Inverted chip bonded module with high packaging efficiency

Claim 2

An electronic module for packaging at least one semiconductor device comprising: a rigid, planar, inorganic, insulating substrate; the substrate having thereon a metallic, conductive pattern of one or more conductive pattern layers; the substrate having metal contacts, the contacts being connected to the conductive pattern, and being capable of making electrical connection to another electronic package or a higher level of electronic packaging; the conductive pattern layer(s) being separated by insulating layer(s); the conductive pattern layers being interconnected by metal filled vias in the insulating layers; an outermost, conductive pattern layer having metal protuberances less than 150 μm (6 mils) in diameter protruding 5-80 μm (0.2-3 mils) above the surface of the outermost layer, and the metal protuberances being a soft, ductile metal capable of being metallurgically bonded to input/output pads of the semiconductor device(s), and the metal protuberances being capable of providing input/output connections for the semiconductor devices through the connections to the conductive pattern of the electronic packaging module and through the metal contacts to another electronic package or electronic assembly.

Claim 3

An electronic module according to claim 1 wherein the inorganic substrate is selected from the group consisting of silicon, sapphire and ceramics and glass/ceramics comprising aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, beryllium oxide, boron nitride, cordierite, mullite, silicon carbide and silicon nitride.

Claim 4

An electronic module according to claim 2, further comprising an insulating layer coating the outermost, conductive pattern layer, and the protuberances rising 5-80 μm (0.2-3 mils) above the surface of the insulating layer.

Claim 5

An electronic module according to claim 3, wherein the insulating layer(s) are thick film dielectric layers.

Claim 6

An electronic module according to claim 1, wherein the conductive pattern comprises a plurality of conductive pattern layers.

Claim 7

An electronic module according to claim 1, wherein the metal of the metal protuberances is selected from the group comprising aluminum, gold, indium, lead, silver, tin and alloys of these metals.

Claim 8

An electronic module according to claim 6, wherein the metal of the metal protuberances is gold.

Claim 9

An electronic module according to claim 1, wherein the metal contacts being capable of being connected to the conductive pattern, and being capable of making electrical connection to another electronic package or a higher level of electronic packaging are flat pack contacts.

Claim 10

An electronic module according to claim 1, wherein the metal contacts are on the surface of the planar, inorganic substrate opposite to the surface having the conductive pattern, and the substrate is provided with electrically conductive feed-throughs connecting the conductive pattern layers to metal contacts on the opposite surface, and the metal contacts are selected from the group consisting of flat packs and area arrays.

Claim 11

An electronic module according to claim 9, wherein the area array is selected from the group consisting of ball grid arrays, column grid arrays, land grid arrays and pin grid arrays.

Claim 12

An electronic module according to claim 1, further comprising at least one semiconductor device, the input/output pad areas of the device(s) being bonded to the protuberances, and the protuberances providing direct electrical contact from the semiconductor device(s) to the conductive pattern and the metal contacts of the substrate.

Claim 13

An electronic module according to claim 11, wherein the input/output pads of the semiconductor device(s) are on the perimeter of the device(s), and the substrate is provided with electrically conductive feed-throughs from the conductive pattern layers to metal contacts of an area array, the conductive pattern connecting the input/output pads through the feed-throughs to a area array of metal contacts underneath the semiconductor device(s).

Claim 14

An electronic module according to claim 11, wherein the module has high packaging efficiency, the module containing a single semiconductor device, the device being sealed in a metal, ceramic or plastic enclosure, and length and breadth of the module is less than 6 mm (150 mils) greater than the length and breath of the device.

Claim 15

An electronic module according to claim 13, wherein the length and breath of the module is less than 3 mm (75 mils) greater than the length and breadth of the device.

Claim 16

An electronic module according to claim 14, wherein the length and breath of the module is less than 1.6 mm (40 mils) greater than the length and breadth of the device.

Claim 17

An electronic module according to claim 11, wherein the module contains a single device, and the length and breadth of the module is less than 0.25 mm (10 mils) greater than the length and breath of the device.

Claim 18

An electronic module according to claim 1, wherein the semiconductor devices are a plurality of individual devices contained on one die, and the metal protuberances being capable of providing input/output connections between semiconductor devices on the die through the conductive pattern of the module, and from the semiconductor devices through the conductive pattern of the electronic packaging module and through the metal contacts to another electronic package or electronic assembly.

Claim 19

In a circuit module suitable for use as a first level package for at least one semiconductor device, the module having a planar, insulating, ceramic substrate that has a metallic, conductive pattern of one or more conductive pattern layers; the conductive pattern comprising thick or thin film metal layers separated by insulating layer(s); the conductive pattern layers being interconnected by metal filled vias in the insulating layers, and the substrate having metal contacts, the contacts being connected to the conductive pattern, and being capable of making electrical connection to another electronic package or a higher level of electronic packaging, the improvement comprising: an outermost, conductive pattern layer having metal protuberances less than 150 μm (6 mils) in diameter protruding 5-80 μm (0.2-3 mils) above the surface of the layer, and the metal protuberances being a soft, ductile metal capable of being metallurgically bonded to the input/output pads of a semiconductor device, and the metal protuberances being capable of metallurgically bonding to the input/output pads of a semiconductor device and connecting the input/output pads of the semiconductor device to the conductive pattern of the electronic packaging module and through the metal contacts to another module or the next level electronic package.

Claim 20

In a circuit module suitable for use as a first level package for at least one semiconductor device, the module having a planar, insulating, ceramic substrate that has a metallic, conductive pattern of one or more conductive pattern layers; the conductive pattern comprising thick or thin film metal layers separated by insulating layer(s); the conductive pattern layers being interconnected by metal filled vias in the insulating layers, and the substrate having metal contacts, the contacts being connected to the conductive pattern, and being capable of making electrical connection to another electronic package or a higher level of electronic packaging, the improvement comprising: an outermost, conductive pattern layer having metal protuberances less than 150 μm (6 mils) in diameter protruding 5-80 μm (0.2-3 mils) above the surface of the layer, and the metal protuberances being a soft, ductile metal capable of being metallurgically bonded to the input/output pads of a semiconductor device, and the metal protuberances being capable of metallurgically bonding to the input/output pads of a semiconductor device and connecting the input/output pads of the semiconductor device to the conductive pattern of the electronic packaging module and through the metal contacts to another module or the next level electronic package.

Claim 21

A circuit module according to claim 18, wherein the metal of the metal protuberances is selected from the group comprising aluminum, gold, indium, lead, silver, tin and alloys of these metals.

Claim 22

A circuit module according to claim 19, wherein the metal of the metal protuberances is gold.

Claim 23

A circuit module according to claim 19, further comprising an insulating layer coating the outermost, conductive pattern layer, and the protuberances rising 5-80 μm (0.2-3 mils) above the surface of the insulating layer.

Claim 24

A circuit module according to claim 19, further comprising at least one semiconductor device, the device having input/output pad areas bonded to the protuberances, the protuberances providing direct electrical contact from the semiconductor device(s) to the conductive pattern and the metal contacts of the substrate.

Claim 25

A circuit module according to claim 22, wherein input/output pads of the semiconductor device(s) are on the perimeter of the device(s).

Claim 26

A circuit module according to claim 23, further comprising the conductive pattern and the semiconductor device being encapsulated by a plastic composition.

Claim 27

A circuit module according to claim 23, further comprising a frame enclosing the conductive pattern and the semiconductor device(s), the frame being bonded to the substrate.

Claim 28

An electronic package according to claim 25, further comprising a metal plug, the metal plug being placed against the base of the integrated circuit, the metal plug being metallurgically bonded to the frame, and being capable of conducting heat away from the integrated circuit.