摘要:
An integrated circuit package or arrangement includes a carrier having a surface topography of projections or recesses for supporting individual semiconductor circuit chips having conversely matching bottom surface topographies to permit self-aligned positioning of the chips on the carrier. Top faces of neighboring chips lie substantially in planes separated by a distance of greater than 0.0 .mu.m. The neighboring chips are separated by a gap G or spacing in a range of approximately 1 .mu.m
摘要:
A method for fabricating an integrated circuit package or arrangement includes providing a carrier having a surface topography of projections or recesses for supporting individual semiconductor circuit chips having conversely matching bottom surface topographies to permit self-aligned positioning of the chip on the carrier. Chips are provided such that top faces of neighboring chips lie substantially in planes separated by a distance of greater than 0.0 .mu.m. The carrier is arranged and dimensioned such that the neighboring chips are separated by a gap G or spacing in a range of 1 .mu.m
摘要:
An integrated circuit package including a carrier having a surface topography of projections or recesses for supporting individual semiconductor circuit chips having a conversely matching bottom surface topography to permit self-aligned positioning of the chip on the carrier.
摘要:
Large area chip functionality is tested at an intermediate level in the manufacturing process. A process sequence is implemented in which a layer of insulator material is deposited over the chip. This layer is then processed to selectively open areas over existing vias which are to be used for chip level testing. The other vias remain covered with insulator. A sacrificial metal level is then deposited on the insulator layer and patterned to create adequately large test pad areas connected to exposed vias. This metal layer and the insulator layer covering the other buried vias are removed after testing to re-establish the full via set. As an extension to this basic test process, test circuits can be formed around or beside the chip to be tested in the kerf areas separating the chip from other chips on the semiconductor wafer. Connections to the test circuits is with a sacrificial metal layer over an insulator layer. The sacrificial metal layer and insulator layer are removed after testing. The test circuits are scribed off in the process of separating the chips after back end of line processing is completed.
摘要:
Large area chip functionality is tested at an intermediate level in the manufacturing process. A process sequence is implemented in which a layer of insulator material is deposited over the chip. This layer is then processed to selectively open areas over existing vias which are to be used for chip level testing. The other vias remain covered with insulator. A sacrificial metal level is then deposited on the insulator layer and patterned to create adequately large test pad areas connected to exposed vias. This metal layer and the insulator layer covering the other buried vias are removed after testing to re-establish the full via set. As an extension to this basic test process, test circuits can be formed around or beside the chip to be tested in the kerf areas separating the chip from other chips on the semiconductor wafer. Connections to the test circuits is with a sacrificial metal layer over an insulator layer. The sacrificial metal layer and insulator layer are removed after testing. The test circuits are scribed off in the process of separating the chips after back end of line processing is completed.
摘要:
Disclosed is an integrated circuit configuration including a carrier having recesses for supporting individual semiconductor die units. The semiconductor die units and the carrier recesses have lithographically defined dimensions so as to enable precise alignment and a high level of integration.
摘要:
Disclosed is an integrated circuit configuration including a carrier having recesses for supporting individual semiconductor die units. The semiconductor die units and the carrier recesses have lithographically defined dimensions so as to enable precise alignment and a high level of integration.
摘要:
A technique for fabricating precision aligned macros (PAMs) with reduced risk of electrostatic discharge damage and thermal damage. An electrical and thermal contact is provided through the back of the individual chips to a supporting silicon substrate. A conductive seed layer for electroplating is formed on a support substrate. A dielectric (preferably, a thermid) layer is formed on the seed layer. Vias are formed in the thermid layer and metal contacts are formed in the vias. The front faces of two or more chips are bonded onto the top surface of an alignment substrate, and the chips are aligned to the alignment substrate. The back faces of the chips are bonded to the metal contacts and thermid layer with heat and pressure. The alignment substrate is removed. The front faces of the chips are planarized. Finally, interconnect wiring is formed over the chips and thermid layer.
摘要:
A method is described for fabricating a module having a chip attached to a carrier substrate, wherein a guide substrate transparent to ablation radiation is used. A removable layer is provided on a surface of the guide substrate. A first alignment guide is formed on the removable layer, and a second alignment guide is formed on a front surface of the chip. The chip is aligned to the guide substrate by contacting the second alignment guide to the first alignment guide; the chip is then attached to the guide substrate. The carrier substrate is attached to the chip at the back surface of the chip. The interface between the removable layer and the guide substrate is then ablated using radiation (typically laser radiation) transmitted through the guide substrate, thereby detaching the guide substrate. Thin films with metal interconnections may then be provided on the front surface of the chip.
摘要:
A metallized feature is formed in the top surface of a substrate, and a handling plate is attached to the substrate. The substrate is then thinned at the bottom surface thereof to expose the bottom of the feature, to form a conducting through-via. The substrate may comprise a chip having a device (e.g. DRAM) fabricated therein. The process therefore permits vertical integration with a second chip (e.g. a PE chip). The plate may be a wafer attached to the substrate using a vertical stud/via interconnection. The substrate and plate may each have devices fabricated therein, so that the process provides vertical wafer-level integration of the devices.