Semiconductor chip and semiconductor package

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9418960-B2
Application number	US-201514634571-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2015
Priority date	Mar 12, 2014
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

The driver semiconductor package includes a base substrate. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip mounted on the base substrate. The semiconductor chip includes a core region disposed in a center part of the semiconductor chip, an internal circuit being provided in the core region. The semiconductor chip includes a plurality of IO cell regions disposed in a line along a side of the semiconductor chip, a differential circuit being provided in each of the plurality of IO cell regions. The semiconductor chip includes a non-inverting pad electrode disposed above each of the IO cell regions and electrically connected to a non-inverting terminal of the differential circuit. The semiconductor chip includes an inverting pad electrode disposed above each of the IO cell regions and connected to an inverting terminal of the differential circuit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A semiconductor package, comprising:
a base substrate; and
a semiconductor chip mounted on the base substrate,
wherein the semiconductor chip comprises:
a plurality of IO cell regions disposed in a line along a side of the semiconductor chip, a differential circuit being provided in each of the plurality of IO cell regions;
a non-inverting pad electrode disposed above each of the IO cell regions and electrically connected to a non-inverting terminal of the differential circuit;
an inverting pad electrode disposed above each of the IO cell regions and connected to an inverting terminal of the differential circuit,
wherein a first set of a first non-inverting pad electrode and a first inverting pad electrode is disposed above a first IO cell region of the plurality of IO cell regions, and the first set is disposed so that the first non-inverting pad electrode and the first inverting pad electrode are disposed along a first line along the side of the semiconductor chip,
wherein a second set of a second non-inverting pad electrode and a second inverting pad electrode is disposed above a second IO cell region of the plurality of IO cell regions, and the second set is disposed so that the second non-inverting pad electrode and the second inverting pad electrode are disposed along a second line along the side of the semiconductor chip, and
wherein the semiconductor chip comprises:
a first wire that electrically connects the first non-inverting pad electrode of the first set and a first finger provided on the base substrate to each other, the first set being disposed on the first line of the first and second lines, and the first line being closer to an outer periphery of the semiconductor chip;
a second wire that electrically connects the first inverting pad electrode of the first set and a second finger provided on the base substrate to each other;
a third wire that electrically connects the second non-inverting pad electrode of the second set and a third finger provided on the base substrate to each other, the second set being disposed on the second line of the first and second lines, and the second line being closer to a center of the semiconductor chip;
a fourth wire that electrically connects the second inverting pad electrode of the second set and a fourth finger provided on the base substrate to each other,
wherein a length of the first wire is equal to a length of the second wire,
wherein a length of the third wire is equal to a length of the fourth wire, and
wherein the first finger and the second finger are disposed on the base substrate in a third line along the side of the semiconductor chip, and the third finger and the fourth finger are disposed on the base substrate in a fourth line along the side of the semiconductor chip, the fourth line being different from the third line.

2. The semiconductor package according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of IO cell regions have a same circuit configuration except for a wiring layer.

3. The semiconductor package according to claim 1 , wherein the first inverting pad electrode is connected to an inverting terminal of a first differential circuit provided in the first IO cell region of the plurality of IO cell regions,
the second non-inverting pad electrode is connected to a non-inverting terminal of a second differential circuit provided in the second IO cell region of the plurality of IO cell region, the second IO cell region being adjacent to the first IO cell region, and
the first inverting pad electrode and the second non-inverting pad electrode are disposed side by side in a direction perpendicular to the side of the semiconductor chip.

4. The semiconductor package according to claim 3 , wherein the first inverting pad electrode and the second non-inverting pad electrode are disposed on a boundary between the first IO cell region and the second IO cell region.

5. The semiconductor package according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a first metal layer that is disposed between the first IO cell region and the first non-inverting pad electrode and electrically connects a non-inverting terminal of the first differential circuit and the first non-inverting pad electrode to each other; and
a second metal layer that is disposed between the second IO cell region and the second inverting pad electrode and electrically connects an inverting terminal of the second differential circuit and the second inverting pad electrode to each other.

6. The semiconductor package according to claim 5 , wherein the first metal layer extends above the first IO cell region in the direction perpendicular to the side of the semiconductor chip, and
the second metal layer extends above the second IO cell region in the direction perpendicular to the side of the semiconductor chip.

7. The semiconductor package according to claim 5 , wherein the semiconductor chip further comprises a core region disposed in a center part of the semiconductor chip, an internal circuit being provided in the core region.

8. A semiconductor chip comprising:
a core region disposed in a center part of the semiconductor chip, an internal circuit being provided in the core region;
a plurality of IO cell regions disposed in a line along a side of a semiconductor chip, a differential circuit being provided in each of the plurality of IO cell regions;
a non-inverting pad electrode disposed above each of the IO cell regions and electrically connected to a non-inverting terminal of the differential circuit; and
an inverting pad electrode disposed above each of the IO cell regions and connected to an inverting terminal of the differential circuit,
wherein a first set of a first non-inverting pad electrode and a first inverting pad electrode is disposed above a first IO cell region of the plurality of IO cell regions, and the first set is disposed so that the first non-inverting pad electrode and the first inverting pad electrode are disposed along a first line along the side of the semiconductor chip, and
wherein a second set of a second non-inverting pad electrode and a second inverting pad electrode is disposed above a second IO cell region of the plurality of IO cell regions, and the second set is disposed so that the second non-inverting pad electrode and the second inverting pad electrode are disposed along a second line along the side of the semiconductor chip,
the semiconductor chip comprising:
a first wire that electrically connects the first non-inverting pad electrode of the first set and a first finger provided on the base substrate to each other, the first set being disposed on the first line of the first and second lines, and the first line being closer to an outer periphery of the semiconductor chip;
a second wire that electrically connects the first inverting pad electrode of the first set and a second finger provided on the base substrate to each other;
a third wire that electrically connects the second non-inverting pad electrode of the second set and a third finger provided on the base substrate to each other, the second set being disposed on the second line of the first and second lines, and the second line being closer to a center of the semiconductor chip; and
a fourth wire that electrically connects the second inverting pad electrode of the second set and a fourth finger provided on the base substrate to each other,
wherein a length of the first wire is equal to a length of the second wire,
wherein a length of the third wire is equal to a length of the fourth wire, and
wherein the first finger and the second finger are disposed on the base substrate in a third line along the side of the semiconductor chip, and the third finger and the fourth finger are disposed on the base substrate in

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Fukuda Shohei

Classifications

• H10W72/07554

  changes in dispositions · CPC title

• H10W72/547

  Dispositions of multiple bond wires · CPC title

• H10W72/521

  Structures or relative sizes of bond wires · CPC title

• H10W72/07552

  changes in structures or sizes · CPC title

• H10W72/9445

  Top-view layouts, e.g. mirror arrays · CPC title