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    • 2. 发明申请
    • SEMICONDUCTOR DIE WITH INTERCONNECT BUMP DESIGN EMPLOYING REPURPOSED SEED LAYER FOR FORMING ADDITIONAL SIGNAL PATHS TO BACK END-OF-LINE (BEOL) STRUCTURE, AND RELATED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) PACKAGE AND FABRICATION METHOD
    • WO2023049578A1
    • 2023-03-30
    • PCT/US2022/075315
    • 2022-08-23
    • QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    • LI, YueLISK, DurodamiSUN, Jinying
    • H01L23/485H01L21/60H01L25/065
    • A semiconductor die (302, 502, 702, 802, 1202, 1302) employs a repurposed seed layer (318, 518, 1218, 1318) for forming additional signal paths to a back end-of-line (BEOL) structure (310, 510, 1210, 1310) of the die (302, 502, 702, 802, 1202, 1302). A seed layer (318, 518, 1218, 1318) is disposed adjacent to the BEOL interconnect structure (310, 510, 1210, 1310) and selectively removed during fabrication to leave a portion of the seed layer (318, 518, 1218, 1318) repurposed that couples a UBM interconnect (326(4), 526(4)) that does not have an interconnect bump to a UBM interconnect (326(1), 326(2), 526(1), 1226, 1326) that has a raised interconnect bump (308, 508, 708, 710, 808, 1208, 1308), so that an additional routing path can be provided between the raised interconnect bump (308, 508, 708, 710, 808, 1208, 1308) and the BEOL interconnect structure (310, 510, 1210, 1310). A plurality of raised interconnect bumps (308(1), 308(2), 808) may be coupled together. The BEOL interconnect structure (310, 510, 1210, 1310) may comprise a metallization layer comprising a redistribution layer (RDL) (322, 522, 1224) with interconnects (320, 520) such as metal pads. The UBM interconnects (326, 526) may have an interconnect bump pitch (P2, P3), with the UBM interconnect (326(4), 526(4)) without an interconnect bump located a distance in a horizontal direction from the coupled raised interconnect bump (308(2), 508(1)) less than or greater than the interconnect bump pitch (P2, P3). The die (302, 502, 702) may further comprise a power distribution network (PDN), comprising a ground plane in the BEOL interconnect structure (310, 510) and a positive supply rail in the BEOL interconnect structure (310, 510), wherein the UBM interconnect (326(4), 526(4)) without an interconnect bump may be coupled to the ground plane of the power distribution network, to the positive supply rail of the power distribution network or to an input/output (I/O) signal node configured to carry an I/O signal. The semiconductor die (302, 502, 702, 802, 1202, 1302) may be included in an IC package (300, 500, 700, 800, 1200, 1300), the IC package (300, 500, 700, 800, 1200, 1300) comprising: a package substrate (304, 704, 804, 1204, 1304) and the die (302, 502, 702, 802, 1202, 1302) coupled to the package substrate (304, 704, 804, 1204, 1304) through the raised interconnect bump (308, 508, 708, 710, 808, 1208(1), 1308). The IC package (1200, 1300) may also comprise a second die (1202(2), 1302(2)), with a BEOL interconnect structure (1210(2)), UBM interconnects (1226(2), 1326(2)), a raised interconnect bump (1208(2), 1308(2)) and a seed layer (1218(2), 1318(2)) related to those of the first die (1202(1), 1302(1)), wherein the second die (1202(2)) may be stacked on the first die (1202(1)) or the two dies may be split dies (1302(1), 1302(2)) both coupled to the package substrate (1304) adjacent to each other in a horizontal direction and coupled to each other through the package substrate (1304) to provide a die-to-die (D2D) connection. In a method of fabricating the semiconductor die (302, 502, 702, 802, 1202, 1302), a photoresist layer (1102) may be formed and patterned on the seed layer (318), a metal material being then disposed in an opening (1104) in the photoresist layer (1102) to form the raised interconnect bump (308) and the photoresist layer (1102) being subsequently removed, wherein a second photoresist layer (1108) may be formed and patterned on the seed layer (318) and the raised interconnect bump (308), the seed layer (318) being then removed in a second opening (1110) of the second photoresist layer (1108) without removing the seed layer (318) coupling the UBM interconnects (326), followed by removing the second photoresist layer (1108).