Patent Publication Number: US-10763293-B2

Title: Image sensing chip package and image sensing chip packaging method

Description:
The present application claims priorities to Chinese Patent Application No. 201711229423.0, titled “IMAGE SENSING CHIP PACKAGE AND IMAGE SENSING CHIP PACKAGING METHOD”, filed on Nov. 29, 2017 with the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office and Chinese Patent Application No. 201721632054.5, titled “IMAGE SENSING CHIP PACKAGE”, filed on Nov. 29, 2017 with the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office, both of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. 
     FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to the technical field of chip packaging, and in particular to an image sensing chip package and an image sensing chip packaging method. 
     BACKGROUND 
     In a conventional image sensing chip package, the image sensing chip is generally packaged by wire bonding. However, with the rapid development of integrated circuits, a size of a product cannot meet a desired requirement due to a long wire. With the development of the technology, the wafer level packaging gradually becomes a more common packaging method instead of the wire bonding packaging. 
       FIG. 1  shows an existing wafer level package, in which image sensing chips  11  are secured to a substrate  13  via an adhesive  12 , and a lens  14  is arranged above the image sensing chips  11 . The lens  14  is supported by a lens holder  15 . 
     In the wafer level package shown in  FIG. 1 , since the image sensing chips  11  are secured by using the adhesive  12 , a thickness of which is not well controlled, a height of the image sensing chip  11  is not easily controlled, resulting in a large deviation between an actual height and a design height of the image sensing chip  11 . Therefore, in the package, a distance between the image sensing chip  11  and the lens  14  above the image sensing chip  11  is not easily controlled, resulting in a large deviation between the actual distance and the design distance between the image sensing chip  11  and the lens  14  above the image sensing chip  11 . In order to ensure the imaging quality of the image sensor, the distance between the image sensing chip and the lens above the image sensing chip is required to be strictly controlled to reduce the deviation between the actual distance and the design distance as much as possible. Therefore, the imaging quality of the image sensor is difficult to be controlled with the wafer level package shown in  FIG. 1 . 
     SUMMARY 
     In view of this, an image sensing chip package and an image sensing chip packaging method are provided according to embodiments of the present disclosure, to strictly control a height of an image sensing chip, thereby improving the imaging quality of an image sensor. 
     The following technical solutions are provided in the present disclosure. 
     An image sensing chip package is provided, which includes a substrate and one or more image sensing chips. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. One or more through holes penetrating the first surface and the second surface are formed on the substrate. First contact pads electrically connected to front surfaces of the image sensing chips are provided on the first surface. Second contact pads used to be electrically connected to an external circuit are provided on the second surface of the substrate. Electrical connection structures for electrically connecting the first contact pads with the second contact pads are provided in the substrate. The image sensing chips are located in the through holes, with the front surfaces of the image sensing chips being flush with the first surface of the substrate. The front surface of each of the image sensing chips is provided with a photosensitive region and third contact pads located on the periphery of the photosensitive region. Each of the third contact pads is electrically connected to one of the first contact pads via a wire. 
     An image sensing chip packaging method is provided, which includes: providing a substrate, where the substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, first contact pads electrically connected to front surfaces of one or more image sensing chips are provided on the first surface, second contact pads used to be electrically connected to an external circuit are provided on the second surface of the substrate, electrical connection structures for electrically connecting the first contact pads with the second contact pads are provided in the substrate; forming one or more through holes penetrating the first surface and the second surface on the substrate, where each of the through holes is arranged to accommodate at least one of the image sensing chips; forming a covering layer for enclosing openings of the through holes facing towards the first surface on the first surface of the substrate; placing the image sensing chips in the through holes, where the front surfaces of the image sensing chips are in contact with a surface of the covering layer, and the front surface of each of the image sensing chips is provided with a photosensitive region and third contact pads located on the periphery of the photosensitive region; connecting the image sensing chips with the substrate to form an integral structure of the image sensing chips and the substrate; removing the covering layer; and electrically connecting each of the third contact pads with the first contact pad corresponding to the third contact pad via a wire. 
     Compared with the conventional technology, the present disclosure has the following beneficial effects. 
     It can be seen from the above technical solutions, in the image sensing chip package according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, the image sensing chip is located in the through hole of the substrate, and the front surface of the image sensing chip is flush with the first surface of the substrate. In this way, in the image sensing chip package, the height of the image sensing chip is controlled with the first surface of the substrate as a reference. Since the first surface of the substrate does not change in the packaging process, almost no uncontrollable factor affects the height of the image sensing chip. Therefore, with the image sensing chip package, the height of the image sensing chip can be accurately controlled, thereby reducing a deviation between an actual height and a design height of the image sensing chip, so that the actual height of the image sensing chip is substantially the same as the design height, and thus a distance between the image sensing chip and a lens above the image sensing chip can be strictly controlled, thereby improving imaging quality of an image sensor. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       In order to more clearly illustrate technical solutions in the present disclosure and the conventional technology, the drawings to be used in the description of the technical solutions of the present disclosure and the conventional technology are briefly described below. Apparently, the drawings show only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings may be obtained by those skilled in the art without any creative work. 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram of a wafer level image sensing chip package in the conventional technology; 
         FIG. 2A  is a schematic sectional view of an image sensing chip package according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 2B  is a top view of the image sensing chip package according to the embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 2C  is a top view of an image sensing chip package according to another embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 3  is a schematic sectional view of an image sensing chip package according to another embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 4  is a schematic sectional view of an image sensing chip package according to another embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 5  is a schematic sectional view of an image sensing chip package according to another embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 6  is a schematic sectional view of an image sensing chip package according to another embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 7  is a schematic sectional view of an image sensing chip package according to another embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 8  is a schematic flowchart of an image sensing chip packaging method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and 
         FIGS. 9A to 9F  show schematic sectional diagrams corresponding to a series of flows in the image sensing chip packaging method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
               
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     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     As described in the background, in order to ensure the imaging quality of an image sensor, a distance between an image sensing chip and a lens above the image sensing chip is required to be strictly controlled to be substantially the same as a design distance, so as to reduce a deviation between the actual distance and the design distance. 
     The distance between the image sensing chip and the lens above the image sensing chip is affected by factors including a height of the image sensing chip and a height of the lens. Therefore, the height of the image sensing chip and/or the height of the lens are required to be strictly controlled, so as to strictly control the distance between the image sensing chip and the lens above the image sensing chip. 
     In embodiments of the present disclosure, the distance between the image sensing chip and the lens above the image sensing chip is strictly controlled by strictly controlling the height of the image sensing chip, thereby improving the imaging quality of the image sensor. 
     In order to strictly control the height of the image sensing chip, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the image sensing chip is embedded in a through hole of a substrate. Further, in order to better control the height of the image sensing chip, a front surface of the image sensing chip is caused to be flush with a first surface of the substrate, instead of a solution in the conventional technology in which the image sensing chip is adhered to a surface of the substrate by using an adhesive. Since a height of the first surface of the substrate does not change in the packaging process, the height of the image sensing chip after the packaging process is the same as the design height. Therefore, with the embodiments of the present disclosure, a deviation between the actual height and the design height of the image sensing chip can be reduced, so as to strictly control the height of the image sensing chip, thereby improving the imaging quality of the image sensor. 
     The embodiments of the present disclosure are described below in detail in conjunction with the drawings. It should be understood that the embodiments are not intended to limit the present disclosure. Any modifications to structures, methods or functions made by those skilled in the art based on these embodiments fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure. 
     To make the above objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure more apparent and easier to be understood, the embodiments of the present disclosure are illustrated in detail in conjunction with the drawings hereinafter. When describing the embodiments of the present disclosure, sectional views showing the structure of the device may be partially enlarged in accordance with a specific scale for ease of illustration. Further, the schematic views are only exemplary, and do not limit the protection scope of the present disclosure. In addition, sizes in the three-dimensional space, i.e., the length, the width and the depth should be considered in the actual manufacture. 
     Reference is made to  FIGS. 2A to 2B .  FIG. 2A  is a schematic sectional view of an image sensing chip package according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.  FIG. 2B  is a top view of the image sensing chip package according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     As shown in  FIGS. 2A and 2B , an image sensing chip package  200  includes a substrate  21  and at least one image sensing chip  22 . 
     The substrate  21  includes a first surface  21   a  and a second surface  21   b  opposite to each other. At least one through hole  211  penetrating the first surface  21   a  and the second surface  21   b  is formed on the substrate  21 . 
     First contact pads  212  are provided on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . 
     Second contact pads  213  are provided on the second surface  21   b  of the substrate  21 . The second contact pads  213  are used to electrically connect the substrate  21  with an external circuit. 
     Electrical connection structures  214  are provided in the substrate  21 . The electrical connection structures  214  are used to electrically connect the first contact pads  212  with the second contact pads  213 . 
     The image sensing chip  22  is located in the through hole  211 . The front surface of the image sensing chip  22  and the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21  face the same direction and located on the same plane. That is, the front surface of the image sensing chip  22  is flush with the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . 
     The front surface of the image sensing chip  22  is provided with a photosensitive region  221  and third contact pads  222  located on the periphery of the photosensitive region  221 . The photosensitive region  221  is electrically connected to the third contact pads  222  (which is not shown in  FIGS. 2A and 2B ). Each of the third contact pads  222  is electrically connected to the first contact pad  212  on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21  corresponding to the third contact pad via a wire  23 . 
     In this way, signal transmission is performed between the external circuit and the image sensing chip  22  via the second contact pad  213 , the electrical connection structure  214 , the first contact pad  212  and the third contact pad  222  electrically connected with each other. 
     Moreover, as an example of the present disclosure, a thickness of the image sensing chip  22  may be less than a thickness of the substrate  21 . Since the front surface of the image sensing chip  22  is flush with the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 , there is a height difference between a back surface of the image sensing chip  22  and the second surface  21   b  of the substrate  21 . In order to fill the height difference, a region in the through hole  211  that is not occupied by the image sensing chip  22  may be filled with a plastic packaging material  24 . 
     Moreover, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the image sensing chip  22  is a semiconductor chip including at least an image sensing unit. The image sensing unit may be a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensor or a charge coupled device (CCD) sensor. The image sensing chip  22  may further include an association circuit connected with the image sensing unit. 
     As an example of the present disclosure, the first contact pads  212  may be metal solder bumps protruding from the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 , or a metal wiring layer arranged on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . Similarly, the second contact pads  213  may be metal solder bumps protruding from the second surface  21   b  of the substrate  21 , or a metal wiring layer arranged on the second surface  21   b  of the substrate  21 . 
     The third contact pads  222  provided on the front surface of the image sensing chip  22  may be metal solder bumps arranged on the front surface of the image sensing chip  22 , or a metal wiring layer formed on the front surface of the image sensing chip  22 . 
     As an example of the present disclosure, the first contact pads  212 , the second contact pads  213 , and the third contact pads  222  may be made of Al, Au or Cu. 
     It should be noted that in the image sensing chip package according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, one image sensing chip  22  is arranged in each through hole  211  on the substrate  21 , with front surfaces of all image sensing chips  22  being flush with the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . In this way, it can be ensured that the front surfaces of all the image sensing chips  22  are located on the same plane, and the corresponding package is as shown in  FIGS. 2A and 2B . 
     Alternatively, multiple image sensing chips  22  may be arranged in each through hole  211 , with front surfaces of all image sensing chips  22  being flush with the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . In this way, it can be ensured that the front surfaces of all the image sensing chips  22  are located on the same plane, and a top view of the corresponding package is as shown in  FIG. 2C . 
     As another example of the present disclosure, as shown in  FIG. 3 , in order to protect the wire  23  from being scratched, the wire  23  may be wrapped by the plastic packaging material. In order to realize that the wire  23  is wrapped by the plastic packaging material  24 , other regions on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21  and the front surface of the image sensing chip  22  than the photosensitive region  221  are wrapped by the plastic packaging material to form a plastic package. 
     Moreover, as another example of the present disclosure, in order to facilitate the electrical connection between the image sensing chip package and the external circuit, as shown in  FIG. 4 , a solder bump  25  may be formed on each of the second contact pads  213 . More specifically, the solder bump  25  may be a metal solder ball. For example, the metal solder ball may be implemented by a metal tin ball. 
     As another example of the present disclosure, in order to protect the substrate  21 , a plastic packaging process may be performed on the second surface  21   b  of the substrate  21 , to form a plastic package on the second surface side of the substrate  21 . Moreover, in order to facilitate the electrical connection between the image sensing chip package and the external circuit, the package on the second surface side formed by the plastic packaging process is required to be grinded to expose the solder bumps  25 . In this way, other regions on the side of the second surface  21   b  of the substrate  21  than the second contact pads  213  are covered with the plastic packaging material  24 , and thus the image sensing chip  22  and the substrate can be wrapped by the plastic packaging material  24  to form the plastic package. 
     Moreover, as another example of the present disclosure, in order to prevent the photosensitive region  221  from being contaminated by external environments, as shown in  FIG. 5 , based on the package according to any one of the above examples, the image sensing chip package may further include a transparent protection layer  26  for protecting the photosensitive region  221 , which is arranged on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . The transparent protection layer  26  may be an anti-reflection glass layer. Moreover, the transparent protection layer  26  may also be a plastic film. 
     It should be noted that the package shown in  FIG. 5  is obtained based on the package shown in  FIG. 2A . The transparent protection layer  26  may be added to the package shown in  FIG. 3  or  FIG. 4 , to prevent the photosensitive region  211  from being contaminated by external environments. 
     It should be noted that, since the transparent protection layer  26  is a transparent material layer, a lens assembly may be directly assembled on the transparent protection layer  26  or may be assembled on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21  after the transparent protection layer  26  is removed. In the latter case, no chromatic aberration or ghost image occurs in images generated by the formed image sensor, improving the imaging quality of the image sensor. 
     As an example of the present disclosure, the transparent protection layer  26  may be closely adjacent to the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 , and a sectional view of the corresponding package is as shown in  FIG. 5 . As another example of the present disclosure, as shown in  FIG. 6 , the transparent protection layer  26  is separated from the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21  by a certain distance, a sealed cavity  27  is formed between the transparent protection layer  26  and the image sensing chips  22 , and the photosensitive regions  211  are located in the sealed cavity  27 . In this way, the photosensitive regions  211  can be prevented from being contaminated by contaminations such as dusts. As an example of the present disclosure, in order to form the sealed cavity  27  between the transparent protection layer  26  and the image sensing chips  22 , a support structure  28  for supporting the transparent protection layer  26  is formed on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . The support structure  28  is located between the transparent protection layer  26  and the image sensing chips  22 , and the sealed cavity  27  is formed by surrounding the support structure  28 , the transparent protection layer  26  and the image sensing chips  22 . 
     In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the support structure  28  may be made of a photoresist, and is formed on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21  by an exposure and development process. 
     In other embodiments, other devices such as a resistor, an inductor, a capacitor, an integrated circuit block or an optical component may be arranged on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 , which may be determined based on types of the substrate and the image sensing chip. 
     In implementations of the packages shown in  FIGS. 2A to 6 , no lens assembly is arranged on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . In order to manufacture an image device, a lens assembly is required to be installed on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 , and a lens in the lens assembly is arranged opposite to the photosensitive region  221  of the image sensing chip  22 . 
     As another implementation of the present disclosure, a lens assembly may be arranged on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate, and a schematic sectional view of the corresponding package is as shown in  FIG. 7 . 
     It should be noted that, the package shown  FIG. 7  is obtained based on the image sensing chip package shown in  FIG. 2A , and the image sensing chip package shown in  FIG. 7  is similar to the image sensing chip package shown in  FIG. 2A . For the sake of brevity, only the difference is emphasized herein, and the similarity may refer to the related description of  FIG. 2A . 
     In addition to components shown in  FIG. 2A , the image sensing chip package shown in  FIG. 7  may further include a lens assembly  29  arranged on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . 
     The lens assembly  29  includes a lens  291  and a lens holder  292 . The lens holder  292  is fixedly connected to the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . As an example, the lens holder  292  may be adhered to the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21  by using an adhesive. In order to make light that passes through the lens  291  be easily detected by the photosensitive region  221 , as an example, the lens  291  may be arranged opposite to the photosensitive region  221  of the image sensing chip  22 . For example, one lens  291  may correspond to one image sensing chip  22  or multiple image sensing chips  22 . 
     In the embodiment of the present disclosure, since there is a certain space between the substrate  21  and the lens  291 , other devices may be formed on the first surface of the substrate  21 , which forms a high-density stacked structure between the lens holder  292  and the substrate  21 , thereby facilitating miniaturization of the devices. Further, optical assembles such as a polarizer and an infrared filter may be formed between the lens  291  and the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 , so as to improve the imaging quality of the image sensor. 
     It should be noted that the above example is an example obtained by adding a lens assembly to the package shown in  FIG. 2A . The lens assembly may be added to the package shown in any one of  FIGS. 3 to 6 . Based on the disclosed implementation of adding the lens assembly to the package in  FIG. 2A , it is conceivable for those skilled in the art to add a lens assembly to the package shown in any one of  FIGS. 3 to 6 , which is not repeated herein for the sake of brevity. 
     In the above implementation including the lens assembly, the image sensing chip package includes the lens assembly. In this way, there is no need to additionally assemble the lens assembly in forming the image sensor, saving an assembly process of the image sensor. 
     The implementations of the image sensing chip package according to the embodiment of the present disclosure are described above. In the above implementations, the image sensing chip  22  is packaged in the through hole  211  of the substrate  21 , and the front surface of the image sensing chip  22  is flush with the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . In this way, in the image sensing chip package, the height of the image sensing chip  22  is controlled with the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21  as a reference. Since the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21  does not change in the packaging process, almost no uncontrollable factor affects the height of the image sensing chip. Therefore, with the image sensing chip package, the height of the image sensing chip can be accurately controlled, thereby reducing the deviation between an actual height and a design height of the image sensing chip, so that the actual height of the image sensing chip is substantially the same as the design height. Therefore, with the implementation, the deviation between the actual height and the design height of the image sensing chip can be reduced, so as to strictly control the height of the image sensing chip, thereby improving the imaging quality of the image sensor. 
     The above shows implementations of the image sensing chip package according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. Based on the implementations, an implementation of an image sensing chip packaging method is further provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     Reference is made to  FIGS. 8 to 9F . The image sensing chip packaging method provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure includes the following steps S 801  to S 808 . 
     In S 801 , a substrate  21  is provided. The substrate  21  includes a first surface  21   a  and a second surface  21   b  opposite to each other. 
     As shown in  FIG. 9A , the substrate  21  includes a first surface  21   a  and the second surface  21   b  opposite to each other. As an example, the substrate  21  may be a printed circuit board (PCB). 
     First contact pads  212  are provided on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . Second contact pads  213  are provided on the second surface  21   b  of the substrate  21 . The second contact pads  213  are used to electrically connect the substrate  21  with an external circuit. 
     Electrical connection structures  214  are provided in the substrate  21 . The electrical connection structures  214  are used to electrically connect the first contact pads  212  with the second contact pads  213 . 
     In S 802 , at least one through hole  211  penetrating the first surface  21   a  and the second surface  21   b  is formed on the substrate  21 . The through hole  211  may accommodate at least one image sensing chip  22 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 9B , at least one through hole  211  penetrating the first surface  21   a  and the second surface  21   b  is formed on the substrate  21  by an etching process or a cutting process. As an example,  FIG. 9B  shows a case that three through holes  211  penetrating the first surface  21   a  and the second surface  21   b  are formed on the substrate  21 . 
     It should be noted that the through hole  211  does not damage the electric connection structures  214  in the substrate  21 , as well as the first contact pads  212  and the second contact pads  213 . 
     The formed through hole  211  is not electrically connected with and the electrical connection structures  214 , the first contact pads  212  and the second contact pads  213 . 
     Since the through hole  211  is used to accommodate at least one image sensing chip  22 , a size of the through hole  211  is at least not less than that of the image sensing chip  22 . Further, shapes of the through hole  211  and the image sensing chip  22  may be the same or different. 
     In S 803 , a covering layer  91  for enclosing an opening of the through hole  211  facing towards the first surface  21   a  is formed on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 9C , a covering layer  91  for enclosing an opening of the through hole  211  facing towards the first surface  21   a  is formed on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . As an example, the covering layer  91  may be an adhesive strip or a carrier plate. 
     In a case where the covering layer  91  is an adhesive strip, step S 803  may be performed by sticking the adhesive strip enclosing the opening of the through hole  211  facing towards the first surface  21   a  on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . 
     In a case where the covering layer  91  is a carrier plate, step S 803  may be performed by detachably fixing the carrier plate on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . 
     In S 804 , the image sensing chip  22  is placed in the through hole  211 . The front surface of the image sensing chip  22  is in contact with a surface of the covering layer  91 . 
     Since the opening of the through hole  211  facing towards the first surface  21   a  is enclosed by the covering layer  91 , the through hole  211  with the enclosed opening becomes a recessed structure. The covering layer  91  is regarded as the bottom of the recessed structure. In this way, the image sensing chip  22  may be placed in the through hole  211  (i.e., the recessed structure) with the enclosed opening. Since the formed through hole  211  may accommodate the image sensing chip  22 , the image sensing chip  22  can be placed on a bottom surface of the recessed structure. That is, the front surface of the image sensing chip  22  is in contact with the surface of the covering layer  91 . A schematic sectional view of the package formed after step  804  is as shown in  FIG. 9D . 
     In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the front surface of the image sensing chip  22  is provided with a photosensitive region  221  and third contact pads  222  located on the periphery of the photosensitive region  221 . The photosensitive region  221  is electrically connected to the third contact pads  222 . 
     In S 805 , the second surface  21   b  of the substrate  21  is packaged to form an integral structure of the image sensing chip  22  and the substrate  21 . 
     In order to connect the substrate  21  with the image sensing chip  22  together, the second surface  21   b  of the substrate  21  may be packaged using a plastic packaging material (which is generally implemented by a mold compound), to form a plastic package on a side of the second surface  21   b  of the substrate  21 . 
     In a case where a thickness of the image sensing chip  22  is less than a thickness of the substrate  21 , there is a certain gap on a side of the through hole  211  close to the second surface  21   b  after the image sensing chip  22  is placed in the substrate  21 . In this case, in the packaging process, the through hole  211  may be filled with the plastic packaging material until the through hole  211  is completely filled. 
     A schematic sectional view of the package formed after step S 805  is as shown in  FIG. 9E . 
     In S 806 , the covering layer  91  is removed. 
     As an example, in the case where the covering layer  91  is the adhesive strip, the adhesive strip may be removed from the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . 
     In the case where the covering layer  91  is the carrier plate, the carrier plate may be detached from the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . 
     A schematic sectional view of the package formed after step S 806  is as shown in  FIG. 9F . 
     In S 807 , each of the third contact pads  222  is electrically connected with the first contact pad  212  corresponding to the third contact pad via a wire  23 . 
     In order to electrically connect the image sensing chip  22  with the substrate  21 , in the embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the third contact pads  222  is electrically connected with the first contact pad  212  via the wire  23 . 
     A schematic sectional view of the package formed after step S 807  is as shown in  FIG. 2A . 
     In S 808 , if the second surface  21   b  is wrapped by the plastic packaging material  24  when packaging the second surface  21   b  of the substrate  21 , the plastic packaging material  24  that covers the second contact pads  213  is removed to expose the second contact pads  213 . 
     The plastic package formed on the side of the second surface  21   b  is grinded until the plastic packaging material  24  that covers the second contact pads  213  is removed, to expose the second contact pads  213 . The exposed second contact pads  213  are electrically connected with the external circuit. 
     It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the implementation of performing step S 808  after step S 805  falls in the protection scope of the present disclosure. As an example, step S 808  may be performed after step S 805  or step S 807 . 
     In addition, the wire  23  for the electrical connection is generally implemented by a thinner metal wire, which is easily scratched. In order to prevent the wire  23  from being scratched, the image sensing chip packaging method may further include the following step S 809 . 
     In S 809 , the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21  is packaged, to cause the wire  23  to be wrapped by the plastic packaging material. 
     Step S 809  may be performed by packaging the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21  using a mold compound, to form the plastic package on the side of the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . The plastic package wraps the wire  23 , but does not wrap the photosensitive region  221  located on the front surface of the image sensing chip  22 . 
     A schematic sectional view of the package formed after step S 809  is as shown in  FIG. 3 . 
     In order to prevent the photosensitive region  221  located on the front surface of the image sensing chip  22  from being contaminated by dusts, the image sensing chip packaging method may further include the following step S 810  after step S 807  or S 809 . 
     In S 810 , a transparent protection layer  26  is formed above the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . 
     As an example of the present disclosure, the transparent protection layer  26  may be closely adjacent to the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 , and a sectional view of the corresponding package is as shown in  FIG. 5 . As another example of the present disclosure, as shown in  FIG. 6 , a sealed cavity  27  is formed between the transparent protection layer  26  and the image sensing chip  22 . 
     In the case that the sealed cavity  27  is formed between the formed transparent protection layer  26  and the image sensing chip  22 , S 810  may be performed by steps including: forming a support structure  28  for supporting the transparent protection layer  26  on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 , where the support structure  28  is located between the transparent protection layer  26  and the image sensing chip  22 ; and forming the transparent protection layer  26  on the support structure  28 , where the sealed cavity  27  is formed by enclosing the support structure  28 , the transparent protection layer  26  and the image sensing chip  22 . 
     In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the support structure  28  may be made of a photoresist, and is formed on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21  by an exposure and development process. 
     Further, in order to form the image sensing chip package including a lens assembly, the image sensing chip packaging method may further include the following step S 811  after step S 807  or S 809 . 
     In S 811 , a lens assembly  29  is formed on the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . 
     The lens assembly  29  includes a lens  291  and a lens holder  292 . The lens holder  292  is fixedly connected to the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 . As an example, the lens holder  292  may be adhered to the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21  by using an adhesive. In order to make light that passes through the lens  291  be easily detected by the photosensitive region  221 , as an example, the lens  291  may be arranged opposite to the photosensitive region  221  of the image sensing chip  22 . For example, one lens  291  may correspond to one image sensing chip  22  or multiple image sensing chips  22 . 
     In the embodiment of the present disclosure, since there is a certain space between the substrate  21  and the lens  291 , other devices may be formed on the first surface of the substrate  21 , which forms a high-density stacked structure between the lens holder  292  and the substrate  21 , thereby facilitating miniaturization of the devices. Further, optical assembles such as a polarizer and an infrared filter may be formed between the lens  291  and the first surface  21   a  of the substrate  21 , so as to improve the imaging quality of the image sensor. 
     A schematic sectional view of the package formed after step S 811  is as shown in  FIG. 7 . 
     The image sensing chip packaging method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is described above. In the image sensing chip packaging method, since an opening of the through hole close to the first surface of the substrate is enclosed by a covering layer in the packaging process, the image sensing chip placed in the through hole can be carried by the covering layer, so that a front surface of the image sensing chip placed in the through hole is flush with the first surface of the substrate. A second surface of the substrate is packaged, so that the image sensing chip is packaged with the substrate together. In this way, the image sensing chip is packaged in the through hole, and the front surface of the image sensing chip is flush with the first surface of the substrate. Therefore, with the image sensing chip packaging method, the height of the image sensing chip can be easily controlled, thereby reducing the deviation between an actual height and a design height of the image sensing chip, so that the actual height of the image sensing chip is substantially the same as the design height, and thus the distance between the image sensing chip and the lens above the image sensing chip can be strictly controlled, thereby improving the imaging quality of the image sensor. 
     The above shows only preferred embodiments of the present disclosure. It should be noted that, those skilled in the art may make improvements and modifications to embodiments of the present disclosure without departing from the principle of the present disclosure, and the improvements and modifications should be included in the protection scope of the present disclosure.