IP Library Granted Patent US 7,985,625
Granted Patent B2
US 7,985,625 · App. 12/466,046 · Granted Jul 26, 2011

Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,985,625
App. No.
12/466,046
Granted
Jul 26, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device involves the steps of: forming a plurality of product formation areas each having a circuit and a plurality of first electrode pads over a main surface of a semiconductor wafer; arranging a plurality of second electrode pads with larger pitches than the first electrode pads in each of the product formation areas; segmenting the semiconductor wafer to separate the plural product formation areas and provide a plurality of semiconductor devices each having the circuit, the plural first electrode pads and the plural second electrode pads on a first surface; and cleaning foreign matter off the first surface of the semiconductor device after the step of segmenting the semiconductor devices.

Claims (30)

1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a wiring substrate having a plurality of device forming areas each having a main surface, a back surface opposite to the main surface, and a plurality of pads formed on the back surface;

(b) after the step (a), mounting a plurality of semiconductor chips on the main surface of each of the device forming areas, respectively;

(c) after the step (b), sealing the plurality of semiconductor chips with resin;

(d) after the step (c), forming a plurality of external terminals on the pads, respectively;

(e) after the step (d), dividing the wiring substrate into a plurality of semiconductor packages having the device forming areas, respectively; and

(f) after the step (e), spraying dry ice particles to the back surface of each of the semiconductor packages.

2. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a particle size of each of the dry ice particles is in the range from 0.1 mm to 0.3 mm.

3. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein after the step (e) and before the step (f), placing the semiconductor package into a socket, and testing the semiconductor package by pressing the semiconductor package.

4. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein the test of the semiconductor package by using the socket is a burn-in step.

5. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein the steps from (a) to (e) are performed in a clean room, and

wherein the test of the semiconductor package by using the socket is performed in a non-clean room.

6. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the clean room has foreign matters;

wherein a size of each of the foreign matters is less than or equal to 0.5 μm; and

wherein an amount of the foreign matters in a cubic centimeter is less than or equal to 1000.

7. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a wiring substrate having a main surface, a back surface opposite to the main surface, and a plurality of pads formed on the back surface;

(b) after the step (a), mounting a semiconductor chip on the main surface of the wiring substrate;

(c) after the step (b), sealing the semiconductor chip with resin;

(d) after the step (c), forming a plurality of external terminals on the pads, respectively;

(e) after the step (d), dicing a part of the wiring substrate; and

(f) after the step (e), spraying dry ice particles to the back surface of the wiring substrate.

8. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein a particle size of each of the dry ice particles is in the range from 0.1 mm to 0.3 mm.

9. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein after the step (e) and before the step (f), placing a semiconductor package provided from structure formed in step (e) into a socket, and testing the semiconductor package by pressing the semiconductor package.

10. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the test of the semiconductor package by using the socket is a burn-in step.

11. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the steps from (a) to (e) are performed in a clean room, and

wherein the test of the semiconductor package by using the socket is performed in a non-clean room.

12. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the clean room has foreign matters;

wherein a size of each of the foreign matters is less than or equal to 0.5 μm; and

wherein an amount of the foreign matters in a cubic centimeter is less than or equal to 1000.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 23, 2010
From: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024736/0381 →