Packaging method and package structure of wafer-level system-in-package

1. A wafer-level system-in-package (WLSiP) package structure, comprising:

a device substrate, including a substrate and a plurality of first chips on the substrate;

an encapsulation layer, covering the device substrate;

a plurality of second chips embedded in the encapsulation layer; and

an electrical connection structure, electrically connecting at least one second chip of the plurality of second chips with at least one first chip of the plurality of first chips, wherein the plurality of first chips and the plurality of second chips are staggered from each other and are located on opposite sides of an interface surface between the device substrate and the encapsulation layer, respectively.

2. The package structure of claim 1 , wherein the electrical connection structure comprises:

plugs formed in the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of first chips.

3. The package structure of claim 2 , wherein the electrical connection structure further comprises:

a wiring between the plurality of first chips and the plurality of second chips or placed on tops of the plugs.

4. The package structure of claim 3 , wherein the electrical connection structure further comprises:

at least one conductive bump formed between the wiring and the plurality of second chips.

5. The package structure of claim 1 wherein:

the substrate has a front side and a back side, and

the encapsulating layer covers one of the front side and the back side of the substrate.

6. The package structure of claim 2 , further comprising:

pads located on a side of the substrate opposite to the encapsulation layer, wherein the pads are electrically connected with the corresponding plugs.

7. The package structure of claim 1 , wherein one of a front side and a back side of the plurality of second chips is bonded to the substrate.

8. The package structure of claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of second chips is disposed on the substrate by a bonding layer.

9. The package structure of claim 8 , wherein the bonding layer comprises one of a chip bonding film, a dry film, and a photoresist.

10. The package structure of claim 1 , wherein the encapsulation layer is a plastic encapsulation layer.

11. A wafer-level system-in-package (WLSiP) packaging method, comprising:

providing a device substrate, including a substrate and a plurality of first chips on the substrate;

providing a plurality of second chips on the substrate, wherein the plurality of first chips and the plurality of second chips are staggered from each other;

forming an electrical connection structure, such that at least one second chip of the plurality of second chips is electrically connected to at least one first chip of the plurality of first chips; and

covering the plurality of second chips and the substrate with an encapsulation material fix the plurality of second chips on the substrate, wherein the plurality of first chips and the plurality of second chips are located on opposite sides of an interface surface between the device substrate and the encapsulation layer, respectively.

12. The packaging method of claim 11 , wherein forming the electrical connection structure comprises:

forming a wiring that is electrically connected with the at least one first chip of the plurality of first chips on the substrate, before providing the plurality of second chips on the substrate; and

providing the plurality of second chips on the substrate, such that the plurality of first chips and the plurality of second chips are staggered from each other, wherein the at least one first chip and the at least one second chip are electrically connected by the wiring.

13. The packaging method of claim 12 , wherein providing the plurality of second chips on the substrate comprises:

forming at least one conductive bump on the wiring; and

placing the plurality of second chips on the at least one conductive bump, wherein the at least one first chip and the at least one second chip are electrically connected by the at least one conductive bump.

14. A wafer-level system-in-package (WLSiP) packaging method, comprising:

providing a device substrate, including a substrate and a plurality of first chips on the substrate;

providing a plurality of second chips on the substrate, wherein the plurality of first chips and the plurality of second chips are staggered from each other;

forming an electrical connection structure, such that at least one second chip of the plurality of second chips is electrically connected to at least one first chip of the plurality of first chips;

covering the plurality of second chips and the substrate with an encapsulation material to fix the plurality of second chips on the substrate; and

forming plugs that are electrically connected to the plurality of first chips in the substrate, before the substrate is thinned, wherein ends of the plugs extending toward a back side of the substrate are buried under the back side; and after the encapsulation material covers the plurality of second chips and a front side of the substrate, thinning the back side of the substrate until the plugs are exposed; or

before the encapsulation material covers the plurality of second chips and the front side of the substrate, thinning the substrate, followed by forming plugs that are electrically connected to the plurality of first chips in the substrate, wherein ends of the plugs are exposed from the back side of the substrate.

15. The packaging method of claim 11 , wherein providing the plurality of second chips on the substrate comprises:

thinning a back side of the substrate;

providing a support substrate and adjoining the support substrate with the back side of the substrate;

placing the plurality of second chips on a front side of the substrate; and

removing the support substrate.

16. The packaging method of claim 15 , wherein, after the encapsulating material covers the plurality of second chips and the substrate and the thinning of the substrate, the electrical connection structure is formed by:

forming plugs in the substrate, wherein the plugs include plugs, corresponding to the plurality of first chips, electrically connected to the plurality of first chips, and the plugs further include plugs, corresponding to the plurality of second chips, electrically connected to the plurality of second chips.

17. The packaging method of claim 11 , wherein one of a front side and a back side of the plurality of second chips is bonded to the substrate.

18. The packaging method of claim 11 , wherein providing the plurality of second chips on the substrate comprises:

bonding the plurality of second chips to the substrate by using a bonding layer there-between.

19. The packaging method of claim 18 , wherein the bonding layer comprises one of a chip bonding film, a dry film, and a photoresist.

20. The packaging method of claim 11 , wherein the substrate has a front side and a back side, and the encapsulating layer covers one of the front side and the back side.