Fan-Out System-in-Package (Fan-Out SiP)
Furnishing every year’s new generation mobile with higher performance and smaller form factor, System-in-Package (SiP) has become a certain path for innovation and an unstoppable trend for decade. Multi-functional active chips and related passive components are pre-assembled into a system or sub-system through heterogeneous integration design on laminated substrate. By the time when SiP was introduced to the mobile devices, new challenges emerged. Cost-effective integrated substrate became essential to achieve the sweat spot of consumer application. Small form factor is another key feature additional to the previous needs. As the existing technology has almost approached its limits, innovation is needed on the corresponding package of SiP for now and the future. Fan-Out re-distribution layers (RDL) can be an advanced substrate to break through the constrain so that RDL platform will be the core technology to evolve SiP to Fan-Out SiP.
Features of Fan-Out System-in-Package
Several core technology building blocks including chip-last RDL manufacturing, carrier system, wafer level assembly and shielding sputtering enables Fan-Out SiP as illustrated in following figure. First, Fan-Out RDL provides fine line design capability which is better than mainstream substrates to enhance the function matching in SiP. Second, carrier system makes thin wafer handling possible. In addition, wafer level assembly delivers high speed (> 60 k units per hour) SMT service and Molded Underfill (MUF) technique for advanced encapsulation. Finally, shielding sputtering provides an option to apply on specific RF applications. In brief, ASE offers customers a complete toolbox to serve Fan-Out SiP packaging.
