Wirebond recess for stacked die

A semiconductor device package comprising:

• a first semiconductor device die comprising a first major surface and a second major surface opposite and having a substantially parallel plane to the first major surface, wherein the first major surface comprises a first bond pad;
• a wire bond coupled to the first bond pad, wherein
• the wire bond comprises a bond in contact with the first bond pad and a wire bond loop extending a vertical height from the bond and a horizontal distance from the bond over the first major surface of the first semiconductor device die;
• and
• a second semiconductor device die comprising a first major surface and a second major surface opposite and having a substantially parallel plane to the first major surface, wherein
• the second major surface of the second semiconductor device die is attached to the first major surface of the first semiconductor device die,
• the second major surface of the second semiconductor device die comprises a notch structure in a region above the first bond pad of the first semiconductor device die and the wire bond coupled to the first bond pad,
• the wire bond clears the second semiconductor device die by virtue of being within the notch structure,
• a length and width of the notch structure are less than corresponding dimensions of the second semiconductor device die;
• and
• a third semiconductor device die comprising a first major surface and a second major surface opposite and having a substantially parallel plane to the first major surface, wherein
• the second major surface of the third semiconductor device die is attached to the first major surface of the second semiconductor device die,
• the first major surface of the second semiconductor device die comprises a second bond pad and a second wire bond coupled to the second bond pad,
• the second wire bond comprises a second bond in contact with the second bond pad and a second wire bond loop extending a second vertical height from the second bond and a second horizontal distance from the second bond over the first major surface of the second semiconductor device die,
• the second major surface of the third semiconductor device die comprises a second notch structure in a region above the second bond pad of the second semiconductor device die and the second wire bond coupled to the second bond pad,
• the second notch structure provides a surface in the third semiconductor device die extending to a depth within the third semiconductor device die greater than or equal to the second vertical height of the second wire bond loop, a length along the second major surface of the third semiconductor device die greater than or equal to the second horizontal distance of the wire bond loop over the first major surface of the first semiconductor device die, and a width along the second major surface of the second semiconductor device die greater than a width of the bond and less than a parallel dimension of the second semiconductor device die.

A semiconductor device package comprising:

• a first semiconductor device die comprising a first major surface and a second major surface opposite and having a substantially parallel plane to the first major surface, wherein the first major surface comprises a first bond pad;
• a wire bond coupled to the first bond pad, wherein
• the wire bond comprises a bond in contact with the first bond pad and a wire bond loop extending a vertical height from the bond and a horizontal distance from the bond over the first major surface of the first semiconductor device die;
• and
• a second semiconductor device die comprising a first major surface and a second major surface opposite and having a substantially parallel plane to the first major surface, wherein
• the second major surface of the second semiconductor device die is attached to the first major surface of the first semiconductor device die,
• the second major surface of the second semiconductor device die comprises a notch structure in a region above the first bond pad of the first semiconductor device die and the wire bond coupled to the first bond pad,
• the wire bond clears the second semiconductor device die by virtue of being within the notch structure,
• a length and width of the notch structure are less than corresponding dimensions of the second semiconductor device die;
• and
• a package substrate wherein the second major surface of the first semiconductor device die is attached to a first major surface of the package substrate;
• and
• encapsulant over and around the second semiconductor device die, around the first semiconductor device die, and over the first major surface of the package substrate, wherein the encapsulant forms an encapsulated region of the semiconductor device package.

A method for forming a semiconductor device package including a first and second semiconductor device die, the method comprising:

• coupling a wire bond to a first bond pad on a first major surface of the first semiconductor device die, wherein
• the wire bond comprises a bond in contact with the first bond pad and a wire loop extending a vertical height from the bond and a horizontal distance from the bond over the first major surface of the first semiconductor device die;
• attaching a second major surface of the second semiconductor device die to the first major surface of the first semiconductor device die, wherein
• the second major surface of the second semiconductor device die comprises a notch structure in a region above the first bond pad of the first semiconductor device die and the wire bond coupled to the first bond pad, and
• the notch structure provides a surface in the second semiconductor device die extending to a depth within the second semiconductor device die greater than or equal to the vertical height of the wire bond loop, a length along the second major surface of the second semiconductor device die greater than or equal to the horizontal distance of the wire bond loop over the first major surface of the first semiconductor device die, and a width along the second major surface of the second semiconductor device die greater than a width of the bond and less than a parallel dimension of the second semiconductor device die.

A semiconductor device comprising:

• a first semiconductor device die comprising
• a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface,
• a first minor surface and a second minor surface opposite the first minor surface wherein the first and second minor surfaces extend between the first and second major surface, and
• a plurality of notch structures extending into a volume of the first semiconductor device die from the second major surface between the first and second minor surfaces, wherein
• each notch structure of the plurality of notch structures has a notch depth measured from the second major surface into the first semiconductor device die and, for each notch structure, the notch depth is less than or equal to one-half a thickness of the first semiconductor device die measured between the first and second major surfaces,
• each notch structure of the plurality of notch structures has a notch length measured along a dimension of the semiconductor device die between the first and second minor surfaces wherein, for each notch structure, the notch length is less than a length of the first semiconductor device die as measured between the first and second major surfaces,
• each notch structure of the plurality of notch structures has a maximum notch width measured along the second major surface of the semiconductor device die and approximately perpendicular to the notch length of that notch structure;
• and
• a second semiconductor device die comprising
• a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface,
• a second plurality of contact pads on the first major surface of the second semiconductor device die,
• one or more wire bonds coupled to corresponding contact pads of the second plurality of contact pads wherein each wire bond comprises a corresponding bond in contact with the corresponding contact pad and a corresponding wire bond loop extending a vertical height from the corresponding bond and a horizontal distance from the corresponding bond over the first major surface of the second semiconductor device die, wherein
• the second major surface of the first semiconductor device die is adhesively coupled to the first major surface of the second semiconductor device die such that each of the one or more wire bonds is located in a corresponding notch structure.