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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2002
Ho-Ming Tong, Taipei, TW;
Chun-Chi Lee, Kaohsiung, TW;
Jen-Kuang Fang, Pingtung, TW;
Min-Lung Huang, Kaohsiung, TW;
Jau-Shoung Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Ching-Huei Su, Kaohsiung, TW;
Chao-Fu Weng, Tainan, TW;
Yung-Chi Lee, Kaohsiung, TW;
Yu-Chen Chou, Kaohsiung, TW;
Tsung-Hua Wu, Kaohsiung Hsien, TW;
Su Tao, Kaohsiung, TW;
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc., Kaohsiung, TW;
Abstract
A solder ball attaching process for attaching solder balls to a wafer is provided. First, an under-ball-metallurgy layer is formed on the active surface of the wafer. Patterned masking layers are sequentially formed over the active surface of the wafer. The masking layers together form a step opening structure that exposes the under-ball-metallic layer. A solder ball is placed on the uppermost masking layer and allowed to roll so that the solder ball drops into the step opening structure by gravity. A reflow process is conducted to join the solder ball and the under-ball-metallurgy layer together. Finally, various masking layers are removed to expose the solder ball on the bonding pad of the wafer.