Patent ID: 6559525
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A stacked-chip semiconductor package having an external heat sink at the outer surface thereof comprising:a first chip, having a first active surface and an opposite first back surface wherein the first active surface comprises a plurality of first bonding pads located at a periphery thereof; a second chip, having a second active surface and an opposite second back surface wherein the second active surface comprises a plurality of second bonding pads located at the periphery thereof; and being bonded by its second back surface to the first back surface of the first chip; a die pad, having a first surface and an external exposing opposite second surface wherein the area of the external opposite second surface is smaller than the area of the first surface and the area of the first surface of the die pad is smaller than the area of the first chip, and the die pad has its first surface bonded to a central portion of the first active surface of the first chip; a plurality of leads, each of which having an inner lead portion that approaches proximate to the periphery of the die pad, and an outer lead portion; a plurality of bonding wires, which electrically connect the first bonding pads to the first surface of the inner lead portion of the lead and electrically connect the second bonding pads to the second surface of the inner lead portion of the leads; a heat sink having a first surface and an opposite exposing second surface, wherein an area of the heat sink is smaller than an area of the second chip, wherein the heat sink has its first surface bonded to the second active surface of the second chip and the opposite exposing second surface being connected to the copper foil on a printer circuit board for improved heat dissipation by conduction; an external heat dissipator having fins for allowing improved heat dissipation by convection disposed on the second surface of the die pad; and a molding compound, encapsulating the first chip, the second chip, the die pad, the inner lead portion of the leads, the heat sink and the bonding wires to form a package structure, and the package structure comprises a first side and a second side wherein the die pad has the second surface exposed on the first side of the package structure, while the outer lead portion of the lead extends out of the edge of the package structure, wherein the second surface of the heat sink on the second side of the package structure is exposed.