This application claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-414829 filed December, 2003 which is hereby expressly incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device and an electronic device, as well as the method for manufacturing such devices.
2. Related Art
There is a known semiconductor device wherein a semiconductor chip is mounted on a substrate having a wiring pattern on. Further, if the reliability in connecting a wiring pattern with an electrode of a semiconductor chip can be enhanced, the reliability of a semiconductor device can be enhanced.
The present invention aims to provide a semiconductor device and an electronic device that have a high reliability, as well as a method for manufacturing such devices.
(1) A semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises a substrate having a wiring pattern including a plurality of lands and a semiconductor chip having a plurality of electrodes that are mounted on the substrate so that the electrodes may be placed opposite to the lands.
Further, the plurality of lands are aligned so as to be divided into a plurality of first groups that are placed respectively along a plurality of first parallel lines, and form a contour spreading along the first line.
Furthermore, the wiring pattern includes a plurality of wires that are drawn out from the plurality of lands and stretches in a direction crossing the first line.
Also, the plurality of electrodes are aligned so as to be divided into a plurality of second groups that are placed respectively along a plurality of second parallel lines, and form a contour spreading in a direction crossing the second line.
In addition, the plurality of lands and the plurality of electrodes respectively overlap each other, crossing lengthwise, whereby electricallyconnected According to the present invention, the land and the electrode overlap each other so that they may cross lengthwise. By crossing the land and the electrode lengthwise, the oppositeness between the land and the electrode can be maintained even if a positional shift occurs between a semiconductor chip and a substrate after mounting the former on the latter. Therefore, a highly reliable semiconductor device having a stabilized electric connecting between the land and the electrode can be provided.
(2) In the above semiconductor device, the plurality of electrodes can be aligned so as to be divided into a plurality of third groups that are placed respectively along a plurality of third lines stretching in a direction crossing the second line.
(3) In the above semiconductor device, the third line can stretch in a direction orthogonal to the second line.
(4) In the above semiconductor device, the third line can stretch in a direction oblique to the second line.
(5) In the above semiconductor device, adjacent two of the third lines can stretch in parallel.
(6) In the above semiconductor device, adjacent two of the third lines can be in linear symmetry with a line perpendicular to the second line as an axis of symmetry.
(7) In the above semiconductor device, the plurality of lands can be aligned so as to be divided into a plurality of fourth groups placed respectively along a plurality of fourth lines stretching in a direction crossing the first line.
(8) In the above semiconductor device, a group of the wires that are drawn out respectively from the lands of the same fourth group can be drawn out from the same side of the two sides, of the lands of the same forth group, along the first line.
(9) In the above semiconductor device, the lands of the same fourth group can protrude, with different lengths, on the same side of the two sides along the first line, and further the protrusions can be formed so that their length may become longer in the order aligned along any of the fourth lines.
(10) In the above semiconductor device, the group of wires that are drawn out respectively from the lands of the same fourth group can be configured so that, next to one of the wires connected to one of the lands, a first land, and at the same time on the side where the first land is protruding, another one of the wires connected to another one of the lands, a second land, that has a protrusion length next longest to that of the first land may be configured.
(11) An electronic device according to the present invention comprises a first substrate having a first wiring pattern including a plurality of first lands and a second substrate having a second wiring pattern including a plurality of second lands.
Further, the plurality of first lands are aligned so as to be divided into a plurality of first groups that are placed respectively along a plurality of first parallel lines, and form a contour spreading in a direction along the first line.
Furthermore, the first wiring pattern includes first wires that are drawn out from the plurality of first lands and respectively stretch in a direction crossing the first line.
Also, the plurality of second lands are aligned so as to be divided into a plurality of second groups that are placed respectively along a plurality of second parallel lines, and form a contour spreading in a direction crossing the second line.
In addition, the second wiring pattern includes second wires that are drawn out from the plurality of second lands and stretch respectively in a direction crossing the second line.
Moreover, the plurality of first lands and the plurality of second lands are respectively placed opposite to each other, crossing lengthwise, whereby electrically connected. According to the present invention, the first land and the second land overlap each other so that they may cross lengthwise. By crossing the first land and the second land lengthwise, the oppositeness between the first land and the second land can be maintained. Therefore, a highly reliable electronic device having a stabilized electric connecting between the first land and the second land can be provided.
(12) In the above electronic device, the plurality of second lands can be aligned so as to be divided into a plurality of third groups that are placed respectively along a plurality of third lines stretching in a direction crossing the second line.
(13) In the above electronic device, the third line can stretch in a direction oblique to the second line.
(14) In the above electronic device, adjacent two of the third lines can stretch in parallel.
(15) In the above electronic device, adjacent two of the third lines can be in linear symmetry with a line perpendicular to the second line as an axis of symmetry.
(16) In the above electronic device, the plurality of first lands can be aligned so as to be divided into a plurality of fourth groups placed respectively along a plurality of fourth lines stretching in a direction crossing the first line.
(17) In the above electronic device, a group of the wires that are drawn out respectively from the first lands of the same fourth group can be drawn out from the same side of the two sides, of the first lands of the same forth group, along the first line.
(18) A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises the following steps: mounting a semiconductor chip, having a plurality of electrodes, on a substrate, having a wiring pattern including a plurality of lands, so that the electrodes and the lands may be placed opposite to each other, for the purpose of electrically connecting the electrodes and the lands; aligning the plurality of lands so that they may be divided into a plurality of first groups that are placed respectively along a plurality of first parallel lines, and may form a contour stretching along the first line; configuring the wiring pattern including a plurality of wires that are drawn out from the plurality of lands and stretch respectively in a direction crossing the first line; aligning the plurality of electrodes so that they may be divided into a plurality of second groups that are placed respectively along a plurality of second parallel lines, and may form a contour spreading in a direction crossing the second line; and overlapping the plurality of lands and the plurality of electrodes so that they may respectively cross each other lengthwise. According to the present invention, the land and the electrode are overlapped each other so that they may cross lengthwise.
By crossing the land and the electrode lengthwise, the electrode can be contacted with the corresponding land even if the positioning between the substrate and the semiconductor chip is not precise enough. Therefore, it is possible to manufacture a semiconductor device without performing a precise positioning, and also to manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device with a high efficiency.
(19) In the above method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the plurality of electrodes can be aligned so as to be divided into a plurality of third groups that are placed respectively along a plurality of third lines stretching in a direction crossing the second line.
(21) In the above method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the third line can stretch in a direction oblique to the second line.
(22) In the above method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, adjacent two of the third lines can stretch in parallel.
(23) In the above method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, adjacent two of the third lines can be in linear symmetry with a line perpendicular to the second line as an axis of symmetry.
(24) In the above method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the plurality of lands can be aligned so as to be divided into a plurality of fourth groups that are placed respectively along a plurality of fourth lines stretching in a direction crossing the first line.
(25) In the above method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a group of the wires that are drawn out respectively from the lands of the same fourth group can be drawn out from the same side of the two sides, of the lands of the same forth group, along the first line.
(26) In the above method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the lands of the same fourth group can protrude, with different lengths, on the same side of the two sides along the first line, and further the protrusions can be formed so that their length may become longer in the order aligned along any of the fourth lines.
(27) In the above method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the group of wires that are drawn out respectively from the lands of the same fourth group can be configured so that, next to one of the wires connected to one of the lands, a first land, and at the same time on the side where the first land is protruding, another one of the wires connected to another one of the lands, a second land, that has a protrusion length next longest to that of the first land may be configured.
(28) A method for manufacturing an electronic device according to the present invention comprises the following steps: placing a plurality of first lands of a first wiring pattern, provided on a first substrate, opposite to a plurality of second lands of a second wiring pattern, provided on a second substrate, for the purpose of electrically connecting them; aligning the plurality of first lands so that they may be divided into a plurality of first groups that are placed respectively along a plurality of first parallel lines, and may form a contour spreading along the first line; configuring the first wiring pattern including first wires that are drawn out from the plurality of first lands and stretch respectively in a direction crossing the first line; aligning the plurality of second lands so that they may be divided into a plurality of second groups that are placed respectively along a plurality of second parallel lines, and may a contour spreading in a direction crossing the second line; configuring the second wiring pattern including second wires that are drawn out from the plurality of second lands and stretch respectively in a direction crossing the second line; and overlapping the plurality of first lands and the plurality of second lands so that they may respectively cross each other lengthwise.
According to the present invention, the first land and the second land are overlapped each other so that they may respectively cross lengthwise. By crossing the first land and the second land lengthwise, the corresponding lands can be contacted with each other even if the positioning between the first substrate and the second substrate is not precise enough. Therefore, it is possible to manufacture an electronic device without performing a precise positioning, and also to manufacture a highly reliable electronic device with a high efficiency.
(29) In the above method for manufacturing an electronic device, the plurality of second lands can be aligned so as to be divided into a plurality of third groups that are placed respectively along a plurality of third lines stretching in a direction crossing the second line.
(30) In the above method for manufacturing an electronic device, the third line can stretch in a direction oblique to the second line.
(31) In the above method for manufacturing an electronic device, adjacent two of the third lines can stretch in parallel.
(32) In the above method for manufacturing an electronic device, adjacent two of the third lines can be in linear symmetry with a line perpendicular to the second line as an axis of symmetry.
(33) In the above method for manufacturing an electronic device, the plurality of first lands can be aligned so as to be divided into a plurality of fourth groups that are placed respectively along a plurality of fourth lines stretching in a direction crossing the first line.
(34) In the above method for manufacturing an electronic device, a group of the first wires that are drawn out respectively from the first lands of the same fourth group can be drawn out from the same side of the two sides, of the first lands of the same forth group, along the first line.
Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail referring to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments.
Semiconductor Device
The semiconductor device according to the present embodiment has the substrate 10. As the material of the substrate 10, which is not especially specified, organic materials (for example, an epoxy substrate), inorganic materials (for example, a ceramic substrate and a glass substrate), or combinations of such materials (for example, a glass epoxy substrate) can be employed. The substrate 10 can be either a rigid substrate or a flexible substrate, such as a polyester substrate or a polyimide substrate (refer to
The substrate 10 has a wiring pattern 20 which comprises a plurality of lands 22. The wiring pattern 20 can be formed with one or more layers of any of the following: copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), titanium (Ti), nickel (Ni), titanium-tungsten (Ti—W), gold (Au), aluminum (Al), nickel-vanadium (NiV) and tungsten (W). When a laminated substrate is prepared as the substrate 10, the wiring pattern 20 can be provided between respective layers. Further, when a glass substrate is used as the substrate 10, the wiring pattern 20 can be formed of a metal film such as indium tin oxide (ITO), Cr, Al, etc., a metal compound film or a composite film of such materials. The method for forming the wiring pattern 20 is not especially specified. For example, the wiring pattern 20 can be formed by means of sputtering, etc. Also, the additive method, in which the wiring pattern 20 is formed by means of electroless plating, can be employed. In addition, the wiring pattern 20 can be plated with solder, tin, gold, nickel, etc.
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The semiconductor device according to the present embodiment has the semiconductor chip 30 (refer to
The semiconductor chip 30 is mounted on the substrate 10 (refer to
The semiconductor device according to the present embodiment is configured as described above. Now, a method for manufacturing the same device will be described.
The method for manufacturing the semiconductor device according to the present embodiment comprises mounting the semiconductor chip 30, having the plurality of electrodes 32, on the substrate 10, having the wiring pattern 20 including the plurality of lands 22, so that the electrodes 32 and the lands 22 may be placed opposite to each other, for the purpose of electrically connecting the electrodes 32 and the lands 22. As described above, the land 22 takes a contour spreading along the first line 310. Also, the electrode 32 takes a contour spreading in a direction crossing the second line 330. Further, in the method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present embodiment, the land 22 and the electrode 32 are overlapped each other lengthwise. Thus, the positioning between the substrate 10 and the semiconductor chip 30 is made easier. More specifically, by crossing the land 22 and the electrode 32 lengthwise, the electrode 32 can be contacted with the corresponding land 22 even if the positioning between the two is not precise enough. Therefore, it is possible to manufacture a semiconductor device without performing a precise positioning, and also to manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device with a high efficiency. In addition, for the electrical connecting between the land 22 and the electrode 32, any of the following publicly known methods can be employed: dielectric resin junction (for example, junction using NCP or NCF), anisotropic conductive material junction (for example, junction using ACF or ACP), metal junction (for example, Au-to-Au or Au-to-Sn junction), soldered junction, etc. Further, the semiconductor device 1 can be manufactured including a process of forming the reinforcement 21 for bonding the substrate 10 and the semiconductor chip 30 (refer to
Variants
The present invention, which is not limited to the above embodiment, can be modified variously. Now, variants of a semiconductor device according to the embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail. In addition, for the variants below, the descriptions given above will be applied as far as possible.
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With the above variants, an effect equivalent to that of the above embodiment can be achieved. In addition, for other configurations, any of the descriptions given above can be applied.
Electronic Device
The electronic device according to the present embodiment comprises the first substrate 50 and the second substrate 70. The first substrate 50 can be a glass substrate, for example. The first substrate 50 can be part of an electrical engineering panel (a liquid crystal panel, electroluminescence panel, etc.). In addition, the second substrate 70 can be a flexible substrate or film, for example. However, the first and the second substrates 50 and 70 are not limited to such materials. For example, a flexible substrate, etc. can be used as the first substrate, and a glass substrate can be used as the second substrate.
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The electronic device according to the present embodiment is configured as described above. Now, a method for manufacturing the same device will be described.
The method for manufacturing the electronic device according to the present embodiment comprises placing the plurality of first lands 62 of the first wiring pattern 60 provided on the first substrate 50 opposite to the plurality of second lands 82 of the second wiring pattern 80 provided on the second substrate 70, for the purpose of electrically connecting them. As described above, the first land 62 takes a contour spreading in a direction along the first line 710. Further the second land 82 takes a contour spreading in a direction crossing the second line 730. In addition, in the method for manufacturing the electronic device according to the present embodiment, the first and the second land 62 and 82 are overlapped each other, crossing lengthwise. Thus, positioning of the first and the second substrates 50 and 70 becomes easier and a highly reliable electronic device can be manufactured with a high efficiency.
Variants
The present invention, which is not limited to the above embodiment, can be modified variously. Now, variants of the semiconductor device according to the embodiment of the present invention will now be described. In addition, for the variants below, the descriptions given above will be applied as far as possible.
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With the above variants, an effect equivalent to that of the above embodiment can be achieved. In addition, for other configurations, any of the description given above can be applied.
In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments and can be modified variously. For example, the present invention comprises a configuration that is virtually the same as the configurations described in the above embodiments (for example, a configuration having the same function, method and result, or a configuration having the same purpose and effect). Also, the present invention comprises configurations wherein part of the configurations described in the above embodiments, excluding their essence, is modified. Further, the present invention comprises configurations that can bring the same effect or achieve the same purpose as those of the configurations described in the above embodiments. In addition, the present invention comprises configurations wherein a publicly known technique is added to the configurations described in the above embodiments.
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2003-414829 | Dec 2003 | JP | national |