This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201610260314.4 filed Apr. 25, 2016, which application is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
The present technology relates to semiconductor devices.
The strong growth in demand for portable consumer electronics is driving the need for high-capacity storage devices. The semiconductor memory devices, such as flash memory storage cards, are becoming widely used to meet the ever-growing demands on digital information storage and exchange. Their portability, versatility and rugged design, along with their high reliability and large capacity, have made such memory devices ideal for use in a wide variety of electronic devices, including for example digital cameras, digital music players, video game consoles, PDAs and cellular telephones.
Embodiments will now be described with reference to
The terms “left”, “right”, “top,” “bottom,” “upper,” “lower,” “vertical” and/or “lateral” as may be used herein are for convenience and illustrative purposes only, and are not meant to limit the description of the present technology inasmuch as the referenced item can be exchanged in position. Also, as used herein, the articles “a” and “an” are intended to include both single and plurality forms, unless the content clearly indicates otherwise. The terms “substantially” and/or “about” mean that the specified dimension or parameter may be varied within an acceptable manufacturing tolerance for a given application. In one embodiment, the acceptable manufacturing tolerance is ±0.25%.
Throughout the figures, same or similar components are labeled in the same fashion with the same last two digits.
While various packaging configurations are known, semiconductor memory devices can be fabricated in a form of a three-dimensional system in packaging (3D-SiP). Through silicon via (TSV) interconnection is one of the 3D-SiP technology known for short interconnection distance and fast speed. TSV is a technique that produces vertical via holes in semiconductor dies, and deposits a conductive material in vertical via holes by an electroplating process to implement the interconnection.
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Next, the oxide bonding layer 120 above the bonding pad 112 is removed in a step S160 in order to expose the surface of the bonding pad 112, as shown in
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A fabricating method of a semiconductor device according to a first embodiment of the present technology will be described with reference to
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Next, the through via hole 432 is formed at the location labeled by the registration mark 413. The through via hole 432 can be formed directly to extend completely through the semiconductor component 430 in a Z direction by a dry reactive ion etching (DRIE) process or a laser drilling process, as shown in
Next, in a step S330, a layer of component attach material 440 is attached on the lower surface of each semiconductor component 440, as shown in
Next in a step S350, at least two semiconductor components 430 are aligned and stacked on top of each other on the surface of the substrate 410 formed with the bonding pad 412 via the layer of component attach material 440 attached on the lower surface of the respective semiconductor component 430. Each semiconductor component 430 is positioned so that the through via hole 432 of each semiconductor component 430 is aligned with the bonding pad 412 on the surface of the substrate 410.
The alignment can be implemented by a typical pattern recognition system described as above for example utilizing the through via hole 432 and the bonding pad 412 as the fiducial marks. In this way, after the step S350, an integral through via hole 434 is formed to extend completely through the at least two semiconductor components 430 and the layers of the die attach material 440, reaching the bonding pad 412 on the substrate 410. Since the aligned through via holes 432 located at corresponding location in the stacked semiconductor components 430 have the same diameter, the integral through via hole 434 composed by those through via holes 432 has a substantially uniform diameter along an extending direction of the integral through via hole 434, as shown in
In the first embodiment shown in
Finally, in a step S360, the integral through via hole 434 is filled with a conductive material 450 by a single metal filling process. The conductive material 450 is in physical and electrical connection with the bonding pad 412 on the surface of the substrate 410, thus forming a semiconductor device 400 with a TSV interconnection electrically connecting the semiconductor components 430 and the substrate 410. The conductive material 450 can include gold, copper or other metals or alloys suitable for interconnection and metal filling process. The metal filling process can be an electroplating process known for the skilled in the art. Before the electroplating process, a continuous seed layer (not shown) can be formed on the side wall of the integral through via hole 434 to facilitate such electroplating process. The number and arrangement of TSV interconnections made of conductive material 450 are not limited to the embodiment shown in
According to the first embodiment of the present technology shown in
In the first embodiment, the through via hole 432 is formed respectively in the individual semiconductor component 430 before the step of aligning and stacking the semiconductor components 430 on the substrate 410. The present technology is not limited thereto. A fabricating method of a semiconductor device according to a second embodiment of the present technology will be described with reference to
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Next, in a step S530, at least two semiconductor components 630 are aligned and stacked on top of each other on the surface of the substrate 610 formed with the bonding pad 612 via the layers of component attach material 640. The alignment is implemented by a typical pattern recognition system utilizing registration marks 631 on each semiconductor components 630 and bonding pad 612 on the substrate 610 as fiducial marks, as shown in
Next, in a step S540, an integral through via hole 634 is formed to extend completely through all semiconductor components 630 and all layers of component attach material 640 at the position of the registration marks 631 to reach the bonding pad 612 by a dry reactive ion etching (DRIE) process or a laser drilling process known for the skilled in the art, as shown in
Finally in a step S550, the integral through via hole 634 is filled with a conductive material 650 by a single metal filling process. The conductive material 650 is in physical and electrical connection with the bonding pad 612 on the surface of the substrate 610, thus forming a semiconductor device 600 with a TSV interconnection electrically connecting the semiconductor components 630 and the substrate 610, as shown in
According to the second embodiment of the present technology shown in
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The semiconductor device 700 further includes a plurality of semiconductor components 730 stacked on top of each other on the surface of the substrate 710 via a respective layer of component attach material 740 attached on a lower surface of each semiconductor component 730. The semiconductor component 730 can be either a wafer or a die, thus the embodiment of the present technology can be applied to a die to die interconnection, a wafer to wafer interconnection, or a die to wafer interconnection. The number of the semiconductor components in the present embodiment is not limited to four as shown in
The semiconductor device 700 further includes a plurality of integral through via holes 734. Each integral through via hole 734 extends completely through all semiconductor components 730 and the layers of component attach material 740. Each integral through via hole 734 has a substantially uniform diameter along an extending direction of the respective integral through via hole 734, and is aligned with the corresponding bonding pad 712 on the surface of the substrate 710. The conductive material 750 is filled in the respective integral through via hole 734 by a single metal filling step such as an electroplating process to form respective TSV interconnection. In such case, the conductive material 750 is in physical and electrical contact with the corresponding bonding pad 712 of the substrate 710 and continuous throughout the integral through via hole 734 without additional interfaces. The semiconductor device 700 can further include a seeding layer (not shown) formed on the side wall of each integral through via hole 734 to facilitate the electroplating process. The number of TSV interconnections in the present embodiment is not limited to two as shown in
According to the embodiments of the present technology, an integral through via hole with a substantially same diameter is formed through the semiconductor components stacked on the substrate for the TSV interconnection, thus improving structure integrity and mechanical strength of the semiconductor device with the TSV interconnection. In addition, the continuous conductive material filled in the integral through via hole by the single metal filling step has improved conductivity due to less interface defects in comparison with the conventional semiconductor device having the TSV structure formed with multiple electroplating processes.
In an aspect of the present technology, a method of fabricating a semiconductor device comprising following step. At least two semiconductor components are provided. Each semiconductor component has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A through via hole is formed in each semiconductor component. The through via hole extends completely through the respective semiconductor component from the first surface to the second surface. A layer of component attach material is attached on the second surface of each semiconductor component. The component attach material is removed at a position corresponding to the through via hole in each semiconductor component. The at least two semiconductor components are aligned and stacked on a surface of a substrate on top of each other via the layer of component attach material. The through via holes of semiconductor components are aligned with each other to form an integral through via hole completely through the at least two semiconductor components and all layers of component attach material, and having a substantially uniform diameter along an extending direction of the integral through via hole. Finally, the integral through via hole is filled with a conductive material by a single metal filling process.
In embodiments, each semiconductor component is provided with a registration mark located on the first surface and marking the position of the through via hole. The registration mark can comprise a pad at the position of the through via hole on the first surface of the respective semiconductor component.
In embodiments, the through via hole is formed directly to extend completely through the respective semiconductor component by a dry reactive ion etching (DRIE) process or a laser drilling process. Alternatively, the through via hole is formed by forming a blind via hole partially through the respective semiconductor component by a dry reactive ion etching (DRIE) process or a laser drilling process, followed by a backside grinding process on the second surface of the semiconductor component to form the through via hole completely through the respective semiconductor component.
In embodiments, the substrate further comprises a bonding pad on the surface of the substrate. The through via holes of the at least two semiconductor components are aligned with the bonding pad on the surface of the substrate in the step of aligning and stacking the at least two semiconductor components on a surface of a substrate, and the conductive material in the integral through hole is in physical and electrical contact with the bonding pad on the surface of the substrate.
In embodiments, each semiconductor component is either a die or a wafer.
In another aspect of the present technology, a method of fabricating a semiconductor device comprising following steps. At least two semiconductor components are provided. Each semiconductor component has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A layer of component attach material is attached on the second surface of each semiconductor component. The at least two semiconductor components are aligned and stacked on top of each other on a surface of a substrate via the layer of component attach material. An integral through via hole is formed to extend completely through the at least two semiconductor components and the layers of component attach material and having a substantially uniform diameter along an extending direction of the integral through via hole. A conductive material is filled in the integral through via hole by a single metal filling process.
In another aspect of the present technology, a semiconductor device comprises: a substrate having a bonding pad on a surface of the substrate; at least two semiconductor components each having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the semiconductor components stacked on top of each other on the surface of the substrate via a layer of component attach material attached on the second surface of the respective semiconductor component; an integral through via hole extending completely through the semiconductor components and the layers of component attach material and having a substantially uniform diameter along an extending direction of the integral through via hole aligned with the bonding pad on the surface of the substrate, and a continuous conductive material filled in the integral through via hole and in physical and electrical contact with the bonding pad of the substrate.
In embodiments, each semiconductor component is either a die or a wafer. The die comprises a controller die or a memory die. The semiconductor device can further comprise a continuous metal seed layer disposed on the inner side wall of the integral through via hole. The semiconductor can further comprise a molding compound encapsulating the at least two semiconductor components stacked on the surface of the substrate.
The foregoing detailed description of the invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The described embodiments were chosen in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical application to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention in various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the claims appended hereto.
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