The semiconductor industry manufactures a very huge variety of integrated circuits that have different packaging requirements. Package attributes that are taken into consideration when choosing a package type for a particular semiconductor device include: size, lead count, power dissipation, field operating conditions, and of course, cost.
Popular IC package types used in the semiconductor industry today are presented below.
Types of IC Packages (not shown in scale)
CBGA - Ceramic Ball Grid Array
CCGA - Ceramic Column Grid Array
CerDIP - Ceramic Dual-in-Line Package
CerPack - Ceramic Package
CLCC - Ceramic Leadless Chip Carrier
CPGA - Ceramic Pin Grid Array
CQFP - Ceramic Quad Flat Pack
D2PAK or DDPAK - Dou-ble Decawatt Package
D3PAK - Decawatt Package 3
DFN - Dual Flat No Leads Package
DPAK - Decawatt Package
FBGA - Fine-Pitch Ball Grid Array
JLCC - J-Leaded Ceramic Chip Carrier
LFBGA - Low Profile Fine-Pitch Ball Grid Array
LGA - Land Grid Array
LQFP - Low-Profile Quad Flat Package
MLP - Micro Leadframe Package
MQFP - Metric Quad Flat Package
MSOP - Micro Small Outline Package
PBGA - Plastic Ball Grid Array
PDIP - Plastic Dual-in-Line Package
PLCC - Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier
PPGA - Plastic Pin Grid Array
PQFN - Power Quad Flat No Leads Package
PQFP - Plastic Quad Flat Pack
PSOP - Power Small Outline Package
QFN - Quad Flat No Leads Package
QSOP - Quarter Size Outline Package
SBDIP - Sidebraze Dual-in-Line Package
SC-70 - Small Outline Transistor
SIP - Single-In-Line Package
SOIC - Small Outline IC Package
SOJ - Small Outline J-Lead Package
SOT-23 - Small Outline Transistor
SPDIP - Shrink Plastic Dual-in-Line Package
SSOP - Shrink Small Outline Package
TDFN - Thin Dual Flat No Leads Package
TFBGA - Thin Fine-Pitch Ball Grid Array
TQFN - Thin Quad Flat No Leads Package
TQFP - Thin Quad Flat Pack
TSOP - Thin Small Outline Package
TSSOP - Thin Shrink Small Outline Package
UTDFN - Ultra Thin Dual Flat No Leads Package
UTQFN - Ultra Thin Quad Flat No Leads Package
VFBGA - Very Thin Fine-Pitch Ball Grid Array
VSOP - Very Small Outline Package
XDFN - Extreme Thin Dual Flat No Leads Package
XQFN - Extreme Thin Quad Flat No Leads Package