Semiconductor device with thin redistribution layers
View Patent ↗A semiconductor device with thin redistribution layers is disclosed and may include forming a first redistribution layer on a dummy substrate, electrically coupling a semiconductor die to the first redistribution layer, and forming a first encapsulant layer on the redistribution layer and around the semiconductor die. The dummy substrate may be removed thereby exposing a second surface of the first redistribution layer. A dummy film may be temporarily affixed to the exposed second surface of the redistribution layer and a second encapsulant layer may be formed on the exposed top surface of the semiconductor die, a top surface and side edges of the first encapsulant layer, and side edges of the first redistribution layer. The dummy film may be removed to again expose the second surface of the first redistribution layer, and a second redistribution layer may be formed on the first redistribution layer and on the second encapsulant layer.
1. A semiconductor device, the device comprising:
a first redistribution layer comprising at least one inorganic dielectric layer, the first redistribution layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
a semiconductor die electrically coupled to the first surface of the first redistribution layer;
a first encapsulant layer on the first surface of the first redistribution layer and around the semiconductor die but not covering a top surface of the semiconductor die;
a second encapsulant layer on the top surface of the semiconductor die, a top surface and side edges of the first encapsulant layer, and side edges of the first redistribution layer; and
a second redistribution layer on the second surface of the first redistribution layer and on a bottom surface of the second encapsulant layer.
2. The device according to claim 1 , comprising an underfill material between the semiconductor die and the first surface of the first redistribution layer.
3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the first encapsulant layer is coplanar with the exposed top surface of the semiconductor die.
4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a solder ball is on the second redistribution layer.
5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the solder ball is electrically coupled to the semiconductor die via the first and second redistribution layers.
6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the second redistribution layer is wider than the first distribution layer.
7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom surface of the second encapsulant layer is coplanar with the second surface of the first redistribution layer.
8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first redistribution layer is 10 μm or less.
9. A semiconductor device comprising:
a first redistribution layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
a semiconductor die electrically coupled to the first surface of the first redistribution layer;
a first encapsulant layer on the first surface of the first redistribution layer and around the semiconductor die but not covering a top surface of the semiconductor die;
a second encapsulant layer covering the first encapsulant layer and the top surface of the semiconductor die; and
a second redistribution layer comprising at least one inorganic dielectric layer, the second redistribution layer electrically coupled to the first redistribution layer and on a bottom surface of the second encapsulant layer.
10. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , comprising an underfill material between the semiconductor die and the first surface of the first redistribution layer.
11. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein a top surface of the first encapsulant layer is coplanar with the exposed top surface of the semiconductor die.
12. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , comprising a solder ball on the second redistribution layer.
13. The semiconductor device according to claim 12 , wherein the solder ball is electrically coupled to the semiconductor die via the first and second redistribution layers.
14. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the second redistribution layer is wider than the first distribution layer.
15. The semiconductor device according to claim 14 , wherein the second encapsulant layer covers side edges of the first encapsulant layer.
16. The semiconductor device according to claim 14 , wherein the second encapsulant layer covers side edges of the first redistribution layer.
17. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the bottom surface of the second encapsulant layer is coplanar with the second surface of the first redistribution layer.
18. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein a thickness of the first redistribution layer is 10 μm or less.
19. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein conductive layers in the first redistribution layer have a pitch of 10 nm to 1000 nm.
20. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein a thickness of the semiconductor device is between 100 μm and 200 μm.
21. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a second semiconductor die is electrically coupled to the first surface of the first redistribution layer with the first encapsulant layer around the second semiconductor die but not covering a top surface of the second semiconductor die.
22. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein a second semiconductor die is electrically coupled to the first surface of the first redistribution layer with the first encapsulant layer around the second semiconductor die but not covering a top surface of the second semiconductor die.