Glass Core Packaging Substrate With Rounded Edges Against Chipping

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing semiconductor packaging technologies face challenges in protecting glass substrates from damage and breakage during the packaging process, particularly due to external impacts and internal stress, which can lead to cracks and chipping, affecting yield and reliability.

Innovation Solution

The packaging substrate features a glass core with curved or chamfered edges and vertices, along with a manufacturing process that includes forming a tapered shape and grinding operations to minimize damage, using methods like dicing sawing, laser cutting, and grinding to create a rounded or chamfered cut surface.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If glass substrates are used as packaging substrates, then high-end packaging performance is achieved, but the glass core is vulnerable to external impact and internal stress causing cracks and chipping

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepackaging performanceVSAvoidresistance to external impact
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies curvature to the edges and vertices of the glass core by rounding them with a predetermined radius. This spherical/curved geometry eliminates sharp corners that are prone to stress concentration, thereby preventing cracks and chipping while maintaining the high-end packaging performance of glass substrates.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #14Spheroidality (Curvature)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary protective actions by rounding the edges and vertices of the glass core before the packaging process. This pre-treatment creates a cushioning effect that absorbs and distributes external impacts, preventing stress concentration at sharp corners and reducing the risk of cracks and chipping during subsequent handling and assembly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #11Beforehand cushioning (Prior cushioning)

2Productivity

If cutting operations are performed on glass cores, then packaging substrates are formed, but the cut surfaces are prone to damage and breakage

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepackaging substrate formationVSAvoidintegrity of cut surface
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary protective actions by rounding the edges and vertices of the cut glass core surfaces. This pre-treatment addresses potential weak points created by cutting operations before the packaging process, ensuring that the cut surfaces are protected against subsequent damage and breakage while maintaining production efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This design significantly reduces the risk of cracks and chipping, enhances durability, and improves the reliability of the packaging substrate by mitigating external shocks during handling and processing, thereby increasing yield and reducing particle defects.

Implementation Method 1

a grinding operation of the cut surface

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectAbrasion: Abrasion

Implementation Method 2

The cutting operation of the glass core may be performed by dicing sawing or laser cutting

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLaser ablation: Laser Ablation

Data Source

PatentEP4531093A1Packaging substrate and manufacturing method of the same
Publication Date: 2025.04.02 ABSOLICS INC
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AI summary

An embodiment relates to a packaging substrate and a manufacturing method of the same. The packaging substrate according to an embodiment includes a glass core including a first surface and a second surface facing each other; and an upper layer stacked on the first surface or a lower layer stacked on the second surface, and the corners of the packaging substrate may be treated as curved surfaces or chamfered. Through this, it is possible to protect the glass core from external impact and minimize damage and damage to the glass core.