Patents by Inventor Frank Kuo

Frank Kuo 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).

  • Publication number: 20140332939
    Abstract: A semiconductor package and a method for making the same are provided. In the method, a clip is used to conduct a lead frame and at least one chip. The clip has at least one second connection segment, at least one third connection segment, and at least one intermediate connection segment. The second connection segment is electrically connected to a second conduction region of the chip and a second pin of the lead frame respectively, and the third connection segment is electrically connected to a third conduction region of the chip and a third pin of the lead frame respectively. The intermediate connection segment connects the at least one second connection segment and the at least one third connection segment, and is removed in a subsequent process. Thereby, the present invention does not need to use any gold wire, which effectively saves the material cost and the processing dine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Siliconix Electronic Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Frank Kuo, Suresh Belani
  • Publication number: 20140264804
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a stack die package can include a lead frame and a first die including a gate and a source that are located on a first surface of the first die and a drain that is located on a second surface of the first die that is opposite the first surface. The gate and source are flip chip coupled to the lead frame. The stack die package can include a second die including a gate and a drain that are located on a first surface of the second die and a source that is located on a second surface of the second die that is opposite the first surface. The source of the second die is facing the drain of the first die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: VISHAY-SILICONIX
    Inventors: Kyle TERRILL, Frank KUO, Sen MAO
  • Publication number: 20140273344
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method can include coupling a gate and a source of a first die to a lead frame. The first die can include the gate and the source that are located on a first surface of the first die and a drain that is located on a second surface of the first die that is opposite the first surface. In addition, the method can include coupling a source of a second die to the drain of the first die. The second die can include a gate and a drain that are located on a first surface of the second die and the source that is located on a second surface of the second die that is opposite the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: VISHAY-SILICONIX
    Inventors: Kyle TERRILL, Frank KUO, Sen MAO
  • Patent number: 8822273
    Abstract: A semiconductor package and a method for making the same are provided. In the method, a clip is used to conduct a lead frame and at least one chip. The clip has at least one second connection segment, at least one third connection segment, and at least one intermediate connection segment. The second connection segment is electrically connected to a second conduction region of the chip and a second pin of the lead frame respectively, and the third connection segment is electrically connected to a third conduction region of the chip and a third pin of the lead frame respectively. The intermediate connection segment connects the at least one second connection segment and the at least one third connection segment, and is removed in a subsequent process. Thereby, the present invention does not need to use any gold wire, which effectively saves the material cost and the processing time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Vishay-Siliconix
    Inventors: Frank Kuo, Suresh Belani
  • Publication number: 20140208933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bicycle seat post structure, and more particularly, to a structure provided with a hydraulic actuator within which is configured with an upper oil compartment, an intermediate oil compartment, and a lower oil compartment; the three oil compartments intercommunicate. It is characterized in that the bicycle seat post structure provides an upper valve moving simultaneously with the pin and configured between the upper oil compartment and the intermediate oil compartment; the upper valve will be closed to disconnect the upper oil compartment from the intermediate oil compartment when the pin is in a state of locking. Thus, the valve will stop moving up because it is positioned above the upper and the intermediate oil compartments and consequently controlled by the oil within the compartments, so as to stop the seat sliding upward and further to be combined with the bicycle frame as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: Frank Kuo
  • Publication number: 20140205372
    Abstract: The present invention provides a direction restricting device for the inner and outer tubes of a bicycle seat post, comprising at least one axial groove arranged on the wall of one of the tubes, and a direction restricting element fastened to the other tube at the position relative to the axial groove wall; said direction restricting element may be inserted into the axial groove and at least includes an elastic slider provided with an axial opening in the middle; the direction restricting element may be inserted into the axial groove so as to enable the axial outer walls of the direction restricting element to attach to the axial inner walls of the axial groove to eliminate the interspace between the slider and the axial groove to prevent from deflection and wobbling and to reinforce the steadiness of both tubes when the inner and outer tubes rotate relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: Frank Kuo
  • Patent number: 8586419
    Abstract: The present technology is directed toward semiconductors packaged by electrically coupling a plurality of die to an upper and lower lead frame. The opposite edges of each corresponding set of leads in the upper lead frame are bent. The leads in the upper lead frame are electrically coupled between respective contacts on respective die and respective lower portion of the leads in the lower lead frame. The bent opposite edges of each corresponding set of leads of the upper lead frame support the upper lead frame before encapsulation, for achieving a desired position of the plurality of die between the leads of the upper and lower lead frames in the packaged semiconductor. After the encapsulated die are separated, the upper leads have an L-shape and electrically couple die contacts on upper side of the die to leads on the lower side of the die so that the package contacts are on the same side of the semiconductor package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Vishay-Siliconix
    Inventors: Serge Jaunay, Suresh Belani, Frank Kuo, Sen Mao, Peter Wang
  • Patent number: 8471381
    Abstract: A complete power management system implemented in a single surface mount package. The system may be drawn to a DC to DC converter system and includes, in a leadless surface mount package, a driver/controller, a MOSFET transistor, passive components (e.g., inductor, capacitor, resistor), and optionally a diode. The MOSFET transistor may be replaced with an insulated gate bipolar transistor, IGBT in various embodiments. The system may also be a power management system, a smart power module or a motion control system. The passive components may be connected between the leadframe connections. The active components may be coupled to the leadframe using metal clip bonding techniques. In one embodiment, an exposed metal bottom may act as an effective heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Vishay-Siliconix
    Inventors: King Owyang, Mohammed Kasem, Yuming Bai, Frank Kuo, Sen Mao, Sam Kuo
  • Publication number: 20120112331
    Abstract: A semiconductor package and a method for making the same are provided. In the method, a clip is used to conduct a lead frame and at least one chip. The clip has at least one second connection segment, at least one third connection segment, and at least one intermediate connection segment. The second connection segment is electrically connected to a second conduction region of the chip and a second pin of the lead frame respectively, and the third connection segment is electrically connected to a third conduction region of the chip and a third pin of the lead frame respectively. The intermediate connection segment connects the at least one second connection segment and the at least one third connection segment, and is removed in a subsequent process. Thereby, the present invention does not need to use any gold wire, which effectively saves the material cost and the processing time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: SILICONIX ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Frank Kuo, Suresh Belani
  • Publication number: 20110175217
    Abstract: The present technology is directed toward semiconductors packaged by electrically coupling a plurality of die to an upper and lower lead frame. The opposite edges of each corresponding set of leads in the upper lead frame are bent. The leads in the upper lead frame are electrically coupled between respective contacts on respective die and respective lower portion of the leads in the lower lead frame. The bent opposite edges of each corresponding set of leads of the upper lead frame support the upper lead frame before encapsulation, for achieving a desired position of the plurality of die between the leads of the upper and lower lead frames in the packaged semiconductor. After the encapsulated die are separated, the upper leads have an L-shape and electrically couple die contacts on upper side of the die to leads on the lower side of the die so that the package contacts are on the same side of the semiconductor package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: VISHAY-SILICONIX
    Inventors: Serge Jaunay, Suresh Belani, Frank Kuo, Sen Mao, Peter Wang
  • Publication number: 20100219519
    Abstract: A complete power management system implemented in a single surface mount package. The system may be drawn to a DC to DC converter system and includes, in a leadless surface mount package, a driver/controller, a MOSFET transistor, passive components (e.g., inductor, capacitor, resistor), and optionally a diode. The MOSFET transistor may be replaced with an insulated gate bipolar transistor, IGBT in various embodiments. The system may also be a power management system, a smart power module or a motion control system. The passive components may be connected between the leadframe connections. The active components may be coupled to the leadframe using metal clip bonding techniques. In one embodiment, an exposed metal bottom may act as an effective heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: King Owyang, Mohammed Kasem, Yuming Bai, Frank Kuo, Sen Mao, Sam Kuo
  • Publication number: 20090174055
    Abstract: An encapsulation technique for leadless semiconductor packages entails: (a) attaching a plurality of dice (411) to die pads in cavities (41-45, 51-55) of a leadframe, the cavities arranged in a matrix of columns and rows; (b) electrically connecting the dice to a plurality of conducting portions (412-414) of the leadframe; and (c) longitudinally injecting molding material into the cavities along the columns via a plurality of longitudinal gates (46-49, 56-59) of the leadframe to package the dice in the cavities, the longitudinal gates situated between the cavities along the columns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: VISHAY-SILICONIX
    Inventor: Frank Kuo
  • Patent number: 7501086
    Abstract: An encapsulation technique for leadless semiconductor packages entails: (a) attaching a plurality of dice (411) to die pads in cavities (41-45, 51-55) of a leadframe, the cavities arranged in a matrix of columns and rows; (b) electrically connecting the dice to a plurality of conducting portions (412-414) of the leadframe; and (c) longitudinally injecting molding material into the cavities along the columns via a plurality of longitudinal gates (46-49, 56-59) of the leadframe to package the dice in the cavities, the longitudinal gates situated between the cavities along the columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Vishay-Siliconix
    Inventor: Frank Kuo
  • Patent number: 7394150
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a die that is interposed, flip-chip style, between an upper lead frame and a lower lead frame. The lower lead frame has contacts that are aligned with terminals on the bottom surface of the die. The upper lead frame contacts a terminal on the top side of the die, and the edges of the upper lead frame are bent downward around the edges of the die, giving the upper lead frame a cup shape. The edge of the upper lead frame contact another portion of the lower lead frame, so that all of the contacts of the package are coplanar and can be surface-mounted on a printed circuit board. The terminals of the die are electrically connected to the lead frames by means of solder layers. The thicknesses of the respective solder layers that connect the die to the lead frames are predetermined to optimize the performance of the package through numerous thermal cycles. This is done by fabricating the lower lead frame with a plurality of mesas and using a double solder reflow process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Siliconix incorporated
    Inventors: Mohammed Kasem, King Owyang, Frank Kuo, Serge Robert Jaunay, Sen Mao, Oscar Ou, Peter Wang, Chang-Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 7238551
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a die that is interposed, flip-chip style, between an upper lead frame and a lower lead frame. The lower lead frame has contacts that are aligned with terminals on the bottom surface of the die. The upper lead frame contacts a terminal on the top side of the die, and the edges of the upper lead frame are bent downward around the edges of the die, giving the upper lead frame a cup shape. The edge of the upper lead frame contact another portion of the lower lead frame, so that all of the contacts of the package are coplanar and can be surface-mounted on a printed circuit board. The terminals of the die are electrically connected to the lead frames by means of solder layers. The thicknesses of the respective solder layers that connect the die to the lead frames are predetermined to optimize the performance of the package through numerous thermal cycles. This is done by fabricating the lower lead frame with a plurality of mesas and using a double solder reflow process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Siliconix incorporated
    Inventors: Mohammed Kasem, King Owyang, Frank Kuo, Serge Robert Jaunay, Sen Mao, Oscar Ou, Peter Wang, Chang-Sheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20070063340
    Abstract: A complete power management system implemented in a single surface mount package. The system may be drawn to a DC to DC converter system and includes, in a leadless surface mount package, a driver/controller, a MOSFET transistor, passive components (e.g., inductor, capacitor, resistor), and optionally a diode. The MOSFET transistor may be replaced with an insulated gate bipolar transistor, IGBT in various embodiments. The system may also be a power management system, a smart power module or a motion control system. The passive components may be connected between the leadframe connections. The active components may be coupled to the leadframe using metal clip bonding techniques. In one embodiment, an exposed metal bottom may act as an effective heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: King Owyang, Mohammed Kasem, Yuming Bai, Frank Kuo, Sen Mao, Sam Kuo
  • Publication number: 20070063341
    Abstract: A complete power management system implemented in a single surface mount package. The system may be drawn to a DC to DC converter system and includes, in a leadless surface mount package, a driver/controller, a MOSFET transistor, passive components (e.g., inductor, capacitor, resistor), and optionally a diode. The MOSFET transistor may be replaced with an insulated gate bipolar transistor, IGBT in various embodiments. The system may also be a power management system, a smart power module or a motion control system. The passive components may be connected between the leadframe connections. The active components may be coupled to the leadframe using metal clip bonding techniques. In one embodiment, an exposed metal bottom may act as an effective heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: King Owyang, Mohammed Kasem, Yuming Bai, Frank Kuo, Sen Mao, Sam Kuo
  • Publication number: 20060108671
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a die that is interposed, flip-chip style, between an upper lead frame and a lower lead frame. The lower lead frame has contacts that are aligned with terminals on the bottom surface of the die. The upper lead frame contacts a terminal on the top side of the die, and the edges of the upper lead frame are bent downward around the edges of the die, giving the upper lead frame a cup shape. The edge of the upper lead frame contact another portion of the lower lead frame, so that all of the contacts of the package are coplanar and can be surface-mounted on a printed circuit board. The terminals of the die are electrically connected to the lead frames by means of solder layers. The thicknesses of the respective solder layers that connect the die to the lead frames are predetermined to optimize the performance of the package through numerous thermal cycles. This is done by fabricating the lower lead frame with a plurality of mesas and using a double solder reflow process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Mohammed Kasem, King Owyang, Frank Kuo, Serge Jaunay, Sen Mao, Oscar Ou, Peter Wang, Chang-Sheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20060110856
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a die that is interposed, flip-chip style, between an upper lead frame and a lower lead frame. The lower lead frame has contacts that are aligned with terminals on the bottom surface of the die. The upper lead frame contacts a terminal on the top side of the die, and the edges of the upper lead frame are bent downward around the edges of the die, giving the upper lead frame a cup shape. The edge of the upper lead frame contact another portion of the lower lead frame, so that all of the contacts of the package are coplanar and can be surface-mounted on a printed circuit board. The terminals of the die are electrically connected to the lead frames by means of solder layers. The thicknesses of the respective solder layers that connect the die to the lead frames are predetermined to optimize the performance of the package through numerous thermal cycles. This is done by fabricating the lower lead frame with a plurality of mesas and using a double solder reflow process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Mohammed Kasem, King Owyang, Frank Kuo, Serge Jaunay, Sen Mao, Oscar Ou, Peter Wang, Chang-Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 6856006
    Abstract: An encapsulation technique for leadless semiconductor packages entails: (a) attaching a plurality of dice (411) to die pads in cavities (41-45, 51-55) of a leadframe, the cavities arranged in a matrix of columns and rows; (b) electrically connecting the dice to a plurality of conducting portions (412-414) of the leadframe; and (c) longitudinally injecting molding material into the cavities along the columns via a plurality of longitudinal gates (46-49, 56-59) of the leadframe to package the dice in the cavities, the longitudinal gates situated between the cavities along the columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Siliconix Taiwan LTD
    Inventor: Frank Kuo