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| 20080224291 | PACKAGED SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID SUPPORT MEMBERS AND METHODS OF PACKAGING SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS - Packaged semiconductor components having substantially rigid support member are disclosed. The packages can include a semiconductor die and a support member proximate to the semiconductor die. The support member is at least substantially rigid. The packages can further include an adhesive between the support member and the semiconductor die and adhesively attaching the support member to the semiconductor die. The packages can also include a substrate carrying the semiconductor die and the support member attached to the semiconductor die. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080224298 | APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, PACKAGED SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS - Packaged semiconductor components, apparatus for packaging semiconductor devices, methods of packaging semiconductor devices, and methods of manufacturing apparatus for packaging semiconductor devices. One embodiment of an apparatus for packaging semiconductor devices comprises a first board having a front side, a backside, arrays of die contacts, arrays of first backside terminals electrically coupled to the die contacts, arrays of second backside terminals, and a plurality of individual package areas that have an array of the die contacts, an array of the first backside terminals, and an array of the second backside terminals. The apparatus further includes a second board having a first side laminated to the front side of the first board, a second side, openings through the second board aligned with individual package areas that define die cavities, and arrays of front contacts at the second side electrically coupled to the second backside terminals by interconnects extending through the first board and the second board. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080224329 | PACKAGED MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING PACKAGED MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES - Packaged microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing packaged microelectronic devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for forming a microelectronic device includes attaching a microelectronic die to a support member by forming an attachment feature on at least one of a back side of the microelectronic die and the support member. The attachment feature includes a volume of solder material. The method also includes contacting the attachment feature with the other of the microelectronic die and the support member, and reflowing the solder material to join the back side of the die and the support member via the attachment feature. In several embodiments, the attachment feature is not electrically connected to internal active structures of the die. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090146234 | MICROELECTRONIC IMAGING UNITS HAVING AN INFRARED-ABSORBING LAYER AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Infrared (IR) absorbing layers and microelectronic imaging units that employ such layers are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a microelectronic imaging unit includes attaching an IR-absorbing lamina having a filler material to a backside die surface of an imager workpiece. An individual imaging die is singulated from the workpiece such that a section of the infrared-absorbing lamina remains attached to the individual imaging die. The individual imaging die is coupled to an interposer substrate with a portion of the IR-absorbing lamina positioned therebetween. In another embodiment, the IR-absorbing lamina is a die attach film and the filler material is carbon black. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100279466 | APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, PACKAGED SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS - Packaged semiconductor components, apparatus for packaging semiconductor devices, methods of packaging semiconductor devices, and methods of manufacturing apparatus for packaging semiconductor devices. One embodiment of an apparatus for packaging semiconductor devices comprises a first board having a front side, a backside, arrays of die contacts, arrays of first backside terminals electrically coupled to the die contacts, arrays of second backside terminals, and a plurality of individual package areas that have an array of the die contacts, an array of the first backside terminals, and an array of the second backside terminals. The apparatus further includes a second board having a first side laminated to the front side of the first board, a second side, openings through the second board aligned with individual package areas that define die cavities, and arrays of front contacts at the second side electrically coupled to the second backside terminals by interconnects extending through the first board and the second board. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110169154 | MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES - Microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing microelectronic devices are described herein. An embodiment of one such method includes attaching a plurality of singulated microelectronic dies to a removable support member with an active side of the individual dies facing toward the support member, depositing a flowable material onto the dies and a portion of the removable support member such that the flowable material covers a back side of the individual dies and is disposed between adjacent dies, and removing the support member from the active sides of the dies. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110233740 | PACKAGED MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING PACKAGED MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES - Packaged microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing packaged microelectronic devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for forming a microelectronic device includes attaching a microelectronic die to a support member by forming an attachment feature on at least one of a back side of the microelectronic die and the support member. The attachment feature includes a volume of solder material. The method also includes contacting the attachment feature with the other of the microelectronic die and the support member, and reflowing the solder material to join the back side of the die and the support member via the attachment feature. In several embodiments, the attachment feature is not electrically connected to internal active structures of the die. | 09-29-2011 |
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| 20080299701 | Front-end processing of nickel plated bond pads - A front-end method of fabricating nickel plated caps over copper bond pads used in a memory device. The method provides protection of the bond pads from an oxidizing atmosphere without exposing sensitive structures in the memory device to the copper during fabrication. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090078925 | Resistance variable memory device with sputtered metal-chalcogenide region and method of fabrication - A chalcogenide-based programmable conductor memory device and method of forming the device, wherein a chalcogenide glass region is provided with a plurality of alternating tin chalcogenide and metal layers proximate thereto. The method of forming the device comprises sputtering the alternating tin chalcogenide and metal layers. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20100171088 | RESISTANCE VARIABLE MEMORY DEVICE WITH SPUTTERED METAL-CHALCOGENIDE REGION AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A chalcogenide-based programmable conductor memory device and method of forming the device, wherein a chalcogenide glass region is provided with a plurality of alternating tin chalcogenide and metal layers proximate thereto. The method of forming the device comprises sputtering the alternating tin chalcogenide and metal layers. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100304544 | FRONT-END PROCESSING OF NICKEL PLATED BOND PADS - A front-end method of fabricating nickel plated caps over copper bond pads used in a memory device. The method provides protection of the bond pads from an oxidizing atmosphere without exposing sensitive structures in the memory device to the copper during fabrication. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20120025379 | FRONT-END PROCESSING OF NICKEL PLATED BOND PADS - A front-end method of fabricating nickel plated caps over copper bond pads used in a memory device. The method provides protection of the bond pads from an oxidizing atmosphere without exposing sensitive structures in the memory device to the copper during fabrication. | 02-02-2012 |
