IP Library Granted Patent US 9,545,013
Granted Patent B2
US 9,545,013 · App. 13/596,446 · Granted Jan 10, 2017

Flip chip interconnect solder mask

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Patent No.
US 9,545,013
App. No.
13/596,446
Granted
Jan 10, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solder mask for flip chip interconnection has a common opening that spans a plurality of circuit elements. The solder mask allows confinement of the solder during the re-melt stage of interconnection, yet it is within common design rules for solder mask patterning. Also, a substrate for flip chip interconnection includes a substrate having the common opening that spans a plurality of circuit elements. Also, a flip chip package includes a substrate having a common opening that spans a plurality of circuit elements.

Claims (31)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate;

a masking layer including a plurality of elongated openings formed over a surface of the substrate;

a plurality of traces formed over the surface of the substrate including a first portion of the plurality of traces passing beneath a first elongated opening of the plurality of elongated openings and parallel with respect to a first width across the first elongated opening and a second portion of the plurality of traces passing beneath a second elongated opening of the plurality of elongated openings and angled with respect to a second width across the second elongated opening; and

a semiconductor die disposed over the substrate and including a plurality of contact pads electrically connected to interconnect sites on the traces.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further including a plurality of bumps disposed between the contact pads and the interconnect sites.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the bumps include a fusible portion and non-fusible portion.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the bumps include a width greater than a width of the interconnect sites.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further including a no-flow underfill material disposed between the semiconductor die and substrate.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the surface of the substrate is non-wettable with bump material.

7. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate;

a masking layer formed over the surface of the substrate including a first elongated opening and a second elongated opening;

a first trace and a second trace formed over the surface of the substrate including a first portion of the first and second traces passing beneath the first elongated opening and parallel with respect to a first width across the first elongated opening and a second portion of the first and second traces passing beneath the second elongated opening and angled with respect to a second width across the second elongated opening;

a semiconductor die disposed over the substrate; and

a plurality of bumps formed between contact pads of the semiconductor die and interconnect sites on the first and second traces within the first elongated opening, the bumps including a width at the surface of the substrate greater than a width of the interconnect sites.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the first trace is parallel with respect to a first width across the first elongated opening and the second trace is angled with respect to a second width across the second elongated opening.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the bumps include a fusible portion and non-fusible portion.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the bumps are electrically connected to the interconnect sites on the traces by thermo-compression bonding.

11. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , further including a no-flow underfill material disposed between the semiconductor die and substrate.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the surface of the substrate is non-wettable with bump material.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the width of the first elongated opening is less than 90 μm.

14. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate;

a masking layer including a first elongated opening and a second elongated opening formed over the surface of the substrate; and

a first trace and a second trace formed over the surface of the substrate including a first portion of the first and second traces passing beneath the first elongated opening and parallel with respect to a first width across the first elongated opening and a second portion of the first and second traces passing beneath the second elongated opening and angled with respect to a second width across the second elongated opening.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , further including a semiconductor die disposed over the substrate and including a plurality of bumps connected to interconnect sites on the traces.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the bumps include a fusible portion and a non-fusible portion.

17. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the bumps include a width greater than a width of the interconnect sites.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the bumps are connected to the interconnect sites on the traces by thermo-compression bonding.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , further including a no-flow underfill material disposed between the semiconductor die and substrate.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2025
From: STATS CHIPPAC PTE. LTD.
To: STATS CHIPPAC MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 072788/0917 →
THIS SUBMISSION IS TO CORRECT A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN THE COVER SHEET PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL: 038378 FRAME: 0382 TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF ASSIGNEE'S NAME FROM "STATS CHIPPAC PTE. LTE." TO "STATS CHIPPAC PTE. LTD." Recorded Sep 6, 2023
From: STATS CHIPPAC LTD.
To: STATS CHIPPAC PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 064869/0363 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 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 052950/0497 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 7, 2016
From: STATS CHIPPAC LTD.
To: STATS CHIPPAC PTE. LTE.
Reel/Frame 038378/0382 →
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 →