IP Library Granted Patent US 9,741,632
Granted Patent B2
US 9,741,632 · App. 14/851,652 · Granted Aug 22, 2017

Printed circuit module having semiconductor device with a polymer substrate and methods of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 9,741,632
App. No.
14/851,652
Granted
Aug 22, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printed circuit module and methods for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The printed circuit module includes a printed circuit substrate with a thinned die attached to the printed circuit substrate. The thinned die includes at least one device layer over the printed circuit substrate and a buried oxide (BOX) layer over the at least one device layer. A polymer layer is disposed over the BOX layer, wherein the polymer has a thermal conductivity greater than 2 watts per meter Kelvin (W/mK) and an electrical resistivity of greater than 10 3 Ohm-cm.

Claims (16)

1. A printed circuit module comprising:

a printed circuit substrate;

a thinned die attached to the printed circuit substrate and having at least one device layer over the printed circuit substrate and a buried oxide (BOX) layer over the at least one device layer;

a top protective layer disposed onto the printed circuit substrate and up alongside the thinned die to at least a portion of the BOX layer; and

a polymer layer over the BOX layer, wherein the polymer has a thermal conductivity greater than 2 watts per meter Kelvin (W/mK) and an electrical resistivity of greater than 10 3 Ohm-cm.

2. The circuit board of claim 1 wherein the top protective layer resides between the printed circuit substrate and the polymer layer.

3. The printed circuit module of claim 1 further including a bonding layer disposed onto the BOX layer.

4. The printed circuit module of claim 3 wherein the bonding layer is made of silicon nitride.

5. The printed circuit module of claim 1 further including an outer plastic layer disposed over the polymer layer to provide additional rigidity to the printed circuit module.

6. The printed circuit module of claim 5 wherein the outer plastic layer is cured epoxy.

7. The printed circuit module of claim 1 wherein a thickness of the polymer layer ranges from about 100 μm to around 500 μm.

8. The printed circuit module of claim 1 wherein the thinned die is a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC).

9. The printed circuit module of claim 1 wherein the thermal conductivity of the polymer layer ranges from around about 10 W/mK to around about 50 W/mK.

10. The printed circuit module of claim 1 wherein the thermal conductivity of the polymer layer ranges from around about 50 W/mK to around about 6600 W/mK.

11. The printed circuit module of claim 1 wherein the electrical resistivity of the polymer layer ranges from around about 10 12 Ohm-cm to around about 10 16 Ohm-cm.

12. The printed circuit module of claim 1 wherein the electrical resistivity of the polymer layer ranges from around about 10 3 Ohm-cm to around about 10 12 Ohm-cm.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jun 16, 2016
From: RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
To: QORVO US, INC.
Reel/Frame 039196/0941 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2015
From: LEIPOLD, DIRK ROBERT WALTER; COSTA, JULIO C.; SCOTT, BAKER
To: RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 036777/0541 →