Background technology
As everyone knows, after the downsizing along with the electronic building brick size, many new challenges appear on the manufacture process of integrated circuit.In addition, because computer and mechanics of communication is flourish, what follow needs is the electronic building brick of more variety classeses and application.For example, all need many memory component and dissimilar semiconductor subassemblies by the computer interface of voice operating or the interface of other communication, therefore, the trend of integrated circuit still can be towards high integration development.Fast development along with semiconductor technology, electronics produces brilliant under the fast trend of compact and multi-functional speed, and the semi-conductive I/O number of IC is not only more and more, and density is also more and more higher, also make the number of pins of package assembling also increase, and the requirement of signal transmission speed is also more and more faster thereupon.Semiconductor chip individually is encapsulated within the packaging body of plastic cement or ceramic material usually.The structure of packaging body must be able to be protected chip and the heat that is produced in the chip operation process is shed, the usefulness when traditional encapsulation is used as the chip functions test.
Early stage encapsulation technology is utilized input and the output of the pin of peripheral arrangement mode as signal mainly based on the encapsulation technology of lead frame.And under the demand of high density input and output, the encapsulation of lead frame has not met described demand at present.At present, under described demand, encapsulation also need reduce volume, and meeting present trend, and ball arranged encapsulation technology (ball grid array is also followed in the encapsulation of high density I/O; BGA encapsulation) development of technology and haveing breakthrough, therefore, the encapsulation of IC semiconductor carrying trends towards utilizing ball arranged encapsulation technology (BGA).The pin that it is characterized by I/O is spherical, and the characteristics of BGA structure dress are that the pin of negative I/O is spherical, than the elongate pins of leaded package assembly apart from weak point, and be difficult for impaired distortion, the electrical transmission range of its package assembling is short, speed is fast, can meet at present and the demand of following digital system speed.For example, in United States Patent (USP) U.S.PatentNo.5629835, by the structure of a kind of BGA of proposition such as Mahulikar, denomination of invention is " METAL BALL GRID ARRAY PACKAGE WITH IMPROVED THERMALCONDUCTIVITY ".And for example United States Patent (USP) U.S.PatentNo.5239198 discloses a kind of packing forms, and this encapsulation comprises a substrate that is assembled on the printed circuit board (PCB), and substrate utilizes the FR4 material to form, and has the surface that a conducting wire is formed at substrate on this substrate.
In addition, the semiconductor packages of many different kenels has been arranged at present, no matter be the encapsulation of any kenel, being encapsulated as of the overwhelming majority is cut into after the individuality in advance, encapsulates and tests.And United States Patent (USP) has a kind of wafer form encapsulation of exposure, consult, and US5323051, denomination of invention is " Semiconductor wafer nevel package ".This patent encapsulated before cutting crystal grain in advance, utilized glass to be used as a bonding material, made assembly be encapsulated in the hole.One perforation that hides is as the channel of electrically connect.Therefore, wafer form is encapsulated as a kind of trend of semiconductor packages.Technology in addition is formed in the surface of semiconductor crystal wafer with most grain shaped, and glass utilizes adhering substance to be attached on the surface of wafer.Then, the side that is provided with crystal grain will be ground, and to reduce its thickness, is called grinding back surface (back grinding) usually.Then, wafer is etched in order to separate the adhering substance of IC and expose portion.
In addition, in the encapsulation technology field in the past, I/O aluminium pad partly is the surface that is connected to crystal grain, because chip area is limited, I/O aluminium pad will limit its aluminium pad number under this limited area.Moreover, apart from too small, will cause coupling between signal or the interference between signal between the I/O aluminium pad.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of wafer formed diffusion type capsulation structure and manufacture method thereof, principal character is to replace the position that traditional grain surface I/O plants ball, in the diffused mode, with the past outdiffusion of contact point, implant the ball of planting to promote bigger scope as I/O, to increase the number that I/O plants ball, that is the more I/O of increase, or at crystal grain under the trend of downsizing, the minimum spacing that keeps I/O reaches the purpose that prevents too approaching signal interference that is caused and the too approaching solder bridge that is caused of scolding tin joint.
The object of the present invention is achieved like this: a kind of wafer formed diffusion type capsulation structure is characterized in that; It comprises crystal grain and is disposed on the insulating base, and it is formed thereon that wafer comprises most aluminium pads; Bcb layer is coated this grain surface, and has most first openings and expose this majority aluminium pad; Scolding tin is filled in this first opening; First epoxy resin is coated on this crystal grain, insulating base and the bcb layer; Copper conductor is disposed at this first epoxy resin and is connected with this scolding tin; Second epoxy resin is coated on this copper conductor, and has this copper conductor of second opening emerges part; The tin ball is disposed on this second epoxy resin, and inserts this second opening and be connected with this copper conductor.
Also comprising copper seed layer is formed on this first scolding tin.Described copper seed layer is titanium/copper layer.Described copper seed layer is nickel/copper layer.More comprising resistance barrier or adhesion coating is formed on this aluminium pad.This resistance barrier or adhesion coating comprise nickel/aluminium lamination.The interface of this tin ball and this copper conductor comprises nickel.More comprise the side of a capacitance arrangement in this crystal grain.More comprise the side that another crystal grain is disposed at this crystal grain.
The present invention also provides a kind of manufacture method of wafer formed diffusion type capsulation structure, it is characterized in that: it comprises the steps:
(1) provides and have most crystal grain wafer formed thereon;
(2) test most crystal grain on this wafer, and the qualified crystal grain of mark;
(3) this crystal grain of spin coating BCB dielectric protection layer;
(4) remove this bcb layer partly, form first opening, to expose the metallic aluminium pad on this crystal grain;
(5) cut this wafer to separate this majority crystal grain;
(6) through screening, rearrange configuration by the action of drawing and place and be adhered on the insulator foot by the crystal grain after the quality control;
(7) fill first epoxy resin on the aluminium pad of this insulator foot, crystal grain, BCB and first opening comprehensively;
(8) etching removes this first epoxy resin of this aluminium pad top, forms second opening;
(9) solidify this first epoxy resin;
(10) the sputter barrier layer is on this aluminium pad;
(11), use scolding tin on this barrier layer, and fill up this second opening with fabrography;
(12) form copper seed layer on this scolding tin and first epoxy resin;
(13) utilize a photoresistance to electroplate the copper conductor of certain area on this scolding tin and barrier layer;
(14) formationization nickel or change gold are on this copper conductor;
(15) remove photoresist layer;
(16) be coated with second epoxy resin on this copper conductor comprehensively;
(17) solidify this second epoxy resin;
(18) remove this second epoxy resin of this copper conductor top, and form the 3rd opening;
(19) implant solder ball in the 3rd opening;
(20) cut this insulating base, in order to separate the individual package monomer.
Before forming described copper conductor, more comprise sputter one copper seed layer in this scolding tin and this is above first epoxy resin.This adhesion crystal grain more is included in and is solidified this sticker in the stove in the process of this base.The thickness of this BCB insulating barrier is 5-25 μ.This first epoxy resin of etching forms the process of this second opening, is to be undertaken by etching of photoresistance type or chemical agent.Form after described second opening, more comprise with RIE electricity slurry and clean grain surface.The material of this barrier layer comprises nickel/copper or changes nickel dam.After finishing above-mentioned fabrography, comprise with the infrared ray backflow and solidify this scolding tin.This copper seed layer is titanium/copper.The step of solidifying this second epoxy resin is for utilizing ultraviolet irradiation or heat treated.This be implanted in the 3rd opening solder ball adopt fabrography or plant the playing skill art.More comprise the side of capacitance arrangement, side by side on this glass base in this crystal grain.More comprise side that another crystal grain is disposed at this crystal grain side by side on this glass base, form polycrystalline grain encapsulating structure, this another crystal grain is including but not limited to CPU, DRAM or SRAM assembly.This insulator foot is glass, pottery or silicon wafer.
Describe in detail below in conjunction with preferred embodiment and accompanying drawing.
Embodiment
The method that the present invention discloses a kind of wafer form encapsulation (WLP) and makes the wafer form encapsulation, explanation is only done in described preferred embodiment, is not in order to restriction the present invention.
At first consult shown in Figure 1, to screen by the crystal grain after the quality control through test and the wafer that cut process, choose crystal grain (die) 1a of test passes, by drawing and apparatus for placing, it is rearranged be disposed at a new glass base 1, this base 1 can be glass, pottery or silicon wafer, and via sticker eachcrystal grain 1a is adhered on the base 1, about 10 μ of this sticker thickness, the process of solidifying sticker is to utilize the spin coater action of adhering.Crystal grain 1a lays out in glass base 1, and the distance betweencrystal grain 1a strengthens, and its objective is hope in follow-up encapsulation process, has sufficient space and can hold diffused circle solder ball array.This diffused encapsulation technology can promote the I/O number, or dwindles under the situation incrystal grain 1a size, still keeps its desired pitch, disturbs to prevent the signal between I/O.It is big or small and decide that the big small size of encapsulation depends on that successive process is finished spacing between the diffused circle solder ball array of back.
In another embodiment, also can comprise the side thatelectric capacity 1b is disposed atcrystal grain 1a on this glass pedestal 1, to promote filter effect, as shown in Figure 2.
The following stated encapsulation process is to begin its encapsulation process from the single crystal grain with metal gasket (metal pad):
As shown in Figure 3, wafer 2 fronts (or first surface) that will encapsulate have the metal gasket as input and output, aluminium pad (I/O pad or aluminum pad) 4 for example, thismetal gasket 4 is to use as intraconnections, utilize light shield through calibration, exposure and developing process, withmetal gasket 4 be formed at wafer 2 above.
Then, passing through rotary coating machine spin coating one deckBCB insulating barrier 8 on the wafer 2 in wafer 2 and above thealuminium pad 4, with protection wafer 2, the thickness ofBCB 8 is approximately 5-10 μ.
Then, as shown in Figure 4,, remove theBCB 8 of part through light shield calibration, exposure and developing process, formfirst opening 9,, it should be noted that to expose themetallic aluminium pad 4 of below, also be exposed on this Cutting Road, and, do not undermine BCB when being beneficial to cut greater than the width of its Cutting Road.Afterwards, with plating mode formationization nickel or changegold 11 onaluminium pad 4.
Through cutting, represent as Fig. 5, with amajority crystal grain 2a (wafer cut already form crystal grain) herein via screening and quality inspection qualified after,crystal grain 2a is put aboveglass base 6 with the machinery of placing function via having absorption, and bysticker 7 be adhered on theglass base 6 to, then in stove, solidified.
Then, as shown in Figure 6, on thealuminium pad 4 ofglass base 6,crystal grain 2a,BCB 8 and opening, fill one deck first epoxy resin (EPOXY) 10 comprehensively comprehensively.
Then, as shown in Figure 7,, removefirst epoxy resin 10 ofaluminium pad 4 tops, formsecond opening 13, and expose thealuminium pad 4 of below through photoresistance type etching or chemical agent.Then, solidified in stove, the thickness of thisfirst epoxy resin 10 is approximately (the thickness here refers to the thickness on the grain surface) between the 10-25 μ.
Then, the remaining epoxy resin of solid is with RIE electricity slurrycleaning crystal grain 2a surface.Then represent as for above-mentioned remaining epoxy resin with 10 '.Above-mentioned nickel/gold or changenickel dam 11 are as the barrier layer or the function of adhesion coating.
Then, as shown in Figure 8, utilize scoldingtin 12 to fill up thissecond opening 13 insecond opening 13 below nickel/copper or changenickel dam 11 with fabrography.Then, reflux to solidify this scoldingtin 12 with infrared ray, then, comprehensive ground sputter one deck titanium/copper 19 is above remainingepoxy resin 10 and scoldingtin 12, with as copper seed layer.
Then, as shown in Figure 9, with photoresistance (not shown) definition copper conductor pattern, utilize plating mode to form copper conductor above titanium/copper 19, one end is aimed at the inner (inner side edge of crystal grain) of the secondopening scolding tin 12, and the other end with horizontal direction towards outdiffusion (inner side edge of crystal grain).Clear and definite says, that is to say the position ofcopper conductor 14, one end is to trim withaluminium pad 4, the other end draws lead to direction towards outdiffusion with level, and the contact area of itself and lower floor'sepoxy resin 10 and scoldingtin 12 is big than the opening ofaluminium pad 4, its purpose mainly be used for increasing I/O plant the ball region area, then, oncopper conductor 14, form a stratification nickel dam or changegold layer 17,, remove photoresistance again to plant the adhesion coating of ball as follow-up scolding tin.And remove the upper part titanium/copper 19 that is exposed to remaining epoxy 10 '.
Then, as shown in figure 10, be coated with one deck secondepoxy resin 16 abovecopper conductor 14,nickel dam 17 and lower floor'sepoxy resin 10 comprehensively, and with step of curing, utilize ultraviolet irradiation or heat treated,, prevent thatcopper conductor 14 is oxidized with the second above-mentioned epoxy resin that hardens.
Then, as shown in figure 11, removecopper conductor 14 and part secondepoxy resin 16 above thenickel dam 17, and form the3rd opening 15, the position of the3rd opening 15 is atcopper conductor 14 and above thenickel dam 17, and be positioned at the outside (away from one side of aluminium pad 4) ofcopper conductor 14 as far as possible, be beneficial to make diffused (fan out) I/O structure.
As shown in figure 12, then at the3rd opening 15 places, above nickel (Ni)layer 17, by fabrography or plant the playing skill art andimplant solder ball 18, by among the figure obviously as seen, scolding tin asks 18 through the position after the encapsulation process design, and not directly overmetal gasket 4, but level reaches on the side ofMetal Ball 4 to side.
Then, as shown in figure 13, reflux through infrared ray again and toast epoxy resin, be sent in the wafer and carry out the wafer form test in the wafer form testing apparatus, for example last test and cutting process, and cutting crystal grain and intercrystalline line of cut 20 andglass pedestal 6 are to separate other packaging body.
Processing procedure of the present invention is simple than conventional art, before not cutting apart, test with wafer form, and after test, can cut and be divided into other crystal grain along Cutting Road, be placed on the glass substrate to draw apparatus for placing, finish diffusion-type wafer encapsulation (wafer level fan out packaging).
As shown in figure 14, for nickel/gold or changenickel dam 11, titanium/copper or nickel/gold 19,nickel dam 17 each adhesion coating and barrier layers, at each position view of intraconnections.
Shown in Figure 15, be the generalized section of the diffusion-type wafer encapsulated moulding of single crystal grain, the present invention also can include crystal grain electric capacity 2b in encapsulation process.
Shown in Figure 16, for electric capacity 2b is implanted on the glass pedestal generalized section with the diffusion-type wafer encapsulation of single crystal grain.
In another embodiment; the present invention also can integrate polycrystalline grain or multiple passive component and receive people's encapsulation process; shown in Figure 17; be in the encapsulation process of polycrystalline grain; the generalized section of diffusion-type wafer encapsulation; the different crystal grain of 2a, 2c representative among the figure, this kind packaged type can be integrated encapsulation with polycrystalline grain and multiple passive component, forms system's formula encapsulation (ysstem in package).
Principal character of the present invention is based on the wafer form encapsulation, and uses diffused (fan out) mode that the position that grain surface I/O plants ball is extended laterally, and its advantage can increase the number that I/O plants ball; Can reduce because the too approaching signal interference problem that is caused of contact point distance.
Major advantage of the present invention is as follows:
1, as shown in Figure 1, the cost of wafer form encapsulation of the present invention is low than conventional art, wafer process screening by testing and cutting again, will be by the crystal grain after the quality control, the crystal grain of choosing, rearrange in a new glass base by drawing, can reduce cost of manufacture, finish the diffused encapsulation with the action of placing.
2, because size is dwindled principle, crystal grain also dwindles thereupon, and in order to make intercrystalline distance still keep desirable distance (being coupled as principle not have influence on the signal transmission), be to encapsulate in the present invention with diffusion-type wafer, with the outdiffusion of I/O alignment, and move line to crystal grain outer zone, with the number that increases the scolding tin ball and keep desirable intercrystalline distance.
3, the present invention can be applied to 8 cun encapsulation processs with 12 cun wafers.
4, the present invention can integrate crystal grain and electric capacity in same encapsulation monomer.
5, the present invention can be integrated in same monomer with polycrystalline grain or multiple passive component, for example central processing unit, DRAM, and SRAM etc. are in the encapsulation process of encapsulation base plate.
6, the present invention can be used as buffering area with the scolding tin in the epoxy resin, in successive process, reduces between the different layers because the unequal power distribution problem that difference caused that material is used increases its reliability.
7, base of the present invention is a glass, and its material is identical with the crystal grain ground, owing to all contain the silicon material in the material, both have same thermal expansion coefficient (TCE), can not produce the unequal power distribution phenomenon.
8, base of the present invention can use glass, lime stone and silicon wafer, to improve its reliability.
9, packaging machinery of the present invention all is to encapsulate with existing machinery equipment, can save the expense of additionally buying more.
10, the present invention can increase the number of scolding tin ball, wherein some scolding tin ball is used as sample dummy output input end (dummy ball), though this dummy ball does not have the function that signal transmits, but can be made for buffering area, to weaken the stress between unlike material, the phenomenon of crystal grain be full of cracks takes place when reducing encapsulation.
The present invention with preferred embodiment explanation as above and is familiar with this field skill person, and in not breaking away from spiritual scope of the present invention, institute does a little change and retouches, and all belongs within protection scope of the present invention.