Integrated circuit package system with leadfinger
View Patent ↗An integrated circuit package system includes: providing a lead terminal; forming a dummy lead near the lead terminal; positioning a base integrated circuit adjacent the lead terminal and the dummy lead; connecting a die connector to the base integrated circuit and the dummy lead; mounting a stackable integrated circuit over the base integrated circuit; and connecting another of the die connector to the stackable integrated circuit and the dummy lead.
1. An integrated circuit package system comprising:
providing a lead terminal;
forming a dummy lead near the lead terminal;
positioning a base integrated circuit adjacent the lead terminal and the dummy lead;
connecting a die connector to the base integrated circuit and the dummy lead;
mounting a stackable integrated circuit over the base integrated circuit; and
connecting another of the die connector to the stackable integrated circuit and the dummy lead.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein attaching the stackable integrated circuit includes:
applying a spacer material over the base integrated circuit; and
attaching the stackable integrated circuit over the spacer material.
3. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein providing the lead terminal includes forming a lead finger.
4. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein providing the lead terminal includes forming a nolead terminal.
5. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein forming the dummy lead includes forming the dummy lead having a thickness less than a thickness of the lead terminal.
6. An integrated circuit package system comprising:
providing a lead terminal;
forming a dummy lead near the lead terminal;
positioning a base integrated circuit adjacent the lead terminal and the dummy lead;
connecting a die connector to the base integrated circuit and the dummy lead;
mounting a stackable integrated circuit over the base integrated circuit;
connecting another of the die connector to the stackable integrated circuit and the dummy lead; and
applying an encapsulant over the lead terminal, the dummy lead, the die connector, the base integrated circuit and the stackable integrated circuit.
7. The system as claimed in claim 6 wherein forming the dummy lead includes forming a jumper node for electrical connection of the stackable integrated circuit and the base integrated circuit without the need for the lead terminal and with the stackable integrated circuit substantially the same size as the base integrated circuit.
8. The system as claimed in claim 6 wherein providing the lead terminal includes forming a lead finger of a quad flat package for electrical connection to the base integrated circuit or the stackable integrated circuit.
9. The system as claimed in claim 6 wherein the lead terminal includes forming a nolead terminal of a quad flat nolead package for electrical connection to the base integrated circuit or the stackable integrated circuit.
10. The system as claimed in claim 6 wherein forming the dummy lead includes half-etching the dummy lead without exposure adjacent a package backside surface.
11. An integrated circuit package system comprising:
a lead terminal;
a dummy lead near the lead terminal;
a base integrated circuit adjacent the lead terminal and the dummy lead;
a die connector to the base integrated circuit and the dummy lead; and
a stackable integrated circuit over the base integrated circuit having another of the die connector attached to the stackable integrated circuit and the dummy lead.
12. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising a spacer material over the base integrated circuit with the stackable integrated circuit over the spacer material.
13. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the lead terminal is a lead finger.
14. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the lead terminal is a nolead terminal.
15. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the dummy lead has a thickness less than a thickness of the lead terminal.
16. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising:
an encapsulant over the lead terminal, the dummy lead, the die connector, the base integrated circuit and the stackable integrated circuit.
17. The system as claimed in claim 16 the dummy lead is a jumper node for electrical connection of the stackable integrated circuit and the base integrated circuit without the need for the lead terminal and with the stackable integrated circuit substantially the same size as the base integrated circuit.
18. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the lead terminal is a lead finger of a quad flat package for electrical connection to the base integrated circuit or the stackable integrated circuit.
19. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the lead terminal is a nolead terminal of a quad flat nolead package for electrical connection to the base integrated circuit or the stackable integrated circuit.
20. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the dummy lead is half-etched without exposure adjacent a package backside surface.