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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2001
Keiichiro Wakamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichiro Wakamiya, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Renesas Technology Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is described an improved semiconductor device of chip-scale package (CSP) comprising posts provided on respective electrode pads of a semiconductor chip, and solder balls which are provided on the respective posts as external terminals after the semiconductor chip has been encapsulated with resin while the posts are held in a projecting manner. The semiconductor device prevents occurrence of cracks, which would otherwise be caused by stress which is induced by a difference in coefficient of linear expansion between the semiconductor chip and the sealing resin and is imposed on the posts. In order to alleviate the stress imposed on the posts, a stress-absorbing layer formed from a metal layer having a low Young's modulus, such as gold (Au) or palladium (Pd), is interposed in the middle of each of the posts.