US5805422A
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Semiconductor package with flexible board and method of fabricating the same
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1997-08-15
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Granted: 1998-09-08
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Expires: 2017-08-15
Abstract
Abstract Solder balls are attached to a flexible printed-circuit board which is shaped so as to be able to cover at least an upper surface, a side surface, and a lower surface of an IC chip, and the flexible printed-circuit board is placed on the IC chip. Then, the flexible printed-circuit board is folded over edges of the IC chip, and bonded to outer surfaces of the IC chip by an adhesive sheet. Thereafter, a sealing resin is poured into a gap between the upper surface of the IC chip and the flexible printed-circuit board, and cured, thereby completing a semiconductor package.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenichi Otake
- 👤 Manabu Bonkohara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 20:57
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W70/00; H10W70/60; H10W70/67; H10W70/688; H05; H05K; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/14; H05K1/141; H05K1/147; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/05; H05K2201/056; H05K2201/10; H05K2201/10613; H05K2201/10621; H05K2201/10734; H05K3/00; H05K3/30; H05K3/32; H05K3/34; H05K3/341; H05K3/3431; H05K3/3436; H05K3/36; H05K3/361; H05K3/363; H05K3/368; H10W72/00; H10W72/50; H10W72/551; H10W72/552; H10W72/5522; H10W72/5524; H10W72/851; H10W72/874; H10W72/884; H10W74/00; H10W90/00; H10W90/701; H10W90/731; H10W90/734; H10W90/751; H10W90/754; H10W90/756
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
176 words
A semiconductor package comprising: a semiconductor chip having a first pad disposed on an upper surface of said semiconductor chip; a flexible printed-circuit board folded along grooves and over an edge of said semiconductor chip in covering relation to at least the upper surface, a side surface, and a lower surface of the semiconductor chip, said flexible printed-circuit board being bonded to at least the lower surface of said semiconductor chip and having a second pad disposed on an inner surface of said flexible printed-circuit board covering the upper surface of said semiconductor chip and electrically connected to said first pad and a third pad disposed on an a outer surface of a portion of said flexible printed-circuit board covering the lower surface of said semiconductor chip and electrically connected to said second pad; a first bump mounted on said first pad and connected to said second pad: a third bump mounted on said third pad; a sealing resin filled in a gap between the upper surface of said semiconductor chip and said flexible printed-circuit board.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
176 words
A semiconductor package comprising: a semiconductor chip having a first pad disposed on an upper surface of said semiconductor chip; a flexible printed-circuit board folded along grooves and over an edge of said semiconductor chip in covering relation to at least the upper surface, a side surface, and a lower surface of the semiconductor chip, said flexible printed-circuit board being bonded to at least the lower surface of said semiconductor chip and having a second pad disposed on an inner surface of said flexible printed-circuit board covering the upper surface of said semiconductor chip and electrically connected to said first pad and a third pad disposed on an a outer surface of a portion of said flexible printed-circuit board covering the lower surface of said semiconductor chip and electrically connected to said second pad; a first bump mounted on said first pad and connected to said second pad: a third bump mounted on said third pad; a sealing resin filled in a gap between the upper surface of said semiconductor chip and said flexible printed-circuit board.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A semiconductor package according to claim 1, wherein said flexible printed-circuit board is disposed in covering relation to substantially all outer surfaces of said semiconductor chip.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
49 words
A semiconductor package according to claim 1, wherein said second pad is disposed on an outer surface of said flexible printed-circuit board, said flexible printed-circuit board having a hole defined therein corresponding to said first pad, said first pad and said second pad being connected by a bonding wire.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A semiconductor package according to claim 3, wherein said flexible printed-circuit board is disposed in covering relation to substantially all outer surfaces of said semiconductor chip.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
A semiconductor package according to claim 3, further comprising a fourth pad for connection to an external circuit, said fourth pad being disposed on an outer surface of the portion of said flexible printed-circuit board covering the upper surface of said semiconductor chip.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
A semiconductor package according to claim 1, further comprising an adhesive sheet to bond said flexible printed-circuit board to at least the lower surface of said semiconductor chip.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
261 words
A method of assembling a semiconductor package, comprising the steps of: providing a flexible printed-circuit board which can be folded along grooves and over an edge of a semiconductor chip in covering relation to at least an upper surface, a side surface, and a lower surface of the semiconductor chip, said flexible printed-circuit board having a second pad disposed on an inner surface of a portion of said flexible printed-circuit board covering the upper surface of said semiconductor chip for electric connection to a first pad on the upper surface of the semiconductor chip and a third pad disposed on an outer surface of a portion of said flexible printed-circuit board covering the lower surface of said semiconductor chip and electrically connected to said second pad; placing the portion of said flexible printed-circuit board which covers the upper surface of said semiconductor chip on the upper surface of said semiconductor chip in alignment therewith; connecting the second pad on said flexible printed-circuit board to the first pad on the upper surface of the semiconductor chip through a bump; folding said flexible printed-circuit board along said grooves and over the edge of said semiconductor chip in covering relation to at least the upper surface, the side surface, and the lower surface of the semiconductor chip; bonding said flexible printed-circuit board to at least the lower surface of the semiconductor chip; introducing a sealing resin into a gap between said flexible printed-circuit board and the upper surface of said semiconductor chip; and hardening the sealing resin which has been introduced into the gap.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
261 words
A method of assembling a semiconductor package, comprising the steps of: providing a flexible printed-circuit board which can be folded along grooves and over an edge of a semiconductor chip in covering relation to at least an upper surface, a side surface, and a lower surface of the semiconductor chip, said flexible printed-circuit board having a second pad disposed on an inner surface of a portion of said flexible printed-circuit board covering the upper surface of said semiconductor chip for electric connection to a first pad on the upper surface of the semiconductor chip and a third pad disposed on an outer surface of a portion of said flexible printed-circuit board covering the lower surface of said semiconductor chip and electrically connected to said second pad; placing the portion of said flexible printed-circuit board which covers the upper surface of said semiconductor chip on the upper surface of said semiconductor chip in alignment therewith; connecting the second pad on said flexible printed-circuit board to the first pad on the upper surface of the semiconductor chip through a bump; folding said flexible printed-circuit board along said grooves and over the edge of said semiconductor chip in covering relation to at least the upper surface, the side surface, and the lower surface of the semiconductor chip; bonding said flexible printed-circuit board to at least the lower surface of the semiconductor chip; introducing a sealing resin into a gap between said flexible printed-circuit board and the upper surface of said semiconductor chip; and hardening the sealing resin which has been introduced into the gap.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method of assembling a semiconductor package according to claim 7, wherein the method step of bonding said flexible printed-circuit board to at least the lower surface of the semiconductor chip uses an adhesive sheet.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
265 words
A method of assembling a semiconductor package, comprising the steps of: providing a flexible printed-circuit board which can be folded along grooves and over an edge of a semiconductor chip in covering relation to at least an upper surface, a side surface, and a lower surface of the semiconductor chip, said flexible printed-circuit board having a hole defined in a portion of said flexible printed-circuit board covering the upper surface of the semiconductor chip at a position corresponding to a first pad on the semiconductor chip, a second pad disposed on an outer surface of a portion of said flexible printed-circuit board covering the upper surface of said semiconductor chip, and a third pad disposed on an outer surface of a portion of said flexible printed-circuit board covering the lower surface of said semiconductor chip and electrically connected to said second pad; placing the portion of said flexible printed-circuit board which covers the upper surface of said semiconductor chip on the upper surface of said semiconductor chip in alignment therewith; folding said flexible printed-circuit board along said grooves and over the edge of said semiconductor chip in covering relation to at least the upper surface, the side surface, and the lower surface of the semiconductor chip; bonding said flexible printed-circuit board to at least the lower surface of the semiconductor chip; connecting said first pad which is exposed through said hole in the flexible printed-circuit board to said second pad through a bonding wire; and introducing a sealing resin into a gap between said flexible printed-circuit board and the upper surface of said semiconductor chip.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
265 words
A method of assembling a semiconductor package, comprising the steps of: providing a flexible printed-circuit board which can be folded along grooves and over an edge of a semiconductor chip in covering relation to at least an upper surface, a side surface, and a lower surface of the semiconductor chip, said flexible printed-circuit board having a hole defined in a portion of said flexible printed-circuit board covering the upper surface of the semiconductor chip at a position corresponding to a first pad on the semiconductor chip, a second pad disposed on an outer surface of a portion of said flexible printed-circuit board covering the upper surface of said semiconductor chip, and a third pad disposed on an outer surface of a portion of said flexible printed-circuit board covering the lower surface of said semiconductor chip and electrically connected to said second pad; placing the portion of said flexible printed-circuit board which covers the upper surface of said semiconductor chip on the upper surface of said semiconductor chip in alignment therewith; folding said flexible printed-circuit board along said grooves and over the edge of said semiconductor chip in covering relation to at least the upper surface, the side surface, and the lower surface of the semiconductor chip; bonding said flexible printed-circuit board to at least the lower surface of the semiconductor chip; connecting said first pad which is exposed through said hole in the flexible printed-circuit board to said second pad through a bonding wire; and introducing a sealing resin into a gap between said flexible printed-circuit board and the upper surface of said semiconductor chip.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method of assembling an semiconductor package according to claim 9, wherein the method step of bonding said flexible printed-circuit board to at least the lower surface of the semiconductor chip uses an adhesive sheet.
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