Patents by Inventor Eiji KUROSE

Eiji KUROSE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11908699
    Abstract: Implementations of a method of forming a semiconductor package may include forming a plurality of notches into the first side of a semiconductor substrate; forming an organic material over the first side of the semiconductor substrate and into the plurality of notches; forming a cavity into each of a plurality of semiconductor die included in the semiconductor substrate; applying a backmetal into the cavity in each of the plurality of semiconductor die included in the semiconductor substrate; and singulating the semiconductor substrate through the organic material into a plurality of semiconductor packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Seddon, Francis J. Carney, Chee Hiong Chew, Soon Wei Wang, Eiji Kurose
  • Patent number: 11901184
    Abstract: Various implementations of a method of forming a semiconductor package may include forming a plurality of notches into the first side of a semiconductor substrate; forming an organic material over the first side of the semiconductor substrate and the plurality of notches; thinning a second side of the semiconductor substrate opposite the first side one of to or into the plurality of notches; stress relief etching the second side of the semiconductor substrate; applying a backmetal over the second side of the semiconductor substrate; removing one or more portions of the backmetal through jet ablating the second side of the semiconductor substrate; and singulating the semiconductor substrate through the permanent coating material into a plurality of semiconductor packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Seddon, Francis J. Carney, Chee Hiong Chew, Soon Wei Wang, Eiji Kurose
  • Patent number: 11894234
    Abstract: Implementations of a semiconductor device may include a semiconductor die including a first largest planar surface, a second largest planar surface and a thickness between the first largest planar surface and the second largest planar surface; and one of a permanent die support structure, a temporary die support structure, or any combination thereof coupled to one of the first largest planar surface, the second largest planar surface, the thickness, or any combination thereof where the semiconductor die may be coupled with one of a substrate, a leadframe, an interposer, a package, a bonding surface, or a mounting surface. The thickness may be between 0.1 microns and 125 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Francis J. Carney, Chee Hiong Chew, Soon Wei Wang, Eiji Kurose
  • Publication number: 20240006363
    Abstract: Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a semiconductor die having a first side and a second side; one or more bumps included on the first side of the wafer, the bumps comprising a first layer having a first metal and a second layer including a second metal. The first layer may have a first thickness and the second layer may have a second thickness. The semiconductor package may also have a mold compound encapsulating all the semiconductor die except for a face of the one or more bumps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Sw WANG, CH CHEW, Eiji KUROSE, How Kiat LIEW
  • Patent number: 11791297
    Abstract: Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a semiconductor die having a first side and a second side; one or more bumps included on the first side of the wafer, the bumps comprising a first layer having a first metal and a second layer including a second metal. The first layer may have a first thickness and the second layer may have a second thickness. The semiconductor package may also have a mold compound encapsulating all the semiconductor die except for a face of the one or more bumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Sw Wang, Ch Chew, Eiji Kurose, How Kiat Liew
  • Publication number: 20230118179
    Abstract: Implementations of a method of forming semiconductor packages may include: providing a wafer having a plurality of devices, etching one or more trenches on a first side of the wafer between each of the plurality of devices, applying a molding compound to the first side of the wafer to fill the one or more trenches; grinding a second side of the wafer to a desired thickness, and exposing the molding compound included in the one or more trenches. The method may include etching the second side of the wafer to expose a height of the molding compound forming one or more steps extending from the wafer, applying a back metallization to a second side of the wafer, and singulating the wafer at the one or more steps to form a plurality of semiconductor packages. The one or more steps may extend from a base of the back metallization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Eiji KUROSE
  • Patent number: 11562981
    Abstract: Implementations of a method of forming semiconductor packages may include: providing a wafer having a plurality of devices, etching one or more trenches on a first side of the wafer between each of the plurality of devices, applying a molding compound to the first side of the wafer to fill the one or more trenches; grinding a second side of the wafer to a desired thickness, and exposing the molding compound included in the one or more trenches. The method may include etching the second side of the wafer to expose a height of the molding compound forming one or more steps extending from the wafer, applying a back metallization to a second side of the wafer, and singulating the wafer at the one or more steps to form a plurality of semiconductor packages. The one or more steps may extend from a base of the back metallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Eiji Kurose
  • Publication number: 20220384204
    Abstract: Implementations of a semiconductor package may include a die; a first pad and a second pad, the first pad and the second pad each including a first layer and a second layer where the second layer may be thicker than the first layer. At least a first conductor may be directly coupled to the second layer of the first pad; at least a second conductor may be directly coupled to the second layer of the second pad; and an organic material may cover at least the first side of the die. The at least first conductor and the at least second conductor extend through openings in the organic material where a spacing between the at least first conductor and the at least second conductor may be wider than a spacing between the second layer of the first pad and the second layer of the second pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Francis J. CARNEY, Michael J. SEDDON, Yusheng LIN, Takashi NOMA, Eiji KUROSE
  • Publication number: 20220351978
    Abstract: Implementations of a semiconductor device may include a semiconductor die including a first largest planar surface, a second largest planar surface and a thickness between the first largest planar surface and the second largest planar surface; and one of a permanent die support structure, a temporary die support structure, or any combination thereof coupled to one of the first largest planar surface, the second largest planar surface, the thickness, or any combination thereof where the semiconductor die may be coupled with one of a substrate, a leadframe, an interposer, a package, a bonding surface, or a mounting surface. The thickness may be between 0.1 microns and 125 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Francis J. CARNEY, Chee Hiong CHEW, Soon Wei WANG, Eiji KUROSE
  • Publication number: 20220351977
    Abstract: Various implementations of a method of forming a semiconductor package may include forming a plurality of notches into the first side of a semiconductor substrate; applying a permanent coating material into the plurality of notches; forming a first organic material over the first side of the semiconductor substrate and the plurality of notches; thinning a second side of the semiconductor substrate opposite the first side one of to or into the plurality of notches; and singulating the semiconductor substrate through the permanent coating material into a plurality of semiconductor packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Francis J. CARNEY, Yusheng LIN, Michael J. SEDDON, Chee Hiong CHEW, Soon Wei WANG, Eiji KUROSE
  • Publication number: 20220301876
    Abstract: Implementations of a silicon-in-insulator (SOI) semiconductor die may include a first largest planar surface, a second largest planar surface and a thickness between the first largest planar surface and the second largest planar surface; and one of a permanent die support structure, a temporary die support structure, or any combination thereof coupled to one of the first largest planar surface, the second largest planar surface, the thickness, or any combination thereof. The first largest planar surface, the second largest planar surface, and the thickness may be included through a silicon layer coupled to a insulative layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. SEDDON, Francis J. CARNEY, Eiji KUROSE, Chee Hiong CHEW, Soon Wei WANG
  • Publication number: 20220270884
    Abstract: Implementations of a semiconductor package may include a semiconductor die including a first side and a second side, the first side of the semiconductor die including one or more electrical contacts; and an organic material covering at least the first side of the semiconductor die. Implementations may include where the one or more electrical contacts extend through one or more openings in the organic material; a metal-containing layer coupled to the one or more electrical contacts; and one or more slugs coupled to one of a first side of the semiconductor die, a second side of the semiconductor die, or both the first side of the semiconductor die and the second side of the semiconductor die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Yusheng LIN, Michael J. SEDDON, Francis J. CARNEY, Takashi NOMA, Eiji KUROSE
  • Publication number: 20220246434
    Abstract: Implementations of a method of forming a semiconductor package may include forming a plurality of notches into the first side of a semiconductor substrate; forming an organic material over the first side of the semiconductor substrate and into the plurality of notches; forming a cavity into each of a plurality of semiconductor die included in the semiconductor substrate; applying a backmetal into the cavity in each of the plurality of semiconductor die included in the semiconductor substrate; and singulating the semiconductor substrate through the organic material into a plurality of semiconductor packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. SEDDON, Francis J. CARNEY, Chee Hiong CHEW, Soon Wei WANG, Eiji KUROSE
  • Patent number: 11404277
    Abstract: Various implementations of a method of forming a semiconductor package may include forming a plurality of notches into the first side of a semiconductor substrate; applying a permanent coating material into the plurality of notches; forming a first organic material over the first side of the semiconductor substrate and the plurality of notches; thinning a second side of the semiconductor substrate opposite the first side one of to or into the plurality of notches; and singulating the semiconductor substrate through the permanent coating material into a plurality of semiconductor packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Francis J. Carney, Yusheng Lin, Michael J. Seddon, Chee Hiong Chew, Soon Wei Wang, Eiji Kurose
  • Patent number: 11404276
    Abstract: Implementations of a semiconductor device may include a semiconductor die including a first largest planar surface, a second largest planar surface and a thickness between the first largest planar surface and the second largest planar surface; and one of a permanent die support structure, a temporary die support structure, or any combination thereof coupled to one of the first largest planar surface, the second largest planar surface, the thickness, or any combination thereof where the semiconductor die may be coupled with one of a substrate, a leadframe, an interposer, a package, a bonding surface, or a mounting surface. The thickness may be between 0.1 microns and 125 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Francis J. Carney, Chee Hiong Chew, Soon Wei Wang, Eiji Kurose
  • Publication number: 20220238342
    Abstract: Various implementations of a method of forming a semiconductor package may include forming a plurality of notches into the first side of a semiconductor substrate; forming an organic material over the first side of the semiconductor substrate and the plurality of notches; thinning a second side of the semiconductor substrate opposite the first side one of to or into the plurality of notches; stress relief etching the second side of the semiconductor substrate; applying a backmetal over the second side of the semiconductor substrate; removing one or more portions of the backmetal through jet ablating the second side of the semiconductor substrate; and singulating the semiconductor substrate through the permanent coating material into a plurality of semiconductor packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. SEDDON, Francis J. CARNEY, Chee Hiong CHEW, Soon Wei WANG, Eiji KUROSE
  • Publication number: 20220230885
    Abstract: Implementations of a method of forming a semiconductor package may include forming electrical contacts on a first side of a wafer, applying a photoresist layer to the first side of the wafer, patterning the photoresist layer, and etching notches into the first side of the wafer using the photoresist layer. The method may include applying a first mold compound into the notches and over the first side of the wafer, grinding a second side of the wafer opposite the first side of the wafer to the notches formed in the first side of the wafer, applying one of a second mold compound and a laminate resin to a second side of the wafer, and singulating the wafer into semiconductor packages. Six sides of a die included in each semiconductor package may be covered by one of the first mold compound, the second mold compound, and the laminate resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Eiji KUROSE
  • Patent number: 11393692
    Abstract: Implementations of a semiconductor package may include a die; a first pad and a second pad, the first pad and the second pad each including a first layer and a second layer where the second layer may be thicker than the first layer. At least a first conductor may be directly coupled to the second layer of the first pad; at least a second conductor may be directly coupled to the second layer of the second pad; and an organic material may cover at least the first side of the die. The at least first conductor and the at least second conductor extend through openings in the organic material where a spacing between the at least first conductor and the at least second conductor may be wider than a spacing between the second layer of the first pad and the second layer of the second pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Francis J. Carney, Michael J. Seddon, Yusheng Lin, Takashi Noma, Eiji Kurose
  • Patent number: 11367619
    Abstract: Implementations of a semiconductor package may include a semiconductor die including a first side and a second side, the first side of the semiconductor die including one or more electrical contacts; and an organic material covering at least the first side of the semiconductor die. Implementations may include where the one or more electrical contacts extend through one or more openings in the organic material; a metal-containing layer coupled to the one or more electrical contacts; and one or more slugs coupled to one of a first side of the semiconductor die, a second side of the semiconductor die, or both the first side of the semiconductor die and the second side of the semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Yusheng Lin, Michael J. Seddon, Francis J. Carney, Takashi Noma, Eiji Kurose
  • Patent number: 11361970
    Abstract: Implementations of a silicon-in-insulator (SOI) semiconductor die may include a first largest planar surface, a second largest planar surface and a thickness between the first largest planar surface and the second largest planar surface; and one of a permanent die support structure, a temporary die support structure, or any combination thereof coupled to one of the first largest planar surface, the second largest planar surface, the thickness, or any combination thereof. The first largest planar surface, the second largest planar surface, and the thickness may be included through a silicon layer coupled to a insulative layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Seddon, Francis J. Carney, Eiji Kurose, Chee Hiong Chew, Soon Wei Wang