The invention relates to low-temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC), particularly to an LTCC package structure with three-dimensional connecting wires.
Introducing the silicon intermediate package structure can effectively avoid the problem resulting from inconsistent thermal expansion coefficients between a semiconductor and a package substrate to improve the structural stability of packaged products. As shown in
Such a silicon interposer can overcome the problem of inconsistent thermal expansion coefficients. Also, because of its shorter transmission distance, the electric transmission speed of the semiconductor chip 80 can be increased. However, both the difficulty of process technology and the processing cost are added because the silicon interposer utilizes the semiconductor manufacture process. With the enhancement of performance of the semiconductor chip 80, the number of input/output (I/O) also increases and the connecting wires circuit of the package structure becomes more complicated, so the planar connecting wires circuit framework of the conventional silicon interposer is gradually inadequate. Accordingly, how to avoid the above problems in the prior art is an urgent issue for the industry.
An object of the invention is to provide a three-dimensional LTCC package structure, which can reduce the package costs, increase the yield rate of packaged products, raise the setting density of packaged components and minify the volume of packaged products.
Another object of the invention is to provide a three-dimensional LTCC package structure, which can avoid thermal stress, delaminating of encapsulation adhesive and warpage of packaged products.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a three-dimensional LTCC package structure, whose ceramic interposer and substrate possess better thermal conductivity, weather resistance, hardness and insulation than conventional silicon interposers and PCB substrates.
To accomplish the above objects, the invention provides a three-dimensional LTCC package structure, which includes an interposer, a pair of separator strips, a semiconductor chip and a substrate. Multiple chip input/output (I/O) contacts are formed on a central portion of at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the interposer. Multiple chip signal pathway nodes are disposed on a peripheral portion thereof. The chip I/O contacts are electrically connected to the chip signal pathway nodes through transmission wires embedded in the interposer. The separator strips are provided with multiple signal junction wires therein. The signal junction wires penetrate through an upper surface and a lower surface of the separator strips. The separator strips are oppositely disposed on the lower surface of the interposer. The signal junction wires are electrically connected to the chip signal pathway nodes of the interposer. The semiconductor chip is superposed on or under the interposer and electrically connected to the chip I/O contacts. Multiple signal junction nodes are disposed on a peripheral portion of an upper surface of the substrate. Multiple signal output contacts are disposed on a bottom surface of the substrate. The signal junction nodes are electrically connected to the signal output contacts through transmission wires embedded in the substrate. The substrate is superposed under the separator strips. The signal junction wires of the separator strips are electrically connected to the signal junction nodes of the substrate. The interposer, the semiconductor chip and the separator strips are covered by encapsulation adhesive and the substrate.
In the invention, the interposer comprises a wire sublayer and a ceramic sublayer, the wire sublayer has a transmission wire disposed along a horizontal direction, the ceramic sublayer is disposed with a connecting conductor which perpendicularly penetrates through an upper surface and a lower surface of the ceramic sublayer, an end of the transmission wire of the interposer is electrically connected to one of the chip I/O contacts through the connecting conductor, and another end thereof is electrically connected to one of the chip signal pathway nodes.
In the invention, each of the wire sublayer and the ceramic sublayer is two in number, and the wire sublayers and the ceramic sublayers are interlacedly superposed.
In the invention, he wire sublayer is two in number, and the wire sublayers and the ceramic sublayer are interlacedly superposed.
In the invention, the ceramic sublayer is two in number, and the wire sublayer and the ceramic sublayers are interlacedly superposed.
In the invention, a cross-section of each separator strip is of a rectangular shape, an H-shape, a C-shape or an L-shape.
In the invention, the substrate comprises a wire layer, a ceramic layer and a base ceramic layer, the wire layer is the lowermost layer of the substrate, the ceramic layer is disposed with a connecting conductor which perpendicularly penetrates through an upper surface and a lower surface of the ceramic layer, the ceramic layer is the uppermost layer of the substrate, a peripheral area of an upper surface of the ceramic layer is provided with multiple signal junction nodes, the wire layer is provided with a transmission wire which is disposed along a horizontal direction, and the base ceramic layer is provided with multiple signal output contacts which are exposed on a bottom surface.
In the invention, in the substrate, an end of the transmission wire is electrically connected to one of the signal junction nodes through the connecting conductor, and another end thereof is electrically connected to one of the signal output contacts.
The invention further comprises a second pair of separator strips, each separator strip is placed on one of four sides of the lower surface of the interposer, the signal junction wires of the separator strips are electrically connected to the chip signal pathway nodes of the interposer, and a gap is formed between every adjacent two of the separator strips for serving as a filling passage of encapsulation adhesive.
The invention further comprises an additional combination unit electrically connected on the lamination combination, wherein the additional combination unit comprises:
an additional interposer, multiple chip input/output (I/O) contacts being disposed on a central portion of at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the additional interposer, multiple chip signal pathway nodes being disposed on a peripheral portion thereof, and the chip I/O contacts being electrically connected to the chip signal pathway nodes through transmission wires embedded in the interposer;
a pair of additional separator strips, provided with multiple signal junction wires therein, the signal junction wires penetrating through an upper surface and a lower surface of the separator strips, oppositely disposed on the lower surface of the additional interposer, and the signal junction wires of the additional separator strips being electrically connected to the chip signal pathway nodes of the additional interposer; and
a semiconductor chip, superposed on or under the additional interposer, and electrically connected to the chip I/O contacts of the additional interposer;
wherein the additional combination unit is superposed on the lamination combination, and the signal junction wires of the additional separator strips are electrically connected to the chip signal pathway nodes of the interposer.
The invention further comprises a second additional combination unit electrically connected on the additional combination unit, wherein the second additional combination unit is superposed on the additional combination unit, and the signal junction wires of the second additional separator strips are electrically connected to the chip signal pathway nodes of the additional interposer of the additional combination unit.
The invention further provides an interposer of a three-dimensional low-temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC) package structure, the interposer comprises:
multiple chip input/output (I/O) contacts, disposed on a central portion of at least one surface of the interposer; and
multiple chip signal pathway nodes, disposed on a peripheral portion of the at least one surface of the interposer, and the chip I/O contacts being electrically connected to the chip signal pathway nodes through transmission wires embedded in the interposer.
The interposer of the invention further comprises a wire sublayer and a ceramic sublayer, wherein the wire sublayer has a transmission wire disposed along a horizontal direction, the ceramic sublayer is disposed with a connecting conductor which perpendicularly penetrates through an upper surface and a lower surface of the ceramic sublayer, an end of the transmission wire of the interposer is electrically connected to one of the chip I/O contacts through the connecting conductor, and another end thereof is electrically connected to one of the chip signal pathway nodes.
In the interposer of the invention, each of the wire sublayer and the ceramic sublayer is two in number, and the wire sublayers and the ceramic sublayers are interlacedly superposed.
In the interposer of the invention, the wire sublayer is two in number, and the wire sublayers and the ceramic sublayer are interlacedly superposed.
In the interposer of the invention, the ceramic sublayer is two in number, and the wire sublayer and the ceramic sublayers are interlacedly superposed.
The technical contents of this disclosure will become apparent with the detailed description of embodiments accompanied with the illustration of related drawings as follows. It is intended that the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein are to be considered illustrative rather than restrictive.
In the above embodiment of the invention, the interposer 1 has two wire sublayers and three ceramic sublayers. In practice, however, the number of the sublayers is not limited. For example, a combination of three wire sublayers and two ceramic sublayers is also available. Such a combination has more wire sublayers and less ceramic sublayers, so the interposer may save the processing costs and material costs and provide more chip I/O contacts to improve the performance of the connection circuit. In detail, when the interposer 1 has more sublayers, it means the interposer may provide more chip I/O contacts to integrate more semiconductor chips and various electronic components in a single package structure.
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The substrate 3 is composed of a first ceramic layer 31, a first wire layer 32, a second ceramic layer 33, a second wire layer 34 and a base ceramic sublayer 35, which are combined by the processes of stacking, lamination, knife cutting, burn-out and sintering. A peripheral area of an upper surface of the first ceramic layer 31 which is the upmost layer of the substrate 3, is provided with multiple signal junction nodes 36. The base ceramic layer 35 is provided with multiple signal output contacts 37 which are exposed on the bottom surface. According to the design requirements, each ceramic layer 31, 33, 35 is disposed with multiple connecting conductors at corresponding positions. For example, the first transmission wire 32a on the first wire layer 32 is electrically connected both to the signal junction node 36a and to the signal output contact 37a of the bottom through the connecting conductors 33a, 35a; the second transmission wire 32b on the first wire layer 32 is electrically connected both to the signal junction node 36b and to the signal output contact 37b of the bottom through the connecting conductors 33b, 35b; the first transmission wire 34a on the second wire layer 34 is electrically connected both to the signal junction node 36c through the connecting conductor 33c and to the signal output contact 37c of the bottom through the connecting conductors 35c; and the second transmission wire 34b on the second wire layer 34 is electrically connected both to the signal junction node 36d through the connecting conductor 33d and to the signal output contact 37d of the bottom through the connecting conductors 35d.
The substrate 3 of the embodiment of the invention has two wire layers and three ceramic layers. In practice, however, the number of the sublayers is not limited. For example, For example, a combination of two wire layers, one ceramic layer and one base ceramic layer is also available. In comparison with the above embodiment, such a combination has less ceramic layers, so the substrate may save the processing costs and material costs.
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Finally, the lamination combination 100 is covered by encapsulation adhesive to obtain the three-dimensional package structure of the invention.
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The above embodiment discloses a chip package structure with adding an additional combination unit 200 on a lamination combination 100. In practice, however, the additional combination unit 200 may still be connected with one or more additional combination units. The number of lamination of the additional combination units is not limited. More layers of lamination allow more semiconductor chips or other electronic components to be received in the package structure.
While this disclosure has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of this disclosure set forth in the claims.