Semiconductor device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorYasuhiro Yamaji
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a semiconductor chip 1, chip electrodes 2 provided on one surface of the semiconductor chip 1, and connected to semiconductor elements formed in the semiconductor chip, a flexible insulating film 3 wrapping the chip electrodes, wiring layers 5 formed in the insulating film 3, and electrically connected to the chip electrodes 2, and terminal electrodes 6 provided on that surface of the insulating film 3 which extends on the upper surface of the chip 1, the electrodes 6 being electrically connected to the wiring layers 5, and functioning as external terminals of the chip 1. Thus, the terminal electrodes 6 are introduced, by means of the wiring layers 5 formed in the insulating film 3, onto that surface of the insulating film 3 which extends on the upper surface of the chip 1.
Claims8
A semiconductor device comprising:
- semiconductor chip having first and second opposite major surfaces;
- a plurality of chip electrode pads on the first major surface of the semiconductor chip, wherein the distances between adjacent chip electrode pads are approximately equal and define a chip electrode pitch;
- a flexible insulating film wrapping the chip;
- a wiring layer within the insulating film, and electrically connected to the chip electrode pads by means of via-holes;
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- external electrode pads electrically connected to the chip electrode pads by means of the wiring layer and the via-holes, and functioning as external terminals of the chip electrode pads, wherein the average of the distances between adjacent external electrode pads, measured along the insulating film, is greater than the chip electrode pitch.
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a semiconductor chip having first and second opposite major surfaces;
- a plurality of chip electrode pads on the first major surface of the semiconductor chip, wherein the distances between adjacent chip electrode pads are approximately equal and define a chip electrode pitch;
- a flexible insulating film wrapping the chip;
- a wiring layer, consisting of at least one layer, within the insulating film, and electrically connected to the chip electrode pads by means of via-holes;
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- external electrode pads electrically connected to the chip electrode pads by means of the wiring layer and the via-holes, and functioning as external terminals of the chip electrode pads, wherein the average distance between the external electrode pads that are adjacent the first major surface is greater than the chip electrode pitch.
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a semiconductor chip having first and second opposite major surfaces;
- a plurality of chip electrode pads on the first major surface of the semiconductor chip;
- a flexible insulating film wrapping the chip, the insulating film containing a wiring layer;
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- a plurality of external electrode pads on the surface of the insulating film, each of the plurality of external electrode pads corresponds to and is electrically connected by the wiring layer to one of the plurality of chip electrode pads, wherein the distance between substantially every adjacent pair of external electrode pads is greater than the distance between the corresponding pair of chip electrode pads, the distances being measured along the insulating film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.