USE OF UNDERFILL TAPE IN MICROELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, AND MICROELECTRONIC COMPONENTS WITH CAVITIES COUPLED TO THROUGH-SUBSTRATE VIAS

摘要

A microelectronic component (110, 120) has a contact pad (110C, 120C, 920C) recessed in a cavity (410) and covered by underfill tape (130). The cavity has a void (410V) below the underfill tape. A protruding contact pad of another microelectronic component ruptures the underfill tape to enter the cavity and bond to the recessed contact pad. The void helps in rupturing the underfill tape, thus reducing the amount of underfill residue between the two contact pads and improving the contact resistance. Also provided is a microelectronic component having a substrate with a cavity and having a through- substrate via extending into the cavity. Other features are also provided.