B81C1/0023

Sensor and package assembly thereof
11685646 · 2023-06-27 · ·

A sensor includes: a redistribution layer comprising a first face and a second face opposite to each other; a first die electrically connected to the first face of the redistribution layer; a molding compound comprising a third face and a fourth face opposite to each other, wherein the third face of the molding compound is combined with the first face of the redistribution layer, and the molding compound encapsulates the first die on the side of the first face of the redistribution layer; and a sensing element electrically connected to the redistribution layer. The package assembly of the sensor allows more elements to be packaged together, and provides a better structural support or provides a better heat distribution for the package assembly, and at the same time, reduces the volume and costs of the entire package assembly.

Semiconductor Device and Method of Making a MEMS Semiconductor Package
20230192478 · 2023-06-22 · ·

A semiconductor device includes a substrate. A first semiconductor die including a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) is disposed over the substrate. A lid is disposed on the substrate around the first semiconductor die. A first encapsulant is deposited over the substrate and lid. A second encapsulant is deposited into the lid.

Package for semiconductor devices sensitive to mechanical and thermo-mechanical stresses, such as MEMS pressure sensors

A surface mounting device has one body of semiconductor material such as an ASIC, and a package surrounding the body. The package has a base region carrying the body, a cap and contact terminals. The base region has a Young's modulus lower than 5 MPa. For forming the device, the body is attached to a supporting frame including contact terminals and a die pad, separated by cavities; bonding wires are soldered to the body and to the contact terminals; an elastic material is molded so as to surround at least in part lateral sides of the body, fill the cavities of the supporting frame and cover the ends of the bonding wires on the contact terminals; and a cap is fixed to the base region. The die pad is then etched away.

INTEGRATED PACKAGE CONTAINING MEMS ACOUSTIC SENSOR AND PRESSURE SENSOR

Integrated microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) acoustic sensor devices are disclosed. Integrated MEMS acoustic sensor devices can comprise a MEMS acoustic sensor element and a pressure sensor within the back cavity associated with the MEMS acoustic sensor element. Integrated MEMS acoustic sensor devices can comprise a port adapted to receive acoustic waves or pressure. Methods of fabrication are also disclosed.

STACKED-DIE MEMS RESONATOR
20220356059 · 2022-11-10 ·

A low-profile packaging structure for a microelectromechanical-system (MEMS) resonator system includes an electrical lead having internal and external electrical contact surfaces at respective first and second heights within a cross-sectional profile of the packaging structure and a die-mounting surface at an intermediate height between the first and second heights. A resonator-control chip is mounted to the die-mounting surface of the electrical lead such that at least a portion of the resonator-control chip is disposed between the first and second heights and wire-bonded to the internal electrical contact surface of the electrical lead. A MEMS resonator chip is mounted to the resonator-control chip in a stacked die configuration and the MEMS resonator chip, resonator-control chip and internal electrical contact and die-mounting surfaces of the electrical lead are enclosed within a package enclosure that exposes the external electrical contact surface of the electrical lead at an external surface of the packaging structure.

Fence structure to prevent stiction in a MEMS motion sensor

The present disclosure relates to a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) package featuring a flat plate having a raised edge around its perimeter serving as an anti-stiction device, and an associated method of formation. A CMOS IC is provided having a dielectric structure surrounding a plurality of conductive interconnect layers disposed over a CMOS substrate. A MEMS IC is bonded to the dielectric structure such that it forms a cavity with a lowered central portion the dielectric structure, and the MEMS IC includes a movable mass that is arranged within the cavity. The CMOS IC includes an anti-stiction plate disposed under the movable mass. The anti-stiction plate is made of a conductive material and has a raised edge surrounding at least a part of a perimeter of a substantially planar upper surface.

MULTI-DEVICE TRANSDUCER MODULE, APPARATUS INCLUDING THE TRANSDUCER MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE TRANSDUCER MODULE
20170318396 · 2017-11-02 ·

A multi-device module, comprising: a first substrate, which houses a first MEMS transducer, designed to transduce a first environmental quantity into a first electrical signal, and an integrated circuit, coupled to the first MEMS transducer for receiving the first electrical signal; a second substrate, which houses a second MEMS transducer, designed to transduce a second environmental quantity into a second electrical signal; and a flexible printed circuit, mechanically connected to the first and second substrates and electrically coupled to the integrated circuit and to the second MEMS transducer so that the second electrical signal flows, in use, from the second MEMS transducer to the integrated circuit.

MULTI-CHAMBER TRANSDUCER MODULE, APPARATUS INCLUDING THE MULTI-CHAMBER TRANSDUCER MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE MULTI-CHAMBER TRANSDUCER MODULE
20170313579 · 2017-11-02 ·

A transducer module, comprising: a supporting substrate, having a first side and a second side; a cap, which extends over the first side of the supporting substrate and defines therewith a first chamber and a second chamber internally isolated from one another; a first transducer in the first chamber; a second transducer in the second chamber; and a control chip, which extends at least partially in the first chamber and/or in the second chamber and is functionally coupled to the first and second transducers for receiving, in use, the signals transduced by the first and second transducers.

METHOD AND STRUCTURE OF MEMS PLCSP FABRICATION
20170313578 · 2017-11-02 ·

A method and structure for a PLCSP (Package Level Chip Scale Package) MEMS package. The method includes providing a MEMS chip having a CMOS substrate and a MEMS cap housing at least a MEMS device disposed upon the CMOS substrate. The MEMS chip is flipped and oriented on a packaging substrate such that the MEMS cap is disposed above a thinner region of the packaging substrate and the CMOS substrate is bonding to the packaging substrate at a thicker region, wherein bonding regions on each of the substrates are coupled. The device is sawed to form a package-level chip scale MEMS package.

Semiconductor Device and Method of Forming Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Package

A semiconductor device has a first semiconductor die and a modular interconnect structure adjacent to the first semiconductor die. An encapsulant is deposited over the first semiconductor die and modular interconnect structure as a reconstituted panel. An interconnect structure is formed over the first semiconductor die and modular interconnect structure. An active area of the first semiconductor die remains devoid of the interconnect structure. A second semiconductor die is mounted over the first semiconductor die with an active surface of the second semiconductor die oriented toward an active surface of the first semiconductor die. The reconstituted panel is singulated before or after mounting the second semiconductor die. The first or second semiconductor die includes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS). The second semiconductor die includes an encapsulant and an interconnect structure formed over the second semiconductor die. Alternatively, the second semiconductor die is mounted to an interposer disposed over the interconnect structure.