Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Package integrity monitor with sacrificial bumps
- Patent Title (中): 封装完整性监视器与牺牲凸起
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Application No.: US13789347Application Date: 2013-03-07
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Publication No.: US09128148B2Publication Date: 2015-09-08
- Inventor: Donnacha Lowney , Marites De La Torre
- Applicant: Xilinx, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: XILINX, INC.
- Current Assignee: XILINX, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agent Gerald Chan
- Main IPC: G01R31/28
- IPC: G01R31/28 ; H01L21/66 ; H01L25/065 ; G01R31/3185

Abstract:
An apparatus with package integrity monitoring capability, includes: a package having a die connected to an interposer through a plurality of bumps, wherein at least some of the bumps comprise dummy bumps; a package integrity monitor having a transmitter to transmit a test signal and a receiver to receive the test signal; and a first scan chain comprising a plurality of alternating interconnects in the die and in the interposer connecting some of the dummy bumps in series, wherein the first scan chain has a first end coupled to the transmitter of the package integrity monitor and a second end coupled to the receiver of the package integrity monitor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140253171A1 PACKAGE INTEGRITY MONITOR WITH SACRIFICIAL BUMPS Public/Granted day:2014-09-11
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