Sony Corporation

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Tomoshi Ohde

Kenji Ohsawa

Hirotaka Kobayashi

Yuji Nishitani

Yukio Asami

Hidetoshi Kusano

Mitsuru Adachi

Fujio Kanayama

Tetsunori Niimi

A semiconductor device is provided in which the heat dissipation characteristic of a flip-chip mounted semiconductor chip is improved. A semiconductor device is provided with a substrate, a semiconductor flip-chip mounted on the substrate, a sealing resin layer for sealing around the semiconductor flip-chip. A sealing resin layer for sealing the semiconductor chip is formed around the semiconductor chip. In this semiconductor device, the back surface of the semiconductor chip is exposed and is convex with respect to the upper surface of the sealing resin layer.

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

A flip chip mounting method for improving the accuracy of positioning of a semiconductor chip and avoiding a short circuit between protruding electrodes even when the protruding electrodes are formed at smaller spacings. The method comprises: placing a semiconductor chip on a wiring board, the semiconductor chip having protruding electrodes formed at a relatively small spacing and at a relatively large spacing, the wiring board having electrode pads corresponding to the respective protruding electrodes and solder pieces formed on the respective pads; heating the semiconductor chip and the wiring board to a temperature at which only the solder pieces on the electrode pads of greater spacing melt; performing self alignment of the semiconductor chip by the melted solder pieces; and heating the semiconductor chip and the wiring board further to a temperature at which the protruding electrodes and the solder pieces on the electrode pads of smaller spacing melt.

Wiring board, electronic component mounting structure, and electronic component mounting method

In a semiconductor device, a plurality of wiring films are formed on a front surface of a base comprising an insulating resin and having electrode-forming holes, the surfaces of the wiring films and the surface of the base being positioned on the same plane and at least parts of the wiring films overlapping with the electrode-forming holes; a conductive material is embedded into the electrode-forming holes to form external electrodes on the back surface, away from the wiring films, of the base; a semiconductor element is positioned on the front surface of the base with an insulating film therebetween, the back surface of the semiconductor element being bonded to said front surface of the base; wires bond the electrodes of the semiconductor element to the corresponding wiring films; and a resin seals the wiring films and the wires.

Method for making semiconductor device using a nickel film for stopping etching

Method for making a semiconductor device

On the scribe line area formed between a plurality of semiconductor clip areas on a semiconductor wafer, there is provided a chipping prevention portion constituted by a double groove consisting of the first and second grooves. Thus, the entry of chipping into the semiconductor chip area is prevented when dicing the semiconductor wafer along the scribe line area provided between each of the semiconductor chip areas. In this respect, an insulating film may be formed on the surface of the semiconductor wafer on the side of an element forming area.

Semiconductor method of manufacture

On the scribe line area formed between a plurality of semiconductor chip areas on a semiconductor wafer, there is provided a chipping preventing portion constituted by a double groove consisting of the first and second grooves. Thus, the entry of chipping into the semiconductor chip area is prevented when dicing the semiconductor wafer along the scribe line area provided between each of the semiconductor chip areas. In this respect, an insulating film may be formed on the surface of the semiconductor wafer on the side of an element forming area.

Semiconductor device

A semiconductor device is provided which can improve a heat radiation characteristic of the package, and also can solve an uniform characteristic of ball sizes when a projection electrode such as soldering balls is formed by way of the electrolytic plating method. A semiconductor device is comprised of: a semiconductor chip in having a plurality of electrode pads and an inside of a pad forming region thereof used as an effective element region; a reinforcement plate provided under such a condition that this semiconductor chip is surrounded by the reinforcement plate; a plurality of leads constituted by an outer lead and an inner lead, in which a projection electrode is provided on the outer lead, and also a tip portion of the inner lead is connected to the electrode pads sealing resin filled into a peripheral region of the semiconductor chip. A conductor pattern is formed on the effective element region of the semiconductor chip; and the conductor pattern is covered by an insulating film to be protected; and further a projection electrode is provided on this conductor pattern.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Tomoshi Ohde