The present disclosure relates to semiconductor fabricating processes, and, more particularly, to a package stacked structure, a method for fabricating the same, and a package structure.
With the evolution of semiconductor package technology, various kinds of packaging techniques for semiconductor devices have been developed. In order to improve electrical functionalities and save package space, a packaging technique called “Package on Package” (POP) was created which involves stacking of a plurality of package structures one on top of the other. Such a packaging method heterogeneously integrates electronic components of different functionalities (e.g., a memory, a CPU, a graphics processor, an image application processor, etc.) to form a “System in Package” (SiP). System integration is achieved by stacking and is particularly suited for various compact and lightweight electronic products.
However, in the conventional package stacked structure 1, both the first package substrate 11 and the second package substrate 12 include core layers 110 and 120, thus the cost of manufacturing is high. Moreover, as the thickness H of the package stacked structure 1 is approximately 620 μm, which does not meet the demands for compact and lightweight devices.
Therefore, there is a need for a solution that addresses the aforementioned issues in the prior art.
In view of the aforementioned shortcomings of the prior art, the present disclosure provides a package stacked structure, which may include: a plurality of conductive elements; a carrier structure including a first side having at least one electronic component disposed thereon; and a wiring structure including a first side having a carrier disposed thereon and a second side bonded to the first side of the carrier structure via the conductive elements.
In an embodiment, the package stacked structure further includes an encapsulating layer formed between the wiring structure and the carrier structure and encapsulating the conductive elements and the electronic component.
The present disclosure further provides a method for fabricating a package stacked structure, which may include: providing a wiring structure disposed with a carrier and a carrier structure including a first side having at least one electronic component disposed thereon; bonding the wiring structure to the first side of the carrier structure via a plurality of conductive elements; forming between the wiring structure and the carrier structure an encapsulating layer that encapsulates the conductive elements and the electronic component; and removing the carrier.
In an embodiment, the carrier is a silicon wafer and bonded to a dielectric material of the wiring structure. In another embodiment, the carrier is removed by grinding.
In an embodiment, the wiring structure is a redistribution-layer wiring structure.
In an embodiment, the wiring structure includes a first surface bonded to the carrier and a second surface opposing the first surface and having a plurality of stacked contacts provided thereon and bonded to the conductive elements.
In an embodiment, the carrier is glass and bonded to a dielectric material of the wiring structure through a bonding layer. In another embodiment, the carrier and bonding layer can be removed by stripping.
In an embodiment, the conductive elements are solder balls, metal pillars, or insulating bumps with metal claddings.
In an embodiment, the wiring structure is singulated.
In an embodiment, the wiring structure is an array panel.
In an embodiment, the carrier structure is singulated.
In an embodiment, the carrier structure is an array panel.
The present disclosure further provides a package structure, which may include: a wiring structure including a first side and a second side opposing the first side; a carrier disposed on the first side of the wiring structure; and a plurality of conductive elements disposed on the second side of the wiring structure and electrically connected with the wiring structure.
In an embodiment, the carrier is a silicon wafer and bonded to a dielectric material of the wiring structure.
In an embodiment, the wiring structure includes a first surface bonded to the carrier and a second surface opposing the first surface and bonded to the conductive element.
In an embodiment, the carrier is glass and bonded to a dielectric material of the wiring structure through a bonding layer.
In an embodiment, the wiring structure is a redistribution-layer wiring structure.
In an embodiment, the wiring structure includes a first surface bonded to the conductive element and a second surface opposing the first surface and bonded to the carrier.
In an embodiment, the conductive element is solder ball, metal pillar, or insulating bump with metal cladding.
In an embodiment, the carrier structure is singulated.
In an embodiment, the carrier structure is an array panel.
As can be understood from the above, the package stacked structure, a method of fabricating the same and a package structure in accordance with the present disclosure enhance the structural strength of the wiring structure by essentially providing carriers. Compared to the prior art, the wiring structure can be configured to be coreless, this allows the overall thickness of the package stacked structure to be reduced, at the same time, preventing warpage from occurring in the wiring structure before stacking the wiring structure onto the carrier structure.
The technical content of present disclosure is described by the following specific embodiments. One of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand the advantages and effects of the present disclosure upon reading the disclosure of this specification. The present disclosure may also be practiced or applied with other different implementations. Based on different contexts and applications, the various details in this specification can be modified and changed without departing from the spirit of the present disclosure.
It should be noted that the structures, ratios, sizes shown in the drawings appended to this specification are to be construed in conjunction with the disclosure of this specification in order to facilitate understanding of those skilled in the art. They are not meant, in any ways, to limit the implementations of the present disclosure, and therefore have no substantial technical meaning. Without affecting the effects created and objectives achieved by the present disclosure, any modifications, changes or adjustments to the structures, ratio relationships or sizes, are to be construed as fall within the range covered by the technical contents disclosed herein. Meanwhile, terms, such as “first”, “second”, “above”, “one”, “a”, “an”, and the like, are for illustrative purposes only, and are not meant to limit the range implementable by the present disclosure. Any changes or adjustments made to their relative relationships, without modifying the substantial technical contents, are also to be construed as within the range implementable by the present disclosure.
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In an embodiment, the first carrier 20 is a semiconductor board, such as an array panel of temporary silicon (Si) wafer.
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In an embodiment, the wire portion 21 includes a first surface 21a and a second surface 21b opposing to the first surface 21a, and is joined with the dielectric layer 200 and the metal structures 29 at the first surface 21a. The wire portion 21 further includes a dielectric body 210 and wiring layers 211 bonded to the dielectric body 210 and electrically connected with the metal structures 29. The outermost wiring layer 211 can be formed with under bump metallurgy (UBM) thereon to be used as stacked contacts 212. Alternatively, the outermost wiring layer 211 can be formed with bumps on trace (BOT) thereon as stacked contacts 212′, which can be seen as individually made up of a conductive layer 212a and a metal bump 212b in
In an embodiment, the wire portion 21 can be formed using a so-called “fan-out redistribution layer” (RDL) technique. In the conventional wafer process, the dielectric layer associated with forming the wiring layers is usually formed with silicon nitride or silicon oxide using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process, which is rather expensive, so a non-wafer manufacturing technique can be used for forming the wirings. That is, a less expensive polymer dielectric layer such as polyimide (PI) or polybenzoxazole (PBO) is coated between the wiring layers to achieve insulation.
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In an embodiment, the carrier structure 3a is a wiring structure with or without a core layer, such as a package substrate with a fan-out RDL wiring configuration. In another embodiment, the carrier structure 3a includes a plurality of insulating layers 32 and routing layers 33 on the insulating layers 32. In yet another embodiment, the insulating layers 32 can be made up of a prepreg, a molding compound, or a photosensitive dielectric layer, but is not limited as such. An insulating protective layer 34 (e.g., a solder-resist layer) can be further formed on the first side 30a of the carrier structure 3a, such that the surface of the routing layer 33 is partially exposed from the insulating protective layer 34 and used as electrical connection pads 330. It can be appreciated that the carrier structure 3a can also be formed of other types of board materials for carrying chips, such as a leadframe, a wafer, a carrier board for metal routing, etc., and the present disclosure is not limited to these.
In an embodiment, the electronic component 40 can be an active component, a passive component, or a combination of both, wherein the active component can be, for example, a semiconductor chip, and the passive component is, for example, a resistor, a capacitor, or an inductor. In another embodiment, the electronic component 40 is a semiconductor chip including an active face 40a and a non-active face 40b opposite to the active face 40a. The active face 40a is provided with a plurality of electrode pads 400. The electronic component 40 is attached to a plurality of conductive bumps 35 on the first side 30a of the carrier structure 3a in a flip-chip manner via the electrode pads 400 and is electrically connected to portions of the routing layer 33.
In an embodiment, the electronic component 40 can be electrically connected to the carrier structure 3a via a plurality of solder wires (not shown) by the wire bonding technique. In another embodiment, the electronic component 40 can be made to be in direct contact with the wirings of the carrier structure 3a, for example, the electronic component 40 can be embedded in the carrier structure 3a.
It can be appreciated that there are various ways of electrically connecting the electronic component 40 and the carrier structure 3a, and the present disclosure is not limited to the above.
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In an embodiment, the conductive elements 45 can be insulating bumps with metal claddings, metal pillars (e.g., Cu pillars), solder balls, balls with Cu cores, etc. It can come in various shapes, such as cylindrical, elliptical cylindrical or polygonal cylindrical.
In another embodiment, the conductive elements 45 can be first formed on the carrier structure 3a before being bonded to the wiring structure 2a. In another embodiment, another type of conductive elements can also be formed on the carrier structure 3a, which are then bonded to the conductive elements 45 of the package stacked structure 2″.
In an embodiment, the encapsulating layer 41 is made of an insulating material, such as an epoxy resin encapsulant, but the present disclosure is not limited as such.
In another embodiment, before the wiring structure 2a is bonded to the carrier structure 3a, an underfill (not shown) is formed between the electronic component 40 and the carrier structure 3a and encapsulates the conductive bumps 35.
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In an embodiment, the second carrier 20′ can also be made of an array panel of glass, which is bonded to the second surface 21b of the wiring structure 2a via a bonding layer 20b (e.g., an adhesive), and the bonding layer 20b covers the stacked contacts 212.
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The method for fabricating the package stacked structure according to the present disclosure reduces the thickness L of the package stacked structure 2′, 4′ through a coreless wiring structure 2a, 2a′. In addition, the structural strength of the wiring structure 2a, 2a′ is enhanced by providing carriers (i.e., the first carrier 20 and the second carrier 20′). In an embodiment, the thickness T of the wiring structure 2a, 2a′ is as small as 20 μm, and the thickness of the package stacked structure 2′, 4′, 4″ is as small as 410 μm. Compared to the prior art, the method for fabricating a package stacked structure according to the present disclosure not only significantly reduces the overall thickness of the package stacked structure 2′, 4′, 4″ but also avoids warpage of the wiring structure 2a, 2a′ before it is attached to the carrier structure 3a, 3a′ thereby meeting the demands for compact and lightweight devices.
The present disclosure further provides a package stacked structure 2, 2′, 4, 4′, 4″ which includes: a carrier structure 3a, 3a′, a wiring structure 2a, 2a′ and an encapsulating layer 41.
The carrier structure 3a, 3a′ is defined with a first side 30a and a second side 30b opposite to each other, wherein the first side 30a of the carrier structure 3a, 3a′ is disposed with at least one electronic component 40.
One side of the wiring structure 2a, 2a′ is disposed with a carrier (i.e., a first carrier 20 or a second carrier 20′), while the other side is bonded to the first side 30a of the carrier structure 3a, 3a′ via a plurality of conductive elements 45.
The encapsulating layer 41 is formed between the wiring structure 2a, 2a′ and the first side 30a of the carrier structure 3a, 3a′ and encapsulates the conductive elements 45 and the electronic component 40.
In an embodiment, the carrier (i.e., the first carrier 20) is a silicon wafer, which is directly bonded to a dielectric material (i.e., a dielectric layer 200) of the wiring structure 2a, 2a′.
In an embodiment, the wiring structure 2a, 2a′ includes a first surface 21a and a second surface 21b opposite to each other, and the first surface 21a is bonded onto the carrier (i.e., the first carrier 20), and the second surface 21b is provided with a plurality of stacked contacts 212, 212′ thereon for bonding with the conductive elements 45.
In an embodiment, the carrier (i.e., the second carrier 20′) is glass, and is directly bonded to the dielectric material (i.e., the dielectric layer 200) of the wiring structure 2a via a bonding layer 20b.
In an embodiment, the wiring structure 2a, 2a′ includes a first surface 21a and a second surface 21b opposite to each other, and the second surface 21b is bonded onto the carrier (i.e., the second carrier 20′), and the first surface 21a is provided with a plurality of stacked contacts 290 (or a metal layer 22) thereon for bonding to the conductive elements 45.
In conclusion, a package stacked structure, a method for fabricating the same and a package structure in accordance with the present disclosure reduce the thickness of the package stacked structure by providing a coreless wiring structure while enhancing the structural strength of the wiring structure with carriers arranged on the wiring structure. Therefore, the present disclosure not only significantly reduces the overall thickness of the package stacked structure, but also prevents warpage from occurring in the wiring structure.
The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the principles of the present disclosure, and should not be construed as to limit the present disclosure in any way. The above embodiments can be modified by those with ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope of the present disclosure as defined in the following appended claims.
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