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Granted Patent B2
US 11,996,358 · App. 17/364,558 · Granted May 28, 2024

Semiconductor packages having first and second redistribution patterns

Inventors: Ju-Il Choi (Seongnam-si, KR); Jumyong Park (Cheonan-si, KR); Jin Ho An (Seoul, KR); Dongjoon Oh (Suwon-si, KR); Chungsun Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Jeonggi Jin (Seoul, KR); Jinho Chun (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H01L23/49838H01L23/49822
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Patent No.
US 11,996,358
App. No.
17/364,558
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor package includes a redistribution substrate that includes a first redistribution pattern and a second redistribution pattern that are at different levels from each other, and a semiconductor chip on the redistribution substrate and including a plurality of chip pads electrically connected to the first and second redistribution patterns. The first redistribution pattern includes a first metal pattern on a first dielectric layer, and a first barrier pattern between the first dielectric layer and a bottom surface of the first metal pattern. The second redistribution pattern includes a second metal pattern in a second dielectric layer, and a second barrier pattern between the second dielectric layer and a bottom surface of the second metal pattern and between the second dielectric layer and a sidewall of the second metal pattern.

Claims (97)

1. A semiconductor package, comprising:

a redistribution substrate including first and second redistribution patterns that have respective bottom surfaces that are at different distances from a bottom surface of the redistribution substrate in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the bottom surface of the redistribution substrate; and

a semiconductor chip on the redistribution substrate, the semiconductor chip including a plurality of chip pads electrically connected to the first and second redistribution patterns,

wherein the first redistribution pattern includes

a first metal pattern on a first dielectric layer, and

a first barrier pattern between the first dielectric layer and a bottom surface of the first metal pattern,

wherein the second redistribution pattern includes

a second metal pattern in a second dielectric layer, and

a second barrier pattern that is

between the second dielectric layer and a bottom surface of the second metal pattern, and

between the second dielectric layer and a sidewall of the second metal pattern, and

wherein the second dielectric layer is on the first dielectric layer and directly contacts a sidewall of the first metal pattern.

2. The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the second dielectric layer is at a same distance from the bottom surface of the redistribution substrate in the vertical direction as a top surface of the second redistribution pattern.

3. The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein

the sidewall of the first metal pattern is misaligned with a sidewall of the first barrier pattern such that the sidewall of the first metal pattern is offset from the sidewall of the first barrier pattern in a horizontal direction that is parallel to the bottom surface of the redistribution substrate, and

a portion of the second dielectric layer is between the bottom surface of the first metal pattern and a top surface of the first dielectric layer.

4. The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein

the first redistribution pattern has a first minimum width in a horizontal direction that is parallel to the bottom surface of the redistribution substrate,

the second redistribution pattern has a second minimum width in the horizontal direction, and

the second minimum width is smaller in magnitude than the first minimum width.

5. The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the second redistribution pattern includes

a via part that penetrates a portion of the second dielectric layer;

a pad part in the second dielectric layer and connected to the via part; and

a line part in the second dielectric layer and extending away from the pad part,

wherein the pad part has a first thickness in the vertical direction, and

wherein the line part has a second thickness in the vertical direction that is smaller in magnitude than the first thickness.

6. The semiconductor package of claim 5 , wherein

a top surface of the line part is at a same distance from the bottom surface of the redistribution substrate in the vertical direction as a top surface of the pad part, and

a bottom surface of the line part is at a different distance from the bottom surface of the redistribution substrate in the vertical direction than a bottom surface of the pad part.

7. The semiconductor package of claim 5 , wherein the second redistribution pattern has a rounded edge between a sidewall of the via part and a bottom surface of the pad part.

8. The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein

the first metal pattern has a linear sidewall, and

the second metal pattern has a rounded sidewall.

9. The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the second metal pattern has

a minimum width at a top surface of the second metal pattern or the bottom surface of the second metal pattern, and

a maximum width at a level that is between the top surface of the second metal pattern and the bottom surface of the second metal pattern.

10. The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the second redistribution pattern includes

a via part that penetrates a portion of the second dielectric layer;

a pad part in the second dielectric layer and connected to the via part; and

a line part in the second dielectric layer and extending away from the pad part,

wherein the line part of the second redistribution pattern has a width of about 0.5 μm to about 2.5 μm.

11. A semiconductor package, comprising:

a redistribution substrate that includes a plurality of first redistribution layers and a plurality of second redistribution layers that are vertically and alternately stacked in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to a bottom surface of the redistribution substrate; and

a semiconductor chip on the redistribution substrate,

wherein each of the first redistribution layers includes

a first dielectric layer, and

a first redistribution pattern that includes a first via part and a first pad part connected to the first via part, the first via part penetrating the first dielectric layer, and the first pad part being on a top surface of the first dielectric layer,

wherein each of the second redistribution layers includes

a second dielectric layer on an underlying first dielectric layer of an underlying first redistribution layer, and

a second redistribution pattern that includes a second via part and a second pad part connected to the second via part, the second via part penetrating a portion of the second dielectric layer, and the second pad part is in the second dielectric layer,

wherein the first redistribution pattern includes

a first metal pattern on a first dielectric layer, and

a first barrier pattern between the first dielectric layer and a bottom surface of the first metal pattern,

wherein the second redistribution pattern includes

a second metal pattern in a second dielectric layer, and

a second barrier pattern that is

between the second dielectric layer and a bottom surface of the second metal pattern, and

between the second dielectric layer and a sidewall of the second metal pattern, and

wherein the second dielectric layer is on the first dielectric layer and directly contacts a sidewall of the first metal pattern.

12. The semiconductor package of claim 11 , wherein

the second dielectric layer covers a sidewall of an underlying first redistribution pattern of the underlying first redistribution layer, and

a top surface of the second dielectric layer is coplanar with a top surface of the second redistribution pattern.

13. The semiconductor package of claim 11 , wherein

the first pad part of the first redistribution pattern has a linear sidewall, and

the second pad part of the second redistribution pattern has a rounded sidewall.

14. The semiconductor package of claim 11 , wherein

the second redistribution pattern further includes a line part in the second dielectric layer and extending away from the second pad part, and

the line part of the second redistribution pattern has

a minimum width at a top surface of the line part or a bottom surface of the line part, and

a maximum width at a level that is between the top surface of the line part and the bottom surface of the line part.

15. The semiconductor package of claim 14 , wherein each of the second pad part and the line part has a rounded sidewall.

16. The semiconductor package of claim 11 , wherein

the second redistribution pattern further includes a line part in the second dielectric layer and extending away from the second pad part,

a top surface of the line part of the second redistribution pattern is at a same distance from the bottom surface of the redistribution substrate in the vertical direction as a top surface of the second pad part of the second redistribution pattern, and

a bottom surface of the line part of the second redistribution pattern is at a different distance from the bottom surface of the redistribution substrate in the vertical direction than a bottom surface of the second pad part of the second redistribution pattern.

17. The semiconductor package of claim 11 , wherein the first redistribution pattern further includes a first line part on the top surface of the first dielectric layer and extending away from the first pad part,

the second redistribution pattern further includes a second line part in the second dielectric layer and extending away from the second pad part,

the first line part of the first redistribution pattern has a first minimum width,

the second line part of the second redistribution pattern has a second minimum width, and

the second minimum width is smaller in magnitude than the first minimum width.

18. A semiconductor package, comprising:

a lower redistribution substrate that includes a first redistribution pattern on a first dielectric layer and a second redistribution pattern in a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer;

a first semiconductor chip on the lower redistribution substrate, the first semiconductor chip including a plurality of chip pads;

a plurality of first connection terminals between the lower redistribution substrate and the plurality of chip pads of the first semiconductor chip;

a molding layer on the lower redistribution substrate, the molding layer covering the first semiconductor chip; and

a plurality of metal pillars around the first semiconductor chip and connected to the lower redistribution substrate, the metal pillars penetrating the molding layer,

wherein the second dielectric layer covers a sidewall of the first redistribution pattern,

wherein a top surface of the second dielectric layer is coplanar with a top surface of the second redistribution pattern,

wherein the first redistribution pattern includes

a first metal pattern on a first dielectric layer, and

a first barrier pattern between the first dielectric layer and a bottom surface of the first metal pattern,

wherein the second redistribution pattern includes

a second metal pattern in a second dielectric layer, and

a second barrier pattern that is

between the second dielectric layer and a bottom surface of the second metal pattern, and

between the second dielectric layer and a sidewall of the second metal pattern, and

wherein the second dielectric layer is on the first dielectric layer and directly contacts a sidewall of the first metal pattern.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2021
From: CHOI, JU-IL; PARK, JUMYONG; AN, JIN HO; OH, DONGJOON; LEE, CHUNGSUN; JIN, JEONGGI; CHUN, JINHO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056761/0419 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0096147 · Jul 31, 2020 · national
KR 10-2021-0007625 · Jan 19, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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