Abstract:
Various embodiments of packaged chips and ways of fabricating them are disclosed herein. One such packaged chip disclosed herein includes a chip having a front face, a rear face opposite the front face, and a device at one of the front and rear faces, the device being operable as transducer of at least one of acoustic energy and electromagnetic energy, and the chip including a plurality of bond pads exposed to one of the front and rear faces. The packaged chip includes a package element having a dielectric element and a metal layer disposed on the dielectric element, the package element having an inner surface facing the chop and an outer surface facing away from the chip. The metal layer includes a plurality of contacts exposed at at least one of the inner and outer surfaces, the contacts conductively connected to the bond pads. The metal layer further includes a first opening for passage of the at least one of acoustic energy and electromagnetic energy in a direction of at least one of the said device and from said device.
Abstract:
A stacked microelectronic unit (80) is provided which has a top surface (34) and a bottom surface remote from the top surface and a plurality of vertically stacked microelectronic elements (12, 12A) therein, including at least one microelectronic element (12A) having a front face (14A) adjacent to the top surface and a rear face (16A) oriented towards the bottom surface. Each of the microelectronic elements (12, 12A) has traces (24, 24A) extending from contacts (22, 22A) at the front face beyond edges of the microelectronic element. A dielectric layer (116) contacts edges of the microelectronic elements and underlies the rear face of the at least one microelectronic element. Leads are connected to the traces (24, 24A) extending along the dielectric layer (116). Unit contacts (74), exposed at the top surface, are connected to the leads (66).
Abstract:
A microelectronic unit 400 can include a semiconductor element 401 having a front surface, a microelectronic semiconductor device adjacent to the front surface, contacts 403 at the front surface and a rear surface remote from the front surface. The semiconductor element 401 can have through holes 410 extending from the rear surface through the semiconductor element 401 and through the contacts 403. A dielectric layer 411 can line the through holes 410. A conductive layer 412 may overlie the dielectric layer 411 within the through holes 410. The conductive layer 412 can conduct ively interconnect the contacts 403 with unit contacts.
Abstract:
A stacked microelectronic unit is provided which can include a plurality of vertically stacked microelectronic elements (12, 12A) each having a front surface (117), contacts (22) exposed at the front surface, a rear surface (118) and edges (18, 20) extending between the front and rear surfaces. Traces (24) connected with the contacts may extend along the front surfaces towards edges of the microelectronic elements with the rear surface of at least one of the stacked microelectronic elements being adjacent to a top face (90) of the microelectronic unit. A plurality of conductors (66) may extend along edges of the microelectronic elements from the traces (24) to the top face (90). The conductors may be conductively connected with unit contacts (76) such that the unit contacts overlie the rear surface (118) of the at least one microelectronic element (12A) adjacent to the top face.
Abstract:
A microelectronic package 700 includes a microelectronic element 702 having contacts 706, a flexible substrate 712 spaced from and overlying the microelectronic element and a plurality of conductive posts 726 extending from the flexible substrate 712 and projecting away from the microelectronic element 702. The conductive posts are electrically interconnected with the microelectronic element. Each conductive post has a conductive base 728 that is in contact with the flexible substrate 712 and a conductive tip 730 that extends from the base, with the base of the conductive post having a larger diameter than the tip of the conductive post. In certain embodiments, the conductive base and the conductive tip have a cylindrical shape.
Abstract:
A microelectronic package includes a microelectronic element having faces and contacts, and a flexible substrate spaced from and overlying a first face of the microelectronic element, the flexible substrate having conductive pads facing away from the first face of the microelectronic element. The package includes a plurality of spheres attached to the conductive pads of the flexible substrate and projecting away from the first face of the microelectronic element, each sphere having a contact surface remote from the conductive pads, the contact surfaces of the spheres including a contact metal devoid of solder. The package also includes a plurality of support elements disposed between the microelectronic element and the substrate for supporting the flexible substrate over the microelectronic element, the spheres being offset from the support elements.