IP Library Granted Patent US 7,683,485
Granted Patent B2
US 7,683,485 · App. 12/071,123 · Granted Mar 23, 2010

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,683,485
App. No.
12/071,123
Granted
Mar 23, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

When a BGA package device is mounted to another substrate and tested for packaging strength, solder balls ( 8 ) frequently come detached in places where the edges of a semiconductor chip ( 1 ) align with the centers of the solder balls ( 8 ) on a BGA substrate ( 9 ) in the perpendicular direction of the substrate. In a semiconductor device of the present invention, the center of a semiconductor chip and the center of a BGA substrate to which the chip is mounted do not coincide with each other, and edges of the semiconductor chip do not align with the ball center positions on the BGA substrate in a direction perpendicular to the chip.

Claims (21)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor chip having edges thereof;

an assembly substrate to which the semiconductor chip is mounted;

a plurality of land pads provided on the assembled substrate to connect the balls to the assembled substrate, and

a plurality of terminals provided above said land pads;

wherein a center of the semiconductor chip is offset from a center of the assembly substrate, said edges being offset from the land pads.

2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein said edges have lengths thereof such that said edges overlap with said land pads when the center of the semiconductor chip and the center of the assembly substrate coincide with each other.

3. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor chip is coupled to the assembly substrate by bonding.

4. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor chip is coupled to the assembly substrate by flip chip bonding.

5. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the terminals are arranged on the assembly substrate at equal intervals in matrix.

6. A semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the terminal is a ball.

7. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second semiconductor chip having second edges, which is different from the semiconductor chip,

wherein the second edges of the second semiconductor chip have lengths thereof such that said second edges overlap with said land pads when the center of the second semiconductor chip and the center of the assembly substrate coincide with each other.

8. A semiconductor device according to claim 7 , further comprising a spacer between the semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip.

9. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor chip having an edge thereof;

an assembled substrate to which the semiconductor chip is mounted;

land pads provided on the assembled substrate to connect the balls to the assembly substrate, and

terminals for mounting the assembly substrate;

wherein a center of the semiconductor chip is offset from a center of the assembly substrate, said edge being offset from the land pads.

10. A semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein said edge has length thereof such that said edge overlap with one of said land pads when the center of the semiconductor chip and the center of the assembly substrate coincide with each other.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 2, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025235/0497 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2008
From: NIKAIDO, HIROFUMI
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020567/0127 →