Integrated circuit package system with laminate base
View Patent ↗An integrated circuit package system with laminate base is provided including forming a base package including, forming a laminate substrate strip, mounting an integrated circuit on the laminate substrate strip, forming a molded cover over the integrated circuit and the laminate substrate strip, and performing a strip test of the base package; attaching a bare die to the base package; connecting electrically the bare die to the laminate substrate strip; and encapsulating the bare die and the base package.
1. A method of making an integrated circuit package system comprising:
forming a base package including:
forming a laminate substrate strip including internal bond pads, external bond pads, and strip test contacts, in a non-bondable array, on a top of the laminate substrate strip;
mounting an integrated circuit on the top of the laminate substrate strip;
forming a molded cover over the integrated circuit and the laminate substrate strip; and
performing a strip test of the integrated circuit using the strip test contacts.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising forming the strip test contacts adjacent an edge of the laminate substrate strip.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising singulating the base package includes removing the strip test contacts from the laminate substrate strip.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:
attaching a bare die to the base package;
connecting electrically the bare die to the laminate substrate strip; and
encapsulating the bare die and the base package.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein forming the molded cover over the integrated circuit includes molding a ceramic molding compound or an epoxy molding compound.
6. A method of making an integrated circuit package system with laminate base comprising:
forming a base package including:
forming a laminate substrate strip having internal bond pads, external bond pads, and strip test contacts, in a non-bondable array, on a top of the laminate substrate strip;
mounting an integrated circuit on the laminate substrate strip within the internal bond pads;
forming a molded cover over the integrated circuit and the laminate substrate strip by encapsulating the integrated circuit, part of the laminate substrate strip, and the internal bond pads; and
performing a strip test of the base package includes verifying the function of the base package to be known good.
7. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising forming the strip test contacts on the laminate substrate strip provides an imbedded tester interface for base package verification.
8. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising singulating the base package includes removing the strip test contacts from the laminate substrate strip provides forming a smaller package.
9. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising:
attaching a bare die to the base package;
connecting electrically the bare die to the bond pads on the laminate substrate strip; and
encapsulating the bare die and the base package.
10. The method as claimed in claim 6 wherein forming a molded cover over the integrated circuit includes molding a ceramic molding compound or an epoxy molding compound includes forming a mounting surface for a first stacked integrated circuit.