IP Library Granted Patent US 8,471,392
Granted Patent B2
US 8,471,392 · App. 13/024,373 · Granted Jun 25, 2013

Semiconductor apparatus and endoscope apparatus

Inventor: Kazuaki Kojima (Suwa, JP)
Assignee: Olympus Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,471,392
App. No.
13/024,373
Granted
Jun 25, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image pickup apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an image pickup device chip including an image pickup device formed on a first principal surface thereof and an external terminal for the image pickup device formed on a second principal surface thereof; a wiring board including a distal end portion including a connection pad, a flexure portion flexed at an angle of no less than 90 degrees, and an extending portion, the wiring board including a wiring layer extending from the distal end portion to the extending portion via the flexure portion, the wiring board being kept within a space immediately above the second principal surface of the image pickup device chip; a bonding layer that joins the second principal surface of the image pickup device chip and the distal end portion of the wiring board; and a bonding wire that electrically connects the external terminal and the connection pad.

Claims (26)

1. A semiconductor apparatus comprising:

a semiconductor chip including a semiconductor device formed on a first principal surface thereof and an external terminal for the semiconductor device, the external terminal being formed on a second principal surface thereof;

a wiring board including a distal end portion including a connection pad, a flexure portion flexed at an angle of no less than 90 degrees, and an extending portion, the wiring board including a wiring layer extending from the distal end portion to the extending portion via the flexure portion, the wiring board being kept within a space immediately above the second principal surface of the semiconductor chip;

a bonding layer that joins the second principal surface of the semiconductor chip and the distal end portion of the wiring board; and

a bonding wire that electrically connects the external terminal and the connection pad.

2. The semiconductor apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wiring board is a multilayer wiring board at least including a wiring layer on each of two surfaces thereof, and the distal end portion, the flexure portion and a portion on the flexure portion side of the extending portion are separated in a width direction by longitudinal slits; and

wherein a plurality of the separated flexure portions are flexed alternately in opposite directions.

3. The semiconductor apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of flexure portions are flexed at a right angle alternately in opposite directions.

4. The semiconductor apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the distal end portion is bonded to a center portion of the second principal surface of the semiconductor chip.

5. The semiconductor apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising a seal portion that covers the bonding wire and the flexure portion.

6. The semiconductor apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the semiconductor device includes an image pickup device; and

wherein a transparent substrate is joined to the first principal surface.

7. An endoscope apparatus comprising:

an image pickup device chip disposed in a distal end portion of an insertion portion thereof, the image pickup device chip including an image pickup device formed on a first principal surface thereof and an external terminal for the image pickup device, the external terminal being formed on a second principal surface thereof;

a wiring board including a distal end portion including a connection pad, a flexure portion flexed at an angle of no less than 90 degrees, and an extending portion, the wiring board including a wiring layer extending from the distal end portion to the extending portion via the flexure portion, the wiring board being kept within a space immediately above the second principal surface of the image pickup device chip;

a bonding layer that joins the second principal surface of the image pickup device chip and the distal end portion of the wiring board;

a bonding wire that electrically connects the external terminal and the connection pad; and

a transparent substrate joined to the first principal surface.

8. The endoscope apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the wiring board is a multilayer wiring board at least including a wiring layer on each of two surfaces thereof, and the distal end portion, the flexure portion and a portion on the flexure portion side of the extending portion are separated in a width direction by longitudinal slits; and

wherein a plurality of the separated flexure portions are flexed alternately in opposite directions.

9. The endoscope apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of flexure portions are flexed at a right angle alternately in opposite directions.

10. The endoscope apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the distal end portion is bonded to a center portion of the second principal surface of the image pickup device chip.

11. The endoscope apparatus according to claim 10 , further comprising a seal portion that covers the bonding wire and the flexure portion.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039344/0502 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2011
From: KOJIMA, KAZUAKI
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025788/0061 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-030437 · Feb 15, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110199473A1 · Aug 18, 2011