IP Library Granted Patent US 8,363,421
Granted Patent B2
US 8,363,421 · App. 12/382,599 · Granted Jan 29, 2013

Semiconductor device having wiring formed on wiring board and electric conductor formed in wiring board and conductor chip formed over wiring

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Patent No.
US 8,363,421
App. No.
12/382,599
Granted
Jan 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device has a wiring board having a wiring, a semiconductor chip that is mounted on the wiring board, and an electric conductor reference plane provided in the inside of the wiring board, in which in top view. The wiring includes a first region that overlaps the electric conductor reference plane and a second region that is the whole region except for the first region. A conductor chip is mounted above the second region.

Claims (44)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a wiring board;

a semiconductor chip mounted on the wiring board;

an electric conductor reference plane provided in the wiring board;

a wire, in a top view, including a first region that overlaps the electric conductor reference plane and a second region located outside the first region; and

a conductor chip mounted above the second region,

wherein, in the top view, the wire including the second region overlaps the conductor chip, and

wherein, in a cross sectional view, a distance between the wire and the electric conductor reference plane in the first region is substantially equal to a distance between the wire and the conductor chip in the second region.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein in the first region, the wire and the electric conductor reference plane constitute a first microstrip line, and

wherein in the second region, the wiring and the conductor chip constitute a second microstrip line.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the electric conductor reference plane comprises one of a ground layer and a power supply layer.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor chip comprises a fixed electric potential layer.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the fixed electric potential layer comprises one of a ground layer and a power supply layer.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the wire is provided on a surface of the wiring board.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring board comprises an interposer.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the top view, the wire including the second region crosses a side surface of the conductor chip and after overlapping the conductor chip, the wire including the second region crosses another side surface of the conductor chip.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the top view, a side surface of the electric conductor reference plane abuts a side surface of the conductor chip, and another side surface of the electric conductor reference plane abuts another side surface of the conductor chip.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein said another side surface of the electric conductor reference plane is adjacent to said side surface of the electric conductor reference plane, and said another side surface of the conductor chip is adjacent to said side surface of the conductor chip,

wherein a first intersection of the wire with said side surface of the conductor chip is located away from a corner intersection that is formed by said another side surface of the conductor chip and said side surface of the conductor chip, and

wherein a second intersection of the wire with said another side surface of the conductor chip is located away from said corner intersection that is formed by said another side surface of the conductor chip and said side surface of the conductor chip.

11. A wiring board, comprising:

an electric conductor reference plane in an inside of the wiring board;

a wire, in a top view, including a first region that overlaps the electric conductor reference plane and a second region located outside the first region; and

a conductor chip mounted above the second region,

wherein a semiconductor chip is mounted on the wiring board;

wherein, in the top view, the wire including the second region overlaps the conductor chip, and

wherein, in a cross sectional view, a distance between the wire and the electric conductor reference plane in the first region is substantially equal to a distance between the wire and the conductor chip in the second region.

12. The wiring board according to claim 11 , wherein in the first region, the wire and the electric conductor reference plane constitute a first microstrip line, and

wherein in the second region, the wiring and the conductor chip constitute a second microstrip line.

13. The wiring board according to claim 11 , wherein the electric conductor reference plane comprises one of a ground layer and a power supply layer.

14. The wiring board according to claim 11 , wherein the conductor chip comprises a fixed electric potential layer.

15. The wiring board according to claim 14 , wherein the fixed electric potential layer comprises one of a ground layer and a power supply layer.

16. The wiring board according to claim 11 , wherein the wire is provided on a surface of the wiring board.

17. The wiring board according to claim 11 , wherein, in the top view, a side surface of the electric conductor reference plane aligned with a side surface of the conductor chip, and another side surface of the electric conductor reference plane aligned with another side surface of the conductor chip.

18. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a wiring board;

an electric conductive plate, for being supplied with a fixed potential, formed in the wiring board;

a first semiconductor chip formed on the wiring board to overlap with the electric conductive plate;

a second semiconductor chip formed on the wiring board to overlap with the electric conductive plate;

a wire connected between the first and second semiconductor chips and formed on the wiring board, the wire including first portions overlapping with the electric conductive plate and a second portion located outside the first portions and overlapping the a conductive chip;

an insulating layer formed on the second portion of the wire; and

the conductive chip formed on the insulating layer, for being supplied with the fixed potential,

wherein, in a cross sectional view, a distance between the wire and the electric conductor plate in the first portions is substantially equal to a distance between the wire and the conductive chip in the second portion.

19. The semiconductor device as claimed in claim 18 , wherein, in a top view, the wire including the second region overlaps the conductive chip.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 28, 2010
From: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025214/0187 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2009
From: TSUKUDA, TATSUAKI; HIRATA, MASAYOSHI
To: NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022480/0130 →