Abstract:
Provided are methods of fabricating semiconductor chips, semiconductor chips formed by the methods, and chip-stack packages having the semiconductor chips. One embodiment specifies a method that includes patterning a scribe line region of a semiconductor substrate to form a semiconductor strut spaced apart from edges of a chip region of the semiconductor substrate.
Abstract:
A method of connecting a conductive trace to a semiconductor chip includes providing a semiconductor chip that includes a conductive pad, providing a conductive trace, then disposing a conductive adhesive between the conductive trace and the chip, thereby mechanically attaching the conductive trace to the chip such that the conductive trace overlaps the pad and the conductive adhesive contacts and is sandwiched between and electrically connects the conductive trace and the pad, and then removing a portion of the conductive adhesive such that the conductive adhesive still contacts and is sandwiched between and electrically connects the conductive trace and the pad and the conductive adhesive no longer electrically connects the conductive trace to a conductor external to the chip.