Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.

Po-Hao Yuan

Chih-Shun Chen

Shih-Kuang Chiu

Chi-Chuan Wu

Ke-Chuan Yang

Feng-Lung Chien

An improved tape carrier package (TCP) structure is proposed, which is characterized in the provision of dummy pads and dummy leads to help reinforce the package construction. The dummy pads are provided on the corners of the semiconductor chip, while the dummy leads are bonded between the dummy pads and corner-situated lead-bonding areas on the tape carrier. During assembly, since dummy leads are bonded between the dummy pads and corner-situated lead-bonding areas, the corners of the semiconductor chip can be firmly supported as well as the four sides of the semiconductor chip which are supported by the I/O leads. As a result the package construction is reinforced. During inner-lead bonding (ILB) process, such reinforcement can help prevent the cracking of the I/O leads. Moreover, during encapsulation process, the provision of the dummy leads can help allow the encapsulation material to be more evenly distributed to the back side of the semiconductor chip, thus preventing undesired forming of voids in the resulted encapsulation body, making the resulted encapsulation body less likely subjected to popcorn effect and delamination. In addition, it can help provide a uniform package height (UPH) to the overall package construction. These advantages allow the finished TCP product to be more assured in quality and reliability.

Tape carrier package structure with dummy pads and dummy leads for package reinforcement

A flip-chip bumping method is proposed for the fabrication of solder bumps on a semiconductor wafer for flip-chip application. The proposed flip-chip bumping method is intended for use on a semiconductor wafer predefined with a plurality of chip regions which are delimited from each other by a predefined cutting line and each of which is formed with a plurality of aluminum or copper based bond pads, and is characterized in the provision of a plating bus over and along the cutting line and connected to each bond pad. By means of this plating bus, the required UBM (Under Bump Metallization) fabrication and solder-bump fabrication can be both carried out through plating. Since plating process is considerably lower in cost than sputtering process and etching process, the proposed flip-chip bumping method can be more cost-effective to implement than prior art.

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Po-Hao Yuan