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Semiconductor device, production method therefor, method for testing semiconductor elements, test substrate for the method and method for producing the test substrate
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1996-12-02
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Granted: 1998-10-13
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Expires: 2016-12-02
Abstract
Abstract A high-speed, high-density, small-sized, low-cost semiconductor device wherein the feeder substrate 2 for supplying power to the semiconductor elements 3 as a bare chip has the containers 2a for containing the semiconductor elements 3, the semiconductor elements 3 are bonded to the wiring layer 1b of the signal transmission substrate 1 for transmitting signals to the semiconductor elements 3 and contained in the containers 2a, the containers 2a are covered with the signal transmission substrate 1, and the signal transmission substrate 1 is superposed upon and bonded to the feeder substrate 2.
Inventors
- 👤 Tsuneo Hamaguchi
- 👤 Kenji Kagata
- 👤 Goro Izuta
- 👤 Mitsunori Ishizaki
- 👤 Osamu Hayashi
- 👤 Susumu Hoshinouchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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2026-11-05 19:36
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R31/00; G01R31/28; G01R31/2851; G01R31/2855; G01R31/286; G01R31/2863; G01R1/00; G01R1/02; G01R1/04; H; H10; H10P; H10P74/00; H10P74/27; H10P74/277; H10W; H10W40/00; H10W40/20; H10W40/22; H10W40/226; H10W40/228; H10W72/00; H10W72/01; H10W72/012; H10W90/00; H10W72/071; H10W72/072; H10W72/07231; H10W72/07236; H10W72/07251; H10W72/20; H10W72/251; H10W72/851; H10W72/874; H10W72/877; H10W90/20; H10W90/22; H10W90/288; H10W90/291; H10W90/701; H10W90/721; H10W90/722; H10W90/724; H10W90/731; H10W90/736
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
97 words
A method for testing a semiconductor element having electrical connection electrodes which comprises the steps of: forming protruding electrodes on a test substrate having test wires to electrically connect the protruding electrodes with the test wires; bonding the electrical connection electrodes of the semiconductor element to the protruding electrodes of the test substrate; testing the semiconductor element in a heated atmosphere; and removing the protruding electrodes from the test substrate together with the electrical connection electrodes of the semiconductor element by removing the semiconductor element from the test substrate after the step of testing the semiconductor element.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
97 words
A method for testing a semiconductor element having electrical connection electrodes which comprises the steps of: forming protruding electrodes on a test substrate having test wires to electrically connect the protruding electrodes with the test wires; bonding the electrical connection electrodes of the semiconductor element to the protruding electrodes of the test substrate; testing the semiconductor element in a heated atmosphere; and removing the protruding electrodes from the test substrate together with the electrical connection electrodes of the semiconductor element by removing the semiconductor element from the test substrate after the step of testing the semiconductor element.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 1, which comprises the step of: etching a portion of the protruding electrodes after the step of removing the electrical connection electrodes from the test substrate together with the protruding electrodes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 1, which comprises the step of: polishing a portion of the protruding electrodes after the step of removing the electrical connection electrodes from the test substrate together with the protruding electrodes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
86 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 1, wherein the step of forming protruding electrodes on the test substrate comprises the steps of: patterning a resist to create holes which correspond to positions on the test substrate at which the protruding electrodes are to be formed; placing the resist on the test substrate; depositing material for creating the protruding electrodes within the holes of the resist; heating the resist after the material has been deposited; and removing the resist from the test substrate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
96 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 1, wherein the protruding electrodes and electrical connection electrodes are made of metal, wherein the step of bonding the electrical connection electrodes of the semiconductor element to the protruding electrodes of the test substrate forms a metal-to-metal bonding connection between the electrical connection electrodes and the protruding electrodes, wherein the step of forming the protruding electrodes on the test substrate forms a metal-to-substrate bonding connection between the protruding electrodes and the test substrate, and wherein the metal-to-metal bonding connection is stronger than the metal-to-substrate bonding connection.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 5, wherein the test substrate is made of ceramic and the metal-to-substrate bonding connection is a metal-to-ceramic bonding connection.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: forming new protruding electrodes on the test substrate to electrically connect the new protruding electrodes with the test wires after the step of removing the protruding electrodes from the test substrate together with the electrical connection electrodes.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
85 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 7, further comprising the steps of: bonding new electrical connection electrodes of a new semiconductor element to the new protruding electrodes of the test substrate; testing the new semiconductor element in a heated atmosphere; and removing the new protruding electrodes from the test substrate together with the new electrical connection electrodes of the new semiconductor element by removing the new semiconductor element from the test substrate after the step of testing the new semiconductor element.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 1, wherein the step of forming protruding electrodes on the test substrate comprises the step of: forming thin film conductor portions on the test substrate and forming the protruding electrodes on the thin film conductor portions.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
96 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 9, wherein the thin film conductor portions are respectively formed such that a first conductor side of the thin film conductor portions are disposed against a first test wire side of the test wires, and wherein the protruding electrodes are respectively formed such that a first electrode side of the protruding electrodes are disposed against the first test wire side of the test wires and a second electrode side of the protruding electrodes are disposed against a second conductor side of the thin film conductor portions.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
139 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 9, wherein the step of forming the thin film conductor portions on the test substrate and forming the protruding electrodes on the thin film conductor portions comprises the steps of: forming a thin film conductor on a surface of the substrate on which the test wires are formed; patterning a resist to create holes which correspond to positions on the test substrate at which the protruding electrodes are to be formed; placing the resist on the test substrate; depositing material for creating the protruding electrodes within the holes of the resist such that the material is deposited on parts the thin film conductor; and removing the resist and the thin film conductor except for the parts of the thin film conductor on which the protruding electrodes have been deposited.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 11, wherein the step of depositing the material for creating the protruding electrodes comprises the step of: depositing the material within the holes via an electroplating process which uses the parts of the thin film conductor as electrodes.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
132 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 9, wherein the protruding electrodes and electrical connection electrodes are made of metal, wherein the step of bonding the electrical connection electrodes of the semiconductor element to the protruding electrodes of the test substrate forms a metal-to-metal bonding connection between the electrical connection electrodes and the protruding electrodes, wherein the step of forming the thin film conductor portions on the test substrate and forming the protruding electrodes on the thin film conductor portions forms a metal-to-conductor bonding connection between the protruding electrodes and the thin film conductor portions and forms a conductor-to-substrate bonding connection between the thin film conductor portions and the test substrate, and wherein the metal-to-metal bonding connection and the metal-to-conductor bonding connection are stronger than the conductor-to-substrate bonding connection.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 9, wherein the step of removing the protruding electrodes from the test substrate together with the electrical connection electrodes comprises the step of: removing the protruding electrodes from the test substrate together with the thin film conductor portions.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
64 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 14, further comprising the step of: removing the thin film conductor portions from the protruding electrodes by etching a portion of the protruding electrodes, wherein the thin film conductor portions are removed from the protruding electrodes after the step of removing the electrical connection electrodes from the test substrate together with the protruding electrodes.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
64 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 14, further comprising the step of: removing the thin film conductor portions from the protruding electrodes by polishing a portion of the protruding electrodes, wherein the thin film conductor portions are removed from the protruding electrodes after the step of removing the electrical connection electrodes from the test substrate together with the protruding electrodes.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 1, wherein a first bonding strength between said electrical connection electrodes and said protruding electrodes is larger than a second bonding strength between said protruding electrodes and said test substrate.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method for testing a semiconductor element according to claim 1, wherein said protruding electrodes and said electrical connection electrodes are removed from the test substrate without heating said protruding electrodes and said semiconductor element.
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