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Granted Patent B2
US 12,062,590 · App. 16/725,189 · Granted Aug 13, 2024

Method for manufacturing semiconductor package structure

Inventors: Ting-Yu Yeh (Hsinchu, TW); Chia-Hao Hsu (Hsinchu, TW); Weiming Chris Chen (Taipei, TW); Kuo-Chiang Ting (Hsinchu, TW); Tu-Hao Yu (Hsin-Chu, TW); Shang-Yun Hou (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
H01L23/3735H01L22/32H01L23/562H01L24/17H01L27/0688H01L2924/3511H01L2924/3512
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Patent No.
US 12,062,590
App. No.
16/725,189
Granted
Aug 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor package structure includes a substrate, a first semiconductor and a second semiconductor over the substrate, and a multi-TIM structure disposed over the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die includes a first heat output and the second semiconductor die includes a second heat output less than the first heat output. The multi-TIM structure includes a first TIM layer disposed over at least a portion of the first semiconductor die and a second TIM layer. A thermal conductivity of the first TIM layer is higher than a thermal conductivity of the second TIM layer. The first TIM layer covers the first semiconductor die.

Claims (32)

1. A method for forming a semiconductor package structure comprising:

receiving a substrate comprising a die region and a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die disposed in the die region;

defining a first area where heat conduction is needed and a second area where adhesion is needed in the die region; and

disposing a first thermal interface material (TIM) layer in the first area and disposing a second TIM layer in the second area,

wherein a thermal conductivity (Tk) of the first TIM layer is greater than a thermal conductivity of the second TIM layer, and an adhesion of the second TIM layer is greater than an adhesion of the first TIM layer, wherein the second TIM layer surrounds the first TIM layer and in contact with four sides of the first TIM layer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second area surrounds the first area.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor die includes a first heat output, the second semiconductor die includes a second heat output less than the first heat output, and the first area is defined corresponding to the first semiconductor die.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising disposing a heat sink over the first TIM layer and the second TIM layer, wherein the heat sink is in contact with the first TIM layer and the second TIM layer.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first TIM layer is substantially the same as a thickness of the second TIM layer.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second TIM layer covers corners of the first semiconductor die.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die are separated from each other.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising dispensing an underfill into a space between the substrate, the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die.

9. A method for forming a semiconductor package structure comprising:

providing a substrate;

disposing a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die over the substrate, wherein the first semiconductor die includes a first heat output and the second semiconductor die includes a second heat output less than the first heat output; and

disposing a multi-TIM structure over the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die, wherein the multi-TIM structure comprises a first TIM layer and a second TIM layer having a rectangular shape, and the second TIM layer covers corners of the first semiconductor die and corners of the second semiconductor die, the second TIM layer surrounds the first TIM layer and is in contact with four sides of the first TIM layer,

wherein a thermal conductivity of the first TIM layer is different from a thermal conductivity of the second TIM layer.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising disposing the first TIM layer over at least a portion of the first semiconductor die.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising disposing a third semiconductor die over the substrate, wherein the second semiconductor die and the third semiconductor die are disposed at two sides of the first semiconductor die.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising disposing the second TIM layer over the second semiconductor die and the third semiconductor die.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second TIM layer covers both the second semiconductor die and the third semiconductor die.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second TIM layer includes a first segment of the second TIM layer over the second semiconductor die and a second segment of the second TIM layer over the third semiconductor die.

15. A method for forming a semiconductor package structure comprising:

receiving a substrate comprising a die region and a plurality of semiconductor dies disposed in the die region, wherein the plurality of semiconductor dies includes a first semiconductor die;

forming a multi-TIM structure over the plurality of semiconductor dies in the die region, the multi-TIM structure comprising at least a first TIM layer and at least a second TIM layer, wherein an adhesion of the first TIM layer is different from an adhesion of the second TIM layer; and

disposing the first TIM layer over the die region and disposing the second TIM layer over corners of the die region, wherein a first portion of an upper surface of the first semiconductor die is covered by the first TIM layer, and a second portion of the upper surface of the first semiconductor die is covered by the second TIM layer,

wherein the first TIM layer is enclosed within the second TIM layer, and the second TIM layer is in contact with four sides of the first TIM layer.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second TIM layer further covers a periphery of the die region.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the adhesion of the first TIM layer is less than the adhesion of the second TIM layer.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second TIM layer further covers corners of the plurality of semiconductor dies.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first TIM layer covers a center of the die region.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising dispensing an underfill into a space between the substrate and the plurality of semiconductor dies.

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