Semiconductor device
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorRalf Otremba
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Abstract
The invention relates to a semiconductor device with a semiconductor chip, on which a terminal contact formed in one piece, a patterned metallization layer, contacting the terminal contact, and a connecting layer are successively arranged, the patterned metallization layer and the patterned connecting layer forming an electrically conducting contact layer.
Claims16
A semiconductor device with a semiconductor chip, comprising:
- a terminal contact formed in one piece;
- an insulator layer;
- a patterned metallization layer comprising a plurality of metallization portions, the patterned metallization layer having a thickness between 10 μm and 100 μm, wherein the plurality of metallization portions are separated from one another by the insulator layer to form a composite shape having a desired pattern and are electrically conductively connected to the terminal contact;
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- a patterned connecting layer successively arranged with the patterned metallization layer and comprising a plurality of connecting portions, wherein the plurality of connecting portions are arranged relative to one another to form a composite shape having the desired pattern so that each connecting portion aligns with a corresponding metallization portion such that the patterned metallization layer and the patterned connecting layer form an electrically conducting contact layer,
- wherein the semiconductor chip is configured for flip-chip mounting,
- wherein the terminal contact is arranged on a side of the electrically conducting contact layer facing the semiconductor chip,
- wherein the patterned metallization layer has successively arranged planar sub-layers, sidewalls of each sub-layer aligned with sidewalls of each other sub-layer and the sidewalls of each sub-layer perpendicular to the terminal contact, and
- wherein of two sub-layers respectively adjacent each other, one has a melting point of less than or equal to 400° C. and the other has a melting point of over 400° C.
A semiconductor device with a semiconductor chip, comprising:
- a terminal contact;
- a patterned, thermally insulating insulator layer;
- a patterned metallization layer comprising a plurality of metallization portions, the patterned metallization layer having a thickness between 10 μm and 100 μm, wherein the plurality of metallization portions are separated from one another by the patterned, thermally insulating insulator layer to form a composite shape having a desired pattern and are electrically conductively connected to the terminal contact;
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- a patterned connecting layer successively arranged with the patterned metallization layer and comprising a plurality of connecting portions, wherein the plurality of connecting portions are arranged relative to one another to form a composite shape having the desired pattern such that sidewalls of each connecting portion align with sidewalls of a corresponding metallization portion, wherein the patterned metallization layer and the patterned connecting layer form an electrically conducting contact layer;
- wherein the patterned, thermally insulating insulator layer arranged on the terminal contact in clearances about the plurality of metallization portions of the patterned metallization layer;
- wherein the semiconductor chip is configured for flip-chip mounting;
- wherein the terminal contact is arranged on a side of the electrically conducting contact layer facing the semiconductor chip;
- wherein the patterned metallization layer has successively arranged planar sub-layers, sidewalls of each sub-layer aligned with sidewalls of each other sub-layer and the sidewalls of each sub-layer perpendicular to the terminal contact;
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- wherein of two sub-layers respectively adjacent each other, one has a melting point of less than or equal to 400° C. and the other has a melting point of over 400° C.
A semiconductor device with a semiconductor chip, comprising:
- a terminal contact formed in one piece;
- an insulator layer;
- a patterned metallization layer formed so as to comprise a plurality of metallization portions, the patterned metallization layer having a thickness between 10 μm and 100 μm, wherein the plurality of metallization portions are separated from one another by the insulator layer to form a desired pattern and are electrically conductively connected to the terminal contact;
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- a patterned connecting layer successively arranged with the patterned metallization layer and formed so as to comprise a plurality of connecting portions, wherein the plurality of connecting portions are arranged relative to one another to form a composite shape having the desired pattern so that each connecting portion aligns with a corresponding metallization portion such that the patterned metallization layer and the patterned connecting layer form an electrically conducting contact layer, wherein the contact layer and the terminal contact are connected in an electrically conducting manner to a chip carrier, the chip carrier configured to be coupled to a printed circuit board,
- wherein the semiconductor chip is configured for flip-chip mounting,
- wherein the terminal contact is arranged on a side of the electrically conducting contact layer facing the semiconductor chip,
- wherein the patterned metallization layer has successively arranged planar sub-layers, sidewalls of each sub-layer aligned with sidewalls of each other sub-layer and the sidewalls of each sub-layer perpendicular to the terminal contact, and
- wherein of two sub-layers respectively adjacent each other, one has a melting point of less than or equal to 400° C. and the other has a melting point of over 400° C.
A semiconductor device with a semiconductor chip, comprising:
- a terminal contact formed in one piece;
- an insulator layer;
- a patterned metallization layer comprising a plurality of metallization portions, the patterned metallization layer having a thickness between 10 μm and 100 μm, wherein the plurality of metallization portions are separated from one another by the insulator layer to form a composite shape having a desired pattern and are electrically conductively connected to the terminal contact;
- a patterned connecting layer successively arranged with the patterned metallization layer and comprising a plurality of connecting portions, wherein the plurality of connecting portions are arranged relative to one another to form a composited shape having the desired pattern so that each connecting portion aligns with a corresponding metallization portion such that the patterned metallization layer and the patterned connecting layer form an electrically conducting contact layer;
- wherein the patterned metallization layer has successively arranged planar sub-layers, sidewalls of each sub-layer aligned with sidewalls of each other sub-layer and the sidewalls of each sub-layer perpendicular to the terminal contact;
- wherein the semiconductor chip is configured for flip-chip mounting;
- wherein the terminal contact is arranged on a side of the electrically conducting contact layer facing the semiconductor chip;
- wherein of two sub-layers respectively adjacent each other, one has a melting point of less than or equal to 400° C. and the other has a melting point of over 400° C.
A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a semiconductor chip;
- a terminal contact on a first side of the semiconductor chip;
- an insulator layer;
- a metallization means for electrically conductively connecting to the terminal contact, the metallization means having a thickness between 10 μm and 100 μm;
- the metallization means including a plurality of metallization portions, wherein the plurality of metallization portions are separated from one another by the insulator layer to form a composite shape having a desired pattern;
- a connecting means successively arranged with the metallization means and comprising a plurality of connecting portions, wherein the plurality of connecting portions are arranged to form a composite shape having the desired pattern so that each connection portion aligns with a corresponding metallization portion such that the metallization means and the connecting means form an electrically conducting contact means;
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- a contact bridge electrically conductively connecting to a second side of the semiconductor chip opposite the first side of the semiconductor chip,
- wherein the semiconductor chip is configured for flip-chip mounting,
- wherein the terminal contact is arranged on a side of the electrically conducting contact means facing the semiconductor chip,
- wherein the metallization means has successively arranged planar sub-layers, sidewalls of each sub-layer aligned with sidewalls of each other sub-layer and the sidewalls of each sub-layer perpendicular to the terminal contact, and
- wherein of two sub-layers respectively adjacent each other, one has a melting point of less than or equal to 400° C. and the other has a melting point of over 400° C.
A semiconductor device with a semiconductor chip, comprising:
- a terminal contact formed in one piece;
- an insulating layer;
- a patterned metallization layer formed in one piece and comprising a plurality of metallization portions separated from one another by the insulating layer to form a desired pattern and electrically conductively connecting to the terminal contact, the patterned metallization layer having a thickness between 10 μm and 100 μm;
- a patterned connecting layer successively arranged with the patterned metallization layer and comprising a plurality of connecting portions arranged to form the desired pattern so that each connecting portion aligns with a corresponding metallization portion such that the patterned metallization layer and the patterned connecting layer form an electrically conducting contact layer;
- wherein the insulating layer comprising a plurality of insulating portions is arranged in the clearances of the patterned connecting layer;
- wherein the desired pattern is formed by arranging metallization portions relative to one another to form a contiguous composite shape and arranging connecting portions relative to one another to form the contiguous composite shape;
- wherein the semiconductor chip is configured for flip-chip mounting;
- wherein the terminal contact is arranged on a side of the electrically conducting contact layer facing the semiconductor chip;
- wherein the patterned metallization layer has successively arranged planar sub-layers, sidewalls of each sub-layer aligned with sidewalls of each other sub-layer and the sidewalls of each sub-layer perpendicular to the terminal contact;
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- wherein of two sub-layers respectively adjacent each other, one has a melting point of less than or equal to 400° C. and the other has a melting point of over 400° C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.