Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate including a first surface and an opposing second surface, and a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip is mounted over the first surface, includes signal electrodes, power-supply electrodes and ground electrodes, which connect to pads on the first surface of the insulating substrate. Lands provided on the second surface of the insulating substrate include signal lands, power-supply lands and ground lands through vias penetrate from the first surface to the second surface of the insulating substrate, and include signal vias electrically connected the signal connection pads to the signal lands, power-supply vias electrically connected the power-supply connection pads to the power-supply lands and ground vias electrically connected the ground connection pads to the ground lands. At least one of the signal vias are closer to the connection pads than immediately adjacent one of the power-supply vias or the ground vias.

Description:
[0001]    This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from Japanese patent application No. 2011-272091, filed on Dec. 13, 2011, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference. 
       TECHNICAL FIELD 
       [0002]    This invention relates to a semiconductor device. 
       BACKGROUND 
       [0003]    Recently, there are semiconductor devices having a package-on-package (PoP) structure in which a plurality of semiconductor packages are stacked one on another. 
         [0004]    A technical literature relating to this is exemplified by Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2009-70965 (Patent Document 1), which discloses such a semiconductor device having a PoP structure. 
         [0005]    When controller and memory packages are stacked in this PoP structure, in general, the lower package is constituted by a controller chip, while the upper package is constituted by a memory chip. The upper package is connected to the lower package at the periphery of the lower package board, and hence external terminals (bump electrodes) are arranged only on the periphery of the upper package board. 
         [0006]    However, in the upper package having the external terminals arranged only on the periphery, it is difficult to establish linear connection from a bonding pad to a land in an area where bonding pads of the wiring board are arranged closely to each other (dense wiring area). 
         [0007]    Therefore, a wire is led from a bonding pad on one surface of the wiring board toward a central part thereof, then led to the other surface of the wiring board through a through via, and connected to a land arranged on the periphery of the other surface. As a result, the wiring length of the wiring on the wiring board is increased. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0008]    In one embodiment, there is provided a semiconductor device comprising: 
         [0009]    an insulating substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; 
         [0010]    a semiconductor chip including a plurality of first electrodes thereon, the semiconductor chip being mounted over the first surface of the insulating substrate, the first electrodes including signal electrodes, power-supply electrodes and ground electrodes; 
         [0011]    a plurality of connection pads provided on the first surface of the insulating substrate, the connection pads including signal connection pads electrically connected to the signal electrodes, power-supply connection pads electrically connected to the power-supply electrodes and ground connection pads electrically connected to the ground electrodes; 
         [0012]    a plurality of lands provided on the second surface of the insulating substrate, the lands including signal lands, power-supply lands and ground lands; and 
         [0013]    a plurality of through vias penetrated from the first surface to the second surface of the insulating substrate, the through vias including signal vias electrically connected the signal connection pads to the signal lands, power-supply vias electrically connected the power-supply connection pads to the power-supply lands and ground vias electrically connected the ground connection pads to the ground lands, at least one of the signal vias being closer to the connection pads than immediately adjacent one of the power-supply vias or the ground vias. 
         [0014]    In another embodiment, there is provided a semiconductor device comprising: 
         [0015]    a wiring board including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and wiring patterns, each of the wiring patterns comprises a connection pad formed on the first surface, a land formed on the second surface, a through via formed in the wiring board, a first wiring electrically connected the connection pad to the through via and a second wiring electrically connected the land to the through via; and 
         [0016]    a semiconductor chip mounted over the first surface of the wiring board, the semiconductor chip including a plurality of electrodes thereon, the electrodes being electrically connected to the connection pads of the wiring patterns, and the electrodes including signal electrodes, power-supply electrodes and ground electrodes, 
         [0017]    wherein the wiring patterns include signal wiring patterns electrically connected to the signal electrodes, power-supply wiring patterns electrically connected to the power-supply electrodes and ground wiring patterns electrically connected to the ground electrodes, and at least one of the signal wiring patterns is shorter than immediately adjacent one of the power-supply wiring patterns or the ground wiring patterns. 
         [0018]    In the other embodiment, there is provided a semiconductor device comprising: 
         [0019]    a wiring board defined by a first major surface, a second major surface facing the first major surface, and a plurality of side surfaces; 
         [0020]    a semiconductor chip mounted on the first major surface, having a side surface facing one side surface of the plurality of side surfaces, and having a plurality of electrodes arranged along the faced side surface; 
         [0021]    a plurality of connection pads provided on the first major surface of the wiring board between the one side surface of the wiring board and the faced side surface of the semiconductor chip and electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes of the semiconductor chip; 
         [0022]    a plurality of external terminals provided on the second major surface of the wiring board, along and close to the one side surface of the wiring board; 
         [0023]    a plurality of first through vias formed in the wiring board to penetrate from the first major surface to the second major surface in positions overlapping with the semiconductor chip; 
         [0024]    a plurality of first wirings formed on the first major surface of the wiring board to electrically connect the first connection pads to the first through vias; and 
         [0025]    a plurality of second wirings formed on the second major surface to electrically connect the external terminals to the first through vias, 
         [0026]    wherein: 
         [0027]    the electrodes include signal electrodes and power-supply and ground electrodes, 
         [0028]    the first through vias include a plurality of signal through vias electrically connected to the signal electrodes, and a plurality of power-supply and ground through vias electrically connected to the power-supply and ground electrodes, and, 
         [0029]    the signal through vias are arranged at positions closer to at least the one side surface than the power-supply and ground through vias adjacent to the respective signal through vias. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0030]    The above features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description of certain preferred embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which 
           [0031]      FIG. 1  is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a semiconductor device having a PoP structure according to a first embodiment of the invention; 
           [0032]      FIG. 2  is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of an upper package (memory package) that is the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
           [0033]      FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of an upper package (memory package) that is the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
           [0034]      FIG. 4A  is a plan view for explaining a reference example of a wiring pattern of a semiconductor device; 
           [0035]      FIG. 4B  is a plan view for explaining the reference example of the wiring pattern of the semiconductor device; 
           [0036]      FIG. 5A  is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a wiring pattern of the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
           [0037]      FIG. 5B  is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of the wiring pattern of the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
           [0038]      FIG. 6A  is a cross-sectional view showing an assembly flow of the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
           [0039]      FIG. 6B  is a cross-sectional view showing the assembly flow of the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
           [0040]      FIG. 6C  is a cross-sectional view showing the assembly flow of the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
           [0041]      FIG. 6D  is a cross-sectional view showing the assembly flow of the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
           [0042]      FIG. 6E  is a cross-sectional view showing the assembly flow of the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
           [0043]      FIG. 6F  is a cross-sectional view showing the assembly flow of the semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
           [0044]      FIG. 7  is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a semiconductor device according to a second embodiment of the invention; 
           [0045]      FIG. 8  is a cross-sectional view showing the schematic configuration of the semiconductor device according to the second embodiment of the invention; 
           [0046]      FIG. 9A  is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a wiring pattern of the semiconductor device according to the second embodiment of the invention; 
           [0047]      FIG. 9B  is a plan view showing the schematic configuration of the wiring pattern of the semiconductor device according to the second embodiment of the invention; 
           [0048]      FIG. 10  is a plan view showing a configuration of a semiconductor device according to a third embodiment of the invention; 
           [0049]      FIG. 11A  is a plan view showing a configuration of a wiring pattern of the semiconductor device shown in  FIG. 10 ; 
           [0050]      FIG. 11B  is a plan view showing the configuration of the wiring pattern of the semiconductor device shown in  FIG. 10 ; 
           [0051]      FIG. 11C  is a plan view showing the configuration of the wiring pattern of the semiconductor device shown in  FIG. 10 ; 
           [0052]      FIG. 12  is a plan view showing a configuration and a wiring pattern of the semiconductor device according to the third embodiment of the invention; 
           [0053]      FIG. 13A  is a plan view showing a configuration of a semiconductor device according to a fourth embodiment of the invention; 
           [0054]      FIG. 13B  is a plan view showing the configuration of the semiconductor device according to a fourth embodiment of the invention; and 
           [0055]      FIG. 14  is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a semiconductor device according to a fifth embodiment of the invention. 
       
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS 
       [0056]    The present invention will be now described herein with reference to illustrative exemplary embodiments. Those skilled in the art will recognize that many alternative embodiments can be accomplished using the teachings of the present invention and that the invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments illustrated for explanatory purposes. 
         [0057]    Exemplary embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 
         [0058]      FIG. 1  is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a semiconductor device having a package-on-package (PoP) structure. 
         [0059]    A semiconductor device  1000  of a PoP structure has an upper package (memory package)  100  and a lower package (controller package)  200 . 
         [0060]    In the lower package  200 , a controller chip  202  is flip-chip mounted on a wiring board  201 , and lands  203  are arranged around the controller chip  202  on one surface of the wiring board  201  so that the lower package  200  is connected to the upper package  100  through these lands  203 . Solder balls  204  are provided on the other surface of the wiring board  201 . The upper package  100  is stacked and mounted on the upper side of the lower package  200 . 
         [0061]    In the upper package  100 , solder balls  102  serving as external terminals are arranged in two rows along the periphery of the other surface of the wiring board  101  such that they will not come into contact with the controller chip  202  of the lower package  200 . 
         [0062]    Referring to  FIGS. 2 and 3 , a configuration of the upper package (memory package)  100  will be described in detail.  FIG. 2  is a plan view showing a configuration of the upper package  100 , while  FIG. 3  is an A-A′ cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the upper package  100 . Hereinafter, the upper package  100  shall be referred to as the semiconductor device. 
         [0063]    As shown in  FIGS. 2 and 3 , a first semiconductor chip (first memory chip)  103  is mounted in a substantially central part on one surface of the wiring board  101  with its circuit formation surface facing upward, by means of an adhesive member  113 . The wiring board  101  may be a glass-epoxy wiring board, for example. 
         [0064]    The first semiconductor chip  103  has a substantially rectangular plate shape, for example, and has a plurality of electrode pads  104  arranged on each of its short sides. In the first semiconductor chip  103 , more electrode pads  104  are arranged on one of the short sides than on the other short side (see  FIG. 2 ). 
         [0065]    A second semiconductor chip (second memory chip)  105  is mounted on top of the first semiconductor chip  103  with its circuit formation surface facing upward. The second semiconductor chip  105  is configured in the same manner as the first semiconductor chip  103 . Specifically, the second semiconductor chip  105  has, for example, a substantially rectangular shape, and has a plurality of electrode pads  106  arranged on each of its short sides (see  FIG. 2 ). In the second semiconductor chip  105 , more electrode pads  106  are arranged on one of the short sides than on the other short side. The second semiconductor chip  105  is stacked in a position rotated by 90 degrees with respect to the first semiconductor chip  103  such that the electrode pads  104  of the first semiconductor chip  103  are exposed. 
         [0066]    A plurality of connection pads  107  are arranged on one surface of the wiring board  101  in correspondence with the electrode pads  104  of the first semiconductor chip  103  and the electrode pads  106  of the second semiconductor chip  105 . The electrode pads  104  of the first semiconductor chip  103  and the electrode pads  106  of the second semiconductor chip  105  are connected to the corresponding connection pads  107  by means of electrically conductive wires  108  made of Au or the like. 
         [0067]    A sealer (sealing resin)  109  is formed on one surface of the wiring board  101  so as to cover the first semiconductor chip  103 , the second semiconductor chip  105  and the wires  108 . 
         [0068]    A plurality of lands  110  are arranged on the other surface of the wiring board  101 , and each of the lands  110  is provided with a solder ball  102 . The lands  110  and the connection pads  107  are connected to each other by wirings  112  via through vias  111  formed in the wiring board  101 . 
         [0069]    Referring to  FIGS. 4A and 4B , a reference example of a wiring pattern of a semiconductor device will be described. 
         [0070]    In a PoP structure, in general, the wiring length can be made shorter in comparison with a system in which a controller and a memory are arranged side by side on a system board. Therefore, good waveform quality can be ensured without the need of termination. However, the demand for increased operating speed knows no bounds, and today even a package of a PoP structure is required to be designed to further reduce the wiring length. 
         [0071]    When designing a package for an operating speed from 400 Mbps to 800-1066 Mbps, as shown in  FIGS. 4A and 4B , measures may be taken against noise in a package board by arranging a large number of through vias for a shield line that is used to reduce crosstalk noise between signals and to reduce loop inductance from signal to power supply/GND. 
         [0072]    In order to realize the operating speed of 1600 Mbps, improvement in other factors than the package design is necessary, such as improvement of a driver or receiver, reduction of terminal capacity, and the like. However, the package design for realizing reduction of wiring length remains a major problem in realizing the operating speed of 1600 Mbps. 
         [0073]    In addition to routing of the shield line, various factors interfere with reduction of wiring length. These factors include, for example, arrangement of power supply and GNB, and signals allocated to the package, restrictions to via diameter and via arrangement in production of a package board, and trade-off between reduction of the package size and increase of the semiconductor device&#39;s die size for meeting the demand for increased capacity. 
         [0074]    As shown in  FIGS. 4A and 4B , when a signal wiring  401  is routed in a region of the wiring board  400  where the wiring density is high, the signal wiring  401  is routed from a connection pad  402  toward inside of the wiring board  400  and then turned back toward corresponding one of lands  404  to  406  through a signal through via  403  and connected to this land. In order to reduce the wiring length of the signal wiring  401  routed in this manner, the signal through via  403  must be located as close as possible to the corresponding one of the lands  404  to  406 . 
         [0075]    However, if many through vias are provided for power-supply and ground wirings  407  and  408 , power-supply and ground wirings  407  and  408  will be routed in a wiring width close to the via diameter. In addition, it becomes difficult to ensure an area for arranging through vias  403  for signal wirings at positions close to the lands  404  to  406  due to the presence of the through vias for the power-supply and ground wirings  407   a  and  408 , and thus the signal wirings  401  have to be routed to an area where the through vias  403  for the signal wirings can be arranged. As a result the wiring lengths of the signal wirings are increased. 
         [0076]    Referring to  FIGS. 5A and 5B , a wiring pattern of a semiconductor device  100  according to an exemplary first embodiment of the invention will be described.  FIGS. 5A and 5B  are plan views showing a schematic configuration of a wiring pattern of the semiconductor device  100  according to the first embodiment. 
         [0077]    In order to solve the problems arising in the reference example of the wiring pattern shown in  FIGS. 4A and 4B  (e.g. increased wiring length of the signal wirings), through vias for a signal wirings are arranged at a position close to corresponding lands, while through vias for power-supply and ground wirings are not arranged closer to the lands than the signal wirings except for those effective to reduce the inductance, so that the widths of the power-supply and ground wirings are not increased. This makes it possible to ensure an area where through vias for signal wirings can be arranged in a region with a high wiring density, and to reduce the wiring lengths of the signal wirings. 
         [0078]    Referring to  FIGS. 5A and 5B , a wiring pattern of the semiconductor device  100  according to the first embodiment of the invention will be described in detail. 
         [0079]    In a wiring board  500  (corresponding to the wiring board  101  of  FIG. 2 ) used in the semiconductor device  100  according to the first embodiment, the density of wiring patterns is high, for example, in a region on the end side where a large number of electrode pads  104  are arranged in the first semiconductor chip  103  that is a memory chip (see  FIG. 2 ). 
         [0080]    In this region with a high density of wiring patterns, as shown in  FIGS. 5A and 5B , for example, the inductance depends on a distance from the lands  501  to  503  to the connection pads  504 . Therefore, the power-supply and ground wirings are such that only the through vias  505  and  506  located close to the connection pad  504  are left while they are arranged at positions further away from the connection pads  504  than the signal through vias  507 . 
         [0081]    Further, in a region with a high density of wiring patterns, the power-supply and ground wirings are not formed in a solid pattern but formed to have the same width as that of the signal wirings  508  (while the power-supply and ground wirings are formed in a solid pattern in a region with a high density of wiring patterns in  FIGS. 4A and 4B , they are not formed in a solid pattern in  FIGS. 5A and 5B ). 
         [0082]    This configuration makes it possible to reduce the inductance of the power-supply and ground wirings, and to arrange the signal through vias  507  at positions close to the connection pads  504  in a region with a high wiring density. Since the signal through vias  507  can be arranged at positions close to the connection pads  504 , the wiring lengths of the signal wirings can be reduced in the semiconductor device of a PoP structure. Further, the reduction of the wiring lengths of the signal wirings ensures stable operation at a speed of 1600 Mbps or more, for example at 2133 Mbps 
         [0083]    Referring to  FIGS. 6A to 6F , an assembly flow of the semiconductor device  100  according to the exemplary first embodiment will be described.  FIGS. 6A to 6F  are cross-sectional views showing an assembly flow of the semiconductor device  100  according to the first embodiment. Like components or parts as those of  FIG. 3  are denoted by the same reference numerals. 
         [0084]    Firstly, a wiring board  101  as shown in  FIG. 6A  is prepared. Connection pads  107  are arranged on one surface of the wiring board  101 , and lands  110  are arranged on the other surface of the wiring board  101 . 
         [0085]    Next, as shown in  FIG. 6B , a first semiconductor chip  103  having an adhesive member  113  formed on the rear surface is mounted on the wiring board  101 . Further, a second semiconductor chip  105  having an adhesive member formed on the rear surface is stacked on the first semiconductor chip  103 . 
         [0086]    Then, as shown in  FIG. 6C , the electrode pads  104  of the first semiconductor chip  103  and the connection pads  107  of the wiring board  101  are electrically connected with wires  108 . 
         [0087]    Each of the wires  108  is formed of Au or the like, and the tip of the wire  108  is molten to form a ball, which is ultrasonic thermocompression-bonded onto the electrode pad  104  of the first semiconductor chip  103  by means of a wire bonding device (not shown). The wire  108  is then formed into a predetermined loop shape and the tail end of the wire  108  is ultrasonic thermocompression-bonded to the corresponding connection pad  107 , whereby the wire connection is completed. 
         [0088]    As show in  FIG. 6D , a sealing resin (sealer)  109  is formed on one surface of the wiring board  101  by collective molding. The sealing resin  109  is formed, for example, by clamping the wiring board  101  with a molding unit composed of upper and lower molds of a transfer mold device (not shown), forcing a thermosetting epoxy resin from a gate into a cavity formed by the upper and lower molds, and thermosetting the epoxy resin in the cavity. 
         [0089]    After that, as shown in  FIG. 6E , an electrical conductive solder ball  102  is mounted on each of lands  110  on the other surface of the wiring board  101  to form an external terminal (bump electrode). In this ball mounting process, a suction mechanism (not shown) having a plurality of suction holes formed in accordance with the arrangement of the lands  110  on the wiring board  101  is used to hold the solder balls  102  in the suction holes and to transfer flux to the solder ball  102  thus held, whereby the solder balls  102  are collectively mounted on the lands  110  of the wiring board  101 . The solder balls thus mounted are reflown to form external terminals. 
         [0090]    The wiring board  101  on which the external terminal have been formed is cut and separated into pieces along dicing lines  600 , as shown in  FIG. 6F . The board dicing is performed by attaching the sealing resin  109  of the wiring board  101  to dicing tape (not shown) so that the wiring board  101  is supported by the dicing tape. The wiring board  101  is cut along the longitudinal and transverse dicing lines  600  with a dicing blade (not shown), so that the wiring board  101  is separated into pieces. After completing the separation, each of the separated pieces is picked up from the dicing tape to obtain the semiconductor device  100  as shown in  FIG. 3 . 
         [0091]    Referring to  FIGS. 7 and 8  and  FIGS. 9A and 9B , a configuration of a semiconductor device according to an exemplary second embodiment of the invention will be described.  FIG. 7  is a plan view and  FIG. 8  is a cross-sectional view both showing a configuration of the semiconductor device according to the second embodiment.  FIGS. 9A and 9B  are plan views showing a wiring pattern of the semiconductor device according to the second embodiment. 
         [0092]    While a semiconductor device  700  according to the second embodiment is configured in the same manner as the semiconductor device  100  according to the first embodiment, the semiconductor device  700  differs from the semiconductor device  100  according to the first embodiment in the arrangement of the first semiconductor chip  103  and the second semiconductor chip  105 . It should be noted that the same components and parts as those shown in  FIGS. 2 and 3  are denoted by the same reference numerals. 
         [0093]    In the second embodiment, as shown in  FIGS. 7 and 8 , the first semiconductor chip  103  and the second semiconductor chip  105  are mounted on the wiring board  101  to be shifted toward the short sides thereof where a smaller number of electrodes pads  104  are arranged so as to ensure wider space on the short sides thereof where a greater number of electrode pads  104  are arranged. 
         [0094]    The second embodiment provides the same advantageous effects as those of the first embodiment. In addition, according to second embodiment, the first semiconductor chip  103  and the second semiconductor chip  105  are shifted to the short sides where a smaller number of electrode pads  104  are arranged, whereby it is made possible to arrange signal through vias  111  between connection pads  107  and lands  110 . Further, the wiring lengths of the signal wirings can be reduced. 
         [0095]    Furthermore, as shown in  FIGS. 9A and 9B , through vias  505  effective for reducing the inductance of the power-supply and ground can be arranged between the connection pads  504  and an end of the wiring board  500 , which ensures a wider wiring area. 
         [0096]    Next, referring to  FIG. 10 ,  FIGS. 11A ,  11 B and  11 C, and  FIG. 12 , a configuration of a semiconductor device according to an exemplary third embodiment of the invention will be described.  FIG. 10  is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a semiconductor device according to the third embodiment.  FIGS. 11A ,  11 B and  11 C are plan views showing a schematic configuration of a wiring pattern of the semiconductor device shown in  FIG. 10 .  FIG. 12  is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a wiring pattern of the semiconductor device according to the third embodiment. 
         [0097]    One of reasons why wiring lengths of some of the signal wirings are increased resides in arrangement of solder balls allocated thereto. 
         [0098]    As shown in  FIG. 10 , for example, a signal relating to DQ_A may not be able to be allocated in one side (side  1 ) and may be allocated to extend to a different side (side  2 ). In this case, as shown in  FIGS. 11A ,  11 B and  11 C, a group of wirings with short wiring length (Gr) and a group of wirings with long wiring length (Gr) are produced, which poses a restriction to reduction of the wiring lengths of the signal wirings even if the configuration of the second embodiment is used. 
         [0099]    According to the third embodiment as shown in  FIG. 12 , therefore, solder balls  120  are arranged at a reduced pitch, or the number of rows of the solder balls  120  arranged along each side is increased, so that the total number of solder balls arranged along each side is increased. This makes it possible to allocate all the signal groups in one side, and to reduce the wiring lengths of the signal wirings. 
         [0100]    Next, referring to  FIGS. 13A and 13B , a configuration of a semiconductor device according to an exemplary fourth embodiment of the invention will be described.  FIG. 13A  is a schematic diagram showing a comparative example, and  FIG. 13B  is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a semiconductor device according to the fourth embodiment. 
         [0101]    As shown in  FIG. 13B , the aspect ratio of the shape of the semiconductor chip  130  is set to a value close to one, and connection pads  131  are positioned away from solder balls  132 . This configuration makes it possible to ensure a sufficient wiring area and to route wirings from the connection pads  131  to the solder balls  132  without turning back. 
         [0102]    Next, referring to  FIG. 14 , a schematic configuration of a semiconductor device according to a fifth embodiment of the invention will be described. 
         [0103]    Due to various restrictions caused by increased die size (chip size), reduced package size, and the like, connection pads are required to be positioned close to the periphery of the package. 
         [0104]    In this case, as shown in  FIG. 14 , a semiconductor chip (die)  142  is flip-chip mounted on a sub-printed board  141  placed on a package  140 , by means of bumps  143  and an electrode pads  144 , while bonding wires  145  are arranged on the inner side of the sub-printed board  141 , so that connection pads  146  are positioned on the inner side. 
         [0105]    This makes it possible to route the wirings from the connection pads  145  to solder balls  147  without turning back. 
         [0106]    Although the invention made by this inventor has been described with reference to the exemplary embodiments, the invention is not limited to the foregoing embodiments but may be modified in various manners without departing from the scope of the invention. 
         [0107]    Although in the foregoing embodiments, the description has been made of a case where the invention is applied to a MCP (Multi Chip Package) in which two semiconductor chips are mounted in stack, the invention is also applicable to a BGA (Ball Grid Array) or a LGA (Land Grid Array) in which a single semiconductor chip is mounted. Further, the invention is also applicable to a MCP having three or more chips. 
         [0108]    Further, although in the foregoing embodiments, the description has been made of a case where a glass-epoxy wiring board is used, the invention is also applicable to a flexible wiring board made of polyimide or the like, as long as the wiring board has external terminals arranged only on the periphery and has a region where wiring patterns are arranged densely.