Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Housing or package – For plural devices
Reexamination Certificate
1998-12-28
2002-01-22
Chaudhuri, Olik (Department: 2814)
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Housing or package
For plural devices
C257S678000, C257S738000, C257S787000, C361S761000, C361S813000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06340842
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an improvement applicable to the structure of a semiconductor device which includes one or more semiconductor pellets having at least one semiconductor device element disposed therein and being mounted on a printed circuit board and being covered by a resin layer and to a method for producing a semiconductor device free from drawbacks accompanying the structure of a semiconductor device which includes one or more semiconductor pellets having at least one semiconductor device element disposed therein and mounted on a printed circuit board and being covered by a resin layer.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Available in the prior art is a semiconductor device illustrated in FIG.
1
. Referring to the drawing, a semiconductor pellet
22
in which at least one semiconductor device element has been produced, is mounted on a printed circuit board
11
made of a glass epoxy resin complex et al. and which has bonding pads
20
thereon connected by bonding wires
26
with the counter parts
24
produced on the semiconductor pellets
22
, which are covered by a resin layer
28
. The printed circuit board
11
has solder bump electrodes
16
produced thereunder. When such a semiconductor device is mounted on a larger printed circuit board or a mother board
14
, as is shown in
FIG. 2
, the solder bump electrodes
16
are connected, employing a melting process, with corresponding electrodes
50
printed on the larger printed circuit board or the mother board
14
.
The foregoing semiconductor device available in the prior art is inevitably accompanied by drawbacks tabulated below.
1. The adhesion is likely to be broken for the interface between the semiconductor pellets
22
and the resin layer
28
, due to thermal stress caused by the difference in the coefficients of thermal expansion. This drawback readily happens during the process for mounting the semiconductor device on the larger printed circuit board or the mother board. This drawback readily allows humidity to contact metal parts of the circuit of the semiconductor pellets
22
, resultantly causing the metal parts of the circuit to be corroded.
2. The heat generated in the semiconductor pellets
22
is dissipated toward the larger printed circuit board or the mother board through the printed circuit board
11
made of the glass epoxy resin complex et al. of which the thermal conductivity is less, resultantly causing a less grade of the thermal dissipation efficiency for the semiconductor device having the foregoing structure. This drawback readily causes a remarkable rate of delay in the operation speed of the semiconductor device.
OBJECT AND SUMMERY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, an object of this invention is to provide a variety of semiconductor devices for which the hermetic seal is reliable for the interface between one or more semiconductor pellets having one or more semiconductor device element disposed therein and being arranged therein and a resin layer which covers the semiconductor pellet or pellets, resultantly effectively preventing humidity from contacting the metal parts of the circuits of the semiconductor device and sufficiently protecting the metal parts of the circuits from potential corrosion and for which the thermal conductivity has been improved, resultantly preventing a delay in operation speed from occurring due to a temperature rise thereof.
The other object of this invention is to provide a method for producing the variety of semiconductor devices having the foregoing advantages.
To achieve the foregoing object, the semiconductor device in accordance with this invention is based on a concept that one or more semiconductor pellets having one or more semiconductor device element disposed therein are arranged on the bottom surface of a recess produced along a surface of a semiconductor plate having wirings arranged on the surface of the semiconductor plate, the wirings extending toward the surface of the recess, and the recess being buried with a layer of a resin which is inclined to inflate, while it is hardened, resultantly producing a mechanical stress in the resin layer in a direction to expand the resin layer toward the side wall of the recess engraved in the semiconductor plate, resultantly preventing breakage from happening for an interface between the side wall of the recess engraved in the semiconductor plate and the surface of the resin layer contacting the side wall, and remarkably improving the thermal conductivity efficiency to reduce the magnitude of a temperature rise of the semiconductor device, resultantly preventing a delay from happening for the operation speed of the semiconductor device.
Various embodiments itemized below are presented.
1. The connection between the bonding pads of the semiconductor pellet or pellets and the wirings can be made by bump electrodes.
2. The recess of the semiconductor plate can be made to have a multiple step.
3. The rear surface of the semiconductor plate can be provided with plural cooling grooves arranged in parallel to each other, arranged in plural crosses or arranged in some other geometrical patterns.
4. The rear surface of the semiconductor plate can be provided with a metal plate heat sink.
To achieve the foregoing other object of this invention, the method for producing the variety of semiconductor devices of this invention has a step for producing a recess along one surface of a semiconductor plate, a step for producing wirings extending along a surface of the recess of the semiconductor plate and along one surface of the semiconductor plate, either two steps consisting of a step for placing at least one semiconductor pellet having at least one semiconductor device element disposed therein and having bonding pads arranged thereon and a step for connecting the bonding pads with the wirings employing bonding wires, or one step for placing at least one semiconductor pellet having at least one semiconductor device element disposed therein and having bonding pads arranged thereon, in a face down position to connect the bonding pads with the wirings, a step for burying the recess with a resin, and a step for producing plural electrodes along the one surface of the semiconductor plate to connect the electrodes with the wirings.
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Chambliss Alonzo
Chaudhuri Olik
Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd.
Rabin & Berdo
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