Chip package and method for fabricating the same
A method for fabricating chip package includes providing a semiconductor chip with a metal bump, next adhering the semiconductor chip to a substrate using a glue material, next forming a polymer material on the substrate, on the semiconductor chip, and on the metal bump, next polishing the polymer material, next forming a patterned circuit layer over the polymer material and connected to the metal bump, and then forming a tin-containing ball over the patterned circuit layer and connected to the patterned circuit layer.
1. A chip package comprising:
a first polymer layer;
a semiconductor chip between a first portion of said first polymer layer and a second portion of said first polymer layer, wherein said first polymer layer comprises a third portion coupled to said semiconductor chip and said first portion, wherein said first and third portions are integral, wherein said semiconductor chip comprises a semiconductor substrate, a conductive trace on said semiconductor substrate, wherein said conductive trace comprises a first copper layer having a thickness between 1 and 20 micrometers, and a first conductive interconnect directly on said conductive trace, wherein said first polymer layer has a surface substantially coplanar with a surface of said first conductive interconnect, wherein said first conductive interconnect comprises a second copper layer having a thickness between 5 and 150 micrometers on said first copper layer of said conductive trace;
a conductive multi-layer including at least a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer on said first conductive layer, said first conductive layer directly on said surface of said first polymer layer and said surface of said first conductive interconnect, and across an edge of said semiconductor chip, wherein said first conductive layer comprises a third copper layer coupled to said surface of said first conductive interconnect and said surface of said first polymer layer and across said edge of said semiconductor chip, wherein said second conductive layer comprises a different material from said first conductive layer; and
a second polymer layer on said conductive multi-layer, on said surface of said first polymer layer and across said edge of said semiconductor chip.
2. The chip package of claim 1 , wherein said conductive trace further comprises a titanium-containing layer coupled to said first copper layer.
3. The chip package of claim 1 , wherein said semiconductor chip further comprises a third polymer layer coupled to said semiconductor substrate, wherein said conductive trace is further on said third polymer layer, wherein said third polymer layer has a thickness between 3 and 15 micrometers.
4. The chip package of claim 1 , wherein said second copper layer has a thickness between 20 and 50 micrometers.
5. The chip package of claim 1 , further comprising a second conductive interconnect on a contact point of a conductive interconnect layer on said conductive multi-layer within an opening in said second polymer layer, wherein said second conductive interconnect is coupled to said contact point through said opening, wherein said second conductive interconnect comprises a tin-containing layer coupled to said contact point.
6. The chip package of claim 1 , wherein said second conductive layer comprises a titanium-containing layer coupled to said third copper layer, on said surface of said first conductive interconnect and coupled to said surface of said first polymer layer.
7. The chip package of claim 1 , wherein said third copper layer has a thickness between 5 and 100 micrometers.