“Leveraging this technology is a great complement to Arria 10 FPGAs and SoCs and helps us address the packaging challenges at the 20 nm node,” he added.
TSMC’s leading-edge flip chip BGA package technology provides Arria 10 devices with better quality and reliability than standard copper bumping solutions through the use of fine-pitch copper bumps. The technology is able to accommodate very high bump counts as required by high-performance FPGA products. It also provides excellent bump joint fatigue life, improved performance in electro-migration current and low stress on the ELK (Extra Low-K) layers, all highly critical features for products employing advanced silicon technologies.
“TSMC’s copper bump-based package technology provides excellent value for small bump pitch (<150µm) advanced silicon products featuring ELK,” said David Keller, senior vice president, business management, TSMC North America. “We are pleased that Altera is adopting this highly integrated packaging technology.”
Altera is now shipping Arria 10 FPGAs based on TSMC 20SoC process technology featuring this packaging technology.
TSMC’s copper bump-based package technology is scalable and ideal for products that feature large die size and small bump pitch. It includes a DFM/DFR implementation from TSMC that adjusts package design and structure for wider assembly process windows and higher reliability. The technology has demonstrated better than 99.8% production-level assembly yields.