Semiconductor hybrid component
First Claim
1. A hybrid semiconductor component comprising:
- a main substrate made of a material other than silicon and having an inside surface area including an integrated array of a plurality of radiation responsive elements and a separate portion having a plurality of substrate contact pads with conductive connections being provided between at least some of the said radiation responsive elements and at least some of the substrate contact pads; and
a plurality of silicon chips, each said silicon chip having an area smaller than that of the inside surface area of the main substrate and each said silicon chip containing at least one integrated circuit connected to chip contact pads, with at least some of the chip contact pads being bonded to facing ones of the substrate contact pads without any of said silicon chips overlying the integrated array of radiation responsive elements.
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Abstract
Semiconductor hybrid components, especially linear infrared detectors produced by hybridization. A main substrate has integrated thereon active elements which cannot be produced on a silicon substrate. The substrate is made, for example, of AsGa, InP, HgCdTe or PbTe. Several silicon chips are mounted on the main substrate, by hybridization using indium balls. These chips include the read and multiplexing circuits. The silicon chips remain of limited size (a few millimeters) so that the differential thermal expansion stresses are limited, but the detection array may be produced as one piece without butt-joining. It is therefore possible to produce arrays of great length (several centimeters) and of high resolution (at least a thousand points).
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1. A hybrid semiconductor component comprising:
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a main substrate made of a material other than silicon and having an inside surface area including an integrated array of a plurality of radiation responsive elements and a separate portion having a plurality of substrate contact pads with conductive connections being provided between at least some of the said radiation responsive elements and at least some of the substrate contact pads; and a plurality of silicon chips, each said silicon chip having an area smaller than that of the inside surface area of the main substrate and each said silicon chip containing at least one integrated circuit connected to chip contact pads, with at least some of the chip contact pads being bonded to facing ones of the substrate contact pads without any of said silicon chips overlying the integrated array of radiation responsive elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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