WO2004109802A1 - Memory expansion and integrated circuit stacking system and method - Google Patents
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- Some methods require special packages, while other techniques stack conventional packages.
- the leads of the packaged integrated circuits are used to create a stack, while in other systems, added structures such as rails provide all or part of the interconnection between packages.
- flexible conductors with certain characteristics are used to selectively interconnect packaged integrated circuits.
- a predominant package configuration employed during the past decade has encapsulated an integrated circuit (IC) in a plastic surround typically having a rectangular configuration.
- the enveloped integrated circuit is connected to the application environment through leads emergent from the edge periphery of the plastic encapsulation.
- Such "leaded packages” have been the constituent elements most commonly employed by techniques for stacking packaged integrated circuits.
- Leaded packages play an important role in electronics, but efforts to miniaturize electronic components and assemblies have driven development of technologies that preserve circuit board surface area. Because leaded packages have leads emergent from peripheral sides of the package, leaded packages occupy more than a minimal amount of circuit board surface area. Consequently, alternatives to leaded packages known as chip scale packaging or "CSP" have recently gained market share.
- CSP chip scale packaging
- CSP refers generally to packages that provide connection to an integrated circuit through a set of contacts (often embodied as "bumps” or “balls”) arrayed across a major surface of the package. Instead of leads emergent from a peripheral side of the package, contacts are placed on a major surface and typically emerge from the planar bottom surface of the package.
- CSP The goal of CSP is to occupy as little area as possible and, preferably, approximately the area of the encapsulated IC. Therefore, CSP leads or contacts do not typically extend beyond the outline perimeter of the package.
- the assignee of the present invention has systems for stacking BGA packages on a DIMM in a RAMBUS environment.
- the flex circuit is said to have pad arrays on upper and lower surfaces of the flex.
- the flex circuit of the Forthun "package” has a pad array on its upper surface and a pad array centrally located upon its lower surface. On the lower surface of the flex there are third and fourth arrays on opposite sides from the central lower surface pad array.
- a CSP contacts the pad array located on the upper surface of the flex circuit. As described in the Forthun patent, the contacts on the lower surface of the CSP are pushed through "slits" in the upper surface pads and advanced through the flex to protrude from the pads of the lower surface array and, therefore, the bottom surface of the package. Thus, the contacts of the CSP serve as the contacts for the package.
- the sides of the flex are partially wrapped about the CSP to adjacently place the third and fourth pad arrays above the upper major surface of the CSP to create from the combination of the third and fourth pad arrays, a fifth pad array for connection to another such package.
- a stacked module of CSPs created with the described packages will exhibit a flex circuit wrapped about each CSP in the module.
- Memory expansion is one of the many fields in which stacked module solutions provide advantages.
- the well-known DIMM board is frequently populated with stacked modules from those such as the assignee of the present invention. This adds capacity to the board without adding sockets.
- a memory expansion board such as a DIMM, for example, provides plural sites for memory IC placement (i.e., sockets) arranged along both major surfaces of a board having an array of contacts dispersed along at least one board edge.
- stacking reduces interconnect length per unit of memory, and thus takes advantage of the general rule that interconnects that are less than half the spatial extent of the leading edge of a signal operate as a lumped element more than a transmission line, it does increase the raw number of devices on a DIMM board. Consequently, despite the reduction in interconnect length per unit of memory, signals accessing data stored in memory circuits physically placed on the DIMM board are typically presented with relatively high impedance as the number of devices on the bus is increased by stacking.
- the present invention stacks integrated circuits (ICs) into modules that conserve PWB or other board surface area.
- ICs integrated circuits
- the present invention can be used to advantage with CSP or leaded packages of a variety of sizes and configurations ranging from larger packaged base elements having many dozens of contacts to smaller packages such as, for example, die-sized packages such as DSBGA.
- CSPs may be stacked in accordance with the present invention.
- a four-high CSP stacked module is preferred for use with the disclosed high performance memory access system while, for many applications, a two-high CSP stack or module devised in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention is preferred.
- the ICs employed in stacked modules devised in accordance with the present invention are connected with flex circuitry. That flex circuitry may exhibit one or two or more conductive layers with preferred embodiments having two conductive layers.
- a form standard provides a physical form that allows many of the varying package sizes found in the broad family of CSP packages to be used to advantage while employing a standard connective flex circuitry design.
- the flex circuitry is partially wrapped about a form standard.
- the form standard can take many configurations and may be used where flex circuitry is used to connect ICs to one another in stacked modules having two or more constituent ICs. For example, in stacked modules that include four levels of CSPs, three form standards are employed in preferred embodiments, although fewer may be used.
- the form standard will be devised of heat transference material, a metal for example, such as copper would be preferred, to improve thermal performance.
- a base element IC and one or more support element ICs are aggregated through a flex circuit having two conductive layers that are patterned to selectively connect the two IC elements.
- Simpler embodiments may use a one conductive layer flex.
- a portion of the flex circuit connected to the support element is folded over the base element and about the form standard to dispose the support element(s) above the base element while reducing the overall footprint occupied by the ICs.
- the flex circuit connects the ICs and provides a thermal and electrical connection path between the module and an application environment such as a printed wiring board (PWB).
- PWB printed wiring board
- the invention provides a lower capacitance memory expansion addressing system and method and preferably with the CSP stacked modules provided herein.
- four-high stacked CSP modules are disposed on a memory expansion board(s) in accordance with the memory expansion system and methods of the present invention which may be employed with CSP or other IC stacked modules.
- a high speed switching system selects a data line associated with each level of a stacked module to reduce the loading effect upon data signals in memory access. This favorably changes the impedance characteristics exhibited by the board loading.
- the high speed DQ selection switch may be implemented, in a preferred embodiment, for example, with a high speed FET switch.
- FET multiplexers for example, under logic control, select particular data lines associated with particular levels of the DIMM-populated stacked modules for connection to a controlling chip set in a memory expansion system in accordance with a preferred embodiment.
- Fig. 1 is an elevation view of a high-density circuit module devised in accordance with a preferred four-high embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 2 is an elevation view of a stacked high-density circuit module devised in accordance with a preferred two-high embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 3 depicts, in enlarged view, the area marked "A" in Fig. 2.
- Fig. 4 depicts in enlarged view, the area marked "B" in Fig. 2.
- Fig. 5 is an enlarged depiction of an exemplar connection area in a stacked module devised in accordance with a preferred embodiment.
- Fig. 6 depicts a flexible circuit connective set of flex circuits that has a single conductive layer.
- Fig. 7 depicts a four-high stacked module mounted on a memory expansion board in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 8 depicts a memory expansion board or DIMM mounted with four- high modules.
- Fig. 9 depicts a memory system devised in accordance with the present invention.
- Fig. 10 is an elevation view of a module illustrating features of an alternative preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 11 is an elevation view of a module depicting features of an alternative preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 12 is an elevation view of a module depicting features of an alternative preferred embodiment.
- Fig. 13 is another view depicting features of an alternative preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 14 is an elevation view of a module that depicts an alternative preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 15 depicts, in enlarged view, the area marked "C" in Fig. 14.
- Fig. 16 depicts in enlarged view, an alternative connection strategy between constituent elements of a module and a flex in a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.
- Fig. 17 depicts an exemplar first conductive layer of a flex employed in a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 18 depicts an exemplar second conductive layer of a flex employed in a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 1 is an elevation view of module 10 devised in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- Module 10 is comprised of four CSPs: level four CSP 12, level three CSP 14, level two CSP 16, and level one CSP 18.
- Each of the CSPs has an upper surface 20 and a lower surface 22 and opposite lateral edges 24 and 26 and typically include at least one integrated circuit surrounded by a plastic body 27.
- the body need not be plastic, but a large majority of packages in CSP technologies are plastic.
- the present invention may be devised to create modules with different size CSPs and that the constituent CSPs may be of different types within the same module 10.
- one of the constituent CSPs may be a typical CSP having lateral edges 24 and 26 that have an appreciable height to present a "side" while other constituent CSPs of the same module 10 may be devised in packages that have lateral edges 24 and 26 that are more in the character of an edge rather than a side having appreciable height.
- CSP chip scale packaged integrated circuits
- FIG. 1 and 2 are depicted with CSPs of a particular profile known to those in the art, but it should be understood that the figures are exemplary only.
- Typical CSPs such as, for example, ball-grid-array (“BGA”), micro-ball- grid array, and fme-pitch ball grid array (“FBGA”) packages have an array of connective contacts embodied, for example, as leads, bumps, solder balls, or balls that extend from lower surface 22 of a plastic casing in any of several patterns and pitches. An external portion of the connective contacts is often finished with a ball of solder. Shown in Fig. 1 are contacts 28 along lower surfaces 22 of the illustrated constituent CSPs 12, 14, 16, and 18. Contacts 28 provide connection to the integrated circuit or circuits within the respective packages.
- BGA ball-grid-array
- FBGA fme-pitch ball grid array
- module 10 may be devised to present a lower profile by stripping from the respective CSPs, the balls depicted in Fig. 1 as contacts 28 and providing a connection facility at contact 28 that results from solder paste that is applied either to the pad contact of the CSP that is typically present under or within the typical ball contacts provided on CSP devices or to the contact sites on the flex circuitry to be connected to contact 28.
- flex circuits ("flex", “flex circuits” or “flexible circuit structures”) 30 and 32 are shown connecting various constituent CSPs. Some embodiments may employ more than one flex.
- the entire flex circuit may be flexible or, as those of skill in the art will recognize, a PCB structure made flexible in certain areas to allow conformability in some areas and rigid in other areas for planarity along contact surfaces may be employed as an alternative flex circuit in the present invention. For example, structures known as rigid-flex may be employed.
- Form standard 34 is shown disposed adjacent to upper surface 20 of each of the CSPs below level four CSP 12.
- Form standard 34 may be fixed to upper surface 20 of the respective CSP with an adhesive 35 which preferably is thermally conductive.
- Form standard 34 may also, in alternative embodiments, merely lay on upper surface 20 or be separated from upper surface 20 by an air gap or medium such as a thermal slug or non-thermal layer.
- form standard 34 is a thermally conductive material such as the copper that is employed in a preferred embodiment, layers or gaps interposed between form standard 34 and the respective CSP (other than thermally conductive layers such as adhesive) are not highly preferred.
- Form standard 34 is, in a preferred embodiment, devised from copper to create, as shown in the depicted preferred embodiment of Fig.
- Form standard 34 may take other shapes and forms such as for example, an angular "cap” that rests upon the respective CSP body or as another example, it may be folded to increase its cooling surface area while providing an appropriate axial form for the flex that is wrapped about a part of form standard 34 as shown' in later Fig. 14. It also need not be thermally enhancing although such attributes are preferable.
- the form standard 34 allows the invention to be employed with CSPs of varying sizes, while articulating a single set of connective structures useable with the varying sizes of CSPs.
- a single set of connective structures such as flex circuits 30 and 32 (or a single flexible circuit in the mode where a single flex is used in place of the flex cirpuit pair 30 and 32) may be devised and used with the form standard 34 method and/or systems disclosed herein to create stacked modules with CSPs having different sized packages.
- This will allow the same flexible circuitry set design to be employed to create iterations of a stacked module 10 from constituent CSPs having a first arbitrary dimension X across attribute Y (where Y may be, for example, package width), as well as modules 10 from constituent CSPs having a second arbitrary dimension X prime across that same attribute Y.
- CSPs of different sizes may be stacked into modules 10 with the same set of connective structures (i.e. flex circuitry). Further, as those of skill will recognize, mixed sizes of CSPs may be implemented into the same module 10, such as would be useful to implement embodiments of a system-on-a-stack an example of which is shown in Fig. 14.
- portions of flex circuits 30 and 32 are fixed to form standard 34 by adhesive 35 which is preferably a tape adhesive, but may be a liquid adhesive or may be placed in discrete locations across the package.
- adhesive 35 is thermally conductive.
- flex circuits 30 and 32 are multi-layer flexible circuit structures that have at least two conductive layers. Other embodiments may, however, employ flex circuitry, either as one circuit or two flex circuits, that have only a single conductive layer.
- the conductive layers are metal such as alloy 110.
- the use of plural conductive layers provides advantages and the creation of a distributed capacitance across module 10 intended to reduce noise or bounce effects that can, particularly at higher frequencies, degrade signal integrity, as those of skill in the art will recognize.
- Module 10 of Fig. 1 has plural module contacts 38 collectively identified as module array 40. Connections between flex circuits are shown as being implemented with inter-flex contacts 43 which are shown as balls but may be low profile contacts constructed with pads and/or rings that are connected with solder paste applications to appropriate connections. Appropriate fills such as those indicated by conformal media reference 41 can provide added structural stability and coplanarity where desired. Media 41 is shown only as to CSPs 14 and 16 and only on one side to preserve clarity of view. Fig.
- FIG. 2 shows a two-high module 10 devised in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 2 has an area marked "A” that is subsequently shown in enlarged depiction in Fig. 3 and an area marked "B” that is shown subsequently in enlarged depiction in Fig. 4.
- Fig. 3 depicts in enlarged view, the area marked "A" in Fig. 2.
- Fig. 3 illustrates in a preferred embodiment, one arrangement of a form standard 34 and its relation to flex circuitry 32 in a two-high module 10.
- the internal layer constructions of flex circuitry 32 are not shown in this figure.
- adhesives 35 between flex circuit 32 and form standard 34 are not shown in this figure.
- adhesive 35 is not required but is preferred and the site of its application may be determined as being best for this embodiment in the area between CSPs with a smaller amount near the terminal point of form standard 34 as shown in Fig. 3.
- Also shown in Fig. 3 is an application of adhesive 36 between form standard 34 and CSP 18.
- Fig. 4 illustrates the connection between example contact 28 and module contact 38 through a lower flex contact 44 to illustrate a preferred solid metal path from level one CSP 18 to module contact 38 and, therefore, to an application PWB or memory expansion board to which the module is connectable.
- lower flex contact 44 is preferably comprised from metal at the level of second conductive layer 58 interior to second outer surface 52. As those of skill in the art will understand, heat transference from module 10 is thereby encouraged.
- Flex 30 is shown in Fig. 4 to be comprised of multiple layers. This is merely an exemplar flexible circuitry that may be employed with the present invention. Single conductive layer and other variations on the described flexible circuitry may, as those of skill will recognize, be employed to advantage in the present invention.
- Flex 30 has a first outer surface 50 and a second outer surface 52. Flex circuit 30 has at least two conductive layers interior to first and second outer surfaces 50 and 52. There may be more than two conductive layers in flex 30 and flex 32. In the depicted preferred embodiment, first conductive layer or plane 54 and second conductive layer or plane 58 are interior to first and second outer surfaces 50 and 52. Intermediate layer 56 lies between first conductive layer 54 and second conductive layer 58. There may be more than one intermediate layer, but one intermediate layer of polyimide is preferred.
- Fig. 5 is an enlarged depiction of an exemplar area around a lower flex contact 44 in a preferred embodiment.
- Windows 60 and 62 are opened in first and second outer surface layers 50 and 52 respectively, to provide access to particular lower flex contacts 44 residing at the level of second conductive layer 58 in the flex.
- the upper flex contacts 42 are contacted by contacts 28 of second level CSP 16.
- lower flex contacts 44 and upper flex contacts 42 are particular areas of conductive material (preferably metal such as alloy 110) at the level of second conductive layer 58 in the flex.
- Upper flex contacts 42 and lower flex contacts 44 are demarked in second conductive layer 58 and may be connected to or isolated from the conductive plane of second conductive layer 58. Demarking a lower flex contact 44 from second conductive layer 58 is represented in Fig. 5 by demarcation gap 63 shown at second conductive layer 58. Where an upper or lower flex contact 42 or 44 is not completely isolated from second conductive layer 58, demarcation gaps do not extend completely around the flex contact.
- Contacts 28 of first level CSP 18 pass through a window 60 opened through first outer surface layer 50, first conductive layer 54, and intermediate layer 56, to contact an appropriate lower flex contact 44. Window 62 is opened through second outer surface layer 52 through which module contacts 38 pass to contact the appropriate lower flex contact 44.
- Respective ones of contacts 28 of second level CSP 16 and first level CSP 18 are connected at the second conductive layer 58 level in flex circuits 30 and 32 to interconnect appropriate signal and voltage contacts of the two CSPs.
- respective contacts 28 of second level CSP 16 and first level CSP 18 that convey ground (VSS) signals are connected at the first conductive layer 54 level in flex circuits 30 and 32 by vias that pass through intermediate layer 56 to connect the levels as will subsequently be described in further detail.
- CSPs 16 and 18 are connected. Consequently, when flex circuits 30 and 32 are in place about first level CSP 18, respective contacts 28 of each of CSPs 16 and 18 are in contact with upper and lower flex contacts 42 and 44, respectively. Selected ones of upper flex contacts 42 and lower flex contacts 44 are connected. Consequently, by being in contact with lower flex contacts 44, module contacts 38 are in contact with both CSPs 16 and 18.
- module contacts 38 pass through windows 62 opened in second outer layer 52 to contact lower CSP contacts 44.
- module 10 will exhibit a module contact array that has a greater number of contacts than do the constituent CSPs of module 10.
- some of module contacts 38 may contact lower flex contacts 44 that do not contact one of the contacts 28 of first level CSP 18 but are connected to contacts 28 of second level CSP 16. This allows module 10 to express a wider datapath than that expressed by the constituent CSPs.
- a module contact 38 may also be in contact with a lower flex contact 44 to provide a location through which different ICs in the module may be enabled when no unused contacts are available or convenient for that purpose.
- first conductive layer 54 is employed as a ground plane, while second conductive layer 58 provides the functions of being a signal conduction layer and a voltage conduction layer.
- first and second conductive layers may be reversed with attendant changes in windowing and use of commensurate interconnections.
- Fig. 6 depicts a flexible circuit connective set of flex circuits 30 and 32 that has a single conductive layer 64. It should be understood with reference to Fig.
- flex circuits 30 and 32 extend further than shown and have portions which are, in the construction of module 10 brought about the curvature areas 66 of form standard 34 that mark the lateral extent of this example of a preferred fon ⁇ standard and are then disposed above the body of CSP 18 or the respective CSP of the module and therefore, the form standard.
- first and second outer layers 50 and 52 and intermediate layer 56 there are shown first and second outer layers 50 and 52 and intermediate layer 56.
- a set of single layer lower flex contacts 68 demarked at the level of conductive layer 64.
- Form standard 34 is shown attached to the body 27 of first level CSP 18 through an adhesive. In some embodiments, it may also be positioned to directly contact body 27 of the respective CSP.
- Form standard 34 may take many different configurations to allow a connective flex circuitry to be prepared exhibiting a single set of dimensions which may, when used in conjunction with form standard 34, be employed to create stacked modules 10 from CSPs of a variety of different dimensions.
- form standard 34 will present a lateral extent broader than the upper major surface of the CSP over which it is disposed.
- the CSPs from one manufacturer may be aggregated into a stacked module 10 with the same flex circuitry used to aggregate CSPs from another manufacturer into a different stacked module 10 despite the CSPs from the two different manufacturers having different dimensions.
- heat transference can be improved with use of a form standard 34 comprised of heat transference material such as a metal or preferably, copper or a copper compound or alloy to provide a significant sink for thermal energy.
- a form standard 34 comprised of heat transference material such as a metal or preferably, copper or a copper compound or alloy to provide a significant sink for thermal energy.
- Such thermal enhancement of module 10 particularly presents opportunities for improvement of thermal performance where larger numbers of CSPs are aggregated in a single stacked module 10.
- Fig. 7 depicts a four-high stacked module 10 mounted on a memory expansion board 70 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- expansion board 70 shown in Fig. 7 has a set of contacts along one edge that as depicted are set in socket connector 72. Those contacts connect module 10 to a logic system on or connected to board 74 on which expansion board 70 is mounted. It should be understood that in a preferred embodiment of the memory expansion system and method provided herein, expansion board 70 will be populated with nine such modules 10 per side for a total of 72 devices if the stacked modules are each comprised from four devices.
- Fig. 8 depicts memory expansion board 70 mounted with four-high modules 10. As those of skill will recognize, using four-high stacked modules on expansion board 70 reduces the interconnect length for the number of devices accessed but increase the total number of devices and, therefore, the impedance and particularly, the capacitive loading presented by a densely populated DIMM board.
- Fig. 9 depicts a memory system 80 devised in accordance with the present invention. In a preferred mode, system 80 is employed with stacked modules 10 devised in accordance with the present invention.
- the preferred embodiment is for a DDRII registered DIMM populated with 4 high stacked modules 10 although it may be employed with an equivalent number of DRAMs, i.e., 72 devices of either leaded or CSP packaging aggregated in stacks of any number of levels.
- Chipset 82 depicted in Fig. 9 typically includes a microprocessor or memory controller that controls the memory access with system 80.
- Clock 84 is provided to decode logic 86 on each of depicted memory expansion boards 70 ( i ) , 70 (2) , 70 (3) , and 70 (4) .
- system 80 and its methods may be employed with one or more DIMMs or other memory expansion boards 70. It may also be employed off a memory expansion board to access separately, the integrated circuits from which stacked circuit modules are comprised.
- Decode logic 86 on each of memory expansion boards 70 ( i ) , 70 (2) , 70 (3) , and 70 (4) provides a decoding of the respective CS signals provided to the respective memory expansion boards 70 as shown in Fig. 9.
- the particular interconnection employed in the system should preferably be devised to minimize and balance power consumption across the circuit modules employed in the system.
- CSO, CS1, CS2, and CS3 are provided to memory expansion board 70 ( i ) from chipset 82 while CS4, CS5, CS6, and CS7 are provided to memory expansion board 70 (2) as are CS8, CS9, CS10, and CS11 provided to memory expansion board 70 (3) and CS12, CS13, CS14, and CS15 are provided to memory expansion board 70 ( ) .
- memory expansion boards 70 are populated with nine four high CSP modules 10 per side.
- the depiction of Fig. 9 shows, however, only one module 10 per memory expansion board 70 to preserve clarity of the view.
- the shown module 10 is exploded to depict the four levels of module 10 which, in a preferred construction of module 10 include CSPs 18, 16, 14, and 12 with the form standard 34.
- decode logic 86 may, on the appropriate signal from clock 84, generate a level select signal which, in a preferred embodiment, is a multi-bit signal that controls a multiplexing switch 90 associated with several data lines.
- Switch 90 is, in a preferred embodiment, a high speed switch and a FET muliplexer would provide a preferred multiplexing switch 90 in the practice of a preferred mode of the invention.
- the fan-out of multiplexing switch 90 may be any that provides a selection capability to a variety of device data lines from a DQ line from chipset 82.
- the DQ lines between chipset 82 and switches 90 are depicted by double-headed arrows 94(1), 94(2), 94(3) and 94(4).
- multiple multiplexing switches 90 are employed in practice of the depicted preferred embodiment of the invention.
- the number of multiplexing switches 90 will depend upon the fan-out ratios. For example, use of nine 8:32 multiplexing switches 90 would be preferred (if available) or 4:8 or 1:4 multiplexing switches 90 will also provide advantages as an example. It should be understood that there are merely examples and that a variety of multiplexing switches and ratios may be employed for multiplexing switches 90, although the type of switch and the ratios will affect the loading figures. Consequently, a FET mux is preferred for multiplexing switch 90 and a ratio of 1 :4 is one of the preferred ratios to employ.
- a single DIMM board or expansion board 70 may be employed in a system 80 in accordance with the present invention as well as larger numbers of expansion boards 70.
- the number of expansion boards 70 that may function in system 80 is partially a function of the access speeds required and the signal conformity.
- An exemplar multiplexing switch 90 has multiple inputs 92(a), 92(b), 92(c), and 92(d) to provide independent data lines for each level of an exemplar module 10 populated upon the respective memory expansion board 70.
- a 1:4 switch 90 there will be 18 iterations of multiplexing switch 90, one for each of the 18 four-high module 10's populating memory expansion board 70(1).
- the system 80 shown in Fig. 9 presents a total of 288 memory devices. It should be noted that system 80 may be employed with ICs of any package type and need not be limited to DDR or DDRII or even CSP.
- the data line of each level of the constituent CSPs of each module 10 is connected to one input 92 of a corresponding exemplar multiplexing switch 90.
- multiplexing switch 90 connects the appropriate one of the DQ signals 94 to one of the four levels of a module 10 on that memory expansion board 70.
- This switching of the data bus through multiplexing switch 90 may, in some systems, required further control signal connections as those of skill in the art will recognize to accommodate the data latency of one or more clocks cycles, CAS latency, and burst length, for example.
- expansion board 70 may keep all the constituent devices of the modules 10 as if each constituent device of the modules 10 were the target, instead of having to switch terminations each time a different CS is chosen. In some applications it may be preferred to terminate the end of the data line past the last DIMM expansion board 70. Other features may enable improvements to the efficiency of system 80 such as creating more CS banks by decoding the chip select lines.
- the capacitive load presented to chipset 82 would be approximately the combination of the input capacitance of switching multiplexer 90 times the number of DIMM slots plus one DRAM device load plus one times the output capacitance of the multiplexing switch 90. In large systems, this will reduce capacitive loading by a notable amount, thus allowing more DIMM slots at higher speeds and/or more densely populated DIMMs.
- Memory access system 80 provides an opportunity to improve high speed memory performance and allows use of memory expansion configurations that might not otherwise be available due to capacitive loading in conventional DIMM systems.
- Fig. 10 is an elevation view of a module that depicts features of an alternative preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the depicted module 10 is comprised of a base element 120 and support elements 140 and 160.
- base element 120 and support elements 140 and 160 are shown as CSP devices, but the invention is not limited to arrangements of CSPs and may be employed to aggregate a variety of package types.
- Base element 120 and support elements 140 and 160 each have, in the depicted embodiment, upper surfaces 20 and lower surfaces 22 and peripheral or lateral sides or edges 24 and 26 that may be in the character of sides or may, if the CSP is especially thin, be in the character of an edge.
- FIG. 10 depicts base element 120 and support elements 140 and 160 in a stacked disposition with upper major surfaces of the constituent elements being proximally located in this back to back configuration. Between upper surfaces 20 of support elements 140 and 160 and upper surface 20 of base element 120 is shown adhesive layer 35 shown in exaggerated scale for clarity of depiction. Contacts 28 are emergent from lower surface 22 of base element 120 and support elements 140 and 160. Module contacts 38 are shown depicted along the bottom of module 10 and provide connection for the module to a PWB or PCB or other mounting site. Support elements 140 and 160 are preferably fixed to upper surface 20 of base element 120 by adhesive 35 which is shown as a tape adhesive, but may be a liquid adhesive or may be placed in discrete locations across the package. Preferably, adhesive 35 is thermally conductive.
- Adhesives that include a flux may be used to advantage in assembly of module 10.
- Layer 35 may also be a thermally conductive medium to encourage heat flow between the elements of module 10.
- a mechanical clamp or clamps may be used to hold the base and support elements together.
- the contacts for the module itself may be closer to either the base element or the support element(s) of the module although more typically and preferably, the module contacts will be closer to the base element.
- the support elements may also extend over the edges of the base element or may be disposed within the perimeter of the base element. Although not shown in this view, use of a form standard 34 is preferred.
- Fig. 11 illustrates the aggregation of a leaded package device having leads 310 (i.e., as support element 160 in this embodiment) with base element 120 and support element 140.
- Fig. 11 further depicts the placement of flex 30 attached to the upper side of base element 120 with the placement of support elements 140 and 160 in a position relatively above flex 30 rather than below as earlier shown in Fig. 10.
- Flex 30 is preferably attached to upper surface 20 of base element 120 with a thermally conductive adhesive depicted by reference 35 in Fig. 11.
- a conformal media 41 is indicated in Fig. 11 as being placed between contacts 28 to assist in creating conformality of structural areas of module 10.
- conformal media 41 is thermally conductive and is placed along the lower surface 22 of base element 120 although to preserve clarity of the view, its placement between only a few contacts 28 of base element 120 is shown in Fig. 11.
- Fig. 12 depicts another alternative embodiment of the present invention. Shown are base element 120 and support element 140. In the place of previously shown single package support element 160 is leaded stack 170, consisting of upper IC 190 and lower IC 210.
- Fig. 13 depicts a module that employs a CSP base element 120 and CSP support elements 140 and 160 interconnected with flex 30.
- Heat sink 340 is disposed between base element 120 and support elements 140 and 160. As shown in Fig. 13, heat sink 340 is in contact with a portion of casing 36 of an application in which module 10 is employed.
- Fig. 14 is an alternative preferred embodiment of the present invention. Depicted in Fig. 14 are base element 120 and support elements 140 and 160 with all of the depicted ICs being packaged in CSP with support elements 140 and 160 extending beyond the physical boundaries of base element 120.
- Form standard 34 provides a standard form about which flex circuit 30 arcs. As earlier described, form standards may take a variety of forms and, in this embodiment, form standard 34 is folded to increase cooling surface area while providing an appropriate axial circumference and standard form for flex 30. Also shown is extensive and preferred use of conformal underfill 41.
- Fig. 15 illustrates in enlarged perspective, detail of the area marked "C" in Fig. 14 and illustrates an exemplar connection between example contacts 28 of a support element and support flex contacts 57 of flex 30.
- support flex contacts 57 are shown as being at the level of first conductive layer 54 of flex 30.
- Fig. 15 illustrates a via 59 between the support flex contact 57 in contact with the right-most depicted contact 28 and second conductive layer 58.
- the use of vias between conductive layer levels allows flexibility in strategies employed to connect base element 120 with support elements and allows, for
- a module contact 38 provides that signal connection to support element 140 or 160 without a corresponding direct connection to base element 120.
- a connection strategy is shown in Fig. 16.
- Fig 17 illustrates an abstraction of the plot employed for the conductive areas at the level of first conductive plane 54 for a preferred embodiment similar to that depicted in Fig. 14.
- the connective fields identified with references 65 roughly correspond to connective areas for support element 140 while connective fields identified with references 67 roughly correspond to support element 160 as shown in Fig. 14.
- Connective field 69 provides connections for base element 120.
- the connective fields 65 and 67 provide support flex contacts 57 as well as traces that, combined with vias 59, provide part of the connective facility for interconnecting support elements 140 and 160 to base element 120.
- the view is abstracted with many of the actual routing lines removed to assist in the clarity of the view.
- Fig. 18 illustrates an abstraction of the routing plot employed for conductive areas at the level of second conductive surface or plane 58 for a preferred embodiment similar to that depicted in Fig. 14.
- FIG. 17 and 18 employed to connect base element 120, there is illustrated an example of using vias 59 to more fully employ the two conductive layers of the preferred embodiments.
- Connective fields 55 and 61 indicate vias 59 as well as traces (that are not shown in the depiction for clarity of view) that provide part of the connective facility for interconnecting support elements 140 and 160 to base element 120.
- base element 120 On the depiction of Fig. 18, there is found the identification of a lower flex contact 44 that may be employed by base element 120. With reference to earlier Figs. 5 and 16, base element 120 has a contact 28 that passes through window 60 and therefore, first conductive layer 54 to contact the identified lower flex contact 44 at the level of the second conductive layer as shown in Fig. 18. It should be understood that this is a heuristic explanation and meant to be merely an example illustrating a feature found in some preferred embodiments of the invention.
- the identified lower flex contact 54 at the level of second conductive layer 58 is connected to a via 59 by a trace 71.
- Via 59 passes in a relatively upward direction toward the body of base element 120.
- via 59 passes upwardly through flex 30, it contacts a conductive area at the level of first conductive layer 54 as shown in Fig. 17 by the identification of via 59 in the field 69.
- the identified via 59 is then connected to trace 73 that provides a connection network to a variety of other contacts in the depicted embodiment.
- Vias that route through intermediate layer 56 to interconnect traces or flex contacts or conductive areas at different conductive layers may be "on-pad” or coincident with the support or base flex contact to which they are connected. Such vias may also be “off-pad” and located near windows associated with the flex contacts from which signals are to be conveyed to another conductive layer. This provides added flexibility to connection schemes and layout routing.
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