Image pickup device with non-molded DSP chip and manufacturing method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMin Kyo Cho, Sa Yoon Kang, Young Hoon Ro, Young Shin Kwon
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Abstract
An image pickup device and a manufacturing method thereof. A digital signal processing (DSP) chip is attached on a first surface of a substrate. A CMOS image sensor (CIS) chip is attached on an active surface of the DSP chip. The DSP chip and the CIS chip may be electrically connected to the substrate by wire bonding. A housing kit having a lens configured to transmit an image to the DSP chip may be mounted on the substrate. An inner space between the housing kit and the substrate is not molded, thereby simplifying a manufacturing process and providing a thinner and/or lighter image pickup device.
Claims18
An image pickup device comprising:
- a substrate having at least one passive device mounted on a first surface thereof;
- a non-molded digital signal processing (DSP) chip attached on the first surface of the substrate, the non-molded DSP chip having a first surface including an active surface facing upward and at least one electrode pad on the active surface electrically connected to the substrate by at least one bonding wire;
- an adhesive directly attached on the active surface of the non-molded DSP chip, the adhesive having a first surface directly attached on the active surface of the non-molded DSP chip and a second surface opposing the first surface;
- a CMOS image sensor (CIS) chip directly attached on the second surface of the adhesive and electrically connected to the substrate, the CIS chip having an active surface facing upward;
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- a housing kit having a lens and an infrared filter and mounted on the substrate, the lens configured to transmit an image to the CIS chip, wherein the adhesive does not fully cover the at least one electrode pad on the active surface of the DSP chip.
A method for manufacturing an image pickup device, the method comprising:
- mounting a passive device on a first surface of a substrate;
- attaching a DSP chip on the first surface of the substrate such that a first surface of the DSP chip including an active surface of the DSP chip faces upward;
- electrically connecting at least one electrode pad on the active surface of the DSP chip to the substrate by bonding wires;
- applying an adhesive to an active surface of the DSP chip such that a first surface of the adhesive contacts the active surface of the DSP chip directly, a second surface of the adhesive opposing the first surface of the adhesive faces upward, and the adhesive does not fully cover the first surface of the DSP chip;
- attaching a CIS chip directly on the second surface of the adhesive such that an active surface of the CIS chip faces upward and the adhesive does not cover the at least one electrode pad on the active surface of the DSP chip;
- electrically connecting the CIS chip to the substrate by bonding wires;
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- mounting a housing kit on the substrate, wherein the housing kit has a lens configured to transmit an image to the DSP chip.
An image pickup device comprising:
- a digital signal processing (DSP) chip attached on a first surface of a substrate and electrically connected to the substrate, the non-molded DSP chip having a first surface including an active surface facing upward and at least one electrode pad on the active surface electrically connected to the substrate by at least one bonding wire;
- an adhesive directly attached on the active surface of the non-molded DSP chip, the adhesive having a first surface directly attached on the active surface of the non-molded DSP chip and a second surface opposing the first surface;
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- a CMOS image sensor (CIS) chip attached directly on the second surface of the adhesive and electrically connected to the substrate, the CIS chip having an active surface facing upward, wherein the adhesive does not fully cover the at least one electrode pad on the active surface of the non-molded DSP chip.
A method for manufacturing an image pickup device, the method comprising:
- attaching a DSP chip on a first surface of a substrate such that a first surface of the DSP chip including an active surface of the DSP chip faces upward;
- electrically connecting at least one electrode pad on the active surface of the DSP chip to the substrate by bonding wires;
- applying an adhesive to an active surface of the DSP chip such that a first surface of the adhesive contacts the active surface of the DSP chip directly, a second surface of the adhesive opposing the first surface of the adhesive faces upward, and the adhesive does not fully cover the at least one electrode pad on the active surface of the DSP chip;
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- attaching a CIS chip directly on the second surface of the adhesive such that an active surface of the CIS chip faces upward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.