This non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) on patent application No(s). 112150008 filed in Taiwan, R.O.C. on Dec. 21, 2023, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
The disclosure relates to a repackaging structure, and relates to a repackaging structure for a chip.
With the development of the semiconductor industry, the density of active elements on semiconductor chips gradually approaches the physical limit, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to make breakthroughs. Under this situation, manufacturers have developed various packaging solutions for desiring to have more functions in a repackaging structure with limited space.
In recent years, a high density interconnection substrate is used for semiconductor chip packaging. However, the high density interconnection substrate is relatively expensive. Furthermore, the manufacturers also needs to consider requirements of the mechanical bonding reliability and functions such as heat dissipation of this kind of substrate in the repackaging structure.
This disclosure is to provide a repackaging structure, which repackages a chip to improve performance and maintain a small size.
One embodiment of the disclosure provides a repackaging structure, including a substrate, including a substrate, at least one chip, a dielectric body, an electrical element and at least one conductive pillar. The substrate includes a plate, a plurality of mounting pads and a plurality of corresponding pads. The corresponding pads and the mounting pads are disposed on opposite surfaces of the plate. The corresponding pads correspond to the mounting pads. The chip is mounted on the substrate. The chip includes a plurality of chip leads. The chip leads are mounted on the mounting pads. The dielectric body covers the chip. The electrical element is disposed on the dielectric body. The conductive pillar electrically connects the electrical element and the substrate.
According to the repackaging structure as discussed in the above embodiments, the performance is improved and the volume is maintained small through repackaging. The chip is mounted on the substrate having the corresponding pads corresponding to the mounting pads, and the electrical element electrically connected to the substrate is disposed on the dielectric body covering the chip. Therefore, the functions of electrical element may be added to the repackaging structure while maintaining the original input and output status of the chip. Furthermore, the electrical element also has the effect of dissipating heat.
The above descriptions in the summary and the following detailed descriptions are used to demonstrate and explain the spirit and principle of the disclosure and provide a further explanation of the scope of claims of the disclosure.
The disclosure will become better understood from the detailed description given hereinbelow and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only and thus are not intending to limit the disclosure and wherein:
Features and advantages of embodiments of the disclosure are described in the following detailed description, it allows the person skilled in the art to understand the technical contents of the embodiments of the disclosure and implement them, and the person skilled in the art can easily comprehend the purposes of the advantages of the disclosure. The following embodiments are further illustrating the perspective of the disclosure, but not intending to limit the disclosure.
The drawings may not be drawn to actual size or scale, some exaggerations may be necessary in order to emphasize basic structural relationships, while some are simplified for clarity of understanding, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. It is allowed to have various adjustments under the spirit of the disclosure. In addition, the spatially relative terms, such as “up”, “top”, “above”, “down”, “low”, “left”, “right”, “front”, “rear”, and “back” and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe the relationship of one element or feature to another element(s) of feature(s) as illustrated in the drawings. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass orientations of the element or feature but not intended to limit the disclosure.
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The substrate 11 includes a plate 111, a plurality of corresponding pads 112, a plurality of mounting pads 113, a ground pad 114 and a plurality of conductive-via-connection structures 115a, 115b. The plate 111 may be a redistribution layer (RDL). The plate 111 includes a first dielectric layer 1111, a ground layer 1112 and a second dielectric layer 1113. The plate 111 has a lower surface 111a and an upper surface 111b opposite to each other. The corresponding pads 112 are disposed on the lower surface 111a of the plate 111. The lower surface 111a is located at the first dielectric layer 1111. The ground layer 1112 is stacked on the first dielectric layer 1111. The second dielectric layer 1113 is stacked on the ground layer 1112 and the first dielectric layer 1111. The upper surface 111b is located at the second dielectric layer 1113. The mounting pads 113 are disposed on the upper surface 111b of the plate 111. The mounting pads 113 are electrically connected to the corresponding pads 112 through the conductive-via-connection structures 115a, 115b penetrating through the second dielectric layer 1113 and the first dielectric layer 1111. The ground layer 1112 is patterned so that the conductive-via-connection structures 115a are electrically insulated from the ground layer 1112, and the conductive-via-connection structures 115b are electrically connected to the ground layer 1112. The corresponding pads 112 vertically correspond to the mounting pads 113, and are electrically connected to the mounting pads 113 through the conductive-via-connection structures 115a, 115b, respectively. The ground pad 114 is disposed on the upper surface 111b of the plate 111 and electrically connected to the ground layer 1112. The conductive-via-connection structures 115a, 115b are structures in which a plurality of conductive vias are stacked on each other.
The chip 12 is mounted on the substrate 11 through the buffer connection layer 13. In this embodiment, the chip 12 is a packaging structure in which a die has been preliminarily packaged, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the chip 12 may also be an unpackaged die. In this embodiment, the buffer connection layer 13 includes a plurality of conductive solder blocks 131. The chip 12 includes a plurality of chip leads 121. The chip leads 121 are connected to the mounting pads 113 through the conductive solder blocks 131. A number of the chip leads 121 is equal to a number of the conductive solder blocks 131, and the number of the conductive solder blocks 131 is equal to a number of the mounting pads 113. A pitch between the chip leads 121 is substantially equal to a pitch between the mounting pads 113. The number of the mounting pads 113 is equal to a number of the corresponding pads 112. The pitch between the mounting pads 113 is substantially equal to a pitch between the corresponding pads 112. In this way, the mounting pads 113 correspond to the corresponding pads 112 in a one-on-one manner. The mounting pads 113 may include a plurality of signal mounting pads 113 and a plurality of non-signal mounting pads 113, and the corresponding pads 112 may include a plurality of signal corresponding pads 112 and a plurality of non-signal corresponding pads 112. In this case, the number of the plurality of signal mounting pads 113 is equal to the number of the plurality of signal corresponding pads 112. The non-signal mounting pads 113 and the non-signal corresponding pads 112 may be used for various non-signal functions such as grounding or power supply, and the number thereof is not limited, but a total number of the non-signal mounting pads 113 is equal to a total number of the non-signal corresponding pads 112. In addition, when the repackaging structure 100 suffers an impact, the buffer connection layer 13 may provide a buffering function for the chip 12, thereby preventing the chip 12 from being damaged due to impact.
In this embodiment, the number of the mounting pads 113 is equal to the number of the corresponding pads 112, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the number of the mounting pads 113 may be greater than the number of the corresponding pads 112, so that some of the chip leads 121 may correspond to one of the corresponding pads 112. Alternatively, in other embodiments, the corresponding pads 112 correspond to some of the mounting pads 113, and the other of the mounting pads 113 do not correspond to the corresponding pads 112. The chip leads 121 includes a plurality of signal leads and at least one other lead. The signal leads are mounted on the some of the mounting pads 113 corresponding to the corresponding pads 112, and the at least one other lead is mounted on the other of the mounting pads 113 not corresponding to the corresponding pads 112, so that the at least one other lead does not correspond to any of the corresponding pads 112. For example, the number of the corresponding pads 112/the number of the mounting pads 113=50%˜100%. The mounting pads 113 may include a plurality of signal mounting pads 113 and a plurality of non-signal mounting pads 113, and the corresponding pads 112 may include a plurality of signal corresponding pads 112 and a plurality of non-signal corresponding pads 112. In this case, a number of the signal mounting pads 113 is equal to a number of the signal corresponding pads 112. The non-signal mounting pads 113 and the non-signal corresponding pads 112 may be used for various non-signal functions such as grounding or power supply, but a total number of the non-signal mounting pads 113 is larger than a total number of the non-signal corresponding pads 112.
In this embodiment, the pitch between the mounting pads 113 is substantially equal to the pitch between the corresponding pads 112, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the pitch between the corresponding pads 112 may be larger than 100% of the pitch between the mounting pads 113 and smaller than or equal to 150% of the pitch between the mounting pads 113. In other embodiments, the pitch between the corresponding pads 112 may be larger than 100% of the pitch between the mounting pads 113 and smaller than or equal to 120% of the pitch between the mounting pads 113.
When the pitch between the mounting pads 113 is substantially equal to the pitch between the corresponding pads 112, a chip holder or a circuit board (not shown) originally designed to match the chip 12 may be directly applied to the repackaging structure 100. Alternatively, when the pitch between the corresponding pads 112 is an integral multiple of the pitch between the mounting pads 113, the chip holder or the circuit board originally matching the chip 12 may also be directly applied to the repackaging structure 100.
In this embodiment, the dielectric body 14 covers the chip 12 and a part of a surface of the substrate 11. A part of the dielectric body 14 is located between the conductive solder blocks 131. In this embodiment, the dielectric body 14 is formed by molding, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the dielectric body may also be formed in other suitable manners. In this embodiment, the electrical element 16 includes a conductive layer 161. The conductive layer 161 is disposed on the dielectric body 14. The conductive pillar 15 avoids the chip 12 and electrically connects the ground pad 114 of the substrate 11 and the conductive layer 161. Specifically, after the dielectric body 14 covering the chip 12 is formed, a through hole (i.e., a surface of conductive pillar 15 in the figure) avoiding the chip 12 is formed to penetrate the dielectric body 14 and reach the ground pad 114 of the substrate 11. Next, the conductive pillar 15 is formed in the through hole, and the conductive layer 161 is further formed on the dielectric body 14. As mentioned above, the conductive pillar 15 may be formed in a manner for forming a conductive via. In other words, it can be said that a combination of the conductive pillar 15 and the ground pad 114 penetrates the dielectric body 14. Furthermore, the conductive pillar 15 is electrically connected to the ground pad 114 of the substrate 11, and the conductive layer 161 is electrically connected to the conductive pillar 15.
Since the conductive layer 161 is electrically connected to the ground pad 114 through the conductive pillar 15, the conductive layer 161 is also grounded. Since there are the conductive layer 161 grounded and located above the chip 12 and the ground layer 1112 grounded and located below the chip 12, the chip 12 may be protected from external electromagnetic wave interference through electromagnetic interference shielding (EMI shielding). The conductive layer 161 may also have the function of dissipating heat. In this embodiment, although the above grounding is used to form an electromagnetic interference shielding, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the ground may also be changed to a specific potential.
In this embodiment, a dielectric body top view area R1 of the dielectric body 14 is larger than 100% of a chip top view area R2 of the chip 12 and smaller than or equal to 150% of the chip top view area R2, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the top view area of the dielectric body R1 of the dielectric body 14 may also be larger than 100% of the chip top view area R2 of the chip 12 and smaller than or equal to 120% of the chip top view area R2.
The repackaging structure 100 may further include a plurality of conductive solder blocks 17 disposed on the corresponding pads 112. The repackaging structure 100 may be mounted on and electrically connected to other chip holders or circuit boards through the corresponding pads 112 and the conductive solder blocks 17.
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The chip 12 is mounted on the substrate 11′ through the buffer connection layer 13′. The buffer connection layer 13′ includes a plurality of conductive solder blocks 131 and an underfill 132. The chip leads 121 are connected to the mounting pads 113 through the conductive solder blocks 131. The underfill 132 is disposed between the conductive solder blocks 131 and surround the conductive solder blocks 131. Therefore, the dielectric body 14′ may not be located between the conductive solder blocks 131.
The conductive layer 161 of the electrical element 16, the conductive pillar 15, the ground pad 114, the conductive-via-connection structure 115c, the additional pad 117, the ground layer 1112 and the additional pad 116 are all grounded. The repackaging structure 100′ may further include a plurality of conductive solder blocks 17, 171, 172. The conductive solder blocks 17 are disposed on the corresponding pads 112. The conductive solder block 171 is disposed on the additional pad 116. The conductive solder block 172 is disposed on the additional pad 117. The repackaging structure 100′ may be mounted on and electrically connected to other chip holders or circuit boards (not shown) through the conductive solder blocks 17, 171, 172. The chip holder or the circuit board may ground the conductive solder block 171 and the conductive solder block 172, so as to ground the additional pad 116 and the additional pad 117, such that the chip 12 may be protected from external electromagnetic wave interference through electromagnetic interference shielding produced by the conductive layer 161 and the ground layer 1112. The conductive layer 161 may also have the function of dissipating heat.
In this embodiment, the number of the mounting pads 113 is less than a sum of the number of the corresponding pads 112 and the number of the additional pads 116, 117. Furthermore, the additional pads 116, 117 are used for various non-signal functions. In addition, the mounting pads 113 may include a plurality of signal mounting pads 113 and a plurality of non-signal mounting pads 113, and the corresponding pads 112 may include a plurality of signal corresponding pads 112 and a plurality of non-signal corresponding pads 112. In this case, a number of the signal mounting pads 113 is equal to a number of the signal corresponding pads 112. The non-signal mounting pads 113 and the non-signal corresponding pads 112 may also be used for various non-signal functions such as grounding or power supply, but a total number of the non-signal mounting pads 113 is less than a total number of the non-signal corresponding pads 112.
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The chip 22 is mounted on the substrate 21 through the buffer connection layer 23. The buffer connection layer 23 includes a plurality of conductive solder blocks 231. The chip leads 221 are connected to the mounting pads 213 through the conductive solder blocks 231. The dielectric body 24 covers the chip 22. A part of the dielectric body 24 is located between the conductive solder blocks 231. The conductive pillars 25 avoid the chip 22 and penetrate through the dielectric body 24. The conductive pillars 25 are electrically connected to the ground pads 214 of the substrate 21. The conductive pillars 25 are located around the chip 22. As shown in
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The repackaging structure 200 may further include a plurality of conductive solder blocks 27. The conductive solder blocks 27 are disposed on the corresponding pads 212. The repackaging structure 200 may be mounted on and electrically connected to other chip holders or circuit boards (not shown) through the conductive solder blocks 27.
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The chip leads 221 of the chip 22 are mounted on and connected to the mounting pads 213 of the substrate 21′ through the conductive solder blocks 231 of the buffer connection layer 23. The dielectric body 24 covers the chip 22 and the conductive solder blocks 231. The conductive pillars 25 avoid the chip 22, penetrate through the dielectric body 24 and are electrically connected to the ground pads 214. The conductive pillars 25 are located around the chip 22. The conductive layer 261 of the electrical element 26 is disposed on the dielectric body 24 and electrically connected to the conductive pillars 25. The conductive layer 261 is electrically connected to the ground pads 214 through the conductive pillars 25.
The conductive layer 261 of the electrical element 26, the conductive pillars 25, the ground pads 214, the conductive-via-connection structures 215c, the additional pads 217 and the ground layer 2112 are all grounded. The repackaging structure 200′ may further include a plurality of conductive solder blocks 27, 272. The conductive solder blocks 27 are disposed on the corresponding pads 212. The conductive solder blocks 272 are disposed on the additional pads 217. The repackaging structure 200′ may be mounted on and electrically connected to other chip holders or circuit boards (not shown) through the conductive solder blocks 27, 272. The chip holder or the circuit board may ground the conductive solder blocks 272 and the additional pads 217, such that the chip 22 may further be protected from external electromagnetic wave interference through electromagnetic interference shielding. The conductive layer 261 and the conductive pillars 25 may also have the function of dissipating heat.
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The ground layer 3112 and the power layer 3114 are patterned. As a result, the conductive-via-connection structure 315a is electrically insulated from the ground layer 3112 and the power layer 3114. The conductive-via-connection structure 315b is electrically connected with the ground layer 3112 and electrically insulated from the power layer 3114. The conductive-via-connection structure 315d is electrically connected with the power layer 3114 and electrically insulated from the ground layer 3112. The conductive-via-connection structures 315e are electrically insulated from the ground layer 3112.
The chip leads 321 of the chip 32 are mounted on and connected to the mounting pads 313 of the substrate 31 through the conductive solder blocks 331 of the buffer connection layer 33. The dielectric body 34 covers the chip 32 and the conductive solder blocks 331. The ground conductive pillars 351 and the power conductive pillars 352 avoid the chip 32 and penetrate through the dielectric body 34. The ground conductive pillars 351 are electrically connected to the ground pads 314. The power conductive pillars 352 are electrically connected to the power pads 318. The ground conductive pillars 351 and the power conductive pillars 352 are located around the chip 32. As shown in
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The repackaging structure 300 may further include a plurality of conductive solder blocks 37. The conductive solder blocks 37 are disposed on the corresponding pads 312. The repackaging structure 300 may be mounted on and electrically connected to other chip holders or circuit boards (not shown) through the conductive solder blocks 37.
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In this embodiment, the electrical element 46 is disposed on the dielectric body 44. The electrical element 46 is at least one capacitor element, at least one resistance element or other passive element. An electrode 46a and an electrode 46b of the electrical element 46 are respectively electrically connected to the ground conductive pillars 451 and the power conductive pillars 452. The electrical element 46 is electrically connected to the substrate 41 through the ground conductive pillars 451 and the power conductive pillars 452. In this embodiment, the ground pads 414 and the power pads 418 may be capacitor pads with different potentials for connecting the capacitor element.
The electrical element 46, the ground conductive pillars 451, the ground pads 414 and the ground layer 4113 are all grounded. Since there are the electrical element 46 grounded and located above the chip 42, the ground layer 4112 grounded and located below the chip 42, and the ground conductive pillars 451 grounded and located in front of, behind, at left and right of the chip 42, the chip 42 may be protected from external electromagnetic wave interference through electromagnetic interference shielding. The electrical element 46, the ground conductive pillars 451 and the power conductive pillars 452 may also have the function of dissipating heat.
The repackaging structure 400 may further include a plurality of conductive solder blocks 47. The conductive solder blocks 47 are disposed on the corresponding pads 412. The repackaging structure 400 may be mounted on and electrically connected to other chip holders or circuit boards (not shown) through the conductive solder blocks 47.
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The ground pads 514 and the signal pads 519 are located around an array formed by the mounting pads 513. The mounting pads 513 are electrically connected to the corresponding pads 512 through the conductive-via-connection structures 515a, 515f, 515g penetrating through the second dielectric layer 5113 and the first dielectric layer 5111. The mixed layer 5116 is patterned and divided into a ground layer 5116a and a signal layer 5116b located at the same layer. The ground pads 514 are electrically connected to the ground layer 5116a. The signal pads 519 are electrically connected to the signal layer 5116b.
The conductive-via-connection structures 515a are electrically insulated from the ground layer 5116a and the signal layer 5116b. The conductive-via-connection structures 515f are electrically connected with the ground layer 5116a and electrically insulated from the signal layer 5116b. The conductive-via-connection structures 515g is electrically connected with the signal layer 5116b and electrically insulated from the ground layer 5116a.
The chip leads 521 of the chip 52 are mounted on and connected to the mounting pads 513 through a plurality of conductive solder blocks 531 of the buffer connection layer 53. The dielectric body 54 covers the chip 52 and the conductive solder blocks 531. The ground conductive pillars 551 and the signal conductive pillars 553 avoid the chip 52 and penetrate through the dielectric body 54. The ground conductive pillars 551 are electrically connected to the ground pads 514. The signal conductive pillars 553 are electrically connected to the signal pads 519. The ground conductive pillars 551 and the signal conductive pillars 553 are located around the chip 52. As shown in
In this embodiment, the electrical element 56 is disposed on the dielectric body 54. The electrical element 56 includes a conductive layer 565, an insulating layer 566, a trace layer 567, an additional chip 568 and a plurality of conductive solder blocks 569.
The conductive layer 565 is disposed between the dielectric body 54 and the insulating layer 566. The insulating layer 566 is disposed between the conductive layer 565 the trace layer 567. The conductive layer 565 is electrically connected to the ground pads 514 through the ground conductive pillars 551. The trace layer 567 is electrically connected to the signal pads 519 through the signal conductive pillars 553. The additional chip 568 is mounted on the trace layer 567 through the conductive solder blocks 569. The conductive layer 565 is patterned so that the conductive layer 565 is electrically insulated from the signal conductive pillars 553.
The conductive layer 565 of the electrical element 56, the ground conductive pillars 551, the ground pads 514 and the ground layer 5116a are all grounded. Since there are the conductive layer 565 grounded and located above the chip 52, the ground layer 5116a grounded and located below the chip 52, and the ground conductive pillars 551 grounded and located in front of, behind, at left and right of the chip 52, the chip 52 may be protected from external electromagnetic wave interference through electromagnetic interference shielding. The conductive layer 565 may further avoid the chip 52 and the additional chip 568 from interfering with each other. The conductive layer 565, the ground conductive pillars 551 and the signal conductive pillars 553 may also have the function of dissipating heat.
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When the second signal passes through the conductive-via-connection structure 515g and the signal layer 5116b, lines of electric force (shown as thin solid arrows) toward the ground layer 5116a will be generated. When the second signal passes through the signal pad 519, lines of electric force (shown as thin solid arrows) toward the ground pads 514 will be generated. When the second signal passes through the signal conductive pillar 553, lines of electric force (shown as thin solid arrows) toward the ground conductive pillar 551 will be generated. When the second signal passes through the trace layer 567, lines of electric force (shown as thin solid arrows) toward the conductive layer 565 will be generated. As a result, impedances of the conductive-via-connection structure 515g, the signal layer 5116b, the signal pad 519, the signal conductive pillar 553 and the trace layer 567 that the second signal passes through may be matched to each other, and thus the second signal may be stabilized and have less loss.
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The electrical element 66 is disposed on the dielectric body 64. The electrical element 66 is electrically connected to the conductive pillars 65. The electrical element 66 is electrically connected to the substrate 61 through the conductive pillars 65. The electrical element 66, the conductive pillars 65 and the substrate 61 are all grounded. Since there are the electrical element 66 grounded and located above the chips 62, the substrate 61 grounded and located below the chips 62, and the conductive pillars 65 grounded and located in front of, behind, at left and right of each of the chips 62, the chips 62 may be protected from external electromagnetic wave interference and avoided from interfering with each other through electromagnetic interference shielding. The electrical element 66 and the conductive pillars 65 may also have the function of dissipating heat. In this embodiment, some of the conductive pillars 65 are located between the chips 62, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, there may also be no conductive pillar 65 disposed between the chips 62.
In this embodiment, the repackaging structure 600 may further include a plurality of conductive solder blocks 67. The conductive solder blocks 67 are disposed on the substrate 61. The repackaging structure 600 may be mounted on and electrically connected to other chip holders or circuit boards (not shown) through the conductive solder blocks 67.
As discussed above, in the repackaging structure in one embodiment of the disclosure, the chip is mounted on the substrate having the corresponding pads corresponding to the mounting pads, and the electrical element electrically connected to the substrate is disposed on the dielectric body covering the chip. Therefore, the functions of electrical element may be added while maintaining the original input and output status of the chip. When the electrical element is a conductive layer for grounding, the chip may be protected from external electromagnetic wave interference through electromagnetic interference shielding. In addition, when the electrical element includes the additional chip and the grounded conductive layer, the functions of the additional chip may be added to the repackaging structure, and the grounded conductive layer may also avoid the chip and the additional chip from interfering with each other. When the conductive pillar connecting the electrical element and the substrate is located around the chip and grounded, the chip may also be protected from external electromagnetic wave interference through electromagnetic interference shielding. Furthermore, the electrical element also has the effect of dissipating heat. Moreover, when the electrical element includes the first conductive layer which is connected with the power layer, the second conductive layer which is grounded, and the insulating layer which is located therebetween, the electrical element may form a capacitor, so that the repackaging structure has the function provided by the capacitor.
Although the disclosure is disclosed in the foregoing embodiments, it is not intended to limit the disclosure. All variations and modifications made without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure fall within the scope of the disclosure. For the scope defined by the disclosure, please refer to the attached claims.
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112150008 | Dec 2023 | TW | national |