摘要:
A system and method is disclosed for increasing the strength of a bond made by a small diameter wire in ball bonding. In one embodiment of the invention a structure for receiving a ball bond comprises substrate material that has portions that form a substrate cavity and a wire bond pad that covers and fills the substrate cavity. The wire bond pad also has portions that form a wire bond cavity for receiving the ball bond. The ball is wirebonded to the sides and bottom of the wire bond cavity. The sides of the wire bond cavity provide additional strength to the bond to resist shear and tensile forces that may act on the wire.
摘要:
The bond between a flip chip integrated circuit and a substrate is subject to mechanical stress from thermal cycles. This problem is exaggerated when the substrate has a rate of thermal expansion which is appreciably different from that of silicon. This problem is further exaggerated when the IC has a large footprint because it will experience a larger absolute expansion. A solution is proposed to this problem which involves creating an anchoring point. The anchoring point can be in either the IC or the substrate and can be a through-hole or a surface indentation such as a groove or a cutout. The anchoring point is filled with the underfill material during the underfill process. The anchoring point thus provides additional mechanical strength to the bond between the IC and the substrate.
摘要:
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for an enclosure that can be used for channel isolation in a multi-channel modulator driver such as, for example, an optical modulator driver. A system may include a substrate, a multi-channel modulator driver mounted on the substrate, and an enclosure mounted on the substrate to cover the multi-channel modulator driver, the enclosure having a wall that is disposed between first components of the multi-channel modulator driver associated with a first channel and second components of the multi-channel modulator driver associated with a second channel, the wall being composed of an electrically conductive material. Other embodiments may also be described and/or claimed.
摘要:
In certain embodiments, a method for tagging communications from a user system, such that a source of a malicious computer element in a computer network may be determined, includes determining tag information for a user system in the computer network, the tag information physically identifying the user system. The method further includes detecting an attempt to send a communication from the user system and, in response to detecting the attempt to send a communication from the user system, attaching the tag information to the communication prior to sending the communication from the user system. The attachment of the tag information to the communication allows the source of the communication to be determined in response to determining that the communication is associated with a malicious computer element, the source comprising the user system.
摘要:
A method for providing a leadframeless package structure is provided. The method includes providing a temporary carrier. The temporary carrier is coupled to a metal foil layer with a temporary adhesive layer. An integrated circuit chip is coupled to the metal foil layer. The temporary adhesive layer and the temporary carrier are removed to form the leadframeless package structure after molding.
摘要:
The specification describes a multi-chip module (MCM) that contains an integrated passive device (IPD) as the carrier substrate (IPD MCM). Parasitic electrical interactions are controlled at one or both interfaces of the IPD either by eliminating metal from the interfaces, or by selective use of metal in parts of the MCM that are remote from the sensitive device components. The sensitive device components are primarily analog circuit components, especially RF inductor elements. In the IPD layout, the sensitive components are segregated from other components. This allows implementation of the selective metal approach. It also allows parasitic interactions on top of the IPD substrate to be reduced by selective placement of IC semiconductor chips and IC chip ground planes. In preferred embodiments of the IPD MCM of the invention, the IPD substrate is polysilicon, to further minimize RF interactions. The various methods of assembling the module may be adapted to keep the overall thickness within 1.0 mm.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for producing a wrap-around interconnect substrate (60) comprising a substrate (42) having semi-circular vias (62) having openings (64) created by separating through cylindrical vias (62) that were positioned along cutting lines (46a, 46b) that formed part of an integrated circuit substrate strip (40) prior to separation, is disclosed.
摘要:
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for an enclosure that can be used for channel isolation in a multi-channel modulator driver such as, for example, an optical modulator driver. A system may include a substrate, a multi-channel modulator driver mounted on the substrate, and an enclosure mounted on the substrate to cover the multi-channel modulator driver, the enclosure having a wall that is disposed between first components of the multi-channel modulator driver associated with a first channel and second components of the multi-channel modulator driver associated with a second channel, the wall being composed of an electrically conductive material. Other embodiments may also be described and/or claimed.
摘要:
A system and method is disclosed for venting pressure from an integrated circuit package that is sealed with a lid. During a surface mount process for mounting a ball grid array integrated circuit package to a circuit board the application of heat (1) weakens the solder that seals a soldered lid, and (2) increases vapor pressure within the integrated circuit package. This may cause the soldered lid to move out of its soldered position. The present invention solves this problem by providing an integrated circuit with a solder mask that has a plurality of solder mask vents that form a plurality of vapor pressure vents through the solder. The vapor pressure vents prevent the occurrence of any increase in vapor pressure that would shift the soldered lid out of its soldered position. An alternate embodiment vents pressure through an epoxy layer that is used to attach a lid by epoxy.
摘要:
A flat filter layer is received between upper and lower mold portions of a mold for packaging an integrated circuit sensor device, held by the mold over and in contact with the integrated circuit's sensing surface, in light compression between the sensing surface and a mold surface. The filter layer includes slots allowing passage of injected encapsulating material to cover the integrated circuit die, with overlap portions embedded in the encapsulating material, while preventing such encapsulating material from flowing onto the sensing surface. The filter layer may be, for example, a liquid and/or light filter, and may include a protective or supportive backing. The filter is thus affixed to the packaged integrated circuit sensor device, while mold residue is reduced and mold life extended.