IP Library Granted Patent US 6,849,932
Granted Patent B2
US 6,849,932 · App. 10/232,682 · Granted Feb 1, 2005

Double-sided thermally enhanced IC chip package

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Patent No.
US 6,849,932
App. No.
10/232,682
Granted
Feb 1, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is to provide a double-sided thermally enhanced IC chip package which includes a chip being received in an opening of a substrate and electrically connected to a conductive circuit pattern on a top surface of the substrate through bonding wires. A thermally and electrically conductive planar member is attached to an inactive side of the chip through a thermally and electrically conductive adhesive layer. A portion of an active side of the chip to which the bonding wires are connected is encapsulated by a dielectric encapsulant, and the other portion of the active side of the chip is covered by a thermally and electrically conductive encapsulant. Thus, heat generated by the chip can be efficiently dissipated through the planar member and the thermally and electrically conductive encapsulant. The present invention also discloses a stacked chip package with double-sided heat dissipation capability.

Claims (29)

1. An IC chip package comprising:

a substrate having a top and bottom surfaces on which conductive circuit patterns are respectively laid, and an opening extended from the top surface to the bottom surface;

an IC chip having an active side and an inactive side, said chip being received in said opening of said substrate in such a way that said active side of said chip and said top surface of said substrate face to a same direction, said active side of the chip being electrically connected to the conductive circuit pattern on the top surface of said substrate through bonding wires;

a thermally and electrically conductive adhesive layer disposed on said inactive side of said chip and on said bottom surface of said substrate in a completely enclosing way around said opening;

a thermally and electrically conductive planar member having a top and bottom surfaces, said planar member being attached to said thermally and electrically conductive adhesive layer with said top surface thereof;

a dielectric encapsulant encapsulating the opening, the bonding wires, a portion of the active side of the chip to which the bonding wires are connected, and a portion of the top surface of the substrate to which the bonding wires are connected; and

a thermally and electrically conductive encapsulant covered over the dielectric encapsulant, the other portion of the active side of the chip, and the other portion of the top surface of the substrate.

2. The IC chip package of claim 1 , wherein further comprises a plurality of solder balls being electrically connected to the conductive pattern on said bottom surface of said substrate.

3. The IC chip package of claim 1 , wherein the conductive circuit pattern on the top surface of the substrate has a ground end which is covered by the thermally and electrically conductive encapsulant such that the ground end is electrically connected to the thermally and electrically conductive encapsulant.

4. The IC chip package of claim 3 , wherein the conductive circuit pattern on the top surface of the substrate is partially covered by a solder mask layer on which a metal foil is covered.

5. The IC chip package of claim 1 , wherein said thermally and electrically conductive planar member is a copper plate.

6. The IC chip package of claim 1 , wherein said thermally and electrically conductive adhesive layer is a copper paste.

7. The IC chip package of claim 1 , wherein said thermally and electrically conductive encapsulant is made of a copper paste.

8. An IC chip package comprising:

a substrate having a top and bottom surfaces on which conductive circuit patterns are respectively laid, and an opening extended from the top surface to the bottom surface;

a lower IC chip having an active side and an inactive side, said chip being received in said opening of said substrate in such a way that said active side of said chip and said top surface of said substrate face to a same direction, said active side of the chip being electrically connected to the conductive circuit pattern on the top surface of said substrate through bonding wires;

a thermally and electrically conductive adhesive layer disposed on said inactive side of said chip and on said bottom surface of said substrate in a completely enclosing way around said opening;

a thermally and electrically conductive planar member having a top and bottom surfaces, said planar member being attached to said thermally and electrically conductive adhesive layer with said top surface thereof;

a first dielectric encapsulant covered on the active side of the lower IC chip;

an upper IC chip having an active side and an inactive side bonded to said first dielectric encapsulant, said active side of the upper IC chip being electrically connected to the conductive circuit pattern on the top surface of said substrate through another bonding wires;

a second dielectric encapsulant encapsulating the opening, the lower IC chip, the bonding wires, a portion of the active side of the upper IC chip to which the bonding wires are connected, and a portion of the top surface of the substrate to which the bonding wires are connected;

a thermally and electrically conductive encapsulant covered over the second dielectric encapsulant, the other portion of the active side of the upper chip, and the other portion of the top surface of the substrate.

9. The IC chip package of claim 8 further comprising a plurality of solder balls being electrically connected to the conductive pattern on said bottom surface of said substrate.

10. The IC chip package of claim 8 , wherein the conductive circuit pattern on the top surface of the substrate has a ground end which is covered by the thermally and electrically conductive encapsulant such that the ground end is electrically connected to the thermally and electrically conductive encapsulant.

11. The IC chip package of claim 10 , wherein the conductive circuit pattern on the top surface of the substrate is partially covered by a solder mask layer on which a metal foil is covered.

12. The IC chip package of claim 8 , wherein said thermally and electrically conductive planar member is a copper plate.

13. The IC chip package of claim 8 , wherein said thermally and electrically conductive adhesive layer is a copper paste.

14. The IC chip package of claim 8 , wherein said thermally and electrically conductive encapsulant is made of a copper paste.

15. The IC chip package of claim 8 , wherein the first dielectric encapsulant encapsulates the lower IC chip.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2017
From: UTAC (TAIWAN) CORPORATION
To: UTAC HEADQUARTERS PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 044467/0697 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 19, 2017
From: ULTRATERA CORPORATION
To: UTAC (TAIWAN) CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044442/0224 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 6, 2004
From: UNITED TEST CENTER INC.
To: ULTRATERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015417/0262 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2002
From: TSAI, CHUNG-CHE; SHAN, WEI-HENG
To: UNITED TEST CENTER INC.
Reel/Frame 013526/0806 →