Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package includes a substrate, a first chip stack on the substrate and including a first semiconductor chip, an underfill pattern on a first side of the first chip stack, and a second chip stack on the first chip stack and including a second semiconductor chip. The second chip stack is stacked so as to be offset to the first chip stack. The first chip stack includes a first adhesive layer under the first semiconductor chip and a first chip protection structure on the first semiconductor chip. The second chip stack includes a second adhesive layer under the second semiconductor chip and a second chip protection structure on the second semiconductor chip. An extension portion of the second adhesive layer is on one side of the first chip protection structure, and the underfill pattern extends from the first side of the first chip stack to the extension portion.
1 . A semiconductor package comprising:
a substrate;
a first chip stack on the substrate and comprising a first semiconductor chip;
an underfill pattern comprising opposite first and second sides, wherein the underfill pattern first side is on a first side of the first chip stack; and
a second chip stack on the first chip stack and comprising a second semiconductor chip,
wherein the second chip stack is offset horizontally from the first chip stack,
wherein the first chip stack comprises:
a first adhesive layer under the first semiconductor chip; and
a first chip protection structure on the first semiconductor chip,
wherein the second chip stack comprises:
a second adhesive layer under the second semiconductor chip; and
a second chip protection structure on the second semiconductor chip,
wherein the first semiconductor chip is interposed between the first adhesive layer and the first chip protection structure,
wherein the second semiconductor chip is interposed between the second adhesive layer and the second chip protection structure,
wherein an extension portion of the second adhesive layer is on a first side of the first chip protection structure,
wherein the second adhesive layer exposes a second side of the first chip protection structure, and
wherein the underfill pattern extends from the first side of the first chip stack to the extension portion.
2 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the second adhesive layer further comprises a film portion,
wherein the film portion is on an upper surface of the first chip protection structure
wherein the extension portion of the second adhesive layer extends toward the substrate from the film portion and is on the first side of the first chip protection structure.
3 . The semiconductor package of claim 2 , wherein an interface between the extension portion of the second adhesive layer and the underfill pattern has a curved surface.
4 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the second side of the underfill pattern is inclined.
5 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein a distance from the first side of the first chip stack to the second side of the underfill pattern is smaller than a distance from the first side of the first chip stack to a first side of the second chip stack.
6 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein a distance from the first side of the first chip stack to the second side of the underfill pattern is the same as a distance from the first side of the first chip stack to a first side of the second chip stack.
7 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the underfill pattern comprises an epoxy polymer, phenol, rubber, phenoxy acrylic polymer, colloidal silica, or a combination thereof.
8 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the first chip protection structure comprises a first passivation layer, a second passivation layer, and a third passivation layer that are sequentially stacked on the first semiconductor chip, and
wherein a first side of the second passivation layer between the first and third passivation layers is inclined relative to a first side of the first passivation layer and a first side of the third passivation layer.
9 . The semiconductor package of claim 8 , wherein the first passivation layer comprises silicon nitride, and
wherein the second passivation layer comprises silicon oxide.
10 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the first and second adhesive layers comprise a film-type solid phase.
11 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the first and second adhesive layers comprise an epoxy-based polymer.
12 . The semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the first chip stack further comprises a first chip pad on a first connection region of the first chip protection structure, and a first connection wire extending from the first chip pad to the substrate, and
wherein the second chip stack further comprises a second chip pad on a second connection region of the second chip protection structure, and a second connection wire extending from the second chip pad to the substrate.
13 . A semiconductor package comprising:
a substrate;
a first chip stack on the substrate; and
a second chip stack on the first chip stack and offset horizontally from the first chip stack,
wherein the first chip stack comprises a first semiconductor chip on the substrate, a first chip protection structure on the first semiconductor chip, and a first adhesive layer under the first semiconductor chip, wherein the first semiconductor chip is interposed between the first adhesive layer and the first chip protection structure,
wherein the second chip stack comprises a second semiconductor chip on the first chip stack, a second chip protection structure on the second semiconductor chip, and a second adhesive layer under the second semiconductor chip, wherein the second semiconductor chip is interposed between the second adhesive layer and the second chip protection structure,
wherein the second adhesive layer comprises:
a first film portion extending in a first direction along the second semiconductor chip; and
a first extension portion extending from the first film portion
wherein the first extension portion is on a first side of the first chip protection structure, and the second adhesive layer exposes a second side of the first chip protection structure.
14 . The semiconductor package of claim 13 , wherein the first chip protection structure further comprises a first passivation layer, a second passivation layer, and a third passivation layer that are sequentially stacked on the first semiconductor chip,
wherein respective first side surfaces of the first and third passivation layers are parallel to a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction,
wherein a first side surface of the second passivation layer is angled relative to the first side surface of the first passivation layer and the first side surface of the third passivation layer, and
wherein the first side of the first chip protection structure comprises the first surfaces of the first, second, and third passivation layers.
15 . The semiconductor package of claim 13 , further comprising an underfill pattern adjacent to a first side of the first chip stack and a lower surface of the second chip stack,
wherein the underfill pattern comprises a first side on the first side of the first chip protection structure and the first extension portion of the second adhesive layer.
16 . The semiconductor package of claim 15 , wherein the underfill pattern comprises an opposite second side that is inclined relative to the first side of the underfill pattern.
17 . The semiconductor package of claim 13 , wherein a third chip stack comprises a third semiconductor chip on the second chip stack, a third chip protection structure on the third semiconductor chip, and a third adhesive layer under the third semiconductor chip,
wherein the third adhesive layer comprises:
a second film portion extending in the first direction along the third semiconductor chip; and
a second extension extending from the second film portion, and
wherein the first and second extension portions are symmetrical to each other.
18 . A semiconductor package comprising:
a first chip stack on a substrate, the first chip stack comprising a first semiconductor chip, a first chip protection structure on the first semiconductor chip, a first adhesive layer under the first semiconductor chip, a first chip pad on a first connection region of the first chip protection structure, and a first wire extending from the first chip pad to the substrate;
a second chip stack comprising a second semiconductor chip on the first chip stack and offset from the first chip stack, a second chip protection structure on the second semiconductor chip, a second adhesive layer under the second semiconductor chip, a second chip pad on a second connection region of the second chip protection structure, and a second wire extending from the second chip pad to the substrate;
a plurality of signal pads on the substrate and spaced apart from the first chip stack, a first one of the plurality of signal pads connected to the first wire, and a second one of the plurality of signal pads connected to the second wire;
an underfill pattern adjacent to a first side of the first chip protection structure, the underfill pattern overlapping the second chip stack; and
a molding layer on the first and second chip stacks, the plurality of signal pads, and the underfill pattern,
wherein the first semiconductor chip is interposed between the first adhesive layer and the first chip protection structure,
wherein the second semiconductor chip is interposed between the second adhesive layer and the second chip protection structure,
wherein the second adhesive layer exposes a second side of the first chip protection structure,
wherein the underfill pattern comprises a first side that is on a first side of the first semiconductor chip, a first side of the first adhesive layer, and an extension portion of the second adhesive layer.
19 . The semiconductor package of claim 18 , wherein the underfill pattern comprises an opposite second side that is inclined relative to the first side of the underfill pattern.
20 . The semiconductor package of claim 18 , wherein an interface between the extension portion of the second adhesive layer and the underfill pattern has a curved surface.