Patent ID: 6462274
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A semiconductor package comprising:a semiconductor chip having a first surface and a plurality of conductive pads on the first surface; a substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface having a plurality of conductive metallizations thereon, wherein the chip is mounted on the first surface of the substrate, an exterior portion of the substrate extends outside an edge of the first surface of said chip, and said substrate has an opening juxtaposed with the pads; a plurality of conductors, wherein each conductor is between a pad of the chip and a metallization and extends through the opening; a hardened first packaging material in said opening, said first packaging material covering the pads and conductors; a support for said exterior portion of the substrate; and a plurality of solder balls, wherein each solder ball is on a metallization of the second surface of the substrate, and a plurality of said solder balls are arranged on the exterior portion of the second surface of the substrate.