Laminated Electric Device Package with Conductive Clips
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional packaged electric devices face challenges in reducing package size and minimizing electric path lengths, leading to increased capacitive and inductive losses, higher power consumption, and signal latencies.
Innovation Solution
A laminated package with a connection element, comprising prepreg material, is used as an electrical connection between a component contact and a carrier contact, reducing package size and footprint while minimizing interconnect lengths, and utilizing conductive clips instead of wirebonds to decrease resistivity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If conventional packaging methods are used, then package size and footprint are larger, but interconnect lengths increase leading to higher capacitive and inductive losses
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from planar packaging to three-dimensional stacked packaging, placing the semiconductor device vertically on the substrate rather than laterally. This dimensional change enables shorter interconnect paths while maintaining compact package footprint, directly resolving the contradiction between package size and energy loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent embeds the semiconductor device within a laminated package structure that integrates multiple layers of interconnect elements and encapsulant material. This nesting approach consolidates interconnection paths within the package volume, reducing external interconnect lengths and associated energy losses.
2Ease of manufacture
If wirebonds are used for connections, then ease of manufacture is maintained, but resistivity increases and power consumption rises
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces wirebond mechanical connections with direct metallurgical bonds through the laminated package interconnect elements. This substitution eliminates the high-resistance wirebond interface while maintaining manufacturing feasibility through standard lamination and reflow processes, thereby reducing power consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs composite interconnect structures within the laminated package, combining conductive metallization layers with dielectric and encapsulant materials. These composite materials provide low-resistance electrical paths while maintaining structural integrity and manufacturability.
3Volume of moving object
If package size is reduced, then integration density improves, but interconnect lengths may increase causing signal latencies
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes vertical stacking in the third dimension to reduce lateral interconnect distances. By positioning the semiconductor device vertically above the substrate with direct through-silicon via or bump bond connections, signal paths are shortened despite compact package dimensions, eliminating signal latency issues.
Solution Approach 2:
The laminated package structure segments the interconnection path into multiple controlled layers with dedicated signal routes. This segmentation allows optimization of each interconnect layer's length and impedance, minimizing overall signal latency while maintaining compact package size.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for manufacturing an electric device package are disclosed. An embodiment comprises comprising a first carrier contact, a first electric component, the first electric component having a first top surface and a first bottom surface, the first electric component comprising a first component contact disposed on the first top surface, the first bottom surface being connected to the carrier and an connection element comprising a second electric component and an interconnect element, the connection element having a connection element top surface and a connection element bottom surface, wherein the connection element bottom surface comprises a first connection element contact and a second connection element contact, and wherein the first connection element contact is connected to the first component contact and the second connection element contact is connected to the first carrier contact. The packaged device further comprises an encapsulant encapsulating the first electric component.


