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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2000
Thomas P. Glenn, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Steven Webster, Chandler, AZ (US);
Roy D. Holloway, Chandler, AZ (US);
Amkor Technology, Inc., Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
Semiconductor packages and methods of making packages are disclosed. An exemplary method includes providing a printed circuit board having a first surface with circuit traces thereon, first apertures, and a second aperture. Each circuit trace overlies a first aperture, and an end of the circuit trace is near the second aperture. Solder balls are placed in each first aperture and fused to the overlying circuit trace. A die is placed in the second aperture. Each circuit trace may include a third aperture over the first aperture. Solder from the solder ball within the first aperture fills the overlying third aperture. A second package can be stacked on a first package. Solder balls of the second package each fuse with an underlying solder ball of the first package through a third aperture of the first package. The dies of the stacked packages may be positioned for optical communication with each other.