IP Library Granted Patent US 10,304,763
Granted Patent B2
US 10,304,763 · App. 15/858,673 · Granted May 28, 2019

Producing wafer level packaging using leadframe strip and related device

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Patent No.
US 10,304,763
App. No.
15/858,673
Granted
May 28, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing wafer level packaging using an embedded leadframe strip and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include placing dies into a mold with an active side of each die facing a surface of the mold; placing a leadframe strip on the mold, wherein the leadframe strip includes etched and half etched portions positioned between each die; placing a mold cover over the mold and dies; and adding mold compound in spaces between the dies and mold cover.

Claims (37)

1. A device comprising:

dies attached to a mold;

a leadframe strip attached to the mold, wherein the leadframe strip includes etched and half etched portions positioned between each die;

a mold cover formed over the mold and dies; and

a mold compound formed in spaces between the dies and mold cover,

wherein the etched portions of the leadframe strip contact the mold and mold cover, and

wherein a height of the etched portions of the leadframe strip is higher than a height of each die, and an interface of the mold and mold cover is coplanar to a top surface of the leadframe strip on opposite side of the active side.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the mold compound is formed on upper surfaces of the half etched portion of the leadframe strip.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the leadframe strip comprises a metal.

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the half-etched portions of the leadframe strip are adjacent to sides of the dies.

5. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the metal comprises copper.

6. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the metal comprises copper coated with a protective coating.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein an active side of each die faces a surface of the mold.

8. A device comprising:

dies attached to a mold;

a leadframe strip attached to the mold, wherein the leadframe strip includes etched and half etched portions positioned between each die;

a mold cover formed over the mold and dies, wherein the etched portions of the leadframe strip are of sufficient height to contact the mold cover; and

a mold compound formed in spaces between the dies and mold cover,

wherein a height of the etched portions of the leadframe strip is higher than a height of each die, and an interface of the mold and mold cover is coplanar to a top surface of the leadframe strip on opposite side of the active side.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the mold compound is formed on upper surfaces of the half etched portion of the leadframe strip.

10. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the leadframe strip comprises a metal.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the half-etched portions of the leadframe strip are adjacent to sides of the dies.

12. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the metal comprises copper.

13. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the metal comprises copper coated with a protective coating.

14. The device according to claim 8 , wherein an active side of each die faces a surface of the mold.

15. A device comprising:

dies formed into a mold with an active side of each die facing a surface of the mold;

a leadframe strip formed on the mold;

a mold cover formed over the mold and dies; and

a polymer mold compound formed in spaces between the dies and mold cover,

wherein the metal leadframe strip comprises etched and half etched portions positioned between each die and the half-etched portions of the metal leadframe strip are adjacent to sides of the dies, and

wherein a height of the etched portions of the leadframe strip is higher than a height of each die, and an interface of the mold and mold cover is coplanar to a top surface of the leadframe strip on opposite side of the active side.

16. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the metal leadframe strip comprises copper.

17. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the leadframe strip comprises a metal.

18. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the metal leadframe strip comprises copper coated with a protective coating.

19. The device according to claim 18 , wherein the protective coating comprises nickel.

20. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the etched portions of the leadframe strip contact the mold and mold cover.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2021
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
Reel/Frame 056987/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2020
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 054636/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2020
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.
Reel/Frame 054633/0001 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 29, 2018
From: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 049490/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2018
From: GRAF, RICHARD S.; MANDAL, SUDEEP; HORSFORD, KIBBY
To: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
Reel/Frame 044757/0181 →