JP2008277470A - Method and device for manufacturing semiconductor package - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To resin-seal a wiring substrate with an arbitrary thickness by using one mold without using a plurality of different molds. <P>SOLUTION: This method for manufacturing a semiconductor package 6 is a method for resin-sealing the wiring substrate 12. The upper mold includes a mobile cavity, so as to allow the cavity recessed bottom surface 7a of the mold to be vertically movable. Before the semiconductor package 6 is molded, the thickness (X) of a resin seal layer is predetermined. The mobile cavity is arranged at a position (Y), so as to allow an interval between the wiring substrate 12 and the cavity recessed bottom surface 7a to be wider than the thickness (X) of the resin seal layer. Then, the resin is injected to the cavities of the two molds. Before the resin is hardened, the mobile cavity is moved in a direction approaching the wiring substrate 12 so as to be at the position (X) of the thickness of the resin seal layer. Then, the semiconductor package 6 is molded. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

    The present invention relates to a semiconductor package manufacturing method or manufacturing apparatus, and in particular, a semiconductor package capable of forming a semiconductor package having an arbitrary thickness, and further capable of forming the semiconductor package so as not to cause unfilling of the resin. The present invention relates to a manufacturing method or a manufacturing apparatus.

Conventionally, a general semiconductor package is manufactured by resin molding on a wiring board in which a semiconductor element (for example, a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) chip) is bonded to a lead frame or a substrate.
In recent years, the thickness of a semiconductor package has also been diversified. When the thickness of a semiconductor package differs during resin molding, it is necessary to have a large number of molds accordingly. Having many molds in this way has a problem in terms of cost, and when manufacturing a semiconductor package with a different thickness, there has been a problem of lowering work efficiency that the mold must be exchanged. .
Recently, a semiconductor package having a size almost the same as the size of a semiconductor element has appeared. Such a semiconductor package is called, for example, a CSP (Chip Size Package). When molding such a thin semiconductor package, the space formed between the wiring board and the bottom surface of the cavity of the mold is narrow, so that resin is difficult to pass by the conventional molding method, As a result, molding defects occur.

    SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, it is an object of the present invention to allow a wiring board to be resin-sealed with an arbitrary thickness using a single mold without using a plurality of different molds. Another object of the present invention is to prevent the resin from being unfilled by making it easy for the resin to pass through a narrow space on the wiring board.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configuration.
That is, the present invention provides a semiconductor in which a wiring board in which semiconductor elements and connection wires are arranged on a lead frame or a substrate is sandwiched between two opposing mold parting surfaces, and the wiring board is resin-sealed. In the package manufacturing method, before forming the semiconductor package, at least the upper mold of the two molds is provided with a movable cavity so that the bottom surface of the cavity recess of the mold can be moved in the vertical direction. The thickness of the resin sealing layer is determined in advance, and the movable cavity is disposed at a position where the distance between the wiring substrate and the bottom of the cavity recess is wider than the thickness of the resin sealing layer, and then the resin is It is poured into the cavities of the two molds, and before the resin is cured, the movable cavity is moved in a direction approaching the wiring board to be positioned at the thickness of the resin sealing layer. It is a manufacturing method of a semiconductor package, which comprises forming a semiconductor package.

    Further, the present invention provides a semiconductor in which a wiring board in which a semiconductor element and a connection wire are disposed on a lead frame or a substrate is sandwiched between parting surfaces of two opposing molds, and the wiring board is sealed with a resin. In the package manufacturing apparatus, at least an upper mold of the two molds is provided with a movable cavity so that the bottom surface of the cavity recess of the mold can be moved in the vertical direction, and a predetermined resin sealing layer Provided with a mechanism capable of changing the position of the movable cavity according to the thickness of the movable cavity, wherein the movable cavity is positioned at a position where the distance between the wiring board and the bottom surface of the cavity recess is wider than the thickness of the resin sealing layer. After the resin is placed, the resin is injected into the cavities of the two molds, and before the resin hardens, the movable cavity is moved in a direction approaching the wiring board to move the tree. A semiconductor package manufacturing apparatus characterized by in the thickness of the position of the sealing layer forming the semiconductor package.

    In the manufacturing method or the manufacturing apparatus, the movable cavity can be moved at a predetermined speed by a predetermined pressure.

Moreover, in the said manufacturing method or manufacturing apparatus, a resin film can be arrange | positioned on the surface of the cavity recessed part of the metal mold | die which has this movable cavity.

By using the method or apparatus for moving the movable cavity up and down according to the present invention, a semiconductor package with an arbitrary thickness can be manufactured with one mold, and when manufacturing semiconductor packages with different thicknesses, respectively. This eliminates the need to prepare separate molds, which is advantageous in terms of cost and greatly improves work efficiency.
In addition, when molding a semiconductor package with a thin resin seal, unfilling is not caused, and it is possible to prevent a molding defect from occurring.

  Also, when moving the movable cavity, by changing the pressure and moving speed of the movable cavity, an appropriate resin according to the thickness of the resin sealing layer, the type of resin, the heating temperature, etc. for each semiconductor package Filling is possible, and there is no unfilling and a semiconductor package that is not poorly formed can be manufactured.

  Further, by disposing a resin film on the surface of the cavity concave portion of the mold having the movable cavity, the gap formed between the movable cavity and the mold side wall by the resin filled in the mold cavity. It is possible to prevent leakage from the semiconductor device, and it is possible to manufacture a precise semiconductor package without burrs.

    Preferred embodiments of a semiconductor package manufacturing method and a manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present embodiment, a semiconductor package manufacturing method using a lead frame or a substrate 4 used in a SOP (Small Outline Package) type and QFN (Quad Flat Non-leaded Package) type semiconductor package formed by single-sided molding. The manufacturing apparatus will be described. The SOP type is a type in which leads for external input / output are arranged on two long sides of a flat rectangular package. The QFN is a type in which pins for external input / output are arranged on four sides of a package, and no pins are drawn from the package. But the semiconductor package manufactured with the manufacturing method thru | or manufacturing apparatus of the semiconductor package concerning this invention is not restricted to the above.

      1 to 3 are cross-sectional views of the main part of the manufacturing apparatus at each stage of the semiconductor package manufacturing method according to the molding method of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a semiconductor package manufacturing method. FIG. 5 is an overall view of the manufacturing apparatus when the lower mold 2 of FIGS. 1 to 4 is raised and clamped. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor package manufactured by this manufacturing method. First, the structure of a transfer molding die 1 (hereinafter referred to as “molding die 1”) used in the invention of the semiconductor package manufacturing method as shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 will be described. The mold 1 is composed of a lower mold 2 and an upper mold 3. However, in the present embodiment, the lower mold 2 is a flat shape having no cavity recess. Therefore, the shape of the lower mold 2 is extremely simple and can be manufactured at low cost. On the other hand, the cavity recess 7 of the upper mold 3 has a bottom surface 7a as shown in FIG. 1B, and the upper mold 3 is vertically moved along the side wall 8 of the cavity recess and the inner surface of the side wall 8. The movable cavity 9 is configured to be movable in the directions of arrows Z1 and Z2 (vertical direction) by a power source with a lifting mechanism (not shown). The movable cavity 9 is connected to an electric motor with a movable speed adjusting mechanism (not shown), a pressing shaft block 10 driven by a power source with a lifting mechanism such as hydraulic pressure and compressed air, and a pressing shaft (not shown). Has been. That is, the movable cavity 9 can be stopped at an arbitrary position facing the surface on which the semiconductor element (semiconductor chip) 5 of the wiring board 12 (see FIG. 6) is disposed, and the resin sealing layer formed on the wiring board According to the thickness of 19, the stop position of the movable cavity 9 can be determined as appropriate. The movable cavity 9 can be moved at a predetermined speed by a predetermined pressure. The pressure and speed can be arbitrarily changed. As an example, when an electric motor is used as a power source, the pressure can be increased by increasing the voltage, and the speed can be changed by increasing or decreasing the number of pulses. Furthermore, the movable cavity 9 also has a knockout mechanism for knocking out the compression-molded semiconductor package 6 and taking it out from the mold 1.

A resin film 16 is disposed on the surface of the cavity recess 7 of the upper mold 3 in order to prevent the resin 18 from leaking from the gap between the side wall 8 and the movable cavity 9 when the resin 18 is compression molded. You may keep it.
For example, the parting surface that comes into contact when the lower die 2 is raised and clamped is, for example, the air in the cavity recess 7 or the air contained in the sealing resin, and molded semiconductor package Also provided is an air vent 13 leading to the cavity recess 7 which serves to prevent the occurrence of voids, pinholes, resin chipping, etc. at 6.

Next, the wiring board 12 having a configuration in which the semiconductor element 5 and the connection wire 11 for connecting the semiconductor element 5 are disposed on the lead frame or the substrate 4 using the molding die 1 having such a configuration (see FIG. 6). A method of sealing the resin with resin 18 will be described.
First, as shown in FIG. 1A, the movable cavity 9 is moved to the initial position and the position is held by the brake (step S10 in the flowchart of FIG. 4).
The upper and lower molds 2 and 3 heated to a predetermined temperature are opened, and the wiring board 12 is placed on the parting surface as shown in FIG. The wiring board 12 has a configuration in which the resin sealing layer 19 is omitted from the completed package 6 (see FIG. 6), that is, the semiconductor element 5 and the connection wires 11 are arranged on the substrate 4 of a flexible base material (epoxy or the like). The semiconductor element 5 and the connecting wire 11 side are placed so as to be accommodated in the cavity recess 7 in a later step (step S11). A resin 18 is placed in the pot 14.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 2A, the lower mold 2 (the side walls 8 of the upper mold 3 and the movable cavities 9) are mounted with the wiring board 12 on which the semiconductor element 5 and the connection wires 11 are placed. The positional relationship is not changed), and the mold is clamped to apply a predetermined pressure to the lower mold 2 and the upper mold 3 (clamp both the front and back surfaces of the wiring board 12) (step S12).
Next, the resin in which the distance between the bottom surface 7a of the cavity recess 7 of the upper mold 3 (see FIGS. 1B and 6) and the wiring substrate 12 is determined by the thickness of the semiconductor package 6 required upon completion. The position of the movable cavity 9 in the upper mold 3 is set so that the gap (Y) is slightly wider than the thickness (X) of the sealing layer 19 (see FIG. 6). However, the position setting may be performed in advance before the wiring board is clamped.
In the present embodiment, as will be described later, first, the interval between the bottom surface 7a and the wiring substrate 12 is set to the second interval Y (> X), and after resin injection, the interval between the bottom surface 7a and the wiring substrate 12 is set to the first interval. By reducing the distance X, the thickness of the resin sealing layer 19 is made the thickness of the finished product. Here, a plurality of thicknesses (first intervals X) of the resin sealing layer 19 can be selected, and the second interval Y is changed in accordance with the thickness (first interval X) of the resin sealing layer 19. can do. Therefore, it is possible to manufacture a semiconductor package having two or more different thicknesses using the same mold 1.
The intervals X and Y may be set separately in the manufacturing apparatus, or a table in which X and Y are associated with each other is stored in advance in the recording medium of the manufacturing apparatus, and Y is automatically entered by inputting X. You may make it set to.

And the injection | pouring pressure of the resin in the cavity recessed part 7 is set (step S13).
Further, a brake is applied to the pressing shaft block 10 or the pressing shaft to hold the cavity concave portion 7 so as not to move by the resin pressure at the time of resin injection.
After setting the injection pressure in step S13, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), first, in the first stage, the plunger 15 in the pot 14 is raised and the melted resin 18a is pumped into the cavity to cavity recess 7 The inside is filled (steps S14 and S15).
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), the pressing shaft block 10 and the pressing shaft are pressed by the power source described above, and the movable cavity 9 of the upper mold 3 is moved to the required thickness of the resin sealing layer 19 or the like. The resin 18 is further slightly lowered at a predetermined speed by a predetermined pressure according to the type of the resin 18 and the like, and compression molding is performed (steps S16 and S17). That is, by setting the speed, pressure, or timing thereof, for example, the optimum resin 18 for molding can be selected, and the heating temperature of the upper and lower molds 2 and 3 can be controlled to be constant. It is possible to move the semiconductor element 5 and the substrate 4 in a state where no stress is applied.
The speed and pressure can be determined and set to optimum values according to the thickness of the resin sealing layer 19 at the time of completion, the type of the resin 18, and the like. Note that the speed and pressure may be set in advance before the wiring board 12 is clamped. Further, for example, a table in which the thickness of the resin sealing layer 19 and the type of resin are associated with the optimum speed and pressure is stored in advance in a recording medium of the manufacturing apparatus, and the thickness of the resin sealing layer and If the type of resin is input, the optimum speed and pressure may be set automatically.
When the thickness of the resin sealing layer 19 is 0.41 mm and the resin type is GE-100LFCS GT60, it is possible to set the speed to 0 to 0.3 mm / s and the pressure to 3 to 18 MPa. .

Thereafter, the state shown in FIG. 3A is maintained for a predetermined time to completely cure the resin, and then the movable cavity 9 and the lower die 2 of the upper die 3 are simultaneously placed as shown in FIG. 3B. The mold is moved downward and the molded semiconductor package 6 is opened in a state where it is placed on the lower mold 2 and then removed from the mold 1 (steps S18, S19, S20). Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the semiconductor package 6 is obtained in which the resin sealing layer 19 is provided on the wiring substrate 12 in which the semiconductor element 5 and the connection wires 11 are disposed on the substrate 4.
Thereafter, the state is returned to the state of the mold 1 as shown in FIG. 1A, and the other semiconductor package is completed so that compression molding can be started.
(Experimental example)
FIG. 7 shows the experimental results when a semiconductor package is manufactured by injecting resin with the distance between the bottom surface 7a of the cavity recess 7 of the upper mold 3 and the wiring board 12 being 0.2 mm or less. In FIG. 7, “chip” corresponds to the semiconductor element 5 of FIG. 6.
From the figure, it can be seen that unfilled portions (α) of the resin occur frequently. Further, it is considered that the same result is obtained when a semiconductor package having a resin sealing layer 19 having a thickness of 0.2 mm or less is manufactured by a fixed mold.
In this embodiment, according to the thickness of the wiring board 12 and the resin sealing layer 19, the distance between the bottom surface 7a of the cavity recess 7 of the upper mold 3 and the wiring board 12 is set to the thickness of the resin sealing layer 19 at the time of completion. Since it can be set arbitrarily wider than that, it is possible to prevent the interval from becoming excessively small (for example, 0.2 mm or less), thereby preventing unfilling of the resin.

In the semiconductor package manufacturing method shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 which is an embodiment of the present invention described above, the distance between the bottom surface 7a in the cavity recess and the wiring board 12 is larger than the thickness of the resin sealing layer 19 determined in advance. The movable cavity 9 of the mold is raised from the thickness of the resin sealing layer so that the molten resin 18 is easily filled, and then the movable cavity 9 is moved before the resin starts to cure. 9 is lowered and molded. That is, the manufacturing stage is divided into a first stage and a second stage. In the first stage, the desired thickness of the resin sealing layer 19 is determined, and the movable cavity 9 is raised to increase the interval at which the resin 18 flows. In the second stage, the melted resin 18 is filled, and the movable cavity 9 is lowered in the second stage, and the excess resin 18 filled in the cavity recesses is caused to flow back into the pot 14 to obtain a semiconductor package having a desired thickness. Mold.
Such a method is suitable for a semiconductor package having a size substantially the same as the size of the semiconductor element 5 as shown in FIG. 6, for example, a CSP (chip size package), and the like. The effect of the substantial molding pressure on the straight 4 is reduced, and the reliability of the semiconductor package 6 with respect to moisture resistance, mechanical strength, and the like becomes excellent.
Moreover, since the movable cavity 9 can be set at an arbitrary position, it is not necessary to prepare a mold for each semiconductor package when molding semiconductor packages having different thicknesses. As shown in FIG. 8A, in the method of the present invention using a movable cavity, two or more x types of semiconductor packages can be manufactured using one mold, but the cavity is fixed. In order to manufacture x types of semiconductor packages, x molds are required. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to significantly reduce the manufacturing cost of the semiconductor package. Further, it is possible to prevent the thin substrate 4 from being deformed at the time of resin sealing, and to prevent a load from being applied to an electrical connection portion (for example, wire connection) between the semiconductor element 5 and the circuit wiring. 11 can be prevented from contacting each other.
When the resin film 16 is disposed in the cavity recess of the upper mold 3, the resin 18 dissolved from the gap between the side wall 8 and the movable cavity 9 is not leaked, and a highly accurate semiconductor package without burrs is obtained. Can be molded.
In the present embodiment, the method of manufacturing the semiconductor package 6 including the wiring substrate 12 in which one semiconductor element 5 and the connection wire 11 are arranged on the substrate 4 has been described. A semiconductor package composed of a wiring substrate arranged in a plurality of shapes and arranged with a plurality of semiconductor elements, or a plurality of wiring substrates arranged in a matrix form as a single package, and then individualized by a dicing cutting method Even a semiconductor package can be manufactured without any problem.
In the present embodiment, the lower mold 2 is a flat shape having no cavity recess, but the lower mold 2 may have a cavity recess.

It is principal part sectional drawing of the manufacturing apparatus in each step of the manufacturing method of the semiconductor package by the shaping | molding method of the Example by this invention (the 1). It is principal part sectional drawing of the manufacturing apparatus in each step of the manufacturing method of the semiconductor package by the shaping | molding method of the Example by this invention (the 2). It is principal part sectional drawing of the manufacturing apparatus in each step of the manufacturing method of the semiconductor package by the shaping | molding method of the Example by this invention (the 3). It is principal part sectional drawing of the manufacturing apparatus in each step of the manufacturing method of the semiconductor package by the shaping | molding method of the Example by this invention (the 4). It is principal part sectional drawing of the manufacturing apparatus in each step of the manufacturing method of the semiconductor package by the shaping | molding method of the Example by this invention (the 5). It is principal part sectional drawing of the manufacturing apparatus in each step of the manufacturing method of the semiconductor package by the shaping | molding method of the Example by this invention (the 6). It is a flowchart of the manufacturing method of the semiconductor package by the shaping | molding method of the Example by this invention. FIG. 4 is an overall view of the manufacturing apparatus when the lower mold 2 of FIGS. 1 to 3 is raised and clamped. It is sectional drawing of the semiconductor package shape | molded with the manufacturing method of this invention. It is an experimental result which manufactured the semiconductor package with a thin resin sealing layer. The relationship between the number of types of semiconductor packages and the number of dies (a), and the experimental results (b) of examining the occurrence of defects with respect to changes in the pressure and speed of the movable cavity.

Explanation of symbols

1 Mold 2 Lower mold 3 Upper mold 4 Substrate 5 Semiconductor element 6 Semiconductor package
7 Cavity recessed part 7a Bottom face 8 Side wall 9 Movable cavity 10 Press shaft block 11 Connection wire 12 Wiring board
13 Air vent 14 Pot 15 Plunger 16 Resin film 17 Vacuum passage 18 Resin 18a Melted resin 19 Resin sealing layer

Claims (6)

In a manufacturing method of a semiconductor package in which a wiring board in which a semiconductor element and connection wires are arranged on a lead frame or a substrate is sandwiched between two opposing parting surfaces of molds, and the wiring board is sealed with a resin.
At least the upper mold of the two molds is provided with a movable cavity so that the cavity concave bottom surface of the mold can be moved in the vertical direction,
Before forming the semiconductor package, determine the thickness of the resin sealing layer in advance,
After disposing the movable cavity at a position where the distance between the wiring board and the bottom of the cavity recess is wider than the thickness of the resin sealing layer,
The resin is injected into the cavities of the two molds, and before the resin is cured, the movable cavity is moved in a direction approaching the wiring board to be positioned at the thickness of the resin sealing layer. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package, comprising molding the semiconductor package. 2. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor package according to claim 1, wherein the movable cavity is moved at a predetermined speed by a predetermined pressure. 3. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor package according to claim 1, wherein a resin film is disposed on a surface of a cavity recess of a mold having the movable cavity. In a semiconductor package manufacturing apparatus in which a wiring board in which a semiconductor element and a connection wire are arranged on a lead frame or a substrate is sandwiched between two facing parting surfaces of molds, and the wiring board is resin-sealed.
At least the upper mold of the two molds is provided with a movable cavity so that the cavity concave bottom surface of the mold can be moved in the vertical direction,
With a mechanism that can change the position of the movable cavity according to the thickness of the resin sealing layer determined in advance,
After disposing the movable cavity at a position where the gap between the wiring substrate and the bottom of the cavity recess is wider than the thickness of the resin sealing layer,
The resin is injected into the cavities of the two molds, and before the resin is cured, the movable cavity is moved in a direction approaching the wiring board to be positioned at the thickness of the resin sealing layer. A semiconductor package manufacturing apparatus for forming the semiconductor package. 5. The semiconductor package manufacturing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the movable cavity is moved at a predetermined speed by a predetermined pressure. 6. The semiconductor package manufacturing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a resin film is disposed on a surface of a cavity concave portion of the mold having the movable cavity.

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