IP Library Granted Patent US 7,993,979
Granted Patent B2
US 7,993,979 · App. 11/964,567 · Granted Aug 9, 2011

Leadless package system having external contacts

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Patent No.
US 7,993,979
App. No.
11/964,567
Granted
Aug 9, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A leadless package system includes: providing a chip carrier having indentations defining a pattern for a protrusion for external contact terminals; placing an external coating layer in the indentations in the chip carrier; layering a conductive layer on top of the external coating layer; depositing an internal coating layer on the conductive layer; patterning the internal coating layer and the conductive layer to define external contact terminals with a T-shape profile; connecting an integrated circuit die to the external contact terminals; encapsulating the integrated circuit die and external contact terminals; and separating the chip carrier from the external coating layer.

Claims (34)

1. A method for manufacturing a leadless package system, comprising:

providing a chip carrier having indentations defining a pattern for a protrusion for external contact terminals;

placing an external coating layer in the indentations in the chip carrier;

layering a conductive layer on top of the external coating layer;

depositing an internal coating layer on the conductive layer;

patterning the internal coating layer and the conductive layer to define external contact terminals with a T-shape profile;

connecting an integrated circuit die to the external contact terminals;

encapsulating the integrated circuit die and the external contact terminals; and

separating the chip carrier from the external coating layer.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising patterning the internal coating layer and the conductive layer to define a die attach pad with a T-shape profile.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

patterning the internal coating layer and the conductive layer to define a die attach pad with a T-shape profile; and

providing the chip carrier having an additional indentation defining a pattern for a protrusion for the die attach pad.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the patterning the internal coating layer and the conductive layer define the external contact terminals with the external coating layer with extensions surrounding the protrusion.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing the chip carrier having an additional indentation defining a pattern for a die attach protrusion for a die attach pad; and

patterning the internal coating layer and the conductive layer to define the die attach pad with a T-shape profile and the external coating layer with extensions surrounding the die attach protrusion.

6. A method for manufacturing a leadless package system, comprising:

providing a chip carrier having indentations defining a pattern for a protrusion for external contact terminals;

depositing an external coating layer covering the indentations in the chip carrier;

depositing a conductive layer on the external coating layer;

depositing an internal coating layer on the conductive layer;

patterning the internal coating layer and the conductive layer to define external contact terminals with a T-shape profile;

connecting an integrated circuit die to one or more of the external contact terminals;

encapsulating the integrated circuit die and the external contact terminals with an encapsulant; and

dissolving the chip carrier.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising patterning the internal coating layer and the conductive layer to define a die attach pad with a T-shape profile.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

patterning the internal coating layer and the conductive layer to define a die attach pad with a T-shape profile; and

providing the chip carrier having an additional indentation defining a pattern for a protrusion for the die attach pad.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the patterning the internal coating layer and the conductive layer define the external contact terminals with the external coating layer with extensions surrounding the protrusion.

10. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

providing the chip carrier having an additional indentation defining a pattern for a die attach protrusion for a die attach pad; and

patterning the internal coating layer and the conductive layer to define the die attach pad with a T-shape profile and the external coating layer with extensions surrounding the die attach protrusion.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 038378 FRAME: 0301. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Aug 31, 2023
From: STATS CHIPPAC LTD.
To: STATS CHIPPAC PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 064913/0352 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 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 052907/0650 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 7, 2016
From: STATS CHIPPAC LTD.
To: STATS CHIPPAC PTE. LTE.
Reel/Frame 038378/0301 →
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 Dec 26, 2007
From: DO, BYUNG TAI; CHUA, LINDA PEI EE; KUAN, HEAP HOE
To: STATS CHIPPAC LTD.
Reel/Frame 020290/0591 →