System in package device
A system in package device according to an example of the present invention includes a package substrate, an external terminal which is arranged on one face side or the other face side of the package substrate, a first chip which is arranged on the other face side of the package substrate, a second chip which is arranged on the first chip, and bumps which are arranged between the first chip and the second chip. A signal to be input into the external terminal is input into the first chip via the second chip.
1. A system in package device comprising:
a package substrate;
an external signal terminal arranged on a first face side of the package substrate, wherein the second face side is opposite the first face side;
a logic chip arranged on the second face side of the package substrate;
an interface chip arranged on the logic chip so the logic chip is between the interface chip and the second face side of the package substrate; and
bumps arranged between the logic chip and the interface chip,
wherein an input signal is transferred from the external signal terminal to a logic area on the logic chip through the interface chip, wherein the input signal is first transferred from the external signal terminal to the interface chip and then transferred from the interface chip to the logic area of the logic chip via one or more of the bumps.
2. The system in package device of claim 1 , wherein the interface chip is smaller than the logic chip.
3. The system in package device of claim 1 , wherein an output signal is transferred from the logic chip to the external signal terminal through the interface chip, wherein the output signal is first transferred from the logic chip to the interface chip via one or more of the bumps and then transferred from the interface chip to the external signal terminal.
4. The system in package device of claim 1 , wherein the interface chip is flip-chip bonded to the logic chip.
5. The system in package device of claim 1 , wherein the input signal is transferred from the external signal terminal to the interface chip via a bonding wire.
6. The system in package device of claim 1 , wherein the logic chip has a first conductive layer on a surface of the logic chip where the interface chip is arranged, wherein the input signal is transferred from the external signal terminal to the logic chip via the first conductive layer of the logic chip.
7. The system in package device of claim 6 , wherein the first conductive layer of the logic chip is connected to at least one of the bumps.
8. The system in package device of claim 7 , wherein the first conductive layer of the logic chip is connected to the bump arranged on an edge of the interface chip.
9. The system in package device of claim 8 , wherein the first conductive layer of the logic chip is connected to a bonding wire, wherein the bonding wire is connected to the external signal terminal.
10. The system in package device of claim 9 , wherein the input signal is transferred from the external signal terminal to a second conductive layer on the second face side of the package substrate and from the second conductive layer to the first conductive layer of the logic chip via the bonding wire.
11. The system in package device of claim 10 , wherein the external signal terminal is connected to the second conductive layer via a conductive line implemented in the substrate.
12. The system in package device of claim 11 , wherein the second conductive layer is one of a plurality of second conductive layers arranged along an edge of the second face side of the package substrate.
13. The system in package device of claim 12 , wherein the first conductive layer of the logic chip is one of a plurality of first conductive layers arranged along an edge of the interface chip, wherein each of the second conductive layers is connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of first conductive layers of the logic chip.