Samsung patents chip package design with angled metal connections
Samsung has been granted a patent for a specific way to build semiconductor packages, which are the protective housings for computer chips. The design uses metal wires with angled sides to connect different layers of the chip stack, aiming to improve how electrical signals move between components.
In the filing’s own words
Disclosed are semiconductor packages and fabrication methods thereof. The semiconductor package may include a lower substrate, a lower semiconductor chip, a redistribution layer, an upper semiconductor chip, and a through electrode. The lower substrate may include a first dielectric layer, a first conductive pattern having a wiring pattern and an under-bump pattern, a second dielectric layer, and a second conductive pattern. The under-bump pattern may include a first head part and a first tail part. The first head part may have a first lateral surface on the first dielectric layer that is inclined to a top surface of the first dielectric layer. The second conductive pattern may have a second lateral surface on the second dielectric layer that is perpendicular to a top surface of the second dielectric layer.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A semiconductor package, comprising: a lower substrate; a lower semiconductor chip mounted on the lower substrate; a redistribution layer on the lower semiconductor chip; an upper semiconductor chip mounted on the redistribution layer; and a through electrode on one side of the lower semiconductor chip, the through electrode connecting the lower substrate to the redistribution layer, wherein the lower substrate includes, a first dielectric layer, a first conductive pattern on the first dielectric layer, the first conductive pattern having a wiring pattern and an under-bump pattern, wherein the wiring pattern and the under-bump pattern are horizontally spaced apart from each other, wherein the wiring pattern is above a top surface of the first dielectric layer, and wherein the under-bump pattern extends from the top surface of the first dielectric layer at least partially through the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer covering the first conductive pattern, and a second conductive pattern on the second dielectric layer, wherein the under-bump pattern includes, a first head part horizontally extending on the first dielectric layer, and a first tail part vertically penetrating the first dielectric layer and being exposed on a bottom surface of the first dielectric layer, wherein the first head part of the under-bump pattern has a first lateral surface on the first dielectric layer, the first lateral surface being inclined relative to the top surface of the first dielectric layer, wherein the second conductive pattern has a second lateral surface on the second dielectric layer, the second lateral surface being perpendicular to a top surface of the second dielectric layer, and wherein the second conductive pattern includes a second head part horizontally extending over the second dielectric layer, and a second tail part vertically penetrating the second dielectric layer and coupled to the first conductive pattern, wherein the second lateral surface is a lateral surface of the second head part.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Semiconductor packages having conductive patterns including wiring patterns and under-bump patterns, and methods of fabricating the same
- Patent number
- US12740447B2
- Application number
- 17846777
- Filed
- Jun 22, 2022
- Granted
- Sep 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 19
Classified under
H10W 70/65 Electricity & electronicsH10W 70/05 Electricity & electronicsH10W 70/095 Electricity & electronicsH10W 70/685 Electricity & electronicsH10W 90/00 Electricity & electronicsH10W 90/701 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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