IP Library Granted Patent US 9,030,006
Granted Patent B2
US 9,030,006 · App. 13/563,598 · Granted May 12, 2015

Integrated circuit package system with internal stacking module

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Patent No.
US 9,030,006
App. No.
13/563,598
Granted
May 12, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integrated circuit package system includes: providing an integrated circuit substrate; forming an internal stacking module coupled to the integrated circuit substrate including: forming a flexible substrate, coupling a stacking module integrated circuit to the flexible substrate, and bending a flexible extension over the stacking module integrated circuit; and molding a package body on the integrated circuit substrate and the internal stacking module.

Claims (56)

1. A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit package system including:

providing an integrated circuit substrate;

forming an internal stacking module coupled to the integrated circuit substrate including:

forming a flexible substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side,

coupling a stacking module integrated circuit to the flexible substrate, the stacking module integrated circuit having an inactive side, a lateral sidewall, and an active side,

forming a mold cap on the stacking module integrated circuit and the flexible substrate,

applying an adhesive over the mold cap, and

bending a flexible extension over the stacking module integrated circuit, the adhesive attached between the flexible extension and the mold cap, the flexible extension extending from the flexible substrate, a side of the flexible extension facing the lateral sidewall and the active side;

mounting a chip interconnect to a portion of the second side of the flexible substrate facing the integrated circuit substrate; and

molding a package body on the integrated circuit substrate and the internal stacking module including a portion of the second side encapsulated in the package body and a top surface of the package body coplanar with a portion of the second side of the flexible substrate exposed from the package body.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising mounting a first integrated circuit on the integrated circuit substrate and under the internal stacking module.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising coupling a discrete component to the flexible substrate.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising positioning a conductive shield around the stacking module integrated circuit.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising mounting a second stacking module integrated circuit on the second side of the flexible substrate.

6. A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit package system including:

providing an integrated circuit substrate;

forming an internal stacking module coupled to the integrated circuit substrate including:

forming a flexible substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, the second side including an external component,

coupling a stacking module integrated circuit to the flexible substrate, the stacking module integrated circuit having an inactive side, a lateral sidewall, and an active side,

forming a mold cap on the stacking module integrated circuit and the flexible substrate,

applying an adhesive over mold cap, and

bending a flexible extension over the stacking module integrated circuit, the adhesive attached between the flexible extension and the mold cap, the flexible extension extending from the flexible substrate, a side of the flexible extension facing the lateral sidewall and the active side;

mounting a chip interconnect to a portion of the second side of the flexible substrate facing the integrated circuit substrate; and

molding a package body on the integrated circuit substrate and the internal stacking module including a portion of the second side encapsulated in the package body and a top surface of the package body coplanar with a portion of the second side of the flexible substrate exposed from the package body.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising:

mounting a first integrated circuit on the integrated circuit substrate and under the internal stacking module; and

coupling an electrical interconnect between the first integrated circuit and the component contact.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising coupling a discrete component to the flexible substrate, the discrete component includes a resistor, a capacitor, an inductor, a voltage regulator, an active device, or a combination thereof.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising positioning a conductive shield around the stacking module integrated circuit, the conductive shield forms an electro-magnetic interference shield or a radio frequency shield around the stacking module integrated circuit.

10. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising mounting a second stacking module integrated circuit on the second side of the flexible substrate.

11. An integrated circuit package system includes:

an integrated circuit substrate;

an internal stacking module coupled to the integrated circuit substrate includes:

a flexible substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side,

a stacking module integrated circuit coupled to the flexible substrate, the stacking module integrated circuit having an inactive side, a lateral sidewall, and an active side,

a mold cap formed on the stacking module integrated circuit and the flexible substrate,

an adhesive applied over the mold cap, and

a flexible extension over the stacking module integrated circuit, the adhesive attached between the flexible extension and the mold cap, the flexible extension extending from the flexible substrate, a side of the flexible extension facing the lateral sidewall and the active side;

a chip interconnect attached to a portion of the second side of the flexible substrate facing the integrated circuit substrate; and

a package body on the integrated circuit substrate and the internal stacking module includes a portion of the second side encapsulated in the package body and a top surface of the package body coplanar with a portion of the second side of the flexible substrate exposed from the package body.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising a first integrated circuit mounted on the integrated circuit substrate and under the internal stacking module.

13. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising a discrete component coupled to the flexible substrate.

14. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising a conductive shield around the stacking module integrated circuit.

15. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising a second stacking module integrated circuit mounted on the second side of the flexible substrate.

16. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising:

a component contact on the integrated circuit substrate;

a system contact on the integrated circuit substrate; and

an external component contact on the second side of the flexible substrate.

17. The system as claimed in claim 16 further comprising:

a first integrated circuit on the integrated circuit substrate and under the internal stacking module; and

an electrical interconnect between the first integrated circuit and the component contact.

18. The system as claimed in claim 16 further comprising a discrete component coupled to the flexible substrate, the discrete component includes a resistor, a capacitor, an inductor, a voltage regulator, an active device, or a combination thereof.

19. The system as claimed in claim 16 further comprising a conductive shield around the stacking module integrated circuit, the conductive shield includes an electro-magnetic interference shield or a radio frequency shield around the stacking module integrated circuit.

20. The system as claimed in claim 16 further comprising:

a second stacking module integrated circuit on the second side of the flexible substrate; and

an electrical interconnect between the second side of the flexible substrate and the component contact on the integrated circuit substrate.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY NAME ON THE COVER SHEET PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 038378 FRAME: 0145. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 5, 2023
From: STATS CHIPPAC LTD.
To: STATS CHIPPAC PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 064806/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 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 052844/0491 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 7, 2016
From: STATS CHIPPAC LTD.
To: STATS CHIPPAC PTE. LTE.
Reel/Frame 038378/0145 →
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 →