| 摘要 |
A variety of improved shell case style packages as well as shell case style wafer level packaging processes are described. Generally, in shell case style packaging, traces are patterned on the top surface of a wafer. In some embodiments, the conductors formed along the sides of the package are formed from at least a couple conductor layers to improve the adhesion of the conductors to the traces formed on the top surface of the devices. In some embodiments the conductors are patterned during processing such that the conductors are not cut during the wafer dicing operation. This arrangement is particularly useful when the conductors are formed at least partially from aluminum (or other metals that oxidize in ambient air). In other embodiments, BCB is not used under the trace layer in regions that will have notches formed therein so that the resulting package does not have any exposed BCB/trace junctions. In some embodiments, no BCB layer whatsoever is applied during packaging. In other embodiments, BCB is used, but the BCB layer is patterned to avoid dice line areas that will later be trenched or notched. |
