Apparatus for mounting a semiconductor chip and making electrical connections thereto
First Claim
1. Apparatus for mounting a semiconductor device chip and making electrical connections thereto, said apparatus comprising:
- a substrate having a surface including electrical terminals thereon;
a semiconductor device chip having a first surface in contact with the surface of the substrate and a second surface having a plurality of electrical pads disposed across the surface thereof, including interior surface portions inboard of the perimeter surface portions of the semiconductor device chip; and
means electrically connecting the substrate electrical terminals and the semiconductor device chip electricl pads, the means including a surface having a plurality of first electrical contacts disposed generally across the interior portion thereof making aerial electrical and physical contact with the semiconductor device chip electrical pads, including those interior pads disposed inboard of the perimeter surface portions of the semiconductor device chip, and a plurality of second electrical contacts disposed generally around the perimeter of the surface of the means electrically connecting and being in physical and electrical contact with he substrate electrical terminals, the first and second electrical contacts of the means being electrically connected in a predetermined circuit.
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Abstract
Apparatus for mounting a semiconductor device chip and making electrical connections thereto is disclosed. A semiconductor device chip has its backside connected to the surface of a substrate, and its upper surface includes a plurality of electrical pads across the entire surface thereof. A translator chip having a plurality of first electrical contacts disposed generally across the interior portion thereof are in electrical contact with the semiconductor device chip electrical pads, and a plurality of second electrical contacts disposed generally around the perimeter of the translator chip are electrically connected with the electrical terminals in the substrate to which the chip is attached. Heat may be removed from the semiconductor device chip through its backside via cooling channels in the substrate.
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20 Claims
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1. Apparatus for mounting a semiconductor device chip and making electrical connections thereto, said apparatus comprising:
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a substrate having a surface including electrical terminals thereon; a semiconductor device chip having a first surface in contact with the surface of the substrate and a second surface having a plurality of electrical pads disposed across the surface thereof, including interior surface portions inboard of the perimeter surface portions of the semiconductor device chip; and means electrically connecting the substrate electrical terminals and the semiconductor device chip electricl pads, the means including a surface having a plurality of first electrical contacts disposed generally across the interior portion thereof making aerial electrical and physical contact with the semiconductor device chip electrical pads, including those interior pads disposed inboard of the perimeter surface portions of the semiconductor device chip, and a plurality of second electrical contacts disposed generally around the perimeter of the surface of the means electrically connecting and being in physical and electrical contact with he substrate electrical terminals, the first and second electrical contacts of the means being electrically connected in a predetermined circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Apparatus for mounting a semiconductor device chip and making electrical connections thereto, said apparatus comprising:
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a semiconductor substrate having a surface including electrical terminals thereon, the substrate having thermal conductive capability; a semiconductor device chip having a first surface in contact with the surface of the substrate and being in a thermally conducting relation therewith, and a second surface having a plurality of electrical pads disposed across substantially the entire interior surface thereof, including interior surface portions inboard of the perimeter surface portions of the semiconductor device chip; and means electrically connecting the substrate electrical terminals immediately outside the perimeter of the semiconductor device chip and the semiconductor device chip electrical pads, the means including a first surface having a plurality of first electrical contacts disposed generally across the entire interior portion thereof making aerial electrical and physical contact with the semiconductor device chip electrical pads, including thouse interior pads disposed inboard of the perimeter surface portions of the semiconductor device chip, and a plurality of second electrical contacts disposed generally around the perimeter of the first surface of the means electrically connecting and being in physical and electrical contact with the substrate electrical terminals, and first and second electrical contacts of the means being electrically connected in a predetermined circuit. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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