Patent · US Expired

Semiconductor package and circuit board for making the package

US6448506B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 28, 2000
Grant dateSep 10, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 28, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K2203/041
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein are semiconductor packages and stacks thereof. An example package includes an insulative substrate having a first surface, first apertures, a second aperture, and circuit traces on the first surface. A first portion of each circuit trace overlies a first aperture and an end of the circuit trace is near the second aperture. A solder ball is in each first aperture, fused to the overlying circuit trace. A semiconductor die is in the second aperture and is electrically connected to the ends of the traces. A third aperture may extend through the first portion of each circuit trace. A second package can be stacked on a first package. Solder balls of the second package each fuse with an underlying solder ball of the first package through a third aperture of the first package. The dies of the stacked packages may be positioned for optical communication with each other.

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