IP Library Granted Patent US 12,622,320
Granted Patent B2
US 12,622,320 · App. 17/734,451 · Granted May 5, 2026

Semiconductor package

Inventor: Seungmin Kim (Asan-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,622,320
App. No.
17/734,451
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package includes: a package substrate; a first semiconductor chip mounted on the package substrate; a second semiconductor chip mounted on the package substrate; an adhesive film provided on an upper surface the first semiconductor chip and an upper surface of the second semiconductor chip; and a third semiconductor chip attached to the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip by the adhesive film. The first and second semiconductor chips have different heights, and a thickness of the adhesive film at a portion thereof contacting the first semiconductor chip is different from a thickness of the adhesive film at a portion thereof contacting the second semiconductor chip.

Claims (52)

1 . A semiconductor package comprising:

a package substrate;

a first semiconductor chip mounted on the package substrate;

a plurality of second semiconductor chips mounted on the package substrate, wherein the first semiconductor chip is arranged between the plurality of second semiconductor chips;

an adhesive film provided on an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip and upper surfaces of the plurality of second semiconductor chips; and

a third semiconductor chip attached to the first semiconductor chip, and the plurality of second semiconductor chips by the adhesive film,

wherein a sidewall of one of the plurality of second semiconductor chips is provided on a same plane as a sidewall of the third semiconductor chip,

wherein a portion of the third semiconductor chip, that faces the upper surface of the first semiconductor chip, is concave,

wherein a first distance from an upper surface of the package substrate to the upper surface of the first semiconductor chip is greater than a second distance from the upper surface of the package substrate to the upper surfaces of the plurality of second semiconductor chips to correspond to the concave portion of the third semiconductor chip, and

wherein a first thickness of the adhesive film at a portion thereof contacting the first semiconductor chip is less than a second thickness of the adhesive film at a portion thereof contacting the plurality of second semiconductor chips.

2 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance by about 20 μm to about 100 μm in a vertical direction.

3 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive film contacts a sidewall of the first semiconductor chip.

4 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor chip comprises a controller chip or a logic chip,

wherein the plurality of second semiconductor chips comprises a dummy chip, and

wherein the third semiconductor chip comprises a memory chip.

5 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first bonding wire connecting the first semiconductor chip to the package substrate;

second bonding wires connecting the plurality of second semiconductor chips to the package substrate; and

a third bonding wire connecting the third semiconductor chip to the package substrate,

wherein the first bonding wire and the second bonding wires penetrate through the adhesive film.

6 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of slices of each of the plurality of second semiconductor chips and the third semiconductor chip form a chip stack.

7 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , further comprising a molding member provided on each of the first semiconductor chip, the plurality of second semiconductor chips and the third semiconductor chip, and filling all interspaces between the first semiconductor chip and the plurality of second semiconductor chips.

8 . A semiconductor package comprising:

a printed circuit board;

a first semiconductor chip mounted on the printed circuit board by a first ball grid array;

a plurality of second semiconductor chips mounted on the printed circuit board by a second ball grid array, wherein the first semiconductor chip is arranged between the plurality of second semiconductor chips;

an adhesive film provided on an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip and upper surfaces of the plurality of second semiconductor chips; and

a third semiconductor chip attached to the first semiconductor chip and the plurality of second semiconductor chips by the adhesive film,

wherein a sidewall of one of the plurality of second semiconductor chips is provided on a same plane as a sidewall of the third semiconductor chip,

wherein a portion of the third semiconductor chip, that faces the upper surface of the first semiconductor chip, is concave, and

wherein an inactive surface of the first semiconductor chip, which contacts the adhesive film, is farther from the printed circuit board than inactive surfaces of the plurality of second semiconductor chips to correspond to the concave portion of the third semiconductor chip.

9 . The semiconductor package of claim 8 , wherein a first thickness of the adhesive film at a portion thereof contacting the first semiconductor chip is less than a second thickness of the adhesive film at a portion thereof contacting the plurality of second semiconductor chips.

10 . The semiconductor package of claim 9 , wherein the adhesive film contacts a portion of a sidewall of the first semiconductor chip.

11 . The semiconductor package of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of second semiconductor chips comprises a plurality of dummy semiconductor chips, and

wherein the first semiconductor chip is arranged between the plurality of dummy semiconductor chips.

12 . The semiconductor package of claim 11 , further comprising a molding member provided on each of the first semiconductor chip, the plurality of dummy semiconductor chips and the third semiconductor chip, and filling all interspaces between the first semiconductor chip and the plurality of dummy semiconductor chips.

13 . A semiconductor package comprising:

a plurality of lower semiconductor chips apart from each other on a package substrate, the plurality of lower semiconductor chips comprising a first lower semiconductor chip and a plurality of second lower semiconductor chips, wherein the first lower semiconductor chip is arranged between the plurality of second lower semiconductor chips;

a molding member filling interspaces between the plurality of lower semiconductor chips;

an adhesive film provided on an active surface of the plurality of lower semiconductor chips and the molding member; and

an upper semiconductor chip provided on the adhesive film,

wherein a portion of a lower surface of the upper semiconductor chip, that faces the plurality of lower semiconductor chips, is concave

wherein a sidewall of one of the plurality of lower semiconductor chips is provided on a same plane as a sidewall of the upper semiconductor chip,

wherein the first lower semiconductor chip is narrower and has a smaller plan area than one of the plurality of second lower semiconductor chips, and

wherein an active surface of the first lower semiconductor chip is closer to the upper semiconductor chip than active surfaces of the plurality of second lower semiconductor chips to correspond to the concave portion of the upper semiconductor chip.

14 . The semiconductor package of claim 13 , wherein the active surface of the first lower semiconductor chip is provided on a different plane than the active surfaces of the plurality of second lower semiconductor chips.

15 . The semiconductor package of claim 13 , wherein the first lower semiconductor chip comprises an active chip, and

wherein the plurality of second lower semiconductor chips comprises a dummy chip.

16 . The semiconductor package of claim 13 , further comprising a printed circuit board,

wherein inactive surfaces of the plurality of lower semiconductor chips are attached to an upper surface of the printed circuit board.

17 . The semiconductor package of claim 16 , wherein the upper semiconductor chip comprises a plurality of stacked non-volatile memories, and

wherein each of the plurality of stacked non-volatile memories is connected to the printed circuit board via a bonding wire.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2022
From: KIM, SEUNGMIN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059783/0495 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0077421 · Jun 15, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220399322A1 · Dec 15, 2022
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