Method of manufacturing an electronic device and electronic device manufactured thereby
An electronic device and a method of making an electronic device. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide methods of making an electronic device, and electronic devices made thereby, that comprise forming first and second encapsulating materials, followed by further processing and the removal of the entire second encapsulating material.
1 . A method of manufacturing an electronic device, the method comprising:
providing an interposer comprising an interposer first side, an interposer second side opposite the interposer first side;
providing a semiconductor die comprising a semiconductor die first side, a semiconductor die second side opposite the semiconductor die first side, and semiconductor die lateral sides between the semiconductor die first side and the semiconductor die second side, wherein the semiconductor die second side is coupled to the interposer first side;
encapsulating at least the semiconductor die lateral sides with an encapsulating material that covers and contacts the semiconductor die lateral sides and at least a portion of the interposer first side; and
providing an interconnection structure comprising an interconnection structure first side and an interconnection structure second side opposite the interconnection structure first side, wherein the interconnection structure first side is coupled to the interposer second side.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the encapsulating material comprises a liquid molding material; and
encapsulating at least the semiconductor die lateral sides comprises performing a molding process utilizing the liquid molding material.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein encapsulating at least the semiconductor die lateral sides forms the encapsulating material into an encapsulating layer comprising an encapsulating layer first side facing away from the interposer first side and an encapsulating layer second side facing and contacting the interposer first side.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the encapsulating layer first side is planar.
5 . The method of claim 3 , comprising removing a portion of the encapsulating layer first side.
6 . The method of claim 3 , wherein removing the portion of the encapsulating layer first side comprises grinding the encapsulating layer first side.
7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein after removing the portion of the encapsulating layer first side, the encapsulating layer first side and the semiconductor die first side are coplanar.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the interconnection structure comprises forming a signal redistribution structure comprising a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers on the interposer second side.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein forming the signal redistribution structure comprises:
forming a first dielectric layer of the plurality of dielectric layers directly on the interposer second side,
forming a first conductive layer of the plurality of conductive layers directly on the first dielectric layer; and
forming a second dielectric layer directly on the first conductive layer.
10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein providing the interconnection structure comprises:
forming a first conductive ball coupled to the signal redistribution structure and within a footprint of the semiconductor die, wherein the first side of the signal redistribution structure faces away from the interposer; and
forming a second conductive ball coupled to the signal redistribution structure and outside the footprint of the semiconductor die.
11 . The method of claim 1 , comprising providing an underfill material, different from the encapsulating material, between the semiconductor die second side and the interposer first side.
12 . A method of manufacturing an electronic device, the method comprising:
providing a semiconductor die comprising a semiconductor die first side, a semiconductor die second side opposite the semiconductor die first side, and semiconductor die lateral sides between the semiconductor die first side and the semiconductor die second side;
providing an encapsulating material that encapsulates and contacts at least the semiconductor die lateral sides; and
providing a signal redistribution structure comprising a signal redistribution structure first side and a signal redistribution structure second side, wherein the signal redistribution structure first side is opposite the signal redistribution structure second side and is coupled to the semiconductor die second side; and
coupling an interconnection structure to the signal redistribution structure second side.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein:
the encapsulating material comprises a liquid molding material; and
providing the encapsulating material comprises performing a molding process utilizing the liquid molding material.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein performing the molding process forms an encapsulating layer comprising an encapsulating layer first side and an encapsulating layer second side opposite the encapsulating layer first side.
15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the encapsulating layer first side is coplanar with the semiconductor die first side.
16 . The method of claim 14 , the encapsulating layer second side contacts at least a portion of the signal redistribution structure first side.
17 . The method of claim 12 , wherein providing the signal redistribution structure comprises forming a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of conductive layers.
18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein a first dielectric layer of the plurality of dielectric layers directly contacts the encapsulating layer second side.
19 . The method of claim 12 , wherein providing the interconnection structure comprises:
providing a first conductive ball coupled to the signal redistribution structure second side and within a footprint of the semiconductor die; and
providing a second conductive ball coupled to the signal redistribution structure second side and outside the footprint of the semiconductor die.
20 . The method of claim 12 , comprising:
providing another semiconductor die; and
wherein the signal redistribution structure first side is coupled to a second side of the another semiconductor die.