Thermally enhanced fully molded fan-out module

1. A fully molded fan-out module (FMFOM), comprising:

a first semiconductor die comprising conductive interconnects coupled to an active surface of the first semiconductor die;

a second semiconductor die comprising conductive interconnects coupled to an active surface of the second semiconductor die;

a single encapsulant contacting at least four side surfaces and the active surface of the first semiconductor die, the second semiconductor die, and side surfaces of the conductive interconnects to form a panel, back surfaces of the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die being exposed from the single encapsulant;

a fine-pitch build-up interconnect structure disposed over the panel and interconnecting the conductive interconnects of the first semiconductor die to the conductive interconnects of the second semiconductor die without through through silicon vias (TSVs) and bumps disposed between the fine-pitch build-up interconnect structure and the conductive interconnects of the first semiconductor die and the conductive interconnects of the second semiconductor die;

an organic multi-layer substrate coupled to the fine-pitch build-up interconnect structure, the first semiconductor die, and the second semiconductor die; and

a heat sink coupled to the back surfaces of the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die with a thermal interface material (TIM) disposed between the heat sink and the back surfaces of the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die.

2. The FMFOM of claim 1 , wherein the back surfaces of the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die are offset from the encapsulant by a distance greater than 10 micrometers (μm).

3. The FMFOM of claim 1 , wherein the conductive interconnects are formed as copper studs and further comprise a height of 10-100 μm, and are solder free.

4. The FMFOM of claim 1 , wherein the fine-pitch build-up interconnect structure directly contacts the conductive interconnects.

5. The FMFOM of claim 1 , wherein the fine-pitch build-up interconnect structure comprises a line and space distance of less than 3 μm.

6. The FMFOM of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor die, the second semiconductor die, the single encapsulant, and the fine-pitch build-up interconnect structure form a molded core unit configured to be tested to verify electrical connectivity before mounting the molded core unit to the organic multi-layer substrate.

7. A fully molded fan-out module (FMFOM), comprising:

a first semiconductor die comprising conductive interconnects coupled to an active surface of the first semiconductor die;

a second semiconductor die comprising conductive interconnects coupled to an active surface of the second semiconductor die;

a single encapsulant contacting at least four side surfaces and the active surface of the first semiconductor die, the second semiconductor die, and side surfaces of the conductive interconnects to form a panel;

a fine-pitch build-up interconnect structure disposed over the panel and interconnecting the conductive interconnects of the first semiconductor die to the conductive interconnects of the second semiconductor die without through silicon vias (TSVs) disposed between the fine-pitch build-up interconnect structure and the conductive interconnects of the first semiconductor die and the conductive interconnects of the second semiconductor die; and

a multi-layer substrate coupled to the fine-pitch build-up interconnect structure, the first semiconductor die, and the second semiconductor die.

8. The FMFOM of claim 7 , wherein back surfaces of the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die being exposed from the single encapsulant.

9. The FMFOM of claim 8 , wherein the back surfaces of the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die are offset from the encapsulant by a distance greater than 10 micrometers (μm).

10. The FMFOM of claim 9 , further comprising:

providing a thermal interface material (TIM) over the offset back surfaces of the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die; and

coupling a heat sink to the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die with the TIM disposed between the heat sink and the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die.

11. The FMFOM of claim 7 , wherein the fine-pitch build-up interconnect structure directly contacts the conductive interconnects.

12. The FMFOM of claim 7 , wherein the fine-pitch build-up interconnect structure comprises a line and space distance of less than 3 μm.

13. The FMFOM of claim 7 , further comprising forming the multi-layer substrate as a high density build-up (HDBU) substrate wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the molded core unit is within 40% of the CTE of the HDBU substrate.

14. The FMFOM of claim 7 , wherein the fine-pitch build-up interconnect structure is formed over a surface comprising a coplanarity of less than or equal to 10 μm.

15. A fully molded fan-out module (FMFOM), comprising:

a first semiconductor die comprising conductive interconnects coupled to an active surface of the first semiconductor die;

a second semiconductor die comprising conductive interconnects coupled to an active surface of the second semiconductor die;

a single encapsulant contacting at least four side surfaces and the active surface of the first semiconductor die, the second semiconductor die, and side surfaces of the conductive interconnects to form a panel; and

a fine-pitch build-up interconnect structure disposed over the panel and interconnecting the conductive interconnects of the first semiconductor die to the conductive interconnects of the second semiconductor die without a silicon interposer.

16. The FMFOM of claim 15 , wherein back surfaces of the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die are exposed from the single encapsulant.

17. The FMFOM of claim 16 , further comprising:

providing a thermal interface material (TIM) over the exposed back surfaces of the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die; and

coupling a heat sink to the back surfaces of the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die with the TIM disposed between the heat sink and the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die.

18. The FMFOM of claim 15 , wherein the first semiconductor die, the second semiconductor die, the single encapsulant, and the fine-pitch build-up interconnect structure form a molded core unit configured to be tested to verify electrical connectivity before mounting the molded core unit to an organic multi-layer substrate.

19. The FMFOM of claim 15 , further comprising:

a multi-layer high density build-up (HDBU) substrate coupled to the fine-pitch build-up interconnect structure, the first semiconductor die, and the second semiconductor die;

wherein the molded core unit is mounted to the HDBU substrate with flip-chip bumps comprising bump coplanarity of less than or equal to 15 microns.

20. The FMFOM of claim 16 , wherein the back surfaces of the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die are offset from the encapsulant by a distance greater than 10 μm.