摘要:
A wire bond design integrated circuit with a substrate having a front side and an opposing back side. Circuitry is disposed on the font side. Electrically conductive vias are disposed through the substrate from the front side to the back side, and are electrically connected to the circuitry such that the electrically conductive vias provide power and ground services only for the circuitry. Bonding pads are disposed on the front side, and are electrically connected to the circuitry such that the bonding pads provide signal communication only for the circuitry.
摘要:
A wire bond design integrated circuit with a substrate having a front side and an opposing back side. Circuitry is disposed on the font side. Electrically conductive vias are disposed through the substrate from the front side to the back side, and are electrically connected to the circuitry such that the electrically conductive vias provide power and ground services only for the circuitry. Bonding pads are disposed on the front side, and are electrically connected to the circuitry such that the bonding pads provide signal communication only for the circuitry.
摘要:
A packaged integrated circuit having a thermal pathway to exhaust heat from the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit is disposed on a package substrate, with an encapsulant disposed around the integrated circuit. A heat sink is disposed at least partially within the encapsulant, with at least a portion of one surface of the heat sink exposed outside of the encapsulant. The integrated circuit has an uppermost passivation layer, where the passivation layer is not electrically conductive, with a port disposed in the passivation layer. The port extends completely through the passivation layer to expose an underlying layer. A thermal pathway is disposed at least partially within the port, and makes thermal contact to both the underlying layer and the heat sink. The thermal transfer rate of the thermal pathway is greater than the thermal transfer rate either the passivation layer or the encapsulant.
摘要:
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die mounted over a package substrate. The die has a bond pad located thereover. A stud bump consisting substantially of a first metal is located on the bond pad. A wire consisting substantially of a different second metal is bonded to the stud bump.
摘要:
An integrated circuit having a crack detection structure. A control structure is formed having interleaved electrically conductive layers and non electrically conductive layers in a vertical orientation. Electrically conductive vias are disposed vertically through all of the non electrically conductive layers, which vias electrically connect all of the electrically conductive layers one to another. A test structure is formed having a bonding pad for probing and bonding, with underlying interleaved electrically conductive layers and non electrically conductive layers disposed in a vertical orientation. At least one of the non electrically conductive layers has no vias formed therein, simulating active circuitry under other bonding pads of the integrated circuit. At least one of the interleaved electrically conductive layers of the control structure extends from within the control structure to within the test structure as a sensing layer. The sensing layer immediately underlies the at least one of the non electrically conductive layers in the test structure that has no vias formed therein. Thus, a crack in the at least one of the non electrically conductive layers in the test structure that has no vias formed therein is detectable as a leakage current between the bonding pad of the test structure and a top most electrically conductive layer of the control structure.
摘要:
A removable heatsink assembly comprised of a heatsink unit and a heatspreader is provided. The heatsink unit has at least one fin and a coupling collar for radiating heat away from a packaged electronic device. The heatspreader includes a platform attached to an inner collar in thermal contact with the packaged electronic device. The platform has one or more tabs suitable for mating with one or more flanges located on the coupling collar of the heatsink unit. Coupling grooves within the flanges engage the platform of the heatspreader when the flanges are mated with the heatspreader tabs and the heatsink is turned. The heatsink can therefore be quickly and conveniently attached to or removed from the heatspreader. The present invention thus permits a wide variety of different heatsinks to be interchangeably used with a single heatspreader attached to an electronic device package.
摘要:
An integrated circuit with a pressure resistant current carrying structure having electrically conductive layers for carrying current. A first electrically nonconductive material at least partially surrounds the electrically conductive layers, and provides electrical insulation between the electrically conductive layers. The first electrically nonconductive material has a first degree of fragility and a first dielectric constant. A second electrically nonconductive material is disposed in a pattern within the first electrically nonconductive material and between the electrically conductive layers, and provides structural support for the first electrically nonconductive material between the electrically conductive layers. The second electrically nonconductive material has a second degree of fragility that is less than the first degree of fragility and a second dielectric constant that is greater than the first dielectric constant.
摘要:
A bonding pad structure having an electrically conductive capping layer. An electrically conductive first supporting layer is disposed immediately under the electrically conductive capping layer, without any intervening layers between the electrically conductive capping layer and the electrically conductive first supporting layer. The electrically conductive first supporting layer is configured as one of a sheet having no voids and a sheet having slotted voids in a first direction. An electrically conductive second supporting layer is disposed under the electrically conductive first supporting layer. The electrically conductive second supporting layer is configured as one of a sheet having slotted voids in the first direction, a sheet having slotted voids in a second direction, and a sheet having checkerboard voids.
摘要:
A multiple-sized integrated circuit (IC) die and a method of making a multiple-sized IC die includes forming a plurality of IC dies on a semiconductor wafer. Each IC die has multiple rows of bonding pads around its periphery. Adjacent bonding pads on separate rows of each IC die are electrically connected together so that attachment to any one of the connected bond pads yields the same result. A plurality of scribe streets separate each IC die on the wafer, with the scribe street defining the width between each IC die. Rows of bonding pads reside in the scribe street area. Different rows of bonding pads may be selectively removed from the IC die by scribing the wafer so as to include one or more of the rows of bonding pads, thereby allowing one IC die design to have multiple sizes. An IC die separated from the wafer may still be sized smaller as long as there remain at least two rows of bonding pads around the periphery.
摘要:
A removable heatsink assembly comprised of a heatsink unit and a heatspreader is provided. The heatsink unit has at least one fin and a coupling collar for radiating heat away from a packaged electronic device. The heatspreader includes a platform attached to an inner collar in thermal contact with the packaged electronic device. The platform has one or more tabs suitable for mating with one or more flanges located on the coupling collar of the heatsink unit. Coupling grooves within the flanges engage the platform of the heatspreader when the flanges are mated with the heatspreader tabs and the heatsink is turned. The heatsink can therefore be quickly and conveniently attached to or removed from the heatspreader. The present invention thus permits a wide variety of different heatsinks to be interchangeably used with a single heatspreader attached to an electronic device package.