IP Library Granted Patent US 8,125,081
Granted Patent B2
US 8,125,081 · App. 12/160,974 · Granted Feb 28, 2012

Semiconductor device, printed wiring board for mounting the semiconductor device and connecting structure for these

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Patent No.
US 8,125,081
App. No.
12/160,974
Granted
Feb 28, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a connecting structure between semiconductor device 1 of a BGA type which has external electrode terminals 9 including column-like electrode 17 , insulating layer 16 formed around the column-like electrode 17 and annular electrode 15 formed around the insulating layer 16 , and a printed wiring board capable of mounting the semiconductor device 1 and including lower-layer electrode 28 to be soldered to column-like electrode 17 of the aforementioned external electrode terminal 9 and upper-layer electrode 27 to be soldered to annular electrode 15 of the aforementioned external electrode terminal 9 . Column-like electrode 17 of semiconductor device 1 is soldered to lower-layer electrode 28 of printed wiring board 2 . Annular electrode 15 of semiconductor device 1 is soldered to upper-layer electrode 27 of printed wiring board 2.

Claims (20)

1. A semiconductor device of a BGA type formed with external electrode terminals on the side that is mounted onto a printed wiring board, wherein

said external electrode terminal includes: a columnar electrode; an insulating layer formed around the columnar electrode; and an annular electrode mounted on said printed wiring board, formed around the insulating layer and that directly covers an outer circumferential surface of the insulating layer.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the height of said insulating layer is approximately equal to that of said columnar electrode.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein a bump-like solder layer that joins the surface of said column-like electrode and the surface of said annular electrode is formed on the surface of said external electrode terminal.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein a bump-like solder layer formed on the surface of said column-like electrode and a circular solder layer formed on the surface of said annular electrode are formed separately on the surface of said external electrode terminal.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the height of said insulating layer is approximately equal to that of said annular electrode.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein a bump-like solder layer that joins the surface of said column-like electrode and the surface of said annular electrode is formed on the surface of said external electrode terminal.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein a bump-like solder layer formed on the surface of said column-like electrode and a circular solder layer formed on the surface of said annular electrode are formed separately on the surface of said external electrode terminal.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a solder layer that directly contacts the surface of said columnar electrode and the surface of said annular electrode is formed on the surface of said external electrode terminal.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a bump-like solder layer formed on the surface of said column-like electrode and a circular solder layer formed on the surface of said annular electrode are formed separately on the surface of said external electrode terminal.

10. A printed wiring board, on which a semiconductor device of a BGA type including external electrode terminals can be mounted, comprised of a column-like electrode; an insulating layer formed around the column-like electrode; and an annular electrode formed around the insulating layer, and which includes electrode pads corresponding to said external electrode terminals,

wherein said electrode pad comprises: a lower-layer electrode to be soldered to the column-like electrode of said external electrode terminal; and an upper-layer electrode to be soldered to the annular electrode of said external electrode terminal.

11. The printed wiring board according to claim 10 , wherein the lower-layer electrode to be soldered to said column-like electrode is formed at the bottom of a hole that is formed on the printed wiring board surface, and the upper-layer electrode to be soldered to said annular electrode is formed on the printed wiring board surface in an annular form that is approximately the same as said annular electrode.

12. A connecting structure between a semiconductor device of a BGA type which has external electrode terminals formed on the side that is mounted onto a printed wiring board, the external electrode terminal comprising a column-like electrode, an insulating layer formed around the column-like electrode and an annular electrode formed around the insulating layer and a printed wiring board on which said semiconductor device can be mounted and comprising an electrode pad that has a lower-layer electrode to be soldered to the column-like electrode of said external electrode terminal and an upper-layer electrode to be soldered to the annular electrode of said external electrode terminal,

wherein the column-like electrode of said semiconductor device is soldered to the lower-layer electrode of said printed wiring board and the annular electrode of said semiconductor device is soldered to the upper-layer electrode of said printed wiring board.

13. The connecting structure according to claim 12 , wherein the lower-layer electrode to be soldered to said column-like electrode is formed at the bottom of a hole formed on the printed wiring board surface, and the upper-layer electrode to be soldered to said annular electrode is formed on the printed wiring board surface in an annular form that is approximately the same as said annular electrode.

14. The connecting structure according to claim 13 , wherein the height of said insulating layer is approximately equal to that of said column-like electrode.

15. The connecting structure according to claim 13 , wherein the height of said insulating layer is approximately equal to that of said annular electrode.

16. The connecting structure according to claim 12 , wherein the height of said insulating layer is approximately equal to that of said column-like electrode.

17. The connecting structure according to claim 12 , wherein the height of said insulating layer is approximately equal to that of said annular electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
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