IP Library Granted Patent US 7,642,637
Granted Patent B2
US 7,642,637 · App. 11/894,828 · Granted Jan 5, 2010

Carrier for stacked type semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 7,642,637
App. No.
11/894,828
Granted
Jan 5, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A carrier for a stacked type semiconductor device includes a lower carrier having a first accommodating portion that accommodates a first semiconductor device, and an upper carrier having a second accommodating portion that accommodates a second semiconductor device stacked on the first semiconductor device so as to be placed in position on the first semiconductor device. It is thus possible to eliminate an additional device used for stacking the semiconductor device, and thereby reduce the cost.

Claims (11)

1. A carrier for a stacked type semiconductor device comprising:

a lower carrier having a first accommodating portion that accommodates a first semiconductor device; and

an upper carrier having a second accommodating portion that accommodates a second semiconductor device, the second semiconductor device stacked on and fixed to the first semiconductor device so as to be placed in position on the first semiconductor device.

2. The carrier as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an opening for making an electrical connection between the first semiconductor device and pins for testing.

3. The carrier as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lower and tipper carriers have respective engaging portions that engage each other so that the lower and upper carriers are detachably attached to each other.

4. The carrier as claimed in claim 3 , wherein:

the second accommodating portion of the tipper carrier has an inserting opening through which the second semiconductor device is accommodated in the upper carrier; and the inserting opening gradually becomes wider towards an upper end of the inserting opening.

5. The carrier as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lower carrier comprises a hold member made of an elastic material, the hold member holding the first semiconductor device in the first accommodating portion.

6. The carrier as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the hold member holds side edges of the first semiconductor device.

7. The carrier as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the upper and lower carriers comprise one Of a metal containing one of aluminum, copper or nickel, ceramic and polyetherketone resin.

8. The carrier as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising one of an upper lid and a ring member, wherein the lower carrier has a groove for attaching one of the tipper lid and the ring member to the lower carrier.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2022
From: MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
Reel/Frame 059410/0438 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE 8647899 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 035240 FRAME 0429. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTERST. Recorded Nov 3, 2020
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 058002/0470 →
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Recorded Oct 28, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
To: MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 050896/0366 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2015
From: SPANSION, LLC
To: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036049/0581 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2015
From: CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION; SPANSION LLC
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 035240/0429 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2015
From: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
To: SPANSION LLC; SPANSION INC.; SPANSION TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 035201/0159 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 4, 2010
From: SPANSION LLC; SPANSION INC.; SPANSION TECHNOLOGY INC.; SPANSION TECHNOLOGY LLC
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC
Reel/Frame 024522/0338 →