Integrated circuit packaging structure and method
11183458 · 2021-11-23
Assignee
Inventors
- Chuan Hu (Chandler, AZ, US)
- Junjun Liu (Albany, NY, US)
- Yuejin Guo (Phoenix, AZ, US)
- Edward Rudolph Prack (Phoenix, AZ, US)
Cpc classification
H01L2924/19105
ELECTRICITY
H01L23/36
ELECTRICITY
H01L2224/0401
ELECTRICITY
H01L21/4853
ELECTRICITY
H01L2224/92144
ELECTRICITY
H01L2924/00014
ELECTRICITY
H01L2224/131
ELECTRICITY
H01L2224/81191
ELECTRICITY
H01L2224/92124
ELECTRICITY
H01L2224/97
ELECTRICITY
H01L24/97
ELECTRICITY
H01L23/3128
ELECTRICITY
H01L24/82
ELECTRICITY
H01L2924/00014
ELECTRICITY
H01L23/538
ELECTRICITY
H01L21/563
ELECTRICITY
H01L2224/131
ELECTRICITY
H01L2224/32225
ELECTRICITY
H01L2224/04105
ELECTRICITY
H01L23/552
ELECTRICITY
H01L2224/97
ELECTRICITY
H01L2224/82
ELECTRICITY
H01L2223/6677
ELECTRICITY
H01L2224/2929
ELECTRICITY
H01L2224/82
ELECTRICITY
H01L2224/16227
ELECTRICITY
H01L24/73
ELECTRICITY
H01L2224/81192
ELECTRICITY
International classification
H01L23/538
ELECTRICITY
H01L25/075
ELECTRICITY
H01L25/07
ELECTRICITY
H01L23/552
ELECTRICITY
H01L21/48
ELECTRICITY
H01L25/065
ELECTRICITY
Abstract
An integrated circuit packaging structure and method are provided, the integrated circuit packaging structure includes: a substrate, the substrate being provided with a circuit layer and fine wiring; a chip, the chip being provided with a fine pin and a chip pin; the substrate is provided with at least two of said chips, a chip pin of at least one of said chips being electrically connected to the circuit layer; an insulation patch, the fine wiring being provided on the insulation patch, while the fine pin of the chip is electrically connected to the fine wiring, at least two of said chips being directly electrically connected by means of the fine wiring.
Claims
1. An integrated circuit packaging method, comprising: making a substrate provided with a circuit layer, providing an insulation patch on the substrate, forming fine wirings on the insulation patch, providing at least two of the chips on the substrate, wherein each chip is provided with fine pin(s) and chip pin(s), electrically connecting the chip(s) pin with the circuit layer, electrically connecting the fine pin(s) with the respective fine wiring such that the at least two chips are directly connected by means of the fine wirings, wherein a connection medium is provided between the chips and the fine wirings, the connection medium includes an insulating medium and at least one fine conductive particle distributed within the insulating medium, a spacing between each chip pin and the respective fine pin is less than or equal to a height of the fine conductive particle(s), one end of each fine conductive particle is electrically connected to the respective fine pin, the other end of the fine conductive particle is electrically connected to the respective fine wiring, a spacing between each chip pin and the respective fine wiring is greater than the height of the fine conductive particles, and the chip pin(s) and the fine wiring are not electrically connected by the conductive particle(s).
2. The integrated circuit packaging method according to claim 1, comprising: making the circuit layer provided with circuit pins and the substrate provided with connection through holes, connecting the connection through holes with the circuit pins respectively, placing chips on a top surface of the substrate, connecting the chip pin(s) of each chip with a first opening of the respective connection through hole, forming a conductive layer in the connection through hole by means of the second opening of the connection through hole, such that the conductive layer electrically connects the chip pin(s) with the respective circuit pins; or making the circuit layer provided with circuit pins, placing chips on the top surface of the substrate with the chip pin(s) of each chip facing the substrate, forming connection through holes on the substrate, connecting the connection through holes with the circuit pins respectively, connecting the first opening of each connection through hole with the respective chip pin, forming a conductive layer in the connection through hole by means of the second opening of the connection through hole, such that the conductive layer electrically connects the chip pin(s) to the respective circuit pin.
3. The integrated circuit packaging method according to claim 1, comprising: providing an additional circuit layer on a bottom surface of the substrate and/or inside the substrate, wherein the additional circuit layer is provided with additional pins, and the substrate is provided with additional through holes, connecting the additional through holes with the additional pins respectively, placing the chips on the top surface of the substrate, connecting the chip pin(s) of each chip with the first opening of the respective additional through hole, and forming an additional conductive layer in the additional through hole by means of the second opening of the additional through hole, such that the additional conductive layer electrically connects the chip pin(s) to the respective additional pin; or providing the additional circuit layer with additional pins, placing the chips on the top surface of the substrate, with the chip pin(s) of each chip facing the substrate, forming additional through holes on the substrate, connecting the additional through holes with the additional pins respectively, connecting the first opening of each additional through hole with the respective chip pin, and forming a conductive layer in the additional through hole by means of the second opening of the additional through hole such that the conductive layer electrically connects the chip pin with the respective circuit pin.
4. The integrated circuit packaging method according to claim 1, further comprising: providing an encapsulation layer on the substrate, wherein the chips, the insulation patch, and the fine pins are located between the encapsulation layer and the substrate, and the chips, the insulation patch, and the fine pins are encapsulated and packaged by the encapsulation layer.
5. The integrated circuit packaging method according to claim 1, wherein a conductor layer is provided on the substrate, the insulation patch is provided on the conductor layer, a conductor film is provided on the insulation patch, a thickness of the conductor layer is greater than a thickness of the conductor film, resist(s) is provided on the conductor layer and the conductor film, the resist(s) is provided with a wiring pattern, the conductor layer is etched into the circuit layer by a chemical etching method in accordance with the wiring pattern, and the conductor film is etched into the fine wirings.
6. The integrated circuit packaging method according to claim 1, wherein the circuit layer is provided with on the substrate, the insulation patch is provided on the circuit layer, a photoresist is provided on the insulation patch, wiring grooves are formed in the photoresist, a conductor film is formed in the wiring grooves and on the surface of the photoresist by crystal growth, and the photoresist is removed to form the fine wirings in the wiring grooves.
7. The integrated circuit packaging method according to claim 1, wherein the insulation patch is formed on a carrier, the fine wirings are formed on the insulation patch, the insulation patch along with the fine wirings are transferred to the substrate, and the fine wirings are fixed to the substrate.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
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REFERENCE SIGNS
(8) 100—substrate, 101—conductor layer, 102—additional conductor layer, 110—circuit layer, 120—additional circuit layer, 130—connection through hole, 140—external port, 200—insulation patch, 201—conductor film, 210—fine wirings, 300—resist, 400—chip, 410—chip pin, 420—fine pin, 500—conductive layer, 610—fine conductive particle, 620—insulating medium.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
(9) The present disclosure will be further described in detail below, but embodiments of the disclosure are not limited thereto.
Embodiment 1
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(12) The width of the fine wirings 210 refers to the side length of the cross section of the fine wirings 210 on the insulation patch 200. The width of the fine wirings 210 is smaller than the width of the wirings of the circuit layer 110, and the smaller the width of the fine wirings 210, the more connection points that can be obtained in the same space, which is conducive to improvement of the data transmission speed and bandwidth. In this embodiment, the width of the fine wirings 210 is from 0.1 micrometer to 2 micrometers, or from 1 micrometer to 5 micrometers, and may be selected as needed. Preferably, the width of the fine wirings 210 may be selected to be 0.1 μm, 0.2 μm, 0.5 μm, 0.7 μm, 1 μm, 1.2 μm, 1.5 μm, 1.7 μm, 2 μm, 2.5 μm, 3 μm, 3.5 μm, 4 μm, 4.5 micrometers, or 5 micrometers.
(13) As shown in
(14) The integrated circuit packaging structure further includes an encapsulation layer, the encapsulation layer is not shown in the figures, wherein the chip 400, the fine wirings 210, and the insulation patch 200 are located between the encapsulation layer and the substrate 100, and the chips 400 and the insulation patch 200 on the substrate 100 is packaged by the encapsulation layer. The encapsulation layer can protect the chips 400, the insulation patch 200, and the fine wirings 210 from damage, reduce the influence and interference from external environmental factors on the performance of the chips to ensure the performance of the chips 400.
(15) A heat sink is provided with on each chip 400. The use of the insulation patch may increase the difficulty of heat dissipation toward the substrate of the chip 400, the thermal impedance increases, as fine wirings of high speed and wide bandwidth are used for the communication between the chips 400, and the chip 400 has a high computing speed and heat generation as well, adding the heat sink to the chip 400 (on the side facing away from the substrate) facilitates the heat dissipation of the chip 400 from the heat sink on the back surface, with the heat dissipation not only relying on the heat dissipation channel from the substrate 100, so that the chip 400 can work normally at a higher computing speed. This structural design improves the data communication bandwidth and speed between the chips 400 on the one hand, and ensures that the chip 400 can work normally at a higher computing speed on the one hand, thereby greatly improving the overall computing performance of the system. The heat sink is also packaged on the substrate 100 by the encapsulation layer, and a top surface of the heat sink may be exposed out of the encapsulation layer to dissipate heat or may not be exposed.
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(17) Preferably, the method includes but is not limited to the following two methods:
(18) (1) The circuit layer 110 is provided with circuit pins, the substrate 100 is provided with connection through holes 130, wherein the connection through holes 130 are connected with the circuit pins respectively; the chips 400 are placed on the top surface of the substrate 100, the chip pin(s) 410 of each chip 400 is connected with the first opening of the respective connection through hole 130; a conductive layer 500 in the connection through hole 130 by means of the second opening of the connection through hole 130, so that the conductive layer 500 electrically connects the chip pin 410 to the respective circuit pin; or
(19) (2), the circuit layer 110 is provided with circuit pins, the chips 400 are placed on the top surface of the substrate 100, the chip pin(s) 410 of each chip 400 is oriented toward the substrate 100, and the connection through holes 130 are formed on the substrate 100, the connection thorough holes 130 are connected with the circuit pins respectively, and the first opening of each connection through hole 130 is connected with the respective chip pin 410, the conductive layer 500 is formed in the connection through hole 130 by means of the second opening of the connection through hole 130, so that the conductive layer 500 electrically connects the chip pin 410 to the respective circuit pin.
(20) In this embodiment, as shown in
(21) The substrate 100 may be a normal circuit board or a flexible circuit board, or the substrate 100 may include at least two layers of flexible circuit boards arranged in a stacked manner. The use of a multiple layers of circuit boards and the multiple layers of circuits therein can provide more possibilities of wiring and improve the using performance of the chip 400; the use of flexible and thin circuit boards reduces the overall weight, volume and thickness of the system. With proper system design and selection of encapsulation layer material, the system as a whole can still possess sufficient flexibility after package and integration and is applicable to wearable products. Moreover, by using the insulation patch 200, the thickness of the fine wirings 210 per se is very small, as long as the insulation patch 200 can satisfy the insulation between the fine wirings 210 and other regions of the substrate 100, and does not require a very large thickness, which facilitate the system as a whole to maintain its flexibility and thinness. The thickness of the fine wirings 210 refers to the side length of the cross section of the fine wirings 210 which is perpendicular to the insulation patch 200, and the thickness of the insulation patch 200 refers to the side length of the cross section of the insulation patch 200 which is perpendicular to the substrate 100. The thickness of the fine wirings 210 refers to the side length of the cross section of the fine wirings 210 which is perpendicular to the insulation patch 200, and the thickness of the insulation patch 200 refers to the side length of the cross section of the insulation patch 200 which is perpendicular to the substrate 100.
(22) In this embodiment, the integrated circuit packaging method mainly includes: prearranging the circuit layer 110 on the substrate 100, prearranging the insulation patch 200 on the substrate 100, forming the fine wirings 210 on the insulation patch 200, providing at least two chips 400 on the substrate 100, wherein each chip 400 is provided with fine pin(s) 420 and chip pin(s) 410, the chip pin(s) 410 is electrically connected to the circuit layer 110, and the fine pin(s) 420 is electrically connected to the respective fine wiring 210, so that the at least two chips 400 are directly connected by means of the fine wirings 210.
(23) When the connection is implemented by means of the connection through holes 130, the method further includes steps of: prearranged circuit pins on the circuit layer 110, prearranging connection through holes on the substrate 100 with 130, connecting the connection through holes 130 with the circuit pins respectively; placing the chips 400 on the top surface of the substrate 100, connecting the chip pin(s) 410 of each chip 400 to the first opening of the respective connection through hole 130; and forming the conductive layer 500 in the connection through holes 130 by means of the second opening of the connection through hole 130, so that the conductive layer 500 electrically connect the chip pin 410 to the respective circuit pin; or providing the circuit layer 110 is with circuit pins, placing the chips 400 on the top surface of the substrate 100 such that the chip pin(s) 410 of each chip 400 faces the substrate 100, forming the connection through holes 130 on the substrate 100, connecting the connection through holes 130 with the circuit pins respectively, connecting the first opening of each connection through hole 130 with the respective chip pin 410, and forming the conductive layer 500 in the connection through hole 130 by means of the second opening of the connection through hole 130 so that the conductive layer 500 electrically connects the chip pin 410 to the respective circuit pin.
(24) When the connection is implemented by means of additional through hole holes, the method further includes steps of: prearranging an additional circuit layer 120 on the bottom surface of the substrate 100 and/or inside the substrate 100, wherein additional pins are prearranged on the additional circuit layer 120, and the substrate 100 is provided with additional thorough holes, wherein the additional through holes are connected with the additional pins respectively; placing the chips 400 on the top surface of the substrate 100, connecting the chip pin(s) 410 of each chip 400 with the first opening of the respective additional through hole; forming an additional conductive layer 500 in the additional through hole by means of the second opening of the additional through hole, so that the additional conductive layer 500 electrically connects the chip pin 410 to the respective additional pin; or prearranging additional pins on the additional circuit layer 120, placing the chips 400 on the top surface of the substrate 100, with the chip pin(s) 410 of each chip 400 oriented toward the substrate 100, forming the additional through holes on the substrate 100, connecting the additional through holes with the additional pins respectively, connecting the first openings of each additional through hole with the respective chip pin 410, and forming the conductive layer 500 in the additional through hole by means of the second opening of the additional through hole, so that the conductive layer 500 electrically connects the chip pin 410 to the respective circuit pin.
(25) The integrated circuit packaging method further includes packaging the chips 400: providing an encapsulation layer on the substrate 100, wherein the chips 400, the insulation patch 200, and the fine wirings 210 are located between the encapsulation layer and the substrate 100, and the encapsulation layer packages the chips 400, the insulation patch 200, and the fine wirings 210. After the package, the whole system composed of the substrate 100, the chips 400, the encapsulation layer, the insulation patch 200, the fine wirings 210, and the like is cut into a plurality of small system units according to preset parameters such as functions, sizes, so that the chips 400 are mounted and packaged on the substrate 100 simultaneously, and then cut into system units of suitable sizes, which can greatly improve production efficiency and reduce cost.
Embodiment 2
(26) The difference between Embodiment 2 and Embodiment 1 is:
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Embodiment 3
(28) The difference between Embodiment 3 and Embodiment 1 is:
(29) The insulation patch 200 and the fine wirings 210 are formed by: prearranging a circuit layer 110 on the substrate 100, providing an insulation patch 200 on the circuit layer 110, and providing a photoresist on the insulation patch 200, wherein wiring grooves are formed in the wiring grooves and conductor films are grown in the wiring grooves and on the surface of the photoresist, thereby the fine wirings 210 are formed in the wiring groove after the photoresist is removed.
Embodiment 4
(30) The difference between Embodiment 4 and Embodiment 1 is:
(31) The insulation patch 200 and the fine wirings 210 are formed by: forming a removable (peelable) layer and an insulation patch 200 on a carrier, forming fine wirings 210 on the insulation patch 200, transferring the insulation patch 200 together with the fine wirings 210 to the substrate 100, and fixing the fine wirings 210 to the substrate 100. For example, the insulation patch 200 and the fine wirings 210 may be flipped onto another carrier, and the other carrier flips the insulation patch 200 and the fine wirings 210 onto the substrate again, so that the fine wirings 210 faces upward, and the fine wirings 210 together with the insulation patch 200 therebelow are fixed to the substrate 100.
Embodiment 5
(32) The difference between Embodiment 5 and Embodiment 1 is:
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(34) The technical features of the above embodiments may be combined at will. For the sake of brevity of description, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features, it is considered as fallen with the range described in this specification.
(35) The above embodiments are merely illustrative of several embodiments of the present disclosure, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present disclosure. It should be noted that various variations and modifications may be made by those ordinarily skilled in the art without departing from the conception of the present disclosure and they shall all be considered as fallen within the protection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be determined by the appended claims.