WBGA Package Structure With Through-Hole Routing for High-Frequency Signals

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Solution Overview

Problem

Window Ball Grid Array (WBGA) packages are unable to transmit high-frequency signals due to their conventional wire-bonding process, which is cost-effective but inefficient for high-frequency signal transmission.

Innovation Solution

A package structure with a substrate featuring a patterned circuit layer and a through hole, where the patterned circuit layer extends along the sidewall and is bent to connect an electronic component, enabling direct electrical connection through the through hole, allowing for high-frequency signal transmission.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If wire-bonding process is used for electrical connection, then manufacturing cost is reduced, but high-frequency signal transmission capability is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing costVSAvoidhigh-frequency signal transmission
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the wire-bonding process from the electrical connection method and replaces it with a direct conductive trace connection through the substrate. The conductive trace extends from the first surface through the substrate to the second surface, eliminating the need for wire bonding and enabling direct electrical connection that supports high-frequency signals while maintaining cost-effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical wire-bonding process with an integrated conductive trace system embedded in the substrate. Instead of using separate wire bonds to create electrical connections, the substrate itself contains conductive traces that provide direct electrical pathways, substituting a mechanical assembly process with an integrated structural solution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Device complexity

If conventional wire-bonding process is used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but additional interfaces and vertical electrical connections are required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing process complexityVSAvoidmanufacturing process simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the electrical connection function with the substrate structure itself. The conductive trace is integrated into the substrate, extending continuously from the first surface through to the second surface. This eliminates the need for separate wire-bonding interfaces and vertical connection structures, combining multiple functions into a single integrated component.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The substrate serves multiple functions: it provides mechanical support, contains the optical waveguide for light transmission, and incorporates the conductive trace for electrical connection. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate components and interfaces that would be required in conventional wire-bonding approaches.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20240145359A1Window ball gride array (WBGA) package structure and method for manufacturing the same
Publication Date: 2024.05.02 NAN YA TECH
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AI summary

A package structure and a method of manufacturing a package structure are provided. The package structure includes a substrate and an electronic component. The substrate includes a patterned circuit layer and defines a through hole. An extending portion of the patterned circuit layer extends along a sidewall of the through hole. The electronic component has an active surface over the through hole of the substrate. The active surface of the electronic component is electrically connected to the patterned circuit layer of the substrate through the extending portion of the patterned circuit layer in the through hole.