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US 8,912,649 B2Granted
Dummy flip chip bumps for reducing stress
AssigneeTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
InventorsSheng-Yu Wu, Tin-Hao Kuo, Chita Chuang, Chen-Shien Chen
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Abstract
A device includes a metal pad over a substrate. A passivation layer includes a portion over the metal pad. A post-passivation interconnect (PPI) is electrically coupled to the metal pad, wherein the PPI comprises a portion over the metal pad and the passivation layer. A polymer layer is over the PPI. A dummy bump is over the polymer layer, wherein the dummy bump is electrically insulated from conductive features underlying the polymer layer.
Claims16
A device comprising:
- a substrate;
- a metal pad over the substrate;
- a passivation layer comprising a portion over the metal pad;
- a post-passivation interconnect (PPI) electrically coupled to the metal pad, wherein the PPI comprises a portion over the metal pad and the passivation layer;
- a polymer layer over the PPI;
- a dummy bump over the polymer layer, wherein the dummy bump is electrically insulated from conductive features underlying the polymer layer;
- a non-reflowable electrical connector formed in the polymer layer, wherein the non-reflowable electrical connector is electrically coupled to the PPI;
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- a package component comprising:
- an additional electrical connector bonded to the non-reflowable electrical connector;
- and
- a dielectric layer at a surface of the package component, wherein the dummy bump is in contact with the dielectric layer, and electrically insulated from conductive features in the package component by the dielectric layer.
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A device comprising:
- a first package component comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate;
- integrated circuit devices at a surface of the semiconductor substrate;
- and
- a surface dielectric layer at a surface of the first package component;
- a second package component;
- an electrical connector electrically coupled to the integrated circuit devices;
- and
- a dummy bump between the first package component and the second package component, wherein the first package component and the second package component are bonded to each other through the electrical connector and the dummy bump, and wherein the dummy bump comprises:
- a first surface facing the first package component, wherein an entirety of the first surface is in contact with a surface of the surface dielectric layer;
- and
- a second surface opposite to the first surface;
- a solder layer between, and in contact with, the second package component and the second surface of the dummy bump;
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- an underfill encircling the dummy bump.
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A device comprising:
- a first package component comprising:
- a substrate;
- a metal pad over the substrate;
- a passivation layer comprising a portion over the metal pad;
- a post-passivation interconnect (PPI) electrically coupled to the metal pad, wherein the PPI comprises a portion over the metal pad and the passivation layer;
- a polymer layer over the PPI;
- and
- a dummy bump over the polymer layer;
- and
- a second package component comprising:
- a dielectric layer at a surface of the second package component, wherein the dummy bump is in contact with the dielectric layer, and the dummy bump is electrically insulated from conductive features in the second package component by the dielectric layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.