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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chun Hung Lin, Kaohsiung, TW;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/940 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/940 ;
Abstract
A multichip module mainly comprises two stacked chips disposed on and respectively wire bonded to a substrate or a lead frame. There are a plurality of electrically conductive bumps having base portions and pillar protruding portions interposed between the two chips. The conductive bumps are attached at their base portions to the bonding pads of the lower chip and connected at their pillar protruding portions to the backside surface of the upper chip so as to support the upper chip. In the multichip module of the present invention, the pillar protruding portions of bumps help to provide clearance between the two chips for keeping the upper chip from damaging the bonding wires of the lower chip.