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Semiconductor chip stack structure

US6977439B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 2002
Grant dateDec 20, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/15787
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Semiconductor chip stack structure and method are provided. A first chip has a first metal bump formed on a first electrode pad. The first chip is attached to and electrically connected to a substrate. The electrical connection is made by a bump reverse bonding method in which one end of a bonding wire is ball-bonded to the substrate and the other end is stitch-bonded to the metal bump. The second chip is stacked on the first chip. The bonding wire is substantially parallel with a top surface of the first chip. Accordingly, the chip stack structure and method minimize a space between the first chip and the second chip, thereby reducing the total height of semiconductor chip stack.

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