Substrate for semiconductor package and semiconductor package including the same
A substrate for a semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip mounting region; a bonding terminal region including at least one bonding terminal; at least one plating line extending across the semiconductor chip mounting region; a plating line prohibition region at an opposite side of the bonding terminal region from the semiconductor chip mounting region; and a plating line removal region that is between the bonding terminal region and the semiconductor chip mounting region and is free of a portion of the plating line so that each of the at least one bonding terminal is electrically isolated.
1 . A semiconductor package comprising:
a substrate including a plurality of bonding terminals and a plating line on one surface of the substrate;
a first semiconductor chip that is mounted on the one surface of the substrate and includes a plurality of bonding pads formed near at least one edge on a top surface of the first semiconductor chip; and
a second semiconductor chip that is mounted on the one surface of the substrate at a distance from the first semiconductor chip, and includes a plurality of bonding pads formed near at least one edge on a top surface of the second semiconductor chip,
wherein,
the plurality of bonding terminals are between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip and are connected to the plurality of bonding pads of the first semiconductor chip and the plurality of bonding pads of the second semiconductor chip by wires,
the plating line is between the plurality of bonding terminals and the first semiconductor chip and is connected to each of the plurality of bonding terminals, and
a plating line removal region is between the first semiconductor chip and the plurality of bonding terminals and is free of a portion of the plating line so that each of the plurality of bonding terminals is electrically isolated.
2 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor chip, the plurality of bonding terminals, and the second semiconductor chip are sequentially arranged in a length direction of the substrate, and the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip, and the substrate have substantially a same width.
3 . The semiconductor package of claim 2 , wherein the width of the first semiconductor chip is 80% or more of the width of the substrate.
4 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the first semiconductor chip and the plurality of bonding terminals is 500 μm to 600 μm.
5 . The semiconductor package of claim 4 , wherein a width of the plating line removal region in a length direction of the substrate is 100 μm to 200 μm.
6 . The semiconductor package of claim 5 , wherein a length of the plating line that is connected to each of the plurality of bonding terminals is 200 μm or less.
7 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of second bonding terminals that are at an opposite side of the second semiconductor chip from the plurality of bonding terminals and are connected to a plurality of bonding pads of the second semiconductor chip by wires.
8 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the plating line extends across a region of the top surface of the substrate in which the first semiconductor chip is mounted.
9 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor chip is a memory chip, and the second semiconductor chip is a buffer chip.
10 . The semiconductor package of claim 9 , wherein the first semiconductor chip is a semiconductor chip stack, which comprises a plurality of memory chips stacked in a stepwise manner.
11 . A semiconductor package comprising:
a substrate that includes connection terminals on a bottom surface that are configured for connection with an external device, bonding terminals on a top surface, which are connected to a semiconductor chip by wires, and via holes and conductive lines configured to facilitate electrical connections to the connection terminals and the bonding terminals; and
a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip that are arranged along a length direction of the substrate and have substantially a same width as a width of the substrate,
wherein,
a plurality of bonding pads are arranged along a width direction of the first semiconductor chip near one edge of a top surface thereof facing the second semiconductor chip,
a plurality of bonding pads are arranged along a width direction of the second semiconductor chip near one edge of a top surface thereof facing the first semiconductor chip,
a plurality of bonding terminals are arranged along a width direction of the substrate between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip,
the plurality of bonding terminals are connected to the plurality of bonding pads of the first semiconductor chip and the plurality of bonding pads of the second semiconductor chip by wires,
all of the plurality of bonding terminals are connected to at least one plating line, which is configured to supply electricity for electroplating, and is on the substrate between the plurality of bonding terminals and the first semiconductor chip,
a plating line removal region, which is free of a portion of the at least one plating line, is between the first semiconductor chip and the plurality of bonding terminals to electrically separate the plurality of bonding terminals from each other,
a distance between the second semiconductor chip and the plurality of bonding terminals is less than one-third of a distance between the first semiconductor chip and the plurality of bonding terminals, and
the distance between the first semiconductor chip and the plurality of bonding terminals is 150 μm or more and the distance between the second semiconductor chip and the plurality of bonding terminals is 150 μm or less.
12 . The semiconductor package of claim 11 , wherein the distance between the first semiconductor chip and the plurality of bonding terminals is 500 μm to 600 μm, and a width of the plating line removal region along the length direction of the substrate is 100 μm to 200 μm.
13 . The semiconductor package of claim 12 , wherein a length of the at least one plating line that is connected to the plurality of bonding terminals is 200 μm or less.
14 . The semiconductor package of claim 13 , wherein, the first semiconductor chip is a memory chip and the second semiconductor chip is a buffer chip,
a plurality of second bonding pads are arranged along the width direction of the buffer chip on a top surface thereof near another edge opposite to the one edge facing the first semiconductor chip, and
and a plurality of second bonding terminals connected to the plurality of second bonding pads of the buffer chip by wires are arranged along the width direction of the substrate on the top surface of the substrate.
15 . The semiconductor package of claim 14 , wherein,
the first semiconductor chip is a stack comprising eight NAND flash memory chips, which are stacked in a stepwise manner so that the bonding pads of each of the NAND flash memory chips are arranged toward the plurality of bonding terminals,
the stack, the at least one plating line, the plating line removal region, the plurality of bonding terminals, the buffer chip, and the plurality of second bonding terminals constitute a first set,
the semiconductor package further includes a second set that is adjacent to the first set and has a same configuration as the first set, and
the first set and the second set are symmetrical to each other.