Abstract:
A conductive interconnect (340, 440, 540, 640) includes a conductive support layer (330, 430, 530, 630), a conductive material (320, 520, 620) on the conductive support layer (330, 430, 530, 630) and an inorganic collar (350, 450, 550, 650) partially surrounding the conductive material (320, 520, 620). The inorganic collar (350, 450, 550, 650) is also disposed on sidewalls of the conductive support layer (330, 430, 530, 630). A method of fabricating the conductive interconnect (340, 440, 540, 640) comprises fabricating a conductive material (320, 520, 620) on a seed layer (304, 504), forming an organic collar (310, 510) to partially surround the conductive material (320, 520, 620), etching the conductive seed layer (304, 504) to form the conductive support layer (330, 430, 530, 630) and heating to transition the organic collar (310, 510) into the inorganic collar (350, 450, 550, 650) that partially surrounds the conductive material (320, 520, 620) and is disposed on sidewalls of the conductive support layer (330, 430, 530, 630). The organic collar (310, 510) may be formed by depositing a photosensitive spin on dielectric material on the conductive material (320, 520, 620) and patterning the photosensitive spin on dielectric material. The conductive material (620) may be a single conductive material (320) or may comprise a stack of a first conductive layer (322) and a second conductive layer (324), separated by a barrier layer, in which case the heating step also causes a reflow of the second conductive layer (324) of the conductive material stack.
Abstract:
Some exemplary embodiments of this disclosure pertain to a semiconductor package that includes a packaging substrate, a die and a set of under bump metallization (UBM) structures coupled to the packaging substrate and the die. Each UBM structure has a non-circular cross-section along its respective lateral dimension. Each UBM structure includes a first narrower portion and a second wider portion. The first narrower portion has a first width. The second wider portion has a second width that is greater than the first width. Each UBM structure is oriented towards a particular region of the die such that the first narrower portion of the UBM structure is closer than the second wider portion of the UBM structure to the particular region of the die.