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Chip carrier having an organic photopatternable material and a metal substrate
Assignee: GlobalFoundries Inc
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Filing: 1996-05-21
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Granted: 1998-03-03
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Expires: 2016-05-21
Abstract
Abstract A chip carrier for wire bond-type chips is disclosed. This chip carrier employs organic dielectric materials, rather than ceramic materials, as is conventional. This chip carrier also employs at least one organic, photoimageable dielectric layer, having plated photo-vias, to electrically interconnect two (or more) layers of fan-out circuitry. This chip carrier further employs a single-tiered cavity to contain a chip, rather than a multi-tiered cavity, as is conventional. Moreover, this chip carrier includes thermal via holes and/or a metallic layer, directly beneath the chip, to enhance heat dissipation.
Inventors
- 👤 Ashwinkumar Chinuprasad Bhatt
- 👤 Subahu Dhirubhai Desai
- 👤 Thomas Patrick Duffy
- 👤 Jeffrey Alan Knight
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-08 20:44
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W72/00; H10W72/071; H05; H05K; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/0201; H05K1/0203; H05K1/021; H10W40/00; H10W40/20; H10W40/22; H10W40/226; H10W40/228; H10W70/00; H10W70/60; H10W70/67; H10W70/68; H10W70/685; H10W70/69; H10W70/695; H05K1/18; H05K1/182; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09009; H05K2201/09127; H05K2201/09818; H05K2201/09981; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/04; H05K2203/049; H05K3/00; H05K3/0058; H05K3/0061; H10W70/682; H10W72/50; H10W72/551; H10W72/552; H10W72/5522; H10W74/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49124; Y10T29/4913; Y10T29/49155
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
A chip carrier, comprising: a chip carrier substrate which includes a first surface, a second surface opposed to said first surface, a layer of photoimageable organic material having a thickness of from about 2 mils to about 20 mils which is immediately adjacent said first surface and which bears a layer of electrical circuitry, including contact pads, and a layer of metallic material having a thickness of from about 4 mils to about 20 mils which is immediately adjacent said second surface; a single-tiered photoformed cavity having a depth extending from said first surface toward said second surface, said depth extending at least to said layer of metallic material; a semiconductor chip, positioned face-up within said cavity and contacting said layer of metallic material, said chip including chip contact pads and wire bonds extending from said chip contact pads to contact pads on said layer of organic material.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
148 words
A chip carrier, comprising: a chip carrier substrate which includes a first surface, a second surface opposed to said first surface, a layer of photoimageable organic material having a thickness of from about 2 mils to about 20 mils which is immediately adjacent said first surface and which bears a layer of electrical circuitry, including contact pads, and a layer of metallic material having a thickness of from about 4 mils to about 20 mils which is immediately adjacent said second surface; a single-tiered photoformed cavity having a depth extending from said first surface toward said second surface, said depth extending at least to said layer of metallic material; a semiconductor chip, positioned face-up within said cavity and contacting said layer of metallic material, said chip including chip contact pads and wire bonds extending from said chip contact pads to contact pads on said layer of organic material.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The chip carrier of claim 1, wherein said layer of metallic material is electrically grounded.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The chip carrier of claim 1, wherein said organic material further comprises a plurality of photopatternable photo-vias, containing electrically conductive material, extending through a thickness of said photoimageable layer to said layer of metallic material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The chip carrier of claim 1, wherein said depth of said cavity extends through a portion of a thickness of said layer of metallic material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The chip carrier of claim 1, wherein said metallic material includes copper.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
The chip carrier of claim 1, wherein said layer of electrical circuitry includes a plurality of electrically conductive pads and/or lands, and wherein said chip carrier further comprises solder balls attached to said pads and/or lands.
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