EP0832499A1 - Smart card chip coated with a layer of insulating material, and smart card comprising same - Google Patents
Smart card chip coated with a layer of insulating material, and smart card comprising sameInfo
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Abstract
A smart card chip including a semiconductor chip (4) with an operative side provided with contact pads (5) and projections (6) of varying heights. The operative side of the chip (4) is at least partially coated with a layer of insulating material (7) that is at least as thick as the height of the tallest projection (6), said layer being shaped in such a way that the contact pads (5) are freely accessible, and having an outer surface parallel to the periphery (12) of the operative side of the chip (4). Said layer (7) enables the chip to be mounted in a card body while remaining perfectly parallel thereto, this being necessary to enable conductive pattern screen printing at a later stage.
Description
"Puce pour carte électronique revêtue d'une couche de matière isolante et carte électronique comportant une telle puce" "Chip for electronic card coated with a layer of insulating material and electronic card comprising such a chip"
La présente invention concerne une puce pour carte électronique, comprenant une microplaquette de semi-conducteur ayant une face active pourvue de plots de contact et sur laquelle sont formées des aspérités de différentes hauteurs.The present invention relates to a chip for an electronic card, comprising a semiconductor chip having an active face provided with contact pads and on which asperities of different heights are formed.
Il est actuellement très difficile d'implanter convenablement une puce dans un corps de carte électronique en matière plastique à l'aide d'un poinçon.It is currently very difficult to properly implant a chip in a body of electronic plastic card using a punch.
En effet, en raison des différences de hauteur entre les aspérités formées sur la face active de la microplaquette, la puce ne reste pas parallèle au corps de carte pendant que le poinçon l'enfonce dans ce dernier. Ainsi, la matière plastique qu'elle refoule pendant son enfoncement a tendance à se répandre sur les parties les plus basses de la face active de la microplaquette et à empêcher, au niveau de ces parties, l'établissement ultérieur d'une liaison parfaite entre les plots de contact et les pistes conductrices déposées habituellement sur le corps de carte. La présente invention se propose d'apporter une solution à ce problème et, pour ce faire, elle a pour objet une puce pour carte électronique, ayant la structure mentionnée ci-dessus et qui se caractérise en ce que la face active de la microplaquette est revêtue au moins partiellement d'une couche de matière isolante ayant une épaisseur supérieure ou égale à la hauteur de l'aspérité la plus haute, cette couche étant conformée pour autoriser un libre accès aux plots de contact et ayant une face externe parallèle à la périphérie de la face active de la microplaquette.Indeed, due to the differences in height between the asperities formed on the active face of the chip, the chip does not remain parallel to the card body while the punch pushes it into the latter. Thus, the plastic material which it pushes back during its penetration tends to spread over the lowest parts of the active face of the chip and to prevent, at these parts, the subsequent establishment of a perfect bond between the contact pads and the conductive tracks usually deposited on the card body. The present invention proposes to provide a solution to this problem and, to do this, it relates to a chip for an electronic card, having the structure mentioned above and which is characterized in that the active face of the chip is coated at least partially with a layer of insulating material having a thickness greater than or equal to the height of the highest roughness, this layer being shaped to allow free access to the contact pads and having an external face parallel to the periphery of the active face of the chip.
La puce conforme à l'invention, lorsqu'elle est implantée à l'aide d'un poinçon, reste parallèle au corps de carte puisque la face externe de la matière isolante est parallèle à la périphérie de la face active ou supérieure de la microplaquette. Les risques pour que la matière plastique refoulée vienne s'épandre intempestivement sur certaines parties de la face active de la microplaquette sont de ce fait éliminés, ce qui permet l'établissement d'une liaison parfaite entre les plots de contact et les pistes conductrices qui sont habituellement déposées sur le corps de carte.The chip according to the invention, when implanted using a punch, remains parallel to the card body since the external face of the insulating material is parallel to the periphery of the active or upper face of the chip. . The risks for the repressed plastic material to inadvertently spread over certain parts of the active face of the chip are therefore eliminated, which allows the establishment of a perfect connection between the contact pads and the conductive tracks which are usually placed on the card body.
La couche de matière isolante peut se présenter sous la forme d'un cadre comportant des orifices dans ses parties situées à l'aplomb des plots de contact.The layer of insulating material may be in the form of a frame comprising orifices in its parts situated directly above the contact pads.
En variante, elle pourrait également se présenter sous la forme d'un cadre entourant
les plots de contact, ce qui éviterait la formation des orifices mentionnés ci-dessus.Alternatively, it could also be in the form of a surrounding frame the contact pads, which would prevent the formation of the orifices mentioned above.
Selon un mode de réalisation particulier de l'invention, la surface périphérique externe du cadre est divisée en deux parties reliées l'une à l'autre par un palier, la partie adjacente à la microplaquette ayant un pourtour plus grand que celui de l'autre partie. La matière plastique qui a été refoulée pendant l'implantation et qui s'étend sur le palier s'oppose par conséquent à ce que la puce se sépare accidentellement du corps de carte lorsque celui-ci est soumis à des flexions répétées.According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the external peripheral surface of the frame is divided into two parts connected to each other by a bearing, the part adjacent to the chip having a periphery larger than that of the other party. The plastic material which has been pushed back during the implantation and which extends over the bearing consequently prevents the chip from accidentally separating from the card body when the latter is subjected to repeated bending.
Selon un autre mode de réalisation de l'invention, le cadre peut être situé à l'intérieur de la périphérie de la face active de la microplaquette. La matière plastique qui a été refoulée pendant l'implantation s'étend dans ce cas sur la partie de la face active de la microplaquette qui est à l'extérieur du cadre et s'oppose ici encore à ce que la puce se sépare accidentellement du corps de carte lorsque celui-ci est soumis à des flexions répétées.According to another embodiment of the invention, the frame can be located inside the periphery of the active face of the chip. The plastic material which was pushed back during implantation extends in this case over the part of the active face of the chip which is outside the frame and again prevents the chip from accidentally separating from the card body when it is subjected to repeated bending.
Avantageusement, la matière isolante est un polyimide, cette résine ayant la propriété de former une couche très lisse et très plate après polymérisation.Advantageously, the insulating material is a polyimide, this resin having the property of forming a very smooth and very flat layer after polymerization.
Bien entendu, la présente invention concerne également les cartes électroniques dont la puce possède les caractéristiques exposées ci-dessus.Of course, the present invention also relates to electronic cards whose chip has the characteristics set out above.
Trois modes d'exécution de la présente invention seront décrits ci-après à titre d'exemples nullement limitatifs en référence au dessin annexé dans lequel : - la figure 1 est une vue en perspective schématique d'une carte électronique comportant une puce conforme à l'invention ;Three embodiments of the present invention will be described below by way of non-limiting examples with reference to the accompanying drawing in which: - Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of an electronic card comprising a chip conforming to l invention;
- la figure 2 est une vue en perspective à échelle agrandie de la puce de la carte visible sur la figure 1 ;- Figure 2 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of the card chip visible in Figure 1;
- la figure 3 est une vue en coupe schématique et à échelle agrandie selon la ligne III-III de la figure 1 ;- Figure 3 is a schematic sectional view on an enlarged scale along the line III-III of Figure 1;
- la figure 4 est une vue analogue à la figure 3, mais montrant une autre puce ; et- Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3, but showing another chip; and
- la figure 5 est une vue analogue à la figure 3, mais montrant encore une autre puce. La carte électronique que l'on peut voir sur la figure 1 comprend un corps plat 1 en matière plastique, comportant deux grandes faces opposées rectangulaires, une puce 2
implantée dans l'une des grandes faces du corps 1, et des plages conductrices 3 se prolongeant sur la grande face du corps 1 dans laquelle la puce 2 est implantée, les plaques conductrices 3 étant destinées à relier la puce 2 à un lecteur extérieur non représenté afin de permettre l'établissement d'un échange de données entre eux. La puce 2, qui est représentée à échelle agrandie sur la figure 2, comprend d'une matière connue en soi, une microplaquette de semi-conducteur 4 dont la face active est pourvue de plots de contact 5 répartis en deux rangées parallèles et d'aspérités 6 essentiellement formées par des circuits semi-conducteurs.- Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 3, but showing yet another chip. The electronic card which can be seen in FIG. 1 comprises a flat body 1 made of plastic material, comprising two large rectangular opposite faces, a chip 2 implanted in one of the large faces of the body 1, and conductive pads 3 extending over the large face of the body 1 in which the chip 2 is implanted, the conductive plates 3 being intended to connect the chip 2 to a non-external reader represented in order to allow the establishment of an exchange of data between them. The chip 2, which is shown on an enlarged scale in FIG. 2, comprises a material known per se, a semiconductor chip 4 whose active face is provided with contact pads 5 distributed in two parallel rows and roughness 6 essentially formed by semiconductor circuits.
Les aspérités 6 ont des hauteurs différentes et si la puce était implantée à l'aide d'un poinçon, elle ne resterait pas parallèle à la grande face du corps de carte 1 destinée à la recevoir. La matière plastique constituant le corps 1, qui serait refoulée sous la pression de la puce, viendrait en effet recouvrir les plots de contact 5 les plus bas et empêcherait la réalisation d'une liaison électrique satisfaisante entre ces plots de contact et les pistes conductrices correspondantes 3. Afin de remédier à cet inconvénient, une partie de la face active de la microplaquette 4 est revêtue d'une couche de matière isolante 7 dont l'épaisseur est au moins égale à la hauteur de l'aspérité 6 la plus haute.The asperities 6 have different heights and if the chip were implanted using a punch, it would not remain parallel to the large face of the card body 1 intended to receive it. The plastic material constituting the body 1, which would be forced back under the pressure of the chip, would in fact cover the lowest contact pads 5 and prevent the creation of a satisfactory electrical connection between these contact pads and the corresponding conductive tracks. 3. In order to remedy this drawback, part of the active face of the chip 4 is coated with a layer of insulating material 7 whose thickness is at least equal to the height of the highest roughness 6.
Dans l'exemple représenté sur le dessin, la face active de la microplaquette 4 est carrée mais rien ne s'oppose à ce qu'elle soit rectangulaire ou qu'elle ait une toute autre forme.In the example shown in the drawing, the active face of the chip 4 is square but there is nothing to prevent it from being rectangular or having any other shape.
Par ailleurs, la couche 7 se présente sous la forme d'un cadre dont la surface périphérique externe 8 est dans le prolongement de la surface périphérique 9 de la microplaquette 4. Ce cadre, dont l'évidement central 10 laisse apparaître certaines aspérités 6, est pourvu d'orifices 11 au niveau des plots de contact 5. On notera ici que la réalisation des orifices 11 pourrait être évitée si le cadre était réalisé de telle sorte que sa partie centrale évidée contienne des plots de contact.Furthermore, the layer 7 is in the form of a frame, the external peripheral surface 8 of which is an extension of the peripheral surface 9 of the chip 4. This frame, whose central recess 10 reveals certain roughness 6, is provided with orifices 11 at the level of the contact pads 5. It will be noted here that the production of the orifices 11 could be avoided if the frame was made so that its hollowed-out central part contains contact pads.
La face externe (ou supérieure) de la couche 7, qui est parfaitement plane, est parallèle à la périphérie 12 de la face active de la microplaquette 4. Or, comme la périphérie 12 est parallèle à la face inférieure 13 de la microplaquette, la face externe de la couche 7 est donc également parallèle à la face inférieure 13.The outer (or upper) face of the layer 7, which is perfectly flat, is parallel to the periphery 12 of the active face of the microchip 4. However, as the periphery 12 is parallel to the lower face 13 of the microchip, the outer face of the layer 7 is therefore also parallel to the lower face 13.
Ainsi, lorsqu'on utilise un poinçon pour implanter la puce 2, celle-ci reste parallèle
à la face supérieure du corps de carte 1 jusqu'à ce que la face externe de la couche 7 vienne dans le plan de ladite face supérieure du corps de carte. Après l'implantation de la puce, les faces externe et supérieure de la couche 7 et du corps de carte 1 sont donc parfaitement coplanaires, ce qui permet de réaliser les pistes conductrices 3 dans les meilleures conditions, par sérigraphie ou toute autre technique d'impression.So when we use a punch to implant the chip 2, it remains parallel to the upper face of the card body 1 until the outer face of the layer 7 comes in the plane of said upper face of the card body. After the implantation of the chip, the outer and upper faces of the layer 7 and of the card body 1 are therefore perfectly coplanar, which makes it possible to produce the conductive tracks 3 under the best conditions, by screen printing or any other technique of impression.
La puce que l'on peut voir sur la figure 4 diffère de celle qui vient d'être décrite uniquement par le fait que la surface périphérique externe 8 du cadre délimité par la couche de matière isolante est située à l'intérieur de la périphérie 12 de la face active de la microplaquette 4. Lors de l'implantation de la puce 2, la matière plastique que celle-ci refoule pour pénétrer dans le corps de carte 1 vient recouvrir la partie de la microplaquette 4 qui est située à l'extérieur du cadre, comme représenté.The chip that can be seen in FIG. 4 differs from that which has just been described only by the fact that the external peripheral surface 8 of the frame delimited by the layer of insulating material is situated inside the periphery 12 of the active face of the chip 4. During the implantation of the chip 2, the plastic material that it pushes back to penetrate into the card body 1 comes to cover the part of the chip 4 which is located outside of the frame, as shown.
La puce ne peut par conséquent se séparer du corps de carte lorsque celui-ci est soumis à des flexions répétées, ce qui peut augmenter de façon notable la durée d'utilisation de la carte électronique.The chip cannot therefore separate from the card body when the latter is subjected to repeated bending, which can significantly increase the duration of use of the electronic card.
La puce visible sur la figure 5 diffère des puces décrites précédemment en ce que la surface périphérique externe 8 du cadre est divisée en deux parties 8a et 8b reliées l'une à l'autre par un palier 14, la partie 8a qui est adjacente à la microplaquette 4 s'étendant dans le prolongement de la surface périphérique 9 de cette dernière. La matière plastique qui a été refoulée lors de l'implantation de la puce 2 s'étend sur la palier 14, comme représenté. Elle s'oppose donc à une éventuelle extraction de la puce hors du corps de carte lorsque celui-ci est soumis à des flexions répétées.The chip visible in FIG. 5 differs from the chips described above in that the external peripheral surface 8 of the frame is divided into two parts 8a and 8b connected to each other by a bearing 14, the part 8a which is adjacent to the chip 4 extending in the extension of the peripheral surface 9 of the latter. The plastic which has been pushed back during the implantation of the chip 2 extends over the bearing 14, as shown. It therefore opposes a possible extraction of the chip from the card body when the latter is subjected to repeated bending.
Bien entendu, la surface périphérique externe 8 du cadre pourrait être située à l'intérieur de la périphérie 12 de la surface active de la microplaquette 4, comme représenté sur la figure 4, et présenter un palier 14, comme représenté sur la figure 5.Of course, the external peripheral surface 8 of the frame could be located inside the periphery 12 of the active surface of the chip 4, as shown in FIG. 4, and have a bearing 14, as shown in FIG. 5.
Dans les exemples de réalisation décrits ci-dessus, la matière isolante utilisée pour former les couches 7 est une matière plastique, notamment un polyimide. Cette matière plastique a en fait été choisie pour son aptitude à conférer aux couches 7, à l'état polymérisé, une face libre extrêmement lisse et plate. Pour être complet, on précisera que les microplaquettes 4 proviennent d'une tranche de silicium telle que celle que l'on utilise habituellement pour la fabrication des
puces, et que la matière isolante constituant les couches 7 est de préférence déposée par photolithographie sur la tranche de silicium, après la réalisation des circuits intégrés mais avant l'opération de sciage qui permet de séparer les différentes puces.In the exemplary embodiments described above, the insulating material used to form the layers 7 is a plastic material, in particular a polyimide. This plastic material was in fact chosen for its ability to give the layers 7, in the polymerized state, an extremely smooth and flat free face. To be complete, it will be specified that the microchips 4 come from a silicon wafer such as that which is usually used for the manufacture of chips, and that the insulating material constituting the layers 7 is preferably deposited by photolithography on the silicon wafer, after the production of the integrated circuits but before the sawing operation which makes it possible to separate the different chips.
Lorsque la surface périphérique externe 8 du cadre des différentes puces possède un palier 14, celui-ci peut être réalisé par usinage avant ou après l'opération de sciage.When the external peripheral surface 8 of the frame of the various chips has a bearing 14, this can be produced by machining before or after the sawing operation.
Enfin, on précisera que la couche de matière isolante 7 protège les puces contre les chocs thermiques que le poinçon pourrait provoquer s'il était chauffant, et qu'elle les isole électriquement vis-à-vis des pistes conductrices 3 déposées ultérieurement par sérigraphie.
Finally, it will be specified that the layer of insulating material 7 protects the chips against the thermal shocks that the punch could cause if it was heating, and that it electrically insulates them from the conductive tracks 3 deposited subsequently by screen printing.
Claims
1. Puce pour carte électronique, comprenant une microplaquette de semi-conducteur (4) ayant une face active pourvue de plots de contact (5) et sur laquelle sont formées des aspérités (6) de différentes hauteurs, caracté¬ risée en ce que la face active de la microplaquette (4) est revêtue au moins partiellement d'une couche de matière isolante (7) ayant une épaisseur supérieure ou égale à la hauteur de l'aspérité (6) la plus haute, cette couche étant conformée pour autoriser un libre accès aux plots de contact (5) et ayant une face externe parallèle à une face (13) opposée à la face active.1. Chip for electronic card, comprising a semiconductor chip (4) having an active face provided with contact pads (5) and on which are asperities (6) of different heights, caracté¬ ized in that the active face of the chip (4) is coated at least partially with a layer of insulating material (7) having a thickness greater than or equal to the height of the highest asperity (6), this layer being shaped to allow a free access to the contact pads (5) and having an external face parallel to a face (13) opposite the active face.
2. Puce selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la couche de matière isolante (7) se présente sous la forme d'un cadre comportant des orifices (11) dans ses parties situées à l'aplomb des plots de contact (5).2. Chip according to claim 1, characterized in that the layer of insulating material (7) is in the form of a frame comprising orifices (11) in its parts located directly above the contact pads (5) .
3. Puce selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la couche de matière isolante (7) se présente sous la forme d'un cadre entourant les plots de contact (5) . 3. Chip according to claim 1, characterized in that the layer of insulating material (7) is in the form of a frame surrounding the contact pads (5).
4. Puce selon la revendication 2 ou 3, caractéri¬ sée en ce que la surface périphérique externe (8) du cadre est divisée en deux parties (8a, 8b) reliées l'une à l'autre par un palier (14) , la partie (8a) adjacente à la microplaquette (4) ayant un pourtour plus grand que celui de l'autre partie (8b).4. Chip according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the external peripheral surface (8) of the frame is divided into two parts (8a, 8b) connected to one another by a bearing (14), the part (8a) adjacent to the chip (4) having a larger periphery than that of the other part (8b).
5. Puce selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 4, caractérisée en ce que le cadre est situé à l'inté¬ rieur de la périphérie (12) de la face active de la microplaquette (4) . 5. Chip according to any one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the frame is located inside the periphery (12) of the active face of the chip (4).
6. Puce selon l'une quelconque des revendications6. Chip according to any one of the claims
1 à 5, caractérisée en ce que la matière isolante est un polyimide.1 to 5, characterized in that the insulating material is a polyimide.
7. Carte électronique comportant une puce selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes. 7. Electronic card comprising a chip according to any one of the preceding claims.
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