Freescale Semiconductor,inc.

Ngak Thong Teo

Boon Yew Low

A semiconductor device package such a as Ball Grid Array (BGA), includes a die attached to a substrate. The substrate has a series of plated through holes (PTH) that include a copper pad at each of their ends. The PTH are located in a mold gate region at a corner of the substrate beyond the periphery of the die. Each PTH contains a rivet. The PTH with the pads and rivets stabilize the substrate at the mold gate region, which reduces the possibility of substrate delamination upon degating following an encapsulation process.

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