The present application claims the benefit of priority to Chinese Patent Application No. CN 202211002673.1, entitled “PACKAGING STRUCTURE HAVING ORGANIC INTERPOSER LAYER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME”, filed with CNIPA on Aug. 22, 2022, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor packaging, and in particular to a packaging structure having an organic interposer layer and a method for manufacturing the same.
As electronic information technology advances rapidly and consumer demand continues to rise, electronic products are becoming smaller and more multi-functional. To fit more functional chips into a smaller package area, new packaging methods have been developed, including 2.5D packaging. The 2.5D packaging is an advanced form of heterogeneous chip packaging that allows for high-density connections among multiple chips. In this type of packaging, chips are placed side by side on top of an interposer layer and connected through micro bumps on the chips and wirings within interposer layers. The interposer layers are interconnected with Through-Silicon-Vias (TSVs) to allow for connections between upper and lower layers, and then attached to a traditional 2D packaging substrate using tin balls. The interposer layer is a conduit for electrical signals among the chips, thus allowing interconnection between the chips, and between the chips and the packaging substrate. In these cases, the interposer layer acts as a bridge between the chips and the circuit board. Traditional interposer layers are made of silicon and use a TSV process to achieve signal interconnection, but this method can be costly and difficult to control in terms of yield.
To address these issues, there is a need for an organic interposer packaging structure and a method for manufacturing the same that can reduce the cost of signal interconnection and improve yield control during the process.
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a packaging structure having an organic interposer layer, comprising: forming a rewiring layer over a semiconductor substrate, wherein the rewiring layer comprises metal wiring layers and inorganic dielectric layers, arranged in an alternatingly one above the other manner on the surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming conductive pillars over the rewiring layer, wherein the conductive pillars are electrically connected to the rewiring layer; forming an organic dielectric layer over the rewiring layer, with the organic dielectric layer covering the rewiring layer and the conductive pillars, and thinning the organic dielectric layer and the conductive pillars, wherein the thinned organic dielectric layer and the thinned conductive pillar are flush with each other; forming solder bumps over the thinned organic dielectric layer and the thinned conductive pillars, with the solder bumps electrically connected to the conductive pillars; bonding a support substrate to the solder bumps through an adhesive layer; removing the semiconductor substrate to expose a surface of the metal wiring layer facing away from the organic dielectric layer, and forming bonding pads on the exposed surface of the metal wiring layer, with the bonding pads being electrically connected to the metal wiring layer; and connecting a cutting carrier to the bonding pads, and disengaging the support substrate by removing the adhesive layer to obtain an intermediate structure.
The present disclosure also provides a packaging structure having an organic interposer layer, comprising: an organic dielectric layer; conductive pillars, extending through the organic dielectric layer; a rewiring layer, disposed over the organic dielectric layer, wherein the rewiring layer comprises metal wiring layers and inorganic dielectric layers, wherein the metal wiring layer is electrically connected to the conductive pillars; bonding pads, disposed over a surface of the rewiring layer facing away from the organic dielectric layer, and electrically connected to the rewiring layer; a sub-bump metal layer, disposed over a surface of the organic dielectric layer facing away from the rewiring layer, and electrically connected to the conductive pillars; and solder bumps, disposed over and electrically connected to the sub-bump metal layer.
1—Semiconductor Substrate, 2—Rewiring Layer, 201—Metal Wiring Layer, 202—Inorganic Dielectric Layer, 3—Conductive Pillars, 4—Organic Dielectric Layer, 5—First Polymer Layer, 6—Sub-Bump Metal Layer, 7—Solder Bumps, 8—Protective Layer, 9—Adhesive Layer, 10—Support Substrate, 11—Second Polymer Layer, 12—Bonding Pads, 13—Cutting Carrier 14—Metal Frame, 15—Blade, 16—Functional Chips, 17—Filler Layer, 18—Encapsulation Layer, S1 to S7—Various Steps.
The embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below. Those skilled can easily understand disclosure advantages and effects of the present disclosure according to contents disclosed by the specification. The present disclosure can also be implemented or applied through other different exemplary embodiments. Various modifications or changes can also be made to all details in the specification based on different points of view and applications without departing from the spirit of the present disclosure.
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Embodiment 1 provides a method for manufacturing a packaging structure having an organic interposer layer, as shown in
S1: providing a semiconductor substrate, forming a rewiring layer over the semiconductor substrate, wherein the rewiring layer comprises one or more metal wiring layers and one or more inorganic dielectric layers, each on top of one of the metal wiring layers, wherein the metal wiring layers and the inorganic dielectric layers are formed in an alternating sequence on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, and each of the wiring layers and each of the inorganic dielectric layers is patterned;
S2: forming conductive pillars over the rewiring layer, wherein the conductive pillars are electrically connected to the rewiring layer;
S3: forming an organic dielectric layer over the rewiring layer, with the organic dielectric layer covering the rewiring layer and the conductive pillars, and thinning the organic dielectric layer and the conductive pillars, wherein the thinned organic dielectric layer and the thinned conductive pillar are flush with each other;
S4: forming solder bumps over the thinned organic dielectric layer and the thinned conductive pillars, with the solder bumps electrically connected to the conductive pillars;
S5: providing a support substrate, and bonding the solder bumps to the support substrate through an adhesive layer;
S6: removing the semiconductor substrate to expose a surface of the metal wiring layer facing away from the organic dielectric layer, and forming bonding pads on the exposed surface of the metal wiring layer, with the bonding pads being electrically connected to the metal wiring layer; and
S7: connecting a cutting carrier to the bonding pads, and disengaging the support substrate by removing the adhesive layer to obtain an intermediate structure.
First, Step S1 is performed by: providing a semiconductor substrate 1, forming a rewiring layer 2 over the semiconductor substrate 1, wherein the rewiring layer 2 comprises one or more metal wiring layers 201 and one or more inorganic dielectric layers 202, each on top of one of the metal wiring layers, wherein the metal wiring layers and the inorganic dielectric layers are formed in an alternating sequence on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, and each of the wiring layers and each of the inorganic dielectric layers is patterned.
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As an example, forming the rewiring layer 2 comprises:
It should be noted that the rewiring layer may comprise multiple metal wiring layers and multiple inorganic dielectric layers, each on top of one of the metal wiring layers, wherein the metal wiring layers and the inorganic dielectric layers are formed in an alternating sequence on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, and each of the wiring layers and each of the inorganic dielectric layers is patterned; and each two adjacent metal wiring layers are electrically connected by conductive plugs formed in the through holes of the inorganic dielectric layer between the two adjacent metal wiring layers.
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As an example, a material of the conductive pillars 3 comprises electroplated copper; when the conductive pillars 3 are made of copper, the conductive pillars 3 are preferably formed by electroplating, in which case, using electroplated copper not only helps to shorten the process time, but also enhances the bonding strength between the conductive pillars 3 and the metal wiring layer 201, and the conductivity of the conductive pillars 3 themselves. This helps to reduce device resistance, reduce device power consumption, and improve device performance. Optionally, the conductive pillars 3 may also be made of one or more of aluminum, nickel, gold, silver, titanium, and they may be formed using a deposition process, a chemical plating process, or other suitable processes.
It should be emphasized that the conductive pillars 3 are directly formed on the surface of the rewiring layer 2. Since there are no intervening structures, there is no need to worry about adverse effects on intervening structures during the manufacturing process, and alignment between the conductive pillars 3 and the metal wiring layer 201 can be more easily achieved. Compared with the traditional method of first forming a dielectric layer and then forming through holes in the dielectric layer and depositing metal, the process is greatly simplified and conducive to improving production yield.
Then Step S3 is performed by forming an organic dielectric layer 4 over the rewiring layer 2, with the organic dielectric layer 4 covering the rewiring layer 2 and the conductive pillars 3, and thinning the organic dielectric layer 4 and the conductive pillars 3, wherein the thinned organic dielectric layer 4 and the thinned conductive pillar 3 are flush with each other;
As an example, the organic dielectric layer 4 may be formed by one of compression molding, transfer molding, liquid seal molding, vacuum lamination, and spin coating. A material of the organic dielectric layer 4 comprises one or more of epoxy resin, polyamide, polymer-based material, resin-based material, and any other suitable material.
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As an example, forming the solder bumps 7 comprises:
As an example, each of the solder bumps 7 may be composed of a metal pillar and a solder joint, or simply be a tin ball.
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As an example, the support substrate 10 is used to prevent the layer structure from cracking, warping, breaking, etc. during the packaging process, and the support substrate 10 may be wafer-like, panel-like, or of any other desired shape. It may be made of materials comprising one or more of glass, metal, semiconductor, polymer, ceramic. In one embodiment, the support substrate 10 is made of glass, which is less expensive and makes it easy to remove the support substrate in a subsequent peeling process.
As an example, the adhesive layer 9 is made of a tape or a polymer layer, and may be cured by UV curing or heat curing.
As an example, in order to avoid damaging the solder bumps 7 when bonding them to the bonding layer 9, a protective layer 8 is formed over the solder bumps 7 before the bonding; the protective layer 8 may be of the same material as the bonding layer 9 or of any other suitable material.
Then step S6 is performed by removing the semiconductor substrate 1 to exposing a surface of the metal wiring layer 201 facing away from the organic dielectric layer 4, and forming bonding pads 12 on the exposed surface of the metal wiring layer 201, with the bonding pads 12 being electrically connected to the metal wiring layer 201.
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As an example, the cutting carrier 13 is fixed to a metal frame 14.
Specifically, depending on the type of the bonding layer 9, disengaging the support substrate 10 by removing the adhesive layer 9 may comprise: first making the adhesive layer 9 less adhesive and then peeling off the bonding layer 9 together with the support substrate 10. For example, when the adhesive layer 9 is made of a photo-thermal conversion material, a laser may be employed to irradiate the photo-thermal conversion layer to remove the adhesive layer 9 and the supporting substrate 10, to obtain an intermediate structure.
As an example, the method may further comprise a step of removing the protective layer 8 to expose the solder bumps 7.
The method further comprises cutting the intermediate structure formed on the cutting carrier 13 by a blade 15 to obtain a plurality of pre-encapsulation structures as shown in
As an example, the method further comprises: removing the cutting carrier 13, electrically connecting functional chips 16 to the bonding pads 12, and forming an encapsulation layer 18 over the functional chips 16.
As an example, the cutting carrier 13 is removed using a stripping process or other suitable techniques.
As an example, the functional chips 16 comprise one or more of a processor, a memory, a power management unit, a radio-frequency (RF) component, etc. A high-density multi-chip interconnection package is achieved by packaging a plurality of the functional chips 16 in a single packaging system.
As an example, after the functional chips 16 are connected to the bonding pads 12, a filler layer 17 is formed, filling gaps between the functional chips 16 and the bonding pads 12; the filler layer 17 can protect the connection between the functional chips 16 and the bonding pads 12 from corrosion or physical damage, and can also improve the bonding strength between the functional chips 16 and the bonding pads 12, thereby improving the mechanical strength of the entire packaging structure.
Techniques of forming the encapsulation layer 18 comprise, but not limited to, compression molding, transfer molding, liquid seal molding, vacuum lamination, and spin coating; the encapsulation layer 18 is made of curable materials, such as polymer-based materials, resin-based materials, polyamide, epoxy resin, and any combination thereof.
In the method for manufacturing a packaging structure having an organic interposer layer, interconnection between upper and lower layers is achieved by introducing the conductive pillars in the organic dielectric layer, which replaces through-silicon vias and therefore reduces manufacturing costs, and the conductive pillar process has a higher yield than the traditional through-silicon via process. Also, this method can achieve high-density interconnection packaging, optimize packaging volume, and can be used for 2.5D and 3D fan-out packaging.
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As an example, the packaging structure having an organic interposer layer further comprises a first polymer layer 5 located between the organic dielectric layer 4 and the solder bumps 7, and the sub-bump metal layer 6 extends through the first polymer layer 5 to electrically connect the conductive pillar 3 and the solder bumps 7.
As an example, the rewiring layer 2 comprises two or more metal wiring layers 201 and two or more inorganic dielectric layers 202.
As an example, the packaging structure having an organic interposer layer further comprises a second polymer layer 11 located between the bonding pads 12 and the rewiring layer 2; through holes are formed in the second polymer layer 11, and the bonding pads 12 are electrically connected to the metal wiring layer 201 through the through holes.
As an example, the conductive pillars 3 comprises electroplated copper and may also be other suitable conductive material.
As an example, the packaging structure having an organic interposer layer further comprises functional chips 16, a filler layer 17, and an encapsulation layer 18; the functional chips 16 are located above the bonding pads 12 and electrically connected to the bonding pads 12; the filler layer 17 fills gaps between the functional chips 16 and the bonding pads 12; the encapsulation layer 18 covers the bonding pads 12 and the functional chips 16.
As an example, the number of the functional chips 16 is two or more; the functional chips 16 comprise one or more of a processor, a memory, a power management unit, a radio-frequency (RF) component, etc.
In summary, the present application discloses the packaging structure having an organic interposer layer and the method for manufacturing a packaging structure having an organic interposer layer. In this structure, interconnections between upper and lower device layers are achieved by the conductive pillars introduced to embed in the organic dielectric layer, which replaces traditional through-silicon vias, therefore reduces manufacturing costs. The conductive pillar process has a higher yield than the traditional through-silicon via process. In addition, the present disclosed technique can achieve high-density interconnection packaging, optimized packaging volume, and can be used for 2.5D and 3D fan-out packaging. Therefore, the present disclosure effectively overcomes various shortcomings in the existing technology and has high industrial utilization value.
The above-mentioned embodiments are just used for exemplarily describing the principle and effects of the present disclosure instead of limiting the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art can make modifications or changes to the above-mentioned embodiments without going against the spirit and the range of the present disclosure. Therefore, all equivalent modifications or changes made by those who have common knowledge in the art without departing from the spirit and technical concept disclosed by the present disclosure shall be still covered by the claims of the present disclosure.
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202211002673.1 | Aug 2022 | CN | national |