Method of increasing reliability of packaged semiconductor integrated circuit dice
First Claim
1. A method to increase a reliability of packaged semiconductor integrated circuit dice, the method comprising:
- identifying a die cluster, the die cluster consisting of dice having failed an electrical test;
identifying a core die from the die cluster;
adding the core die from the die cluster to a weighted character map;
adding at least one additional die from the die cluster to a weighted character map;
assigning a weighting value to each of the dice added to the weighted character map;
adding at least one tier of buffer dice to the weighted character map adjacent to each die on the weighted character map; and
indicating dice from the die cluster and tier of buffer dice, thereby indicating dice not requiring packaging.
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Abstract
Semiconductor dice are electrically tested prior to final assembly. Dice failing the test are identified and not packaged. However, “good dice” (i.e., those dice that passed testing) in proximity to the failed dice frequently fail prematurely in the field. Therefore, in one embodiment, a method to identify those dice having a probability for early failure includes identifying a core die and a die cluster, adding the core die and at least one additional die from the die cluster to a weighted character map, and assigning a weighting value to each of the dice added to the weighted character map. At least one tier of buffer dice is then added to the weighted character map adjacent to each die on the weighted character map. Both the dice from the die cluster and the tier of buffer dice are marked, thereby preventing those dice from being packaged and consequently, shipped to customers.
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8 Claims
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1. A method to increase a reliability of packaged semiconductor integrated circuit dice, the method comprising:
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identifying a die cluster, the die cluster consisting of dice having failed an electrical test; identifying a core die from the die cluster; adding the core die from the die cluster to a weighted character map; adding at least one additional die from the die cluster to a weighted character map; assigning a weighting value to each of the dice added to the weighted character map; adding at least one tier of buffer dice to the weighted character map adjacent to each die on the weighted character map; and indicating dice from the die cluster and tier of buffer dice, thereby indicating dice not requiring packaging. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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