Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120086123 | SEMICONDUCTOR ASSEMBLY AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING A SOLDER CHANNEL - Semiconductor packages connecting a semiconductor chip to an external device by bumps are provided. The semiconductor packages may include a connection pad on a semiconductor chip, a connecting bump on and configured to be electrically connected to the connection pad and a supporting bump on the semiconductor chip and configured to be electrically isolated from the connection pad. The connection bump may include a first pillar and a first solder ball and the supporting bump may include a second pillar and a second solder ball. The semiconductor packages may further include a solder channel in the second pillar configured to allow a portion of the second solder ball to extend into the solder channel along a predetermined direction. | 04-12-2012 |
20120129333 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME - Provided are a method for manufacturing a semiconductor package and a semiconductor package manufactured using the method. The method includes providing a substrate having a first region and a second region having a higher step difference than the first region, i.e., having a difference in height, forming a mask pattern having a first opening exposing a portion of the first region and a second opening exposing a portion of the second region on the substrate, forming first and second bump material films filling the first and second openings, respectively, and forming the first and second bumps by performing a reflow process on the first and second bump material films, wherein the first opening has a lower portion having the same width with the second opening and a top portion having a width greater than the second opening. | 05-24-2012 |
20120295434 | SOLDER COLLAPSE FREE BUMPING PROCESS OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of forming bumps of a semiconductor device with reduced solder bump collapse. The method includes preparing a semiconductor substrate in which pads are exposed externally from a passivation layer; forming a seed layer on the semiconductor substrate; forming a photoresist pattern to expose the seed layer on the pads; forming pillars by performing a primary electroplating on a region exposed by the photoresist pattern; forming a solder layer by performing a secondary electroplating on the pillars; removing the photoresist pattern; forming solder bumps, in which solders partially cover surfaces of the pillars, by performing a reflow process on the semiconductor substrate; and removing portions of the seed layer formed in regions other than the solder bumps. | 11-22-2012 |
20130009286 | SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND FLIP-CHIP PACKAGE COMPRISING THE SAME - A semiconductor chip includes stress-relief to mitigate the effects of differences in coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) between a printed circuit board (PCB) and a semiconductor chip and a flip-chip package including the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip includes a stress-relief buffer coupling a bump and a semiconductor chip pad. | 01-10-2013 |
20130082090 | METHODS OF FORMING CONNECTION BUMP OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Methods of forming connection bumps for semiconductor devices in which rewiring patterns are formed. The method includes preparing a semiconductor substrate on which a pad is partially exposed through a passivation film, forming a seed layer on the pad and passivation film, forming a photoresist pattern including an opening pattern comprising a first opening that exposes a portion of the seed layer on the pad and a second opening that exposes a portion of the seed layer on the passivation film and is separated from the first opening, performing a first electroplating to form filler layers in the opening patterns, performing a second electroplating to form a solder layer on the filler layers, removing the photoresist pattern and performing a reflow process to form a collapsed solder layer that electrically connects the filler layers to each other and a solder bump on the filler layer formed in the second opening. | 04-04-2013 |
20130256876 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip having a plurality of contact pads on a surface thereof, a plurality of main bumps on the contact pads, respectively. Each of the plurality of main bumps includes a first pillar layer on one of the contact pads and a first solder layer on the first pillar layer, and the first solder layer includes an upper portion having an overhang portion. | 10-03-2013 |
20130292822 | BUMP STRUCTURE, SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING THE BUMP STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF FORMING THE BUMP STRUCTURE - A bump structure includes a first bump and a second bump. The first bump is disposed on a connection pad of a substrate. The first bump includes a lower portion having a first width, a middle portion having a second width smaller than the first width, and an upper portion having a third width greater than the second width. The second bump is disposed on the upper portion of the first bump. | 11-07-2013 |
20140084457 | BUMP STRUCTURES, ELECTRICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURES, AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - A bump structure may include a body portion spaced apart from a pad disposed on a substrate and a first extension extending from a side of the body portion onto the pad. A second extension extends from another side of the body portion. | 03-27-2014 |
20140151845 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING FUSE PATTERN - A semiconductor device has improved reliability by preventing a fuse cut through a repair process from being electrically reconnected by electrochemical migration. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a fuse including a first fuse pattern and a second fuse pattern formed at the same level on the substrate, the first fuse pattern and the second fuse pattern being spaced a first width apart from each other such that a gap in the fuse is disposed at a first location between the first fuse pattern and the second fuse pattern, and a first insulation layer formed on the first fuse pattern and the second fuse pattern, the first insulation layer including an opening above the first location and having a second width smaller than the first width. | 06-05-2014 |
20140377909 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES HAVING THROUGH ELECTRODES AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - Semiconductor packages having through electrodes and methods for fabricating the same are provided. The method may comprise providing a first substrate including a first circuit layer, forming a front mold layer on a front surface of the first substrate, grinding a back surface of the first substrate, forming a first through electrode that penetrates the first substrate to be electrically connected to the first circuit layer, providing a second substrate on the back surface of the first substrate, the second substrate including a second circuit layer that is electrically connected to the first through electrode, forming a back mold layer on the back surface of the first substrate, the back mold layer encapsulating the second substrate, and removing the front mold layer. | 12-25-2014 |