Exposed Conductive Unit Package Structure for Thermal Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Flip chip and clip bonding technologies face challenges in achieving effective heat dissipation in packaged devices, as the encapsulation material reduces the heat dissipation effect of solid copper bridges used in high-power packages.
Innovation Solution
A package structure with a leadframe, a device having electrodes connected to the leadframe, and a conductive unit (such as a copper clip) where the second side of the conductive unit is exposed from the encapsulation material, allowing for improved heat dissipation and reducing parasitic resistance and inductance by using flip chip technology to connect the device to the leadframe.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If the conductive unit is fully encapsulated by encapsulation material, then the device is protected and integrated, but the heat dissipation effect of the copper clip is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the heat dissipation function from the encapsulated conductive unit by exposing its second side. The encapsulation material covers only the first side of the conductive unit that connects to the substrate, while the second side remains exposed to facilitate heat dissipation. This selective exposure resolves the contradiction by maintaining device protection through encapsulation while preserving thermal management capabilities.
2Ease of manufacture
If wire bonding is used to connect die to carrier, then the connection is flexible and easy to manufacture, but the signal inductance and power inductance are high
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical wire bonding system with a direct flip chip connection system. Instead of using flexible wires to connect the die to the carrier, the die is bumped with conductive material and flipped to connect directly to the carrier. This substitution eliminates the long wire paths that cause high inductance, thereby improving signal and power transmission while maintaining manufacturing feasibility through automated bumping processes.
3Productivity
If the entire die surface is used for interconnection pads, then the signal density is high, but the die size must be larger to accommodate edge space for bond pads
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional die attachment approach by flipping the die face-down for connection. Instead of bonding pads located at the edges of the die (requiring edge space), the connection pads are now at the bottom surface of the die, allowing the entire top surface to be used for active circuitry. This inversion eliminates the need for edge space, maximizing the usable die area and increasing signal density without increasing die size.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The package structure achieves enhanced heat dissipation and improved device performance by exposing a portion of the conductive unit, reducing package size and parasitic resistance, and enabling efficient current flow without semiconductor substrate interference.
Implementation Method 1
a conductive unit having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side of the conductive unit connects to the substrate of the device and the conductive unit connects to at least one of the connection portions of the leadframe
Implementation Method 2
an encapsulation material covering the device and the leadframe, wherein the second side of the conductive unit is exposed from the encapsulation material
Implementation Method 3
signal inductance is reduced, because the interconnection is much shorter in length (0.1 mm vs 1-5 mm), and the inductance of the signal path is greatly reduced
Implementation Method 4
A clip bonding technology replaces the standard wire-bond connection between the die and the leadframe by a solid copper bridge
Data Source
AI summary
A package structure is provided. The package structure includes a leadframe including a plurality of connection portions; a device including a substrate, an active layer disposed on the substrate and a plurality of electrodes disposed on the active layer, wherein the electrodes of the device are connected to the connection portions of the leadframe; a conductive unit having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side of the conductive unit connects to the substrate of the device and the conductive unit connects to at least one of the connection portions of the leadframe; and an encapsulation material covering the device and the leadframe, wherein the second side of the conductive unit is exposed from the encapsulation material.


