IP Library Granted Patent US 8,946,878
Granted Patent B2
US 8,946,878 · App. 11/951,958 · Granted Feb 3, 2015

Integrated circuit package-in-package system housing a plurality of stacked and offset integrated circuits and method of manufacture therefor

Inventors: Chee Keong Chin (Shanghai, CN); Jae Hak Yee (Shanghai, CN); Yu Feng Feng (Shanghai, CN); Frederick Cruz Santos (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
H01L23/49575H01L23/3135H01L23/3107H01L2224/48091H01L2224/48247H01L2225/06562H01L24/48H01L2224/32145H01L2224/32245H01L2224/73265H01L2924/19107
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Patent No.
US 8,946,878
App. No.
11/951,958
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integrated circuit package-in-package system is provided including mounting first integrated circuits stacked in a first offset configuration over a die-attach paddle having a first edge and a second edge, opposing the first edge; connecting the first integrated circuits and a second edge lead adjacent the second edge; mounting second integrated circuits stacked in a second offset configuration, below and to the die-attach paddle; connecting the second integrated circuits and a first edge lead adjacent to the first edge; and encapsulating the first integrated circuits, second integrated circuits, and the die-attach paddle, with the first edge lead and the second edge lead partially exposed.

Claims (36)

1. An integrated circuit package-in-package system comprising:

a die-attach paddle having a first edge and a second edge, wherein the second die is opposite the first edge;

first integrated circuits mounted over the die-attach paddle, the first integrated circuits having:

(a) a first component having a first border and a second border opposite the first border,

(b) a second component coupled to the first component, the second component having a third border and a fourth border opposite the third border,

wherein the first component and the second component are stacked in a first offset configuration,

wherein the first border and the third border each faces the first edge and wherein the second border and the fourth border each faces the second edge, and

wherein the first border is closer to the first edge than the third border and the fourth border closer to the second edge than the second border;

a second edge lead adjacent to the second edge, wherein the second edge lead is connected to the first integrated circuits;

an integrated circuit package system having an inner encapsulation covering second integrated circuits, the integrated circuit package system is mounted below and to the die-attach paddle, wherein the second integrated circuit includes:

(a) a third component having a fifth border and a sixth border opposite the fifth border,

(b) a fourth component coupled to the third component, the fourth component having a seventh border and an eighth border opposite the seventh border,

wherein the third component and the fourth component are stacked in a second offset configuration, the second offset configuration different from the first offset configuration,

wherein the fifth border and the seventh border each faces the first edge and wherein the sixth border and the eighth border each faces the second edge,

wherein the seventh border is closer to the first edge than the fifth border and the sixth border is closer to the second edge than the eighth border,

wherein the third border is closer to the first edge than both the fifth border and the seventh border, and

wherein the sixth border is closer to the second edge than the second border, the fourth border, and the eighth border;

a first edge lead adjacent to the first edge, wherein the first edge lead is connected to the second integrated circuits; and

a package encapsulation covering the first integrated circuits, the integrated circuit package system, and the die-attach paddle, with the first edge lead and the second edge lead partially exposed, with a boundary portion between the inner encapsulation and the package encapsulation separating the inner encapsulation from the package encapsulation, and wherein the first offset configuration and the second offset configuration collectively provide a more balanced weight distribution of the first integrated circuits and the second integrated circuits within the package encapsulation.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a first encapsulation covering the first integrated circuits.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising the first integrated circuits connected to the first edge lead.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising the second integrated circuits connected to the second edge lead.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein:

the inner encapsulation covering the second integrated circuits, partially exposing a first external contact from the inner encapsulation; and

further comprising:

a first electrical interconnect connects between the first external contact and the first edge lead.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5 further comprising a second electrical interconnect connecting the second integrated circuits to the first external contact.

7. The system as claimed in claim 5 further comprising:

a first encapsulation covering the first integrated circuits; and

a second external contact partially exposed by the first encapsulation connected to the first integrated circuits.

8. The system as claimed in claim 5 further comprising:

a second external contact partially exposed by the inner encapsulation; and

a second electrical interconnect connecting the second external contact and the second edge lead.

9. The system as claimed in claim 5 wherein:

one of the first integrated circuits is further connected to the first edge lead; and

one of the second integrated circuits is further connected to the second edge lead.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY NAME ON THE COVER SHEET PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 038378 FRAME: 0145. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 5, 2023
From: STATS CHIPPAC LTD.
To: STATS CHIPPAC PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 064806/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2020
From: CITICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, AS COMMON SECURITY AGENT
To: STATS CHIPPAC, INC.; STATS CHIPPAC PTE. LTD. FORMERLY KNOWN AS STATS CHIPPAC LTD.
Reel/Frame 052844/0491 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 7, 2016
From: STATS CHIPPAC LTD.
To: STATS CHIPPAC PTE. LTE.
Reel/Frame 038378/0145 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2015
From: STATS CHIPPAC, INC.; STATS CHIPPAC LTD.
To: CITICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, AS COMMON SECURITY AGENT
Reel/Frame 036288/0748 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2008
From: CHIN, CHEE KEONG; YEE, JAE HAK; FENG, YU FENG; SANTOS, FREDERICK CRUZ
To: STATS CHIPPAC LTD.
Reel/Frame 020562/0967 →
Continuity (1)
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