disclosure is thus indicated by the appended claims and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced.