Semiconductor package

• US 6,803,664 B2
• Filed: 04/17/2002
• Issued: 10/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Company Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Company Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Inventors: Murayama, Kei
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuneo, Kamand
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mitchell, James M.
• Application Number:
  US10/123,211
• Publication Number:
  US 20020158341A1
• Time in Patent Office: 909 Days
• Field of Search: 257/778-79, 257/777, 257/737, 257/738, 257/459, 257/664, 257/780, 257/786, 257/734, 257/692, 257/693, 257/697, 438/612, 438/614, 174/263, 174/261, 361/777, 361/768
• US Class Current: 257/779
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/0401 Bonding areas specifically adapted for bump connectors, e.g. under bump metallisation [UBM]
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/16225 the item being non-metallic, e.g. insulating substrate with or without metallisation
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 23/49811 Additional leads joined to the metallisation on the insulating substrate, e.g. pins, bumps, wires, flat leads H01L23/49827 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 23/49816 Spherical bumps on the substrate for external connection, e.g. ball grid arrays [BGA]
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 23/49838 Geometry or layout
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/00014 the subject-matter covered by the group, the symbol of which is combined with the symbol of this group, being disclosed without further technical details
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/01078 Platinum [Pt]
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/01079 Gold [Au]
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/15311 being a ball array, e.g. BGA
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/15312 being a pin array, e.g. PGA
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/3025 Electromagnetic shielding
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/111 Pads for surface mounting, e.g. lay-out
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/09663 Divided layout, i.e. conductors divided in two or more parts branched layout H05K2201/09254
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/09772 Conductors directly under a component but not electrically connected to the component cooling of mounted components by printed thermal vias H05K1/0206
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10318 Surface mounted metallic pins
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/3436 having an array of bottom contacts, e.g. pad grid array or ball grid array components
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/4602 characterized by a special circuit board as base or central core whereon additional circuit layers are built or additional circuit boards are laminated
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Abstract

A semiconductor package provided with an interconnection layer including an interconnection pattern and pad formed on an insulating substrate or insulating layer, a protective layer covering the interconnection layer except at the portion of the pad and the insulating substrate or insulating layer, and an external connection terminal bonded with the pad exposed from the protective layer, the pad to which the external connection terminal is bonded being comprised of a plurality of pad segments, sufficient space being opened for passing an interconnection between pad segments, and the pad segments being comprised of at least one pad segment connected to an interconnection and other pad segments not connected to interconnections.

Claims

1. A semiconductor package comprising:

a conductive layer patterned to form a plurality of interconnections and a plurality of pads on an insulating substrate or insulating layer,

wherein;

each pad comprises a plurality of pad segments that are spaced to allow at least one interconnection to pass between predetermined pad segments of each pad,

at least one pad segment of each pad is connected to an interconnection, and

an external connection terminal is bonded to each plurality of pad segments of each pad; and

a protective layer covering said conductive layer except at a portion of each said pad and said insulating substrate or insulating layer.

2. A semiconductor package as set forth in claim 1, wherein each external connection terminal is assigned for signal use, power use, or ground use and an interconnection for signal use is passed between the plurality of pad segments forming a pad to which an external connection terminal assigned for ground use is connected.

3. A semiconductor package as set forth in claim 2, where said ground use interconnection surrounds said signal use interconnection at a lower layer.

4. A semiconductor package as set forth in claim 1, wherein each external connection terminal is assigned for signal use, power use, or ground use and an interconnection for power use is passed between the plurality of pad segments forming a pad to which an external connection terminal assigned for ground use is connected.

5. A semiconductor package as set forth in claim 1, wherein a width of said interconnections is 30 μ

m and a space sufficient for passing said interconnection is 150 μ

m.

6. A semiconductor module comprised of a semiconductor package of claim 1 and a semiconductor chip mounted on a surface of the package opposite to the surface where external connection terminals are bonded so that the electrode terminals of said semiconductor chip are electrically connected to said interconnection layer.

7. A semiconductor package comprising:

an insulating substrate including at least one resin layer thereon;

conductor layers having interconnections formed on one side of the at least one resin layer to connect with conduction layers formed on another side of the at least one resin layer;

pads formed on one side of the at least one resin layer, wherein;

each pad comprises a plurality of pad segments that are spaced to allow at least one interconnection to pass between predetermined pad segments of each pad,

at least one pad segment of each pad is connected to an interconnection, and

an external connection terminal is bonded to each plurality of pad segments; and

a protective layer covering the conductor layers and portions of the pad while exposing a portion of the pad to be connected to a corresponding external connection terminal.