摘要:
An integrated circuit (IC) chip is disclosed including a plurality of metal vertical interconnect accesses (vias) in a back end of line (BEOL) layer, a redistribution layer (RDL) on the BEOL layer, the BEOL layer having a plurality of bond pads, each bond pad connected to at least one corresponding metal via through the RDL; and a solder bump connected to each bond pad, wherein each solder bump is laterally offset from the corresponding metal via connected to the bond pad towards a center of the IC chip by an offset distance, wherein the offset distance is non-uniform across the IC chip. In one embodiment, the offset distance for each solder bump is proportionate to a distance between the center of the IC chip and the center of the corresponding solder bump pad structure for that solder bump.
摘要:
An integrated circuit (IC) chip is disclosed including a plurality of metal vertical interconnect accesses (vias) in a back end of line (BEOL) layer, a redistribution layer (RDL) on the BEOL layer, the BEOL layer having a plurality of bond pads, each bond pad connected to at least one corresponding metal via through the RDL; and a solder bump connected to each bond pad, wherein each solder bump is laterally offset from the corresponding metal via connected to the bond pad towards a center of the IC chip by an offset distance, wherein the offset distance is non-uniform across the IC chip. In one embodiment, the offset distance for each solder bump is proportionate to a distance between the center of the IC chip and the center of the corresponding solder bump pad structure for that solder bump.
摘要:
Solder bump connections and methods for fabricating solder bump connections. The method includes forming a layer stack containing first and second conductive layers, forming a dielectric passivation layer on a top surface of the second conductive layer, and forming a via opening extending through the dielectric passivation layer to the top surface of the second conductive layer. The method further includes forming a conductive plug in the via opening. The solder bump connection includes first and second conductive layers comprised of different conductors, a dielectric passivation layer on a top surface of the second conductive layer, a via opening extending through the dielectric passivation layer to the top surface of the second conductive layer, and a conductive plug in the via opening.
摘要:
Solder bump connections and methods for fabricating solder bump connections. The method includes forming a layer stack containing first and second conductive layers, forming a dielectric passivation layer on a top surface of the second conductive layer, and forming a via opening extending through the dielectric passivation layer to the top surface of the second conductive layer. The method further includes forming a conductive plug in the via opening. The solder bump connection includes first and second conductive layers comprised of different conductors, a dielectric passivation layer on a top surface of the second conductive layer, a via opening extending through the dielectric passivation layer to the top surface of the second conductive layer, and a conductive plug in the via opening.
摘要:
Structures and methods for detecting solder wetting of pedestal sidewalls. The structure includes a semiconductor wafer having an array of integrated circuit chips, each of the integrated circuit chips having an array of chip pedestals having respective chip solder columns on top of the chip pedestals, the pedestals spaced apart a first distance in a first direction and a spaced apart second distance in second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and at least one monitor structure disposed in different regions of the wafer from the integrated circuit chips, the monitor structure comprising at least a first pedestal and a first solder column on a top surface of the first pedestal and a second pedestal and a second solder column on a top surface of the second pedestal, the first and the second pedestals spaced apart a third distance, the third distance less than the first and the second distances.
摘要:
Structures are provided with raised buffer pads for solder bumps. Methods are also provided for forming the raised buffer pads for solder bumps. The method includes forming a raised localized buffer pad structure on a tensile side of a last metal layer of a solder bump connection. The raised localized buffer pad structure increases a height of a portion of a pad structure of the solder bump connection with respect to a compressive side of the last metal layer.
摘要:
A fine pitch solder bump structure with a built-in stress buffer that is utilized in electronic packages, and a method of producing the fine pitch solder bump structure with built-in stress buffer. Employed is a very thick final passivation layer that is constituted of a polyimide as a so-called “cushion” for a minimal thickness of UBM (BLM) pad and solder material, while concurrently completely separating the resultingly produced polyimide islands, so that the polyimide material provides most of the physical height for the “standoff” of a modified C4 (controlled collapse chip connection) structure. In employing the polyimide material as the primary structural component of the vertical chip package interconnect in this particular inventive manner, the inherent stress buffering property of the polyimide material is utilized to full advantage by effectively reducing the high stresses encountered during chip manufacture processing steps, such as chip join, reflow, preconditioning and reliability thermal cycle stressing.
摘要:
A conductor-filled damage propagation barrier is formed extending into a low-k dielectric layer between a fuse and an adjacent circuit element for preventing propagation of damage during a fuse blow operation. Conductor material filling the damage propagation barrier is formed from the same conductor layer as that used to form an interconnect structure.
摘要:
Controlled collapse chip connection (C4) structures and methods of manufacture, and more specifically to structures and methods to improve lead-free C4 interconnect reliability. A structure includes a ball limited metallization (BLM) layer and a controlled collapse chip connection (C4) solder ball formed on the BLM layer. Additionally, the structure includes a final metal pad layer beneath the BLM layer and a cap layer beneath the final metal pad layer. Furthermore, the structure includes an air gap formed beneath the C4 solder ball between the final metal pad layer and one of the BLM layer and the cap layer.
摘要:
A method of making a semiconductor structure includes patterning a barrier layer metallurgy (BLM) which forms an undercut beneath a solder material, and forming a repair material in the undercut and on the solder material. The method also includes removing the repair material from the solder material, and reflowing the solder material.