This Non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. ยง 119(a) on Patent Application No. 107137896 filed in Republic of China on Oct.26, 2018, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
The present invention generally relates to a package structure and its manufacturing method, and more particularly, to a stacked package on package type semiconductor package and method of making the same.
Chip package is mainly used for the protection of integrated circuit, heat dissipation and circuit conduction, etc. With the development of wafer process technology, the performance request like integrated circuit density, transmission rate and signal interference reduction is increasing, which enhance the technical requirement of the integrated circuit chip package gradually.
To centralize several components into one package, a stacked PoP technology was developed, which was to integrate high-density digital or mixed signal logic module in the bottom layer (base) package and high-density or combined memory in the top layer (stack) package for two or more components in the way of vertical stacking or back carrying. Compared with the traditional side-by-side package, stack PoP occupies less PCB surface and simplifies PCB design, which can improve the frequency efficiency through the direct connection between the memory and logic circuit.
As the technology evolved, a kind of fan-out wafer-level package technology, or called as integrated fan-out technology, was also developed, with the advantage of lower cost than traditional PoP package due to no need of substrate, which greatly saved the cost of chip package and can be applied to the large application markets like the processor chip of the mobile communication devices, or other radio frequency and and power management integrated circuit.
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Step S08 is to form the conductive bump 17a on the connection bonding pad 161 as
From above, the conventional integrated fan-out package has the following disadvantages: (1) the chip cannot be exposed, so the thermal energy is covered and cannot be dissipated; (2) the redistribution layer is fabricated on the semi-finished product of the semiconductor package after the chip is disposed; if there is defective product due to the fault in the process of making the redistribution layer, the chip may be scrapped accordingly or reworked laboriously.
In view of the above, one of the purposes of the invention is to provide a semiconductor package structure and its manufacturing method, which can increase the heat dissipation capacity of the chip and avoid the burial type loss of the chip caused by the yield problem of the conductive circuit.
Another purpose of the invention is to provide a semiconductor package structure and its manufacturing method, which can optimize the process and package structure so as to modularize the memory independently. Therefore, only memory modules with abnormalities need be reworked and replaced without completely scrapping the whole package, which will save the time and cost of the reworking.
To achieve the above, the invention provides a semiconductor package structure, including a circuit build-up substrate, a chip, a plurality of conductive pillars, a molding layer and at least a memory module. The circuit build-up substrate has opposite a first surface and a second surface, with the first surface exposing a plurality of flip-chip bonding pads and a plurality of first bonding pads, and the second surface exposing a plurality of second bonding pads. The chip has opposite a first surface and a second surface, with the former facing the first surface of the circuit build-up substrate and electrically connected to such flip-chip bonding pads. Each conductive pillar has opposite a first end and a second end, with the second end arranged on the first surface of the circuit build-up substrate and electrically connected to the corresponding first bonding pads. The molding layer is arranged on the first surface of the circuit build-up substrate to cover the chip and the conductive pillars, with the second surface of the chip and the first end of the conductive pillars exposed from the molding layer. The memory module is disposed on the molding layer and electrically connected to the first end of the conductive pillars. Additionally, the memory module and the chip do not overlap in an orthographic projection direction so that the chip can be directly exposed for better heat dissipation.
In one embodiment, the semiconductor package structure further includes a conductive adhesive layer, which is arranged between the second end of the conductive pillars and the first bonding pads.
In one embodiment, the semiconductor package structure further includes a heat dissipation component, which is disposed on the memory module or on the second surface of the chip.
In one embodiment, the semiconductor package structure further includes a heat dissipation component, which is disposed on the second surface of the chip.
In one embodiment, wherein the circuit build-up substrate has at least one circuit build-up structure that has a conductor layer, a conductive pillars layer and a dielectric layer, with the conductor layer and the conductive pillars layer overlapping each other and embedded in the dielectric layer.
In one embodiment, the first bonding pads of the circuit build-up substrate are located around the flip-chip bonding pads.
In addition, for the purpose above, the invention provides a manufacturing method for a semiconductor package structure, which includes the following steps: providing a circuit build-up substrate, which has a first surface that exposes a plurality of flip-chip bonding pads and a plurality of first bonding pads located around such flip-chip bonding pads; forming a conductive substrate embedded with a chip and a plurality of conductive pillars on the first surface of the circuit build-up substrate, in which the first surface the chip is disposed corresponding to such flip-chip bonding pads and the second end of the conductive pillars is disposed corresponding to such the first bonding pads; one second surface of the chip and one first end of each conductive pillars are exposed from one upper surface of the conductive substrates; and arranging at least one memory module on the conductive substrate, corresponding to the first end of such conductive pillars, wherein the memory module and the chip do not overlap in an orthographic projection direction.
In one embodiment, the step of forming the conductive substrate embedded with a chip and such conductive pillars includes arranging such conductive pillars on the first surface of the circuit build-up substrate with its second end corresponding to the first bonding pads; disposing the chip on the first surface of the circuit build-up substrate with its first surface corresponding to such flip-chip bonding pads; and forming a molding layer on the first surface of the circuit build-up substrate to cover the conductive pillars and chips as well as expose the first end of each conductive pillars and the second surface of the chip.
In one embodiment, each conductive pillars is a conductive cylinder (e.g. a copper cylinder), which is electrically connected to the corresponding first bonding pads by a conductive adhesive layer at the second end.
In one embodiment, the step of arranging such conductive pillars even include forming a patterned photoresistive layer on the first surface of the circuit build-up substrate and a plurality of blind holes to expose such first bonding pads; making a metal layer on such blind holes and exposing from such first bonding pads; and removing the patterned photoresistive layer to form such conductive pillars and expose such flip-chip bonding pads.
In one embodiment, wherein the step of forming a conductive substrate embedded with the chip and such conductive pillars is to dispose the chip on the first surface of the circuit build-up substrate with its first surface corresponding to such flip-chip bonding pads; form a molding layer on the first surface of the circuit build-up substrate to cover the chip; make a plurality of openings on the molding layer which are corresponding to the first bonding pads and form a plurality of conductive pillars in the openings that are electrically connected to the corresponding first bonding pads; and expose a first end of such conductive pillars and a second surface of such chip from the molding layer.
The detailed technology and preferred embodiments implemented for the subject invention are described in the following paragraphs accompanying the appended drawings for people skilled in this field to well appreciate the features of the claimed invention.
The parts in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of at least one embodiment. In the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the various diagrams, and all the diagrams are schematic.
Reference will now be made to the drawings to describe various inventive embodiments of the present disclosure in detail, wherein like numerals refer to like elements throughout.
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Step S21 is to provide a circuit build-up substrate 21 as shown in
In the embodiment, the circuit build-up substrate 21 has the circuit build-up structure 21a, 21b and 21c. The circuit build-up structure 21a has a conductor layer 21a1, a conductive pillars layer 21a2 and a dielectric layer 21a3. The conductor layer 21a1 and the conductive pillars layer 21a2 are overlapping, and electrically connected and embedded in the dielectric layer 21a3.
The conductor layer 21a1 and conductive pillars layer 21a2 may include conductive metal materials such as copper, silver, nickel or alloys of their composition. Microlithography technology can be used to perform the procedure of exposure and development with additional photoresistive layer (not shown in the figure) and the procedure of electroplating to complete the process.
Moreover, the circuit build-up structure 21b and 21C can be configured similar to the circuit build-up structure 21a and accomplished by the microlithography and metal plating technology, which will not be discussed here. It is worth mentioning that the exposed conductor layer or conductive pillars layer in the circuit build-up structure can become the flip-chip bonding pads 213, the first bonding pads 214 and the second bonding pads 215, respectively.
Step S22 is to dispose a plurality of conductive pillars 22 made of copper on the first surface 211 of the circuit build-up substrate 21 with its second end 222 corresponding to the first bonding pads 214 as shown in
Step S23 is to dispose a chip 23 on the first surface 211 of the circuit build-up substrate with one of its first surface 231 corresponding to such flip-chip bonding pads 213 as shown in
It is worth mentioning that the circuit build-up substrate 21 started with the above-mentioned step S21 is a panel type circuit build-up substrate. In traditional wafer fabrication, only the dies or chips formed in a single wafer can be packaged simultaneously, which is time-consuming and has many process limitations. Compared with that, the invention uses a panel type package manufacturing process, in which, as shown in
Next, step S24 is to form a molding layer 24 on the first surface 211 of the circuit build-up substrate 21 to cover the conductive pillars 22 and the chip 23 as shown in
Step S25 is to grind the top surface of the molding layer 24 as shown in
Step S26 is to dispose the memory module 25 on the molding layer 24 as shown in
In other embodiments, the memory module 25 can also be configured as shown in
Step S27 is to arrange the solder balls (conductive resin or conductive bump, etc.) and electrically connect it to the second bonding pads 215 as shown in
Step S28 is to selectively arrange the heat dissipation components 261, 262 and 263 on the memory module 25 and the second surface 232 of the chip 23 as shown in
From above, the heat dissipation components 261, 262 and 263 are selectively arranged, that is, if the heat dissipation is good enough, no heat dissipation components will be needed.
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Step S31 is to provide a circuit build-up substrate 31 with a chip 33 arranged on it as shown in
Step S32 is to form a molding layer 24 on the first surface 311 of the circuit build-up substrate 31 as shown in
Step S33 is to make a plurality of openings 341 on the molding layer 34 at the position corresponding to the first bonding pads 314 as shown in
Step S34 is to fill (or electroplate) metal material into the openings 341 to form a plurality of conductive pillars 32 as shown in
Step S35 is to grind the top surface of the molding layer 34 as shown in
Step S36 is to arrange the memory module 35 on the molding layer 34 as shown in
Step S37 is to arrange the solder balls (conductive resin or conductive bump, etc.) and electrically connect it to the second bonding pads 315 as shown in
Step S38 is to selectively arrange the heat dissipation components 361, 362 and 363 on the memory module 35 and the second surface 332 of the chip 33 as shown in
From above, the heat dissipation components 361, 362 and 363 are selectively arranged, that is, if the heat dissipation is good enough, no heat dissipation components will be needed.
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Step S41 is to provide a circuit build-up substrate 41 as shown in
Step S42 is to form a patterned photoresistive layer 46 on the first surface 411 of the circuit build-up substrate 41, with a plurality of blind holes 461 formed on it to expose the first bonding pads 414.
Step S43 is to form a metal layer 462 on the exposed first bonding pads 414 as shown in
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Step S45 is to arrange the chip 43 on the first surface 411 of the circuit build-up substrate 41 with one of its first surface 431 corresponding to such flip-chip bonding pads 413. The chip 43 can be similar to the chip 23 mentioned above and will not be described here.
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Step S47 is to arrange the memory module 45 on the molding layer 44 and electrically connect it to the first end 421 of the corresponding conductive pillars 42 by solder balls (conductive resin or conductive bumps, etc.) to form the semiconductor package structure 40 (or selectively arrange the heat dissipation components on the second surface 432 of the chip 43 and/or the memory module 45).
In summary, the semiconductor package structure of the invention has the following characteristics when comparing with the existing technology:
(1) The chip and memory module do not overlap in the projection direction so that the chip can be exposed without being covered by the memory module and other components, which has better heat dissipation.
(2) The second surface of the chip and/or the memory module can be selectively arranged with the heat dissipation components to improve the efficiency of heat dissipation.
(3) The memory module is arranged on the molding layer separately, that is, if part of the memory module is abnormal, only the defective one are to be replaced or reworked without scrapping the whole package, which will save the cost and man-hour accordingly.
(4) Comparing with the InFO package structure and its manufacturing method with die first, the invention features with die last so that it can reduce the burial rate of the chip caused by the process yield of the conductive structure, thus effectively reducing the production cost and improving the product yield.
Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of certain inventive embodiments have been set out in the foregoing description, together with details of the structures and functions of the embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative only. Changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of arrangement of parts, within the principles of the present disclosure to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
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107137896 | Oct 2018 | TW | national |