Integrated circuit device having C4 and wire bond connections

Details Integrated circuit device having C4 and wire bond connections Integrated circuit device having C4 and wire bond connections

1997-12-12

2002-06-25

Loke, Steven (Department: 2811)

Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode

Combined with electrical contact or lead

Configuration or pattern of bonds

C257S207000, C257S208000, C257S691000, C257S778000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06410990

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a connection network for providing power, ground and I/O signals to an integrated circuit device and, more particularly, to an integrated circuit device having both C4 and wire bond pads.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Within the integrated circuit industry there is a continuing effort to increase integrated circuit speed as well as device density. As a result of these efforts, there is a trend towards using flip chip technology when packaging complex high speed integrated circuits. Flip chip technology is also known as controlled collapse chip connection (C4) technology. In C4 technology, the integrated circuit die is flipped upside down. This is opposite to how integrated circuits are packaged today using wire bond technology. By flipping the integrated circuit die upside down, solder balls may be used to provide direct electrical connections from the bond pads of the die directly to a corresponding set of pads on a package.
In the following discussion, reference will be made to a number of drawings. The drawings are provided for descriptive purposes only and are not drawn to scale.
FIG. 1
illustrates an integrated circuit die
102
that is housed in a cavity
105
of a PGA (Pin Grid Array) package
110
. The integrated circuit die includes a semiconductor substrate
103
having a top surface
107
and a back side surface
108
. The active regions
109
of the integrated circuit are formed from the top surface
107
of the semiconductor substrate
103
. Wire bonds
104
are used to electrically connect integrated circuit connections in integrated circuit die
102
through internal metal interconnects to the pins
106
of package substrate
110
. With the trend towards high speed integrated circuits, the inductance generated in the wire bonds
104
of the typical wire-bonded integrated circuit packaging becomes an increasingly significant problem.
FIG. 2
illustrates a C4 mounted integrated circuit die
202
that is electrically coupled to a PGA (Pin Grid Array) package
210
by ball bonds
204
. Die
202
includes a semiconductor substrate
203
that has a top surface
208
and a back side surface
207
. The active regions
209
of the integrated circuit are formed from the top surface
208
of the semiconductor substrate
203
. Because the bond pads of integrated circuit device
202
are located on the top-side surface
208
of the device, the die must be flipped upside down so that it may be attached to package
210
. In comparison with the wire bonds
104
of
FIG. 1
, the ball bonds
204
of integrated circuit device
202
provide more direct electrical connections between the integrated circuit device
202
and the pins
206
of package substrate
210
. As a result, the inductance problems associated with typical integrated circuit wire bond packaging technologies are minimized. Unlike wire bond technology, which only allows bonding along the periphery of the integrated circuit die, C4 technology allows connections to be placed anywhere on the integrated circuit die surface. This leads to a much cleaner and more efficient power distribution to the integrated circuit which is another major advantage of C4 technology.
Although the trend in the industry is moving toward using C4 technology when packaging complex high speed integrated circuits, the use of wire bond technology does offer the advantages of lower costs and better availability.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides an integrated circuit having a plurality of wire bond pads and a plurality of C4 pads with at least one of the C4 pads being electrically coupled to at least one of the wire bond pads.


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