Patent Publication Number: US-7902666-B1

Title: Flip chip device having soldered metal posts by surface mounting

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a semiconductor device, and more particularly to a semiconductor flip-chip assembly having MPS-C2 (Metal Post Solder-Chip Connection) structure. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The conventional flip-chip bonding technology is related to dispose a plurality of bumps such as solder balls on an active surface of a chip, then the bumps are electrically and mechanically jointed to the corresponding connection pads of a substrate or a printed circuit board by flipping, attaching, and reflow processes to complete a flip chip assembly. When comparing to the conventional electrical connections of wire bonding, flip chip technologies can be implemented in semiconductor packages with high pin counts to provide shorter electrical connections between bumped chips and substrates with good signal qualities at higher operation frequencies. Traditionally, the solder balls are electrically and mechanically connected to the substrate by reflow processes. However, the solder balls are completely melt under reflow temperature which can not maintain a specific gap between the bumped chip and the substrate, moreover, the solder balls after reflow are spherical with the contour extending outside the corresponding connection pads. To avoid electrical short between the adjacent solder bumps due to bridging and potential contamination issues, a redistribution layer (RDL) has to be designed on an active surface of a chip to change the positions of the solder balls and to increase pitches between solder balls. 
     Due to the above mentioned issues, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) implemented metal posts to replace the conventional solder balls without RDL to make the pitch of the metal posts equal to the one of the bonding pads of a chip which is less than 80 μm where soldering materials are implemented for achieving electrical and mechanical connections between the metal posts of the chip and the connection pads of the substrate, i.e., MPS-C2 technology (Metal Post Solder-Chip Connection). During reflow processes, the reflow temperature does not reach the melting point of the metal posts to keep the pillar shape intact without melting into balls. Moreover, the bump pitch of the metal posts can be greatly reduced without bridging issues between the adjacent bumps as the conventional solder balls. Therefore, the bumps can be disposed in a much higher density with smaller pitches without RDL where specific joint heights can be maintained without affecting the filling of underfill materials. This MPS-C2 technology is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,229,220 B1, entitled “Bump structure, bump forming method and package connection body” 
     In the MPS-C2 technology, flip-chip die bonder is implemented for fabricating a semiconductor flip-chip assembly by soldering metal posts. As shown in  FIG. 1 , a substrate  110  has a plurality of bonding fingers  111  disposed on the substrate  110 . As shown in  FIG. 2 , a chip  120  has a plurality of metal posts  121  corresponding to the bonding fingers  111  of the substrate  110  and a component active area  124  located on the center of the active surface of the chip  120  where the metal posts  121  are not disposed inside the component active area  124 . Without RDL, the metal posts  121  can be disposed at peripheries of the active surface or any locations except the component active area  124 . As shown in  FIG. 3 , the soldering materials  130  are disposed at the flat tops of the metal posts  121 . Through reflow processes, the metal posts  121  are electrically and mechanically connected to the bonding fingers  111  of the substrate  110  by reflowing the soldering materials  130 . During flip-chip assembly processes, the metal posts  121  of the chip  120  are aligned to the bonding fingers  111  where the high alignment accuracy is strictly required that the virtual central lines of the bonding fingers  111  can not exceed the edges of the metal posts  121 . As shown in  FIG. 3 , the maximum displacement tolerance between the metal posts  121  and the bonding fingers  111 , i.e., the alignment accuracy, can not be greater than half of the width of the bonding fingers  111  which is 25 μm. By using the surface tension of the melt soldering materials  130  under reflowing temperatures, the metal posts  121  still can accurately be aligned to the bonding fingers  111 . Therefore, for chips with smaller bump pitches, such as 80 μm pitches or even smaller such as 50 μm pitches, the requirement of alignment accuracy will become higher and tighter. Therefore, in the conventional flip chip technologies, only flip-chip die bonders can achieve the fabrication of flip-chip assembly having MPS-C2 with satisfied yield. 
     As shown in  FIG. 4A , the metal posts  121  are completely aligned to the bonding fingers  111  before reflow processes so that the chip  120  can accurately be connected to the substrate  110  after reflow processes without misalignment issues. As shown in  FIG. 4B , with a certain displacement after alignment, the displacement tolerance δ of the chip  120  can not be greater than half of the width, W, of the bonding fingers  111 , i.e., δ&lt;½ W, so that the metal posts  121  still can be aligned to the virtual central line of the corresponding bonding fingers  111 . During reflow processes, the melt soldering material  130  still has the self-alignment characteristic to pull back and align the displaced metal posts  121  to the corresponding bonding fingers  111  to overcome chip misalignment as shown in  FIG. 4C . 
     However, as shown in  FIG. 5 , when the displacement tolerance δ of the chip  120  is greater than half of the width, W, of the bonding fingers  111 , i.e., δ&gt;½ W, any portions of the metal posts  121  can not be aligned to the virtual central line of the corresponding bonding fingers  111  leading to alignment failure. As shown in  FIG. 5B , the soldering materials  130  of the metal posts  121  will be mainly located at the spacing between adjacent bonding fingers  111 . Once the soldering materials  130  contact to two adjacent bonding fingers  111 , the melt soldering material  130  during reflow processes will not be able to achieve self-alignment of a chip leading to bridging, i.e., electrical short. Or, as shown in  FIG. 5C , even though the soldering materials  113  can slightly pull the metal posts  121  back to alignment during reflow processes, however, the metal posts  121  only partially contact to the correct pin positions of the corresponding bonding fingers  111  forming solder joints that can easily be broken. Therefore, when the displacement tolerance δ of the chip  120  is greater than half of the width, W, of the bonding fingers  111 , quality of electrical connections as well as the yield of flip-chip assembly are greatly reduced. 
     As shown in  FIG. 6A , before reflow processes, when the displacement tolerance δ of the chip  120  is far greater than half of the width, W, of the bonding fingers  111 , reaching one or more pitches of the bonding fingers  111 , i.e., the metal posts  121  are aligned to wrong bonding fingers  111 . Then, as shown in  FIG. 6B , after reflow processes, the metal posts  121  are soldered to wrong bonding fingers  111  causing wrong signal transmission leading to malfunction of the semiconductor flip-chip assembly. 
     Therefore, in the conventional MPS-C2 technologies, the displacement tolerance δ of a bumped chip ranges from 0 to half of the width W of the bonding fingers, i.e., 0&lt;δ&lt;½ W. Once the displacement tolerance exceeds the above tolerance ranges, the metal posts can not self-align to the corresponding bonding fingers during reflow processes causing tilting or rotation displacement leading to wrong signal transmission where the flip-chip assembled packages have to be reworked or scrapped which greatly impacts the processing yield and cost. Therefore, the conventional MPS-C2 technologies, flip-chip die bonders with bonding accuracy around ±10 μm are required which can be less than half of the width of the bonding fingers such as &lt;50 μm, about 25 μm. The displacement tolerance δ is controlled under 12.5 μm. Moreover, the alignment accuracy of an existing SMT mounter is around ±50 μm which can not reach the flip-chip assembly requirements of MPS-C2 leading to poor qualities of electrical connections with lower assembly yields. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor flip-chip assembly having MPS-C2 structure where the existing SMT mounter with poor alignment accuracy can be implemented for soldering the metal posts to replace the conventional flip-chip die bonder to achieve higher productivity with lower costs in MPS-C2 flip-chip technologies. 
     The second purpose of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor flip-chip assembly having MPS-C2 structure which can greatly enhance alignment accuracy during soldering of the metal posts in MPS-C2 flip-chip technologies. 
     According to the present invention, a semiconductor flip-chip assembly having MPS-C2 structure is revealed, primarily comprising a substrate, a chip, a plurality of first soldering materials and a plurality of accessory soldering materials. The substrate has a plurality of first connecting pads and a plurality of accessory pads. The first connecting pads are disposed along a first straight line to have a first pad width and a first pad pitch parallel to the first straight line where the first pad pitch is greater than the first pad width. The chip has a plurality of first metal posts and a plurality of accessory bumps extruded from a same surface of the chip. The first soldering materials solder the first metal posts to the corresponding first connecting pads and the accessory soldering materials solder the accessory bumps to the corresponding accessory pads where the accessory bumps have a plurality of soldered flat tops in dimensions corresponding to the soldered areas of the accessory pads. Moreover, each soldered flat top has a plurality of angular corners and an edge between two adjacent angular corners where the length of the edge is at least twice greater than the one of the first pad pitch. 
     The semiconductor flip-chip assembly having MPS-C2 structure according to the present invention has the following advantages and functions:
     1. Through the specific combination of accessory pads, accessory bumps, and additional solder materials as a technical mean where the dimensions of the soldered flat tops of the accessory bumps are corresponding to the soldered areas of the accessory pads, the soldered flat tops have a plurality of angular corners and an edge between two adjacent angular corners with the length at least twice greater than the one of first pad pitch, the shifting or rotation displacement of metal posts can be obviously self-aligned during reflow processes so that the existing SMT mounter with poor alignment accuracy can be implemented for the flip-chip assembly with soldered metal posts to replace the conventional flip-chip die bonder with high alignment accuracy to increase overall productivity in MPS-C2 technologies.   2. Through the specific combination of accessory pads and soldered flat tops of accessory bumps as a technical mean where the soldered flat tops have a plurality of angular corners covered by the accessory soldering materials, the alignment accuracy of the metal posts can be greatly enhanced during reflow processes in MPS-C2 technologies.   

    
    
     
       DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a top view of a substrate of a conventional semiconductor flip-chip assembly having MPS-C2 structure. 
         FIG. 2  is a top view of a bumped chip of a conventional semiconductor flip-chip assembly having MPS-C2 structure. 
         FIG. 3  is a partial cross-sectional view to show the chip mounted to the substrate for fabricating the conventional semiconductor flip-chip assembly. 
         FIGS. 4A to 4C  are partial top views and a partial cross-sectional view to show the metal posts jointed to bonding fingers with chip displacement (δ) between 0˜½ finger width (W) during fabricating the conventional semiconductor flip-chip assembly. 
         FIGS. 5A to 5C  are partial top views and a partial cross-sectional view to show the metal posts jointed to bonding fingers with chip displacement (δ) greater than ½ finger width (W) during fabricating the conventional semiconductor flip-chip assembly. 
         FIGS. 6A and 6B  are a partial top view and a partial cross-sectional view to show the metal posts jointed to bonding fingers with chip displacement (δ) equal to the finger pitch during fabricating the conventional semiconductor flip-chip assembly. 
         FIG. 7  is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor flip-chip assembly having MPS-C2 structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 8A and 8B  are top and partially enlarged views of a substrate of the flip-chip assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 9A and 9B  are top and partially enlarged 3D views of a bumped chip of the flip-chip assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 10A to 10C  are partial cross-sectional views to show the bumped chip mounted to the substrate with planar self-alignment during fabricating the flip-chip assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 11A and 11B  are top and partially enlarged views of a substrate of another flip-chip assembly according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 12A and 12B  are top and partially enlarged 3D views of a bumped chip of another flip-chip assembly according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 13A and 13B  are top and partially enlarged views of a substrate of another flip-chip assembly according to the third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 14A and 14B  are top and partially enlarged 3D views of a bumped chip of another flip-chip assembly according to the third embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIGS. 15A and 15B  are top views to show the bumped chip mounted to the substrate with rotation self-alignment during fabricating the flip-chip assembly according to the third embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference to the attached drawings, the present invention is described by means of the embodiment(s) below where the attached drawings are simplified for illustration purposes only to illustrate the structures or methods of the present invention by describing the relationships between the components and assembly in the present invention. Therefore, the components shown in the figures are not expressed with the actual numbers, actual shapes, actual dimensions, nor with the actual ratio. Some of the dimensions or dimension ratios have been enlarged or simplified to provide a better illustration. The actual numbers, actual shapes, or actual dimension ratios can be selectively designed and disposed and the detail component layouts may be more complicated. 
     According to the first embodiment of the present invention, a semiconductor device having MPS-C2 structure is illustrated in  FIG. 7  for a cross-sectional view. A semiconductor flip-chip assembly  200  primarily comprises a substrate  210 , a chip  220 , a plurality of first soldering materials  230 , and a plurality of accessory soldering materials  240  where the chip  220  is mounted on the substrate  210  by soldered metal posts  221 .  FIGS. 8A and 8B  are top and partial enlarged views of the substrate  210 .  FIGS. 9A and 9B  are top and partially enlarged 3D views of the chip  220 . 
     As shown in  FIGS. 8A and 8B , the substrate  210  has a plurality of first connecting pads  211  and a plurality of accessory pads  212 . The first connecting pads  211  are disposed along a first straight line L 1  to have a first pad width W 1  and a first pad pitch P 1  defined parallel to the first straight line L 1  where the first pad pitch P 1  is greater than the first pad width W 1 . The first pad width is defined as the distance from a side to another side of the first connecting pads  211  on the first straight line L 1 . The first pad pitch is defined as the distance between the central points of two adjacent first connecting pads  211  on the first straight line L 1 . Normally, the first pad pitch P 1  is twice the first pad width W 1  where the first pad pitch is corresponding to the pitch of the bonding pads on the chip  220  which is not greater than 80 μm. In the present embodiment, the first pad pitch P 1  is 50 μm. Furthermore, the substrate  210  further has a plurality of second connecting pads  213  disposed along the second straight line L 2  to have a second pad width W 2  and a second pad pitch P 2  defined parallel to the second straight line L 2  where the second pad pitch P 2  is greater than the second pad width W 2  and the second straight line L 2  is perpendicular to the first straight line L 1 . In a preferred embodiment, the second pad pitch P 2  is about twice the second pad width W 2 . The first straight line L 1  and the second straight line L 2  are fictitious lines defined according to the layout directions of the connecting pads but not solid lines disposed on the substrate  210 . Therefore, the layout direction of the first connecting pads  211  is perpendicular to the layout direction of the second connecting pads  213  and all of the connecting pads are disposed in peripheries of the substrate  210 . In a preferred embodiment, a corner spacing  214  is formed between the first connecting pads  211  and the second connecting pads  213  to form an incomplete peripheral arrangement, that means no connecting pad is formed at the intersection of the first straight line L 1  and the second straight line L 2 . 
     As shown in  FIGS. 9A and 9B , the chip  220  has a plurality of first metal posts  211  and a plurality of accessory bumps  222  extruded from a same surface  220 A where the surface  220 A is the active surface of the chip  220 . The surface  220 A includes a component active area  224  in which IC circuits are formed. In the present embodiment, the first metal posts  221  and the accessory bumps  222  are disposed outside the component active area  224  without affecting the circuit design of the chip  220  and without the deposition of RDL. The first metal posts  221  are configured to electrically connect the chip  220  to the substrate  210 . Metal posts have a height more than the thickness of pads with a non-deformable shape to perform stand-off purpose during reflow processes. In the present embodiment, the accessory bumps  222  and the first metal posts  221  are made of the same metal such as copper or gold. The accessory bumps  222  are designed for the purposes of self-alignment and mechanical connections without any electrical functions. In a preferred embodiment, the accessory bumps  222  and the first metal posts  221  are copper metal posts where the first metal posts  221  are cylinders. Furthermore, the chip  220  further has a plurality of second metal posts  223  extruded from the same surface  220 A of the chip  220  for soldering to the second connecting pads  213  where the accessory bumps  222  are disposed at the interior angle between the first straight line L 1  and the second straight line L 2 , i.e., the accessory bumps  222  are adjacent to the corner spacing  214  but not on the straight line L 1  nor on the straight line L 2 . Therefore, the first metal posts  221  and the second metal posts  223  can be disposed in a much higher density on the peripheries of the chip  220  without changing the dimension of the chip  220 . To be more specific, the first metal posts  221  and the second metal posts  223  are not located at the corners of the chip  220  due to the incomplete peripheral arrangement. In the present embodiment, as shown in  FIG. 9B , each accessory bump  222  has a soldered flat top  222 A with a dimension completely corresponding to the soldered area  212 A of the corresponding accessory pad  212 , referred to  FIGS. 8B and 9B . Accordingly, the soldered flat top  222 A and the soldered area  212 A are the same in shape and in area. More specific, the soldered flat top  222 A has a plurality of angular corners  222 B and an edge between two adjacent angular corners  222 B as shown in  FIG. 9A  where the length S of the edge is more than twice greater than the first pad pitch P 1 . To be more specific, the length S of the edge can be greater than 100 μm while the first pad width W 1  ranges from 20 μm to 50 μm, i.e., the length S can be around two to four times greater than the first pad width W 1  or more. In the present embodiment, the soldered flat top  222 A is in L-shape to have five angular corners  222 B. By using the specific shapes of the soldered flat tops  222 A of the accessory bumps  222 , the number of the angular corners  222 B in one soldered flat top can be increased more than four to further enhance the alignment accuracy of metal posts during reflow processes. In a preferred embodiment, each angular corner  222 B is 90 degrees or less than 90 degrees to make the angular corners  222   b  become right angles or acute angles to improve self-alignment function. Furthermore, each first metal post  221  has a flat top surface  221 A with a dimension smaller than the one of the soldered flat top  222 A and with a shape not corresponding to the one of the first connecting pads  211 . In the present embodiment, the flat top surfaces  221 A and the soldered flat tops  222 A can be located in the same horizontal plane so that the heights of the first metal posts  221  and the accessory bumps  222  are the same. Moreover, in the present embodiment, the flat top surfaces  221 A can be circular and the first connecting pads  221  are finger-like where the dimension of the first connecting pads  211  is not less than the dimension of the flat top surfaces  221 A. As shown in  FIGS. 8A and 8B , each accessory pad  212  has a side corresponding to the edge of the soldered flat top  222 A parallel to the first straight line L 1 . 
     As shown in  FIGS. 7 and 10C , the first soldering materials  230  solder the first metal posts  221  to the first connecting pads  211 . In one embodiment, as shown in  FIG. 10A , the first soldering materials  230  can be preformed on the flat top surfaces  221 A of the first metal posts  221 . The material of the first soldering materials  230  is Sn—Ag. Since the first soldering materials  230  only cover the flat top surfaces  221 A without covering the sidewalls of the first metal posts  221 , therefore, the thickness of the first soldering materials  230  is less than the height of the first metal posts  221  so that the first soldering materials  230  don&#39;t have apparent circular surface expansion during soldering the first metal posts  221  to the first connecting pads  211 . Thus, the first metal posts  221  can be disposed in a much higher density on the surface  220 A of the chip  220 . As shown in  FIGS. 7 and 10C  again, the accessory soldering materials  240  solder the accessory bumps  222  to the accessory pads  212  where the accessory soldering materials  240  can fully cover the angular corners  222 B without fully covering the accessory bumps  222  and the thickness of the second soldering materials  240  is smaller than the heights of the accessory bumps  222  so that the accessory soldering materials  240  are effectively able to self-align even when the chip displacement is greater than half of the pad width, for example, the thickness of the accessory soldering materials  240  is about two-third of the height of the accessory bumps  222 . The first soldering materials  230  and the accessory soldering materials  240  can be respectively disposed on the first metal posts  221  and on the accessory bumps  222  by printing, plating, dipping or transferring in advance. Furthermore, a plurality of second soldering materials, not shown in the figure, are further included to solder the second metal posts  223  to the second connecting pads  213  where the accessory soldering materials  240 , the first soldering materials  230 , and the second soldering materials can be the same or different materials. When the same material is implemented, the misalignment issue where the chip displacement is greater than half of the pad width but less than the pad pitch can be resolved. In a preferable embodiment, the reflow temperature of the accessory soldering materials  240  can be lower than the reflow temperature of the first soldering materials  230  to overcome the misalignment issue when the chip displacement is greater than the pad pitch but smaller than half of the width of the accessory pads  212 . During reflow processes, the accessory soldering materials  240  begin to melt to become liquid when temperature ramps up so that self-alignment becomes effective due to surface tension where the melted accessory soldering materials  240  drive the centers of the soldered flat top  222 A of the accessory bumps  222  toward the centers of the accessory pads  212  to make the chip  220  accurately align to the substrate  210 . Then, as the temperature continues to rise, the first soldering materials  230  begin to melt to achieve soldering of metal posts  221  to complete electrical connections, as shown in  FIG. 7  and  FIG. 10C . 
     As shown in  FIG. 10A , when implementing an SMT mounter to flip-chip assemble the chip  220  to the substrate  210  according to the present invention, the accessory bumps  222  and the first metal posts  221  of the chip  220  are individually aligned to the accessory pads  212  and the first connecting pads  211  of the substrate  210 . Since an SMT mounter has the capability of batch-type mass production with poor alignment accuracy leading to misalignment of the chip  220  and the substrate  210 , as shown in  FIG. 10B , the displacement tolerance of the chip  220  is far exceeded the conventional self-alignment tolerance of flip chip assembly where the displacement δ of the first metal posts  221  is greater than half of the first pad width W 1 , i.e. δ&gt;½ W 1 , or even worse, the displacement δ is almost the same as the first pad pitch P 1  when serious misalignment encountered. However, the displacement of the accessory bumps  221  is still smaller than half of the width S of the accessory pads  212  which is still within the self-alignment tolerance, i.e., δ&lt;½ S. Therefore, during reflow processes, the accessory soldering materials  240  melt to become liquid, through the surface tensions of the melting accessory soldering materials  240  exerted on the accessory bumps  222  and the accessory pads  212 , the accessory bumps  222  are pulled back and aligned to the accessory pads  212  and simultaneously the first metal posts  221  are also pulled back and aligned to the corresponding first connecting pads  211 . As shown in  FIG. 10C , the chip  220  is connected to the substrate  210  after reflow processes so that the first metal posts  221  are accurately soldered to the corresponding first connecting pads  211  to achieve electrical and mechanical connections. 
     In the present invention, as shown in  FIGS. 8B and 9B , through specific combinations of the dimensions of the soldered flat tops  222 A of the accessory bumps  222  corresponding to the soldered areas  212 A of the accessory pads  212  where the soldered flat tops  222 A have the length S of the edge between the angular corners  222 B twice greater than the first pad pitch P 1 , an SMT mounter with poor alignment accuracy can replace the more advanced and more expensive flip-chip die bonder for fabricating the flip chip assembly with MPS-C2 structure to further enhance the advantages of an SMT mounter to increase overall productivity. In one of the embodiment to achieve the above mentioned advantages, the semiconductor flip-chip assembly  200  during reflow processes, the accessory soldering materials  240  melt firstly to have enough surface tension to achieve self-alignment of the accessory bumps  222  to the accessory pads  212 , meanwhile, the misaligned first metal posts  221  are also automatically pulled back to align to the corresponding first connecting pads  211  of the substrate  210 . Therefore, the existing SMT mounter with poor alignment accuracy can be fully implemented to achieve higher productivity and higher yields with good alignment accuracy through the soldered accessory bumps  222  to replace the conventional expensive flip-chip die bonder. The productivity comparison between the conventional flip-chip die bonder for MPS-C2 and an SMT mounter according to the present invention is shown in the following table. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
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                 UPH &gt; 10,000 
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     According to the second embodiment of the present invention, another semiconductor flip-chip assembly having MPS-C2 structure primarily comprises a substrate  210  as shown in  FIG. 11A  and  FIG. 11B  and a chip  220  as shown in  FIG. 12A  and  FIG. 12B , further comprising a plurality of first soldering materials  230  and a plurality of accessory soldering materials  240  where the major components and described numbers are the same as the first embodiment which will not be explained again. 
     As shown in  FIG. 12A  and  FIG. 12B , in the present embodiment, each accessory bump  222  is composed by two individual sub-bumps, a first sub-bump  322 A and a second sub-bump  322 B. A filling gap  325  is formed between the first sub-bump  322 A and the second sub-bump  322 B where the filling gap  325  is aligned to the corner spacing  214  to enhance underfilling of the joint height through the filling gap  325 . To be more specific, the soldered flat tops  222 A of the first sub-bumps  322 A and the second sub-bumps  322 B are long rectangles where the disposition direction of the first sub-bumps  322 A is perpendicular to the disposition direction of the second sub-bumps  322 B to avoid overlapping the component active area  224  (as shown in  FIG. 12A ). The so-called “long rectangles” means that the length of the longer side is equal to or more than twice the length of the shorter side and each soldered flat top  222 A has four angular corners  222 B. 
     As shown in  FIGS. 11A and 11B , the dimensions of the accessory pads  212  are corresponding to the soldered flat tops  222 A to have same shape and area. Each accessory pad  212  has a side corresponding to the edge S parallel to the first straight line L 1 . Therefore, after mounting the chip  220  to the substrate  210 , an underfill material  260  can be easily formed in the central gap between the chip  220  and the substrate  210  through the filling gap  325  and encapsulate the metal posts  221  and accessory bumps  222  (as shown in  FIG. 7 ) so that the semiconductor flip-chip assembly is completely sealed and the impact of stresses or forces induced by CTE mismatching between the chip  220  and the substrate  210  can be effectively reduced through the underfill materials to enhance the lifetime of the chip. 
     According to the third embodiment of the present invention, another semiconductor flip-chip assembly having MPS-C2 structure primarily comprises the substrate  210  as shown in  FIG. 13A  and  FIG. 13B  and the chip  220  as shown in  FIGS. 14A and 14B , further comprising a plurality of first soldering materials  230  and a plurality of accessory soldering materials  240  where the major components and described numbers are the same as the first embodiment which will not be explained again. 
     As shown in  FIG. 13A  and  FIG. 14A , the accessory pad  212  has a side corresponding to the edge S of the solder flat top  222 A of the accessory bumps  222  where the side is tilt and not parallel to the first straight line L 1 . An angle formed between the tilt side and the first straight line L 1  is greater than 0 degree and smaller than 90 degrees. In one of the embodiment, as shown in  FIG. 13B , the angle between the side and the first straight line L 1  is about 45 degrees so that the side is facing to the corner spacing  214 . To be more specific, the dimensions of the soldered flat tops  222 A of the accessory bumps  222  are corresponding to the soldered areas  212 A of the accessory pads  212 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 15A , when the chip  220  is mounted to the substrate  210  through a reflow processes, the electrical connections between the chip  220  and the substrate  210  is completed by the soldered metal posts  223 . Once the chip  220  has rotation displacement and can not be accurately aligned to the substrate  210 , a rotation angle is formed between the chip  220  and the substrate  210 . Through the soldering relationship between the accessory bumps  222  and the accessory pads  212  to generate the self-alignment ability due to the surface tension induced by the melting of the accessory soldering materials during the reflow processes, the accessory bumps  222  will rotate to achieve self-alignment, as shown by the rotation arrow in  FIG. 15A , so that the accessory bumps  222  are accurately aligned to the accessory pads  212 . As shown in  FIG. 15B , when the accessory bumps  222  are self-aligned to the accessory pads  212 , the chip  220  can be accurately aligned and connected to the substrate  210  to achieve and assure excellent quality of electrical connections between the chip  220  and the substrate  210 . 
     The above description of embodiments of this invention is intended to be illustrative but not limited. Other embodiments of this invention will be obvious to those skilled in the art in view of the above disclosure which still will be covered by and within the scope of the present invention even with any modifications, equivalent variations, and adaptations.