Optical device including a wiring having a reentrant cavity
View Patent ↗An optical device includes a base and an optical element chip and translucent member attached to the base. A wiring is buried in the base. One end of the wiring is an internal terminal portion. The other end of the wiring is an external terminal portion. A semiconductor chip incorporating peripheral circuits, etc., and a metal wire for connecting a pad electrode of the semiconductor chip and the wiring are buried in the base. The semiconductor chip incorporating peripheral circuits, etc., and the metal wire are buried together with the wiring in the base by molding, whereby the optical device and the semiconductor chip incorporating peripheral circuits, etc., are integrated into a single package.
1. An optical device, comprising:
a base provided with an opening and made of a mold resin;
a wiring buried in the mold resin so as to cover an upper surface and a lower surface of the wiring;
a translucent member attached to an upper surface of the base;
an optical element chip coupled to the lower surface of the base through a bump which connects an electrode pad disposed on the optical element chip to the wiring;
a semiconductor chip buried in the base; and
a connection member buried in the base, the connection member connecting the semiconductor chip and the wiring, wherein
the wiring has a reentrant cavity at the lower surface,
only portions protruding downward from the bottom of the reentrant cavity are exposed from the mold resin to be an internal terminal section and an external terminal section,
the reentrant cavity is covered with the mold resin,
the translucent member is a hologram,
the optical element chip includes a light receiving element and a light emitting element, and
the optical device is a hologram unit.
2. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor chip is mounted on the wiring.
3. The optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising a solder ball formed on the external terminal section.
4. The optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising a sealing resin filling with a gap between the lower surface of the base and an upper surface of the optical element chip.
5. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the base has a thickness with a substantially flat-plate-shape.
6. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring is composed of a lead frame.
7. An optical device, comprising:
a base made of a mold resin and provided with an opening which is a hole through the base;
a plurality of wirings buried in the mold resin so as to cover upper surfaces and lower surfaces of the wirings;
a translucent member attached to an upper surface of the base so that the translucent member covers the opening of the base;
an optical element chip coupled to a lower surface of the base so that the optical element chip covers the opening of the base;
a semiconductor chip buried in the base; and
a connection member buried in the base, the connection member connecting the semiconductor chip and the wiring, wherein
the wiring has a reentrant cavity at the lower surface,
only portions protruding downward from the bottom of the reentrant cavity are exposed from the mold resin to be an internal terminal section and an external terminal section,
the reentrant cavity is covered with the mold resin,
the translucent member is a hologram,
the optical element chip includes a light receiving element and a light emitting element, and
the optical device is a hologram unit.
8. The optical device according to claim 7 , wherein:
an optical element chip is coupled to the lower surface of the base through a bump which connects an electrode pad disposed on the optical element chip to the internal terminal section of the wiring; and
the semiconductor chip is mounted on the wiring.
9. The optical device according to claim 7 , further comprising a solder ball formed on the external terminal section.
10. The optical device according to claim 7 , further comprising a sealing resin filling with a gap between the lower surface of the base and an upper surface of the optical element chip.
11. The optical device according to claim 7 , wherein the base has a thickness with a substantially flat-plate-shape.
12. The optical device according to claim 7 , wherein the wiring is composed of a lead frame.
13. The optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring includes a reduced thickness portion from which said portions protrude.
14. The optical device according to claim 7 , wherein the wiring includes a reduced thickness portion from which said portions protrude.