Stacked imager package
US7361989B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 26, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L2924/15151
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An imaging system for use in a digital camera or cell phone utilizes one chip for logic and one chip for image processing. The chips are interconnected using around-the-edge or through via conductors extending from bond pads on the active surface of the imaging chip to backside metallurgy on the imaging chip. The backside metallurgy of the imaging chip is connected to metallurgy on the active surface of the logic chip using an array of solder bumps in BGA fashion. The interconnection arrangement provides a CSP which matches the space constraints of a cell phone, for example. The arrangement also utilizes minimal wire lengths for reduced noise. Connection of the CSP to a carrier package may be either by conductive through vias or wire bonding. The CSP is such that the imaging chip may readily be mounted across an aperture in the wall of a cell phone, for example, so as to expose the light sensitive pixels on the active surface of said imaging chip to light.
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