摘要:
A semiconductor package comprises a board including a board pad, a plurality of semiconductor chips mounted on the board, the semiconductor chips including chip pads. Bumps are disposed on the chip pads, respectively, and a wire is disposed between the chip pads and the bumps. The wire electrically connects the chip pads of the plurality of semiconductor chips and the board pad to each other.
摘要:
To reduce radio frequency (RF) losses during operation of a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) module, the RFIC module is fabricated such that at least one of an edge of the wirebond pad on the copper trace and a sidewall of the copper trace is free from high-resistivity plating material. The unplated portion provides a path for the RF current to flow around the high-resistivity material, which reduces the RF signal loss associated with the high resistivity plating material.
摘要:
A power amplifier module includes a power amplifier including a GaAs bipolar transistor having a collector, a base abutting the collector, and an emitter, the collector having a doping concentration of at least about 3×1016 cm−3 at a junction with the base, the collector also having at least a first grading in which doping concentration increases away from the base; and an RF transmission line driven by the power amplifier, the RF transmission line including a conductive layer and finish plating on the conductive layer, the finish plating including a gold layer, a palladium layer proximate the gold layer, and a diffusion barrier layer proximate the palladium layer, the diffusion barrier layer including nickel and having a thickness that is less than about the skin depth of nickel at 0.9 GHz. Other embodiments of the module are provided along with related methods and components thereof.
摘要:
A semiconductor package includes: a dielectric layer having opposing first and second surfaces and side surfaces; a copper wiring layer disposed on the first surface of the dielectric layer and having extension pads; a surface processing layer disposed on the wiring layer; a semiconductor chip disposed on the wiring layer and electrically connected to the surface processing layer; and an encapsulant disposed on the first surface of the dielectric layer for encapsulating the semiconductor chip, the wiring layer and the surface processing layer while exposing the second surface of the dielectric layer. Further, vias are disposed between the side surfaces of the dielectric layer and the encapsulant such that the extension pads are exposed from the vias so as for solder balls to be disposed thereon. Due to improved electrical connection between the copper and solder materials, the electrical connection quality of the package is improved.
摘要:
To reduce the RF losses associated with high RF loss plating, such as, for example, Ni/Pd/Au plating, the solder mask is reconfigured to prevent the edges and sidewalls of the wire-bond areas from being plated in some embodiments. Leaving the edges and sidewalls of the wire-bond areas free from high RF loss plating, such as Ni/Pd/Au plating, provides a path for the RF current to flow around the high resistivity material, which reduces the RF signal loss associated with the high resistivity plating material.
摘要:
A semiconductor package includes: a substrate including an insulating layer, a plurality of pads on the insulating layer, a surface protective layer covering the insulating layer and having first through-holes exposing at least a portion of the insulating layer and second through-holes exposing at least a portion of each of the plurality of pads, a plurality of first dummy patterns extending from the plurality of pads to the first through-holes, and a plurality of second dummy patterns extending from the first through-holes to an edge of the insulating layer; a semiconductor chip on the substrate and including connection terminals electrically connected to the plurality of pads exposed through the second through-holes; and an encapsulant encapsulating at least a portion of the semiconductor chip and filling the first through-holes, wherein a separation distance between the first through-holes is greater than a separation distance between the second through-holes.
摘要:
To reduce radio frequency losses during operation of a radio frequency integrated circuit module, the radio frequency integrated circuit module is fabricated such that at least one of an edge of the wirebond pad on the copper trace and a sidewall of the copper trace is free from high-resistivity plating material. The unplated portion provides a path for the radio frequency current to flow around the high-resistivity material.
摘要:
One aspect of this disclosure is a power amplifier module that includes a power amplifier configured to amplify a radio frequency (RF) signal and tantalum nitride terminated through wafer via. The power amplifier includes a heterojunction bipolar transistor and a p-type field effect transistor, in which a semiconductor portion of the p-type field effect transistor corresponds to a channel includes the same type of semiconductor material as a collector layer of the heterojunction bipolar transistor. A metal layer in the tantalum nitride terminated through wafer via is included in an electrical connection between the power amplifier on a front side of a substrate and a conductive layer on a back side of the substrate. Other embodiments of the module are provided along with related methods and components thereof.
摘要:
One aspect of this disclosure is a power amplifier module that includes a power amplifier; a wire bond pad electrically connected to the power amplifier, the wire bond pad including a nickel layer having a thickness that is less than 0.5 um, a palladium layer over the nickel layer, and a gold layer over the palladium layer; and a conductive trace having a top surface with a plated portion and an unplated portion surrounding the plated portion, the wire bond pad being disposed over the plated portion. Other embodiments of the module are provided along with related methods and components thereof.
摘要:
To reduce radio frequency (RF) losses during operation of a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) module, the RFIC module is fabricated such that at least one of an edge of the wirebond pad on the copper trace and a sidewall of the copper trace is free from high-resistivity plating material. The unplated portion provides a path for the RF current to flow around the high-resistivity material, which reduces the RF signal loss associated with the high resistivity plating material.