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Printed circuit board for ball grid array semiconductor package

US5981873A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 25, 1997
Grant dateNov 9, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/15311
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A printed circuit board for a BGA semiconductor package provided at one corner thereof with a degating opening serving as a mold runner gate during a process of molding a resin seal adapted to protect the semiconductor chip and serving as a region for degating a surplus resin formed after the molding process and a method for molding a BGA semiconductor using the printed circuit board. The degating opening has an inverted triangular shape having curved lateral sides and a vertex, at which the lateral sides join together, disposed in a region for forming the resin seal, or an inverted trapezoidal shape having one end disposed in the resin seal region. The invention can eliminate the peeling or damage of the upper surface of the printed circuit board occurring upon degating a surplus resin, the damage of the printed circuit board due to a torsion thereof, the damage of conductive traces on the printed circuit board, the exposure of the conductive traces caused by the damage of a solder mask, and the damage of a resin seal on the printed circuit board. Therefore, an improvement in productivity and reliability is achieved.

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