The present application is based on, and claims priority from, Taiwan Patent Application Serial Number 106108725, filed on Mar. 16, 2017, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
The present disclosure generally relate to a semiconductor package, and more particularly, to a semiconductor package including a die which is smaller than a standard size.
Within the electronics industry, vigorous development has focused on multi-functional and high-performance capabilities of electronic products. To meet the integration and miniaturization packaging requirements of semiconductor package structures, circuit board designs for carrying active and passive components and wirings have evolved from single-layer to multi-layer board designs. With a multi-layer board, an area of wire routing can be expanded in a limited space on the circuit board by employing an interlayer connection technique, which also complies with the requirements of high-density integrated circuits.
This Discussion of the Background section is provided for background information only. The statements in this Discussion of the Background are not an admission that the subject matter disclosed in this section constitutes prior art to the present disclosure, and no part of this Discussion of the Background section may be used as an admission that any part of this application, including this Discussion of the Background section, constitutes prior art to the present disclosure.
One aspect of the present disclosure provides a semiconductor package. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the semiconductor package has a size equal to or larger than a standard size 0201. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the semiconductor package comprises a die and a packing member encapsulating the die, wherein the size of the die is smaller than one-half of the standard size 0201.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the semiconductor package further comprises a first conductive pad disposed on the die and electrically connected to the die; and a second conductive pad disposed on the die and electrically connected to the die, wherein a part of the packing member electrically separates the first conductive pad from the second conductive pad.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the packing member encloses the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad, and the part of the packing member is disposed between the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the semiconductor package further comprises a first electrode disposed on the packing member and on the first conductive pad, and electrically connected to the first conductive pad; and a second electrode disposed on the packing member and on the second conductive pad, and electrically connected to the second conductive pad.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the size of the die is a standard size 01005.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the size of the semiconductor package is a standard size 0402 or a standard size DFN10.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the packing member comprises polyimide, epoxy resin, benzocyclobutene (BCB) or polymer.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the semiconductor package further comprises a substrate, and the packing member and the die are disposed on the substrate.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the substrate comprises glass, printed circuit board (PCB), stainless steel or polymer.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the substrate comprises a conductive carrier and a non-conductive carrier.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the die is a first die; the semiconductor package further comprises a second die; and the packing member encapsulates the second die and separates the first die from the second die.
The present disclosure also provides a method for preparing a semiconductor package with a new structure. Regardless whether the desired package size is the standard size 0201, or a larger standard size such as 0402 or DFN10, and even with limited wafer area, the present disclosure still can provide more dies by the method, and sizes of the dies after the singulation process can meet the desired package size. In view of this, the disclosed semiconductor package can be prepared by the method capable of reducing the manufacturing cost. Furthermore, the die is encapsulated without high dielectric constant materials, but instead using protecting materials of the dry film process. Accordingly, the parasitic effect is relatively insignificant. In addition, the present disclosure uses conductive elements instead of conductive wirings to electrically connect the die and the carrier substrate, so that the parasitic effect is not likely to occur. For this reason, when the die operates at a high frequency, the influence of the parasitic effect on the die is relatively small, so the electrical performance is improved.
In contrast, in conventional semiconductor packages, the size of the die is equal to that of the semiconductor package. For instance, if the size of the semiconductor package is the standard size 0201, the size of the die is the standard size 0201 as well. Accordingly, with wafer sections of comparable size, a greater number of dies can be cut from a wafer according to the disclosed semiconductor package than can be cut according to conventional semiconductor packages, resulting in a reduction in manufacturing cost. In addition, the conventional semiconductor packages use the molding to encapsulate the package. However, the dielectric constant of the molding is relatively high, which causes relatively high parasitic effect (e.g., parasitic capacitance or parasitic resistance) in the conventional semiconductor packages. Furthermore, in the conventional semiconductor packages, the electrical connection of the die to the substrate is implemented by means of metal wirings. The length of the metal wirings is relatively longer in the conventional semiconductor packages as compared to the metal wirings of the disclosed semiconductor package, resulting in increased parasitic effect under the conventional semiconductor packages. Therefore, when the die operates at high frequency, the die may be affected by the parasitic effect, limiting improvement of the electrical performance. In addition, the packaging of the semiconductor package may require several connecting interfaces, which increases the complexity of the packing process. Furthermore, the packaging of the die also involves complicated processes (e.g., die bonding, wire bonding and molding), in addition to using a lead frame or a substrate of the printed circuit board to carry the die. Accordingly, the cost cannot be effectively reduced.
The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of the present disclosure in order that the detailed description of the disclosure that follows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be described hereinafter, and form the subject of the claims of the disclosure. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the conception and specific embodiment disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures or processes for carrying out the same purposes of the present disclosure. It should also be realized by those skilled in the art that such equivalent constructions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as set forth in the appended claims.
A more complete understanding of the present disclosure may be derived by referring to the detailed description and claims when considered in connection with the Figures, wherein similar reference numbers refer to similar elements.
The present disclosed embodiments and examples as shown in the figures are illustrated by using particular language. It should be understood that no limitation of the scope of the present disclosure is thereby intended. Any alterations and any modifications disclosed in the embodiment, as well as any further applications of the principles disclosed in the description, shall be deemed to be common knowledge for those skilled in the art. The reference numerals may be repeated throughout the embodiments, but this does not necessarily require that the features of one embodiment apply to another embodiment, even if they share the same reference numeral. It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected to” or “coupled with” another element, it may be regarded as being directly connected or being coupled to another element, or intervening elements may exist therebetween.
Moreover, spatial relation terms, such as “below,” “under,” “beneath,” “above,” “over,” “on,” and the like, may be used herein for ease of description of the specification to describe a relative relationship between an element (or a feature) and another element(s) (or feature(s)) as shown in the figures. In addition to the depicted position in the figures, descriptions about these spatially related terms are implied to cover the different positions of the device in use or in operation. The device may be orientated in other ways (i.e. rotated 90 degrees or others) and these terms regarding the space used in the description may be interpreted in accordingly similar ways.
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In some embodiments, the die 32 is a transient voltage suppressor (TVS). In other embodiments, the die 32 may be logic dies (e.g. center processing unit (CPU), microcontroller, etc.), memory dies (e.g. dynamic random access memory (DRAM) die, static random access memory (SRAM) die, etc.), power management dies (e.g. power management integrated circuit (PMIC)), radio frequency (RF) dies, sensor dies, micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) dies, signal processing dies (e.g. digital signal processing (DPS) dies), front-end dies (e.g. analog front-end (AFE) dies), the like, or combinations thereof. In some embodiments, the dies 32 may have different sizes or the same size, wherein all sizes are much smaller than the standard size 0201.
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The conductive element 60 is disposed on the bonding pad 52 and attached to an end of the connecting pad 34, and the conductive element 62 is disposed on the bonding pad 54 and attached to an end of the connecting pad 36. Accordingly, even if the dimension of the die 32 is reduced and the distance between the connecting pads 32 and 34 becomes smaller, the present disclosure is still applicable without changing the design of the bonding pads 52 and 54 on the carrier substrate 50. Therefore, the manufacturing process is simpler.
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In the present disclosure, encapsulating the die is implemented by using the protecting materials of the dry film process, rather than the high dielectric constant materials. Accordingly, the parasitic effect is relatively insignificant. In addition, the present disclosure uses conductive elements instead of conducting wirings to form the electrical connection to the carrier substrate, so that the parasitic effect is not likely to occur. Consequently, when the die operates at high frequency, the parasitic effect to the die is relatively small, and the electrical performance can be improved correspondingly.
The disclosed method for preparing a semiconductor package can prepare a semiconductor package with the standard size 0201 (or standard size 0402, or standard size DFN10) by singulating the wafer with a larger number of smaller dies (smaller than the standard size 0201) in the limited area, and the dies from the singulated wafer can be used to prepare the semiconductor package with the desired size such as the standard size 0201. In view of this, the present method for preparing a semiconductor package can reduce cost.
In contrast, the conventional method for preparing a semiconductor package uses the molding for encapsulating the die. However, the dielectric constant of the molding is relatively high and causes serious parasitic effects (e.g., parasitic capacitance or parasitic resistance). Moreover, the electrical connection of the die to the carrier substrate is implemented by metal wirings. Hence, if the length of the metal wirings is relatively long, the parasitic effect occurs. Consequently, when the die operates at the high frequency, the die may be affected by the parasitic effect and the electrical performance cannot be improved. Furthermore, the packaging of the semiconductor package may require several connecting interfaces, which increases the complexity of the packing process. Furthermore, the packaging of the die also involves complicated processes (e.g., die bonding, wire bonding and molding), in addition to using a lead frame or using a substrate of the printed circuit board to carry the die. Accordingly, the cost cannot be effectively reduced.
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In some embodiments, the size of the die 202 is much smaller than the standard size 0201. For instance, the die 202 has a size smaller than one-half of the standard size 0201, as shown in
Furthermore, in some embodiments, the die is a transient voltage suppressor (TVS). In addition, in some embodiments, the die 202 is a logic die, i.e., a CPU, microcontroller, or memory die, i.e. dynamic random access memory (DRAM), static random access memory (SRAM), power management integrated circuit (PMIC), radio frequency (RF), sensor die, micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) die, signal processing die (e.g. digital signal processing (DSP) die), front-end die (e.g. analog front-end (AFE) die), the like, or a combination thereof. However, in some embodiments, the die 202 can be different sizes or the same size; however, all of the sizes are much smaller than the standard size 0201.
A packing member 204 is disposed above the substrate 216 and in contact with the substrate 216, for encapsulating the die 202. A part of the packing member 204 is under a first electrode 210 and a second electrode 212 of the semiconductor package 200.
The die 202 is provided with a first conductive pad 206 and a second conductive pad 208, wherein both the first conductive pad 206 and the second conductive pad 208 are disposed on the die 202. The first conductive pad 206 is disposed directly on the die 202 and under the first electrode 210, which is configured for electrically connecting to an electrical component outside the semiconductor package 200, wherein the first conductive pad 206 is used to electrically connect the first electrode 210 to the die 202. The second conductive pad 208 is disposed directly on the die 202 and under the second electrode 212, which is configured for electrically connecting to an electrical component outside the semiconductor package 200, wherein the second conductive pad 208 is used to electrically connect the second electrode 212 to the die 202.
Furthermore, a part of the packing member 204 is disposed above the die 202 for electrically separating the first conductive pad 206 from the second conductive pad 208. Specifically, the packing member 204 encloses the first conductive pad 206 and the second conductive pad 208. A part of the packing member 204 is disposed between the first conductive pad 206 and the second conductive pad 208. However, the part of the packing member 204 is disposed between the first electrode 210 and the second electrode 212 for electrically separating the first electrode 210 from the second electrode 212.
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The first die 320 is electrically connected to an electrical component outside the semiconductor package 300 through the electrode 306A and the electrode 306B of the semiconductor package 300. The second die 340 is electrically connected to an electrical component outside the semiconductor package 300 through the electrode 308A and the electrode 308B of the semiconductor package 300. A part of each of the electrodes 306A, 306B, 308A and 308B can electrically connect to the electrode 310A and the electrode 310B through the conductive member 360 of the semiconductor package 300.
If the desired size of the semiconductor package 300 is the standard size 0201 (or larger than the standard size 0201), even though the sizes of the first die 320 and second die 340 are much smaller than the standard size 0201 (e.g., smaller than one-half of the standard size), the present disclosure can package the dies to satisfy the desired semiconductor package 300 with the standard size 0201, so it is not necessary to redesign the size of each of the first die 320 and the second die 340 to be the standard size 0201, nor necessary to integrate each of the first die 320 and the second die 340 having the standard size 0201, which is a complicated process. [Note: please confirm this sentence. In current form it means (a) it's not necessary to resize 320 and 340 to be size 0201; (b) it's also not necessary to integrate 320 and 340, which are both already size 0201, and (c) integrating 320 and 340 would be complicated.]
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In the present disclosure, if the desired size of the semiconductor package is the standard size 0201, larger than the standard size 0201, the standard size 0402, or the standard size DFN10, the present disclosure can generate more dies from a wafer of a particular area, and the dies after the subsequent encapsulating and singulation processes can have the desired package size such as the standard size 0201, 0402 or DFN10. In view of this, the semiconductor package structure according to the present method can reduce cost.
In some embodiments, a semiconductor package is provided. The size of the semiconductor package is equal to or larger than the standard size 0201. The semiconductor package comprises a die having a size smaller than one-half of the standard size 0201, and a packing member encapsulating the die.
Although the present disclosure and its advantages have been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims. For example, many of the processes discussed above can be implemented in different methodologies and replaced by other processes, or a combination thereof.
Moreover, the scope of the present application is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments of the process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, means, methods and steps described in the specification. As one of ordinary skill in the art will readily appreciate from the disclosure of the present disclosure, processes, machines, manufacture, compositions of matter, means, methods, or steps, presently existing or later to be developed, that perform substantially the same function or achieve substantially the same result as the corresponding embodiments described herein may be utilized according to the present disclosure. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to include within their scope such processes, machines, manufacture, compositions of matter, means, methods, or steps.
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106108725 | Mar 2017 | TW | national |