Semiconductor package with spacer strips
US6531784B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 2, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L2924/351
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A semiconductor package incorporates spacer strips enabling one or more semiconductor dies having central terminal pads to be stacked on top of one another within the package and reliably wire bonded to an associated substrate without shorting of the bonded wires. Each of the spacer strips comprises a flat, elongated strip of an insulative material that mount at edges of a surface of a die such that they straddle the central terminal pads thereon. The die is electrically connected to the substrate by a plurality of fine conductive wires having a first end bonded to one of the central terminal pad on the die, a second end bonded to a terminal pad on the substrate, and an intermediate portion between the first and second ends that passes transversely across the top surface of one of the spacer strips. The spacer strips have spaced pads or grooves on or in their top surfaces that captivate the individual wires and thereby redistribute the wires and prevent them from contacting the die and each other.
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