IP Library Granted Patent US 12685069
Granted Patent B2
US 12685069 · App. 18/165,896 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Manufacturing method of the semiconductor package, pick and place device, and workpiece handling apparatus

Inventors: Chien-Wei Wu (New Taipei City, TW); Hsien-Ju Tsou (Taipei, TW); Yung-Chi Lin (New Taipei City, TW); Tsang-Jiuh Wu (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
H10P72/0442H10P72/78H10W74/019H10B80/00H10W70/09H10W90/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12685069
App. No.
18/165,896
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A manufacturing method of a semiconductor package includes the following steps. A semiconductor device is picked up from a carrier by a pick and place device, wherein the pick and place device includes a flexible head having a bonding portion configured to be in contact with the semiconductor device, a neck portion connecting the bonding portion, wherein a minimum width of the neck portion is substantially smaller than a maximum width of the bonding portion. The semiconductor device is placed and pressed onto a substrate by the pick and place device. An encapsulating material is formed over the substrate to laterally encapsulating the semiconductor device. A redistribution structure is formed over the semiconductor device and the encapsulating material. The substrate is removed.

Claims (26)

1 . A pick and place device, comprising:

a holder coupled to a vacuum pump; and

a flexible head comprising a plurality of channels extending through the flexible head and in fluid communication with the vacuum pump, a base portion connecting the holder, a bonding portion configured to be in contact with a workpiece, a neck portion connecting between the base portion and the bonding portion, wherein a minimum width of the neck portion is substantially smaller than a maximum width of the bonding portion, the neck portion has a curvy profile, and a width of the neck portion is gradually increases from a center of the neck portion to two opposite ends of the neck portion.

2 . The pick and place device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a difference between the maximum width of the bonding portion and the minimum width of the neck portion substantially ranges from 0.4 mm to 0.8 mm.

3 . The pick and place device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the bonding portion substantially ranges from 0.1 mm to 0.4 mm.

4 . The pick and place device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the minimum width of the neck portion is substantially smaller than a maximum width of the base portion.

5 . The pick and place device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a maximum width of the base portion is substantially greater than the maximum width of the bonding portion.

6 . A workpiece handling apparatus, comprising:

a chuck table for carrying a workpiece; and

a pick and place device disposed over the chuck table and configured to move relatively to the chuck table, wherein the pick and place device comprises a flexible head having a bonding portion configured to be in contact with the workpiece, a neck portion further away from the workpiece, wherein a width of the neck portion is gradually increases from a center of the neck portion toward an outer region of the neck portion.

7 . The workpiece handling apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the pick and place device further comprises a vacuum pump in fluid communication with the flexible head, and the vacuum pump is configured to provide a vacuum between the flexible head and the workpiece for picking up the workpiece.

8 . The workpiece handling apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the vacuum pump is configured to provide an air flow toward the flexible head after the flexible head places the workpiece to a destination.

9 . The workpiece handling apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein a material of the flexible head comprises rubber, or silicone.

10 . The workpiece handling apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the neck portion has a curvy profile, and the width of the neck portion gradually increases from the center of the neck portion to two opposite ends of the neck portion.

11 . The workpiece handling apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the neck portion comprises a groove surrounding a perimeter of the neck portion.

12 . The workpiece handling apparatus as claimed in claim 11 , wherein an angle included between adjacent sidewalls of the groove ranges from 85 to 95°.

13 . The workpiece handling apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the chuck table further comprises a plurality of ejector pins disposed within the chuck table and configured to be lifted upwardly and protruded from a carrying surface of the chuck table.

14 . A pick and place device, comprising:

a holder coupled to a vacuum pump; and

a flexible head in fluid communication with the vacuum pump and comprises a base portion coupled to the holder, a bonding portion configured to be coupled to a workpiece, and a neck portion connecting between the base portion and the bonding portion, wherein a minimum width of the neck portion is substantially smaller than a maximum width of the bonding portion, and the neck portion comprises a groove surrounding a perimeter of the neck portion.

15 . The pick and place device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein an angle included between adjacent sidewalls of the groove ranges from 85 to 95°.

16 . The pick and place device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the groove extends from a center of the neck portion toward two opposite ends of the neck portion, and comprises a curvy sidewall.

17 . The pick and place device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein a difference between the maximum width of the bonding portion and the minimum width of the neck portion substantially ranges from 0.4 mm to 0.8 mm.

18 . The pick and place device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein a thickness of the bonding portion substantially ranges from 0.1 mm to 0.4 mm.

19 . The pick and place device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein a maximum width of the base portion is substantially greater than the maximum width of the bonding portion.

20 . The pick and place device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein a material of the flexible head comprises rubber, or silicone.