Saturday, August 1, 2015

2.5D flows: CoW v/s CoS

2 primary flows: CoS and CoW (or CoC)
CoW/CoC may be chip-first (attach before interposer MEOL) or chip-last (after interposer MEOL)
Chip-first requires committing expensive die on interposer, without knowing interposer yield, but allows chip-attach on full thickness wafers. [Concern: Assemblly yield]
Chip-last uses KGD & finished interposer (or KGI) and therefore promises higher assembly yield, but requires thin interposer wafer handling (WSS) and therefore increases assembly cost. [Concern: Assembly cost]
CoS leverages existing flip-chip assembly infrastructure and allows test insertion before committing expensive BOM (logic/ASIC/memory die), but large interposer attach to substrate first, generates warpage concerns that may challenge ASIC/logic/memory die attach to interposer. [Concern: Assembly yield for large die]

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