Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.

Atsuomi Hirata

Yoshihiko Nakamura

Hirokuni Mamiya

Kensaku Morii

A novel plastic molded chip carrier package for an integrated circuit chip has a carrier member molded of a plastic material to which are integrally embedded a plurality of I/O pins and a conductor member for interconnection between the terminals of the chip and the corresponding I/O pins to provide a unitary construction obtained at a single molding process. This plastic molded chip carrier package is preferred to have integral positioning studs which project in the same direction of the I/O pins for abutment against a printed circuit board for mounting the package in a spaced relation thereto with the I/O pins plugged into metallized through holes provided in the board. A method of fabricating the plastic chip carrier package is also disclosed to comprise the steps of placing a plurality of I/O pins into corresponding vertical slots formed in a molding die with the top portion of the I/O pins projecting above the molding die surface; supporting a conductor member on the I/O pins with the distal top ends of the I/O pins extending into correspondingly through holes formed in the conductor member, the conductor member including a plurality of conductor lines for electrical interconnection between the individual I/O pins and the terminals of the chip; and filling a molten plastic material at least between the conductor member and the molding die surface and solidifying the same so as to form thereat a plastic carrier member to which the conductor member is integrally embedded together with the top portions of the I/O pins.

Plastic molded chip carrier package and method of fabricating the same

An improved plastic molded chip carrier package for a semiconductor chip has a plurality of I/O pins arranged on a pin grid array. The pin grid array comprises at least two rows of the I/O pins disposed along the sides of the chip in such a manner that the I/O pins are staggered with respect to those in the other row. The staggered arrangement of the I/O pins makes it easy to provide electrical interconnection between the I/O ports on the chip and the corresponding I/O pins without requiring an elaborate or crowded wiring or connection lines. This is particularly effective when an increased number of the I/O pins are required to be included in the limited area of the chip carrier.

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Nara, Japan

Atsuomi Hirata