• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.91-95
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• 2017

Package-On-Package (PoP) technology is developing toward smaller form factors with high-speed data transfer capabilities to cope with high DDR4x memory capacity. The common application processor (AP) used for PoP devices in smartphones has the bottom package as logic and the top package as memory, which requires both thermally and electrically enhanced functions. Therefore, it is imperative that PoP designs consider both thermal and power distribution network (PDN) issues. Stacked packages have poorer thermal dissipation than single packages. Since the bottom package usually has higher power consumption than the top package, the bottom package impacts the thermal budget of the top package (memory). This paper investigates the thermal and electrical characteristics of PoP designs, particularly the bottom package. Findings include that via and dense via-cluster volume have an important role to lower thermal resistance to the motherboard, which can be an effective way to manage chip hot spots and reduce the thermal impact on the memory package. A Cu block and dense via-cluster layout with an optimal location are proposed to drain the heat from the chip hot spots to motherboard which will enhance thermal and electrical performance at the design stage. The analytical thermal results can be used for design guidelines in 3D packaging.

• 한국마이크로전자및패키징학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국마이크로전자및패키징학회 2005년도 ISMP
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• pp.111-129
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• 2005

Pop provides OEMs and EMS with a platform to cost effectively expand options for logic + memory 3D integration - Expands device options by simplifying business logistics of stacking - Integration controlled at the system level to best match stacked combinations with system requirements - Eliminates margin stacking and expands technology reuse - Helps manage the huge cost impacts associated with increasing demand for multi media processing and memory. PoP is well timed to enable and leverage: - Mass customization of systems for different use (form, fit and function) requirements o Bband and apps processor + memory stack platforms - Logic transition to flip chip enables PoP size reduction o Area and height reduction. Industry standardization is progressing. Amkor provides full turn-key support for base package, memory package and full system integration.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.216-231
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• 2001

Several methods for improving device yields and characteristics have been studied by IC manufacturers, as the options for programming components become diversified through the introduction of novel processes. Especially, the sequential repair steps on wafer level and package level are essentially required in DRAMs to improve the yield. Several repair methods for DRAMs are reviewed in this paper. They include the optical methods (laser-fuse, laser-antifuse) and the electrical methods (electrical-fuse, ONO-antifuse). Theses methods can also be categorized into the wafer-level(on wafer) and the package-level(post-package) repair methods. Although the wafer-level laser-fuse repair method is the most widely used up to now, the package-level antifuse repair method is becoming an essential auxiliary technique for its advantage in terms of cost and design efficiency. The advantages of the package-level antifuse method are discussed in this paper with the measured data of manufactured devices. With devices based on several processes, it was verified that the antifuse repair method can improve the net yield by more than 2%~3%. Finally, as an illustration of the usefulness of the package-level antifuse repair method, the repair method was applied to the replica delay circuit of DLL to get the decrease of clock skew from 55ps to 9ps.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2002년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.32-35
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• 2002

The work focuses on the development of a Cu lead-frame with a single-sided adhesive tape for cost reduction and reliability improvement of LOC (lead on chip) package products, which are widely used for the plastic-encapsulation of memory chips. Most of memory chips are assembled by the LOC packaging process where the top surface of the chip is directly attached to the area of the lead-frame with a double-sided adhesive tape. However, since the lower adhesive layer of the double-sided adhesive tape reveals the disparity in the coefficient of thermal expansion from the silicon chip by more than 20 times, it often causes thermal displacement-induced damage of the IC pattern on the active chip surface during the reliability test. So, in order to solve these problems, in the resent work, the double-sided adhesive tape is replaced by a single-sided adhesive tape. The single-sided adhesive tape does net include the lower adhesive layer but instead, uses adhesive materials, which are filled in clear holes of the base film, just for the attachment of the lead-frame to the top surface of the memory chip. Since thermal expansion of the adhesive materials can be accommodated by the base film, memory product packaged using the lead-flame with the single-sided adhesive tape is shown to have much improved reliability. Author allied this invention to the Korea Patent Office for a patent (4-2000-00097-9).

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.45-50
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• 2012

A family of multi-die DRAM packages was developed that incorporate the full functionality of an SODIMM into a single package. Using a common ball assignment analogous to the edge connector of an SODIMM, a broad range of memory types and assembly structures are supported in this new package. In particular DDR3U, LPDDR3 and DDR4RS are all supported. The center-bonded DRAM use face-down wirebond assembly, while the peripherybonded LPDDR3 use the face-up configuration. Flip chip assembly as well as TSV stacked memory is also supported in this new technology. For the center-bonded devices (DDR3, DDR4 and LPDDR3 ${\times}16$ die) and for the face up wirebonded ${\times}32$ LPDDR3 devices, a simple manufacturing flow is used: all die are placed on the strip in a single machine insertion and are sourced from a single wafer. Wirebonding is also a single insertion operation: all die on a strip are wirebonded at the same time. Because the locations of the power signals is unchanged for these different types of memories, a single consolidated set of test hardware can be used for testing and burn-in for all three memory types.

• 정보과학회 논문지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.124-131
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• 2017

고성능 컴퓨팅 환경을 위해서 최근 등장한 차세대 매니코어 프로세서는 전통적인 구조의 메모리와 함께 고대역 온-패키지 메모리를 장착하고 있다. Intel Xeon Phi Knights Landing(KNL) 프로세서의 온-패키지 메모리인 Multi-Channel DRAM(MCDRAM)은 기존의 DDR4 메모리보다 이론적으로 네 배 높은 대역폭을 제공한다. 본 논문에서는 MCDRAM을 이용하여 MPI 노드 내 통신 성능을 향상시키기 위한 방안을 제안한다. 실험 결과, 제안된 기법을 사용할 경우 DDR4를 사용하는 경우와 비교해서 MPI 노드 내 통신 성능을 최대 272% 향상시킬 수 있음을 보인다. 또한 MCDRAM 활용 방법에 따른 성능 영향뿐만 아니라 프로세스의 코어 친화도에 따른 성능 영향을 보인다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.138-142
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• 2004

This paper presents the improved bum-in method for the reliability of SRAM in Multi Chip Package (MCP). Semiconductor reliability is commonly improved through the bum-in process. Reliability problem is more significant in MCP that includes over two chips in a package, because the failure of one chip (SRAM) has a large influence on the yield and quality of the other chips - Flash Memory, DRAM, etc. Therefore, the quality of SRAM must be guaranteed. To improve the quality of SRAM, we applied the improved wafer level bum-in process using multi cells selection method in addition to the previously used methods. That method is effective in detecting special failure. Finally, with the composition of some kind of methods, we could achieve the high quality of SRAM in Multi Chip Package.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.45-49
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• 2022

Through Silicon Via (TSV) is a technology that interconnects chips through silicon vias. TSV technology can achieve shorter distance compared to wire bonding technology with excellent electrical characteristics. Due to this characteristic, it is currently being used in many fields that needs faster communication speed such as memory field. However, there is performance degradation issue on TSV technology due to the parasitic capacitance. To deal with this problem, in this study, the parasitic capacitance with TSV design factors is analyzed using commercial tool. TSV design factors were set in three categories: size, aspect ratio, pitch. Each factor was set by dividing the range with TSV used for memory and package. Ansys electronics desktop 2021 R2.2 Q3D was used for the simulation to acquire parasitic capacitance data. DOE analysis was performed based on the reaction surface method. As a result of the simulation, the most affected factors by the parasitic capacitance appeared in the order of size, pitch and aspect ratio. In the case of memory, each element interacted, and in the case of package, it was confirmed that size * pitch and size * aspect ratio interact, but pitch * aspect ratio does not interact.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.1734-1740
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 단일전원을 사용하는 PMIC 칩이 패키지 상태에서 eFuse OTP 메모리를 프로그램 가능하도록 스위칭 전류가 작은 FSOURCE 회로를 제안하였다. 제안된 FSOURCE 회로는 non-overlapped clock을 사용하여 short-circuit current를 제거하였으며, 구동 트랜지스터의 ON되는 기울기를 줄여 최대 전류를 줄였다. 그리고 power-on reset 모드동안 eFuse OTP의 출력 데이터를 임의의 데이터로 초기화시키는 DOUT 버퍼 회로를 제안하였다. $0.35{\mu}m$ BCD 공정을 이용하여 설계된 24비트 differential paired eFuse OTP 메모리의 레이아웃 면적은 $381.575{\mu}m{\times}354.375{\mu}m$($=0.135mm^2$)이다.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2014

3차원 적층 패키지(3D integrated package) 에서 초소형 패키지 내에 적층되어 있는 칩들의 발열로 인한 열 신뢰성 문제는 3차원 적층 패키지의 핵심 이슈가 되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 TSV(through-silicon-via) 기술을 이용한 3차원 적층 패키지의 열 특성을 분석하기 위하여 수치해석을 이용한 방열 해석을 수행하였다. 특히 모바일 기기에 적용하기 위한 3D TSV 패키지의 열 특성에 대해서 연구하였다. 본 연구에서 사용된 3차원 패키지는 최대 8 개의 메모리 칩과 한 개의 로직 칩으로 적층되어 있으며, 구리 TSV 비아가 내장된 인터포저(interposer)를 사용하여 기판과 연결되어 있다. 실리콘 및 유리 소재의 인터포저의 열 특성을 각각 비교 분석하였다. 또한 본 연구에서는 TSV 인터포저를 사용한 3D 패키지에 대해서 메모리 칩과 로직 칩을 사용하여 적층한 경우에 대해서 방열 특성을 수치 해석적으로 연구하였다. 적층된 칩의 개수, 인터포저의 크기 및 TSV의 크기가 방열에 미치는 영향에 대해서도 분석하였다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 메모리 칩과 로직 칩의 위치 및 배열 형태에 따른 방열의 효과를 분석하였으며, 열을 최소화하기 위한 메모리 칩과 로직 칩의 최적의 적층 방법을 제시하였다. 궁극적으로 3D TSV 패키지 기술을 모바일 기기에 적용하였을 때의 열 특성 및 이슈를 분석하였다. 본 연구 결과는 방열을 고려한 3D TSV 패키지의 최적 설계에 활용될 것으로 판단되며, 이를 통하여 패키지의 방열 설계 가이드라인을 제시하고자 하였다.