IP Library Granted Patent US 12,374,554
Granted Patent B2
US 12,374,554 · App. 18/416,760 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Semiconductor packages with die including cavities and related methods

Inventors: Michael J. Seddon (Gilbert, AZ); Francis J. Carney (Mesa, AZ); Chee Hiong Chew (Seremban, MY); Soon Wei Wang (Seremban, MY); Eiji Kurose (Oizumi-machi, JP)
Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
H01L21/302H01L21/48H01L21/561H01L21/565H01L21/78H01L23/12H01L23/3185H01L24/04H01L24/26H01L2224/94
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Patent No.
US 12,374,554
App. No.
18/416,760
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Implementations of a method of forming a semiconductor package may include forming a plurality of notches into the first side of a semiconductor substrate; forming an organic material over the first side of the semiconductor substrate and into the plurality of notches; forming a cavity into each of a plurality of semiconductor die included in the semiconductor substrate; applying a backmetal into the cavity in each of the plurality of semiconductor die included in the semiconductor substrate; and singulating the semiconductor substrate through the organic material into a plurality of semiconductor packages.

Claims (37)

1. A semiconductor package comprising:

a semiconductor die comprising a first side and a second side opposite the first side;

a cavity extending into the second side of the semiconductor die;

a plurality of notches extending into the first side of the semiconductor die;

a backmetal coupled within the cavity; and

an organic material coupled over the first side of the semiconductor die and within the plurality of notches;

wherein the plurality of notches form a step around an outermost perimeter of the first side; and

wherein a greatest depth of the cavity extends only partially into the second side of the semiconductor die.

2. The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the organic material only partially covers one or more sidewalls of the semiconductor die.

3. The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the organic material further comprises a die support structure.

4. The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein a largest planar surface of the second side of the semiconductor die is within the cavity.

5. The semiconductor package of claim 1 , further comprising a conductive material coupled within the cavity and directly coupled to only a largest planar surface of the backmetal.

6. The semiconductor package of claim 5 , wherein multiple surfaces of the backmetal are exposed on multiple outer surfaces of the semiconductor package.

7. The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the backmetal covers an entirety of the second side of the semiconductor die.

8. A semiconductor package comprising:

a semiconductor die comprising a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side comprising a step along an outer perimeter of the first side;

a cavity extending into the second side of the semiconductor die;

a backmetal coupled within the cavity; and

an organic material coupled over the first side of the semiconductor die and within the step;

wherein a greatest depth of the cavity extends only partially into the second side of the semiconductor die.

9. The semiconductor package of claim 8 , wherein the organic material only partially covers one or more sidewalls of the semiconductor die.

10. The semiconductor package of claim 8 , wherein the organic material further comprises a die support structure.

11. The semiconductor package of claim 8 , wherein a largest planar surface of the second side of the semiconductor die is within the cavity.

12. The semiconductor package of claim 8 , further comprising a conductive material coupled within the cavity and directly coupled to only a largest planar surface of the backmetal.

13. The semiconductor package of claim 8 , wherein the backmetal covers an entirety of the second side of the semiconductor die.

14. The semiconductor package of claim 8 , wherein a thinned portion of the semiconductor die is less than five microns thick.

15. A semiconductor package comprising:

a semiconductor die comprising a first side and a second side opposite the first side;

a cavity extending into the second side of the semiconductor die;

a backmetal coupled within the cavity; and

an organic material coupled over the first side of the semiconductor die, wherein the organic material only partially covers one or more sidewalls of the semiconductor die;

wherein a greatest depth of the cavity extends only partially into the second side of the semiconductor die.

16. The semiconductor package of claim 15 , wherein the organic material further comprises a die support structure.

17. The semiconductor package of claim 15 , wherein a largest planar surface of the second side of the semiconductor die is within the cavity.

18. The semiconductor package of claim 15 , further comprising a conductive material coupled within the cavity and directly coupled to only a largest planar surface of the backmetal.

19. The semiconductor package of claim 18 , wherein multiple surfaces of the backmetal are exposed on multiple outer surfaces of the semiconductor package.

20. The semiconductor package of claim 15 , wherein a thinned portion of the semiconductor die is less than five microns thick.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2024
From: SEDDON, MICHAEL J.; CARNEY, FRANCIS J.; CHEW, CHEE HIONG; WANG, SOON WEI; KUROSE, EIJI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
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Continuity (14)
Continuation 17660477 · Apr 25, 2022
Continuation 16985995 · Aug 5, 2020
Continuation In Part 16862120 · Apr 29, 2020
Continuation In Part 16861740 · Apr 29, 2020
Continuation In Part 16862063 · Apr 29, 2020
Continuation In Part 16702958 · Dec 4, 2019
Continuation In Part 16545139 · Aug 20, 2019
Continuation In Part 16395822 · Apr 26, 2019
Division 16101259 · Aug 10, 2018
Division 15679661 · Aug 17, 2017
Continuation 15679664 · Aug 17, 2017
Division 15244737 · Aug 23, 2016
Provisional Application 62219666 · Sep 17, 2015
Related Publication 20240203744A1 · Jun 20, 2024
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