IP Library Granted Patent US 7,190,071
Granted Patent B2
US 7,190,071 · App. 10/785,528 · Granted Mar 13, 2007

Semiconductor package and method for fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 7,190,071
App. No.
10/785,528
Granted
Mar 13, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a semiconductor package and method for fabricating the same. An embodiment of the semiconductor package includes: a semiconductor chip having a first face and a second face, the first face having a plurality of input/output pads formed thereon; a circuit board composed of a resin film having a first face and a second face, a circuit pattern layer including a plurality of bond fingers and ball lands, and a cover coat covering the circuit pattern layer and selectively exposing the plurality of bond fingers and ball lands, the circuit pattern layer being formed on the first face of the resin film, the circuit board having a through hole at the center thereof, the semiconductor chip being placed in the through hole; electrical connection means for electrically connecting the input/output pads of the semiconductor chip to the bond fingers of the circuit board; an encapsulant for encapsulating the semiconductor chip, connection means and a part of the circuit board; and a plurality of conductive balls fused to the circuit board. Accordingly, the semiconductor package becomes very thin and its heat spreading performance is improved.

Claims (15)

1. A stackable semiconductor package comprising:

a substrate having a first surface, an opposite second surface, and central throughhole between the first and second surfaces;

a plurality of electrically conductive circuit patterns on each of the first and second surfaces of the substrate, wherein the circuit patterns of each of the first and second surfaces of the substrate include a plurality of lands, the circuit patterns of the first surface also include a plurality of bond fingers, and at least some of the circuit patterns of the first surface are electrically connected through the substrate to some of the circuit patterns of the second surface;

a semiconductor chip in said throughhole and electrically connected to the bond fingers, wherein the semiconductor chip has a first surface with bond pads thereon, and an opposite second surface, the first surface of the semiconductor chip faces in a same direction as the first surface of the substrate, and the second surface of the semiconductor chip is flush with the second surface of the substrate, wherein the second surface of the semiconductor chip is exposed; and

a hardened encapsulant within said through hole and covering the semiconductor chip and the bond fingers, wherein the lands of each of the first and second surfaces are outward of a perimeter of the encapsulant.

2. The stackable semiconductor package of claim 1 , wherein the substrate further comprises a cover coat over the circuit patterns of the first and second surfaces of the substrate, wherein the respective lands and bond fingers are exposed through respective apertures in the cover coat.

3. The stackable semiconductor package of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of electrically conductive balls, wherein each of the conductive balls is fused to a respective one of the lands of the first surface of the substrate.

4. The stackable semiconductor package of claim 3 , further comprising a plurality of second electrically conductive balls, wherein each of the second electrically conductive balls is fused to a respective one of the lands of the second surface of the substrate.

5. The stackable semiconductor package of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of electrically conductive balls, wherein some of said electrically conductive balls are fused to respective ones of the lands of the first surface of the substrate and some of said electrically conductive balls are fused to respective ones of the lands of the second surface of the substrate.

6. The stackable semiconductor package of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of electrically conductive balls, wherein each said electrically conductive ball is fused to a respective one of the lands of the second surface of the substrate.

7. A stack of semiconductor packages comprising:

a first semiconductor package comprising: (a) a substrate having a first surface, an opposite second surface, and central throughhole between the first and second surfaces; (b) a plurality of electrically conductive circuit patterns on each of the first and second surfaces of the substrate, wherein the circuit patterns of each of the first and second surfaces of the substrate include a plurality of lands, the circuit patterns of the first surface also include a plurality of bond fingers, and at least some of the circuit patterns of the first surface are electrically connected through the substrate to some of the circuit patterns of the second surface that include respective ones of the lands; (c) a semiconductor chip in said throughhole and electrically connected to the bond fingers, wherein the semiconductor chip has a first surface with bond pads thereon, and an opposite second surface, the first surface of the semiconductor chip faces in a same direction as the first surface of the substrate, and the second surface of the semiconductor chip is flush with the second surface of the substrate, wherein the second surface of the semiconductor chip is exposed; (d) a hardened encapsulant within said through hole and covering the semiconductor chip and the bond fingers, wherein the lands of each of the first and second surfaces are outward of a perimeter of the encapsulant; and (e) a plurality of electrically conductive balls, wherein each of the conductive balls is fused to a respective one of the lands of the first surface of the substrate; and

a second semiconductor package comprising a plurality of second electrically conductive balls, wherein the second semiconductor package is in a stack with the first semiconductor package, and the second electrically conductive balls of the second package each superimpose and are electrically connected to a respective one of the lands of the second surface of the substrate of the first semiconductor package.

8. The stack of claim 7 , wherein the second semiconductor package includes a second substrate with a central second throughhole, the second semiconductor chip is in the second throughhole, and the second semiconductor package further comprises a hardened second encapsulant in the second throughhole and covering the second semiconductor chip.

9. The stack of claim 8 , wherein the substrate of the first package further comprises a cover coat over the circuit patterns of the first and second surfaces of the substrate, wherein the respective lands and bond fingers are exposed through respective apertures in the cover coat.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2020
From: AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: AMKOR TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE HOLDING PTE.LTD.
Reel/Frame 054067/0135 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2018
From: AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 046683/0139 →