Patents by Inventor Irmgard Escher-Poeppel

Irmgard Escher-Poeppel 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: 10438926
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor chip module and a semiconductor chip package is disclosed. One embodiment provides a first layer, a second layer, and a base layer. The first layer is disposed on the base layer, and the second layer is disposed on the first layer. A plurality of semiconductor chips is applied above the second layer, and the second layer with the applied semiconductor chips is separated from the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel
  • Publication number: 20190304858
    Abstract: A semiconductor package system comprises a semiconductor package and a cap. The semiconductor package comprises a die pad, a chip mounted or arranged to a first main face of the die pad and an encapsulation body encapsulating the chip and the die pad. The cap covers at least partly an exposed second main face of the die pad. The cap comprises a cap body of an electrically insulating and thermally conductive material and a fastening system fastening the cap to the semiconductor package. The fastening system extends from the cap body towards the encapsulation body or along a side surface of the semiconductor package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Scharf, Ralf Otremba, Thomas Bemmerl, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel, Martin Gruber, Michael Juerss, Thorsten Meyer, Xaver Schloegel
  • Publication number: 20190103378
    Abstract: A metallic interconnection and a semiconductor arrangement including the same are described, wherein a method of manufacturing the same may include: providing a first structure including a first metallic layer having protruding first microstructures; providing a second structure including a second metallic layer having protruding second microstructures; contacting the first and second microstructures to form a mechanical connection between the structures, the mechanical connection being configured to allow fluid penetration; removing one or more non-metallic compounds on the first metallic layer and the second metallic layer with a reducing agent that penetrates the mechanical connection and reacts with the one or more non-metallic compounds; and heating the first metallic layer and the second metallic layer at a temperature causing interdiffusion of the first metallic layer and the second metallic layer to form the metallic interconnection between the structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Irmgard Escher-Poeppel, Khalil Hosseini, Johannes Lodermeyer, Joachim Mahler, Thorsten Meyer, Georg Meyer-Berg, Ivan Nikitin, Reinhard Pufall, Edmund Riedl, Klaus Schmidt, Manfred Schneegans, Patrick Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20190013210
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a method of reducing a sheet resistance in an electronic device encapsulated at least partially in an encapsulation material, wherein the method comprises: providing an electronic device comprising a multilayer structure and being at least partially encapsulated by an encapsulation material; and locally introducing energy into the multilayer structure for reducing a sheet resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Edward Fuergut, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel, Stephanie Fassl, Paul Ganitzer, Gerhard Poeppel, Werner Schustereder, Harald Wiedenhofer
  • Patent number: 10096584
    Abstract: In order to produce a power semiconductor module, a circuit carrier is populated with a semiconductor chip and with an electrically conductive contact element. After populating, the semiconductor chip and the contact element are embedded into a dielectric embedding compound, and the contact element is exposed. In addition, an electrically conductive base layer is produced which electrically contacts the exposed contact element and which bears on the embedding compound and the exposed contact element. A prefabricated metal film is applied to the base layer by means of an electrically conductive connection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Olaf Hohlfeld, Guido Boenig, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel, Edward Fuergut, Martin Gruber, Thorsten Meyer
  • Patent number: 10014275
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a method for producing a chip assemblage. Two or more chip assemblies are produced in each case by cohesively and electrically conductively connecting an electrically conductive first compensation lamina to a first main electrode of a semiconductor chip. A control electrode interconnection structure is arranged in a free space between the chip assemblies. Electrically conductive connections are produced between the control electrode interconnection structure and control electrodes of the semiconductor chips of the individual chip assemblies. The chip assemblies are cohesively connected by means of a dielectric embedding compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Alexander Heinrich, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel, Martin Gruber, Andreas Munding, Catharina Wille
  • Patent number: 9818730
    Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement includes top and bottom contact plates, a plurality of chip assemblies, a dielectric embedding compound, and a control electrode interconnection structure. Each chip assembly has a semiconductor chip having a semiconductor body. The semiconductor body has a top side and an opposing underside. The top side is spaced apart from the underside in a vertical direction. Each semiconductor chip has a top main electrode arranged on the top side, a bottom main electrode arranged on the underside, a control electrode arranged at the top side, and an electrically conductive top compensation die, arranged on the side of the top main electrode facing away from the semiconductor body and cohesively and electrically conductively connected to the top main electrode by means of a top connecting layer. An electric current between the top main electrode and the bottom main electrode can be controlled by means of the control electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel, Juergen Hoegerl, Olaf Hohlfeld, Peter Kanschat
  • Publication number: 20170271298
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a method for producing a chip assemblage. Two or more chip assemblies are produced in each case by cohesively and electrically conductively connecting an electrically conductive first compensation lamina to a first main electrode of a semiconductor chip. A control electrode interconnection structure is arranged in a free space between the chip assemblies. Electrically conductive connections are produced between the control electrode interconnection structure and control electrodes of the semiconductor chips of the individual chip assemblies. The chip assemblies are cohesively connected by means of a dielectric embedding compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Alexander Heinrich, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel, Martin Gruber, Andreas Munding, Catharina Wille
  • Patent number: 9768037
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device package includes structuring a metal layer to generate a structured metal layer having a plurality of openings. Semiconductor chips are placed into at least some of the openings. An encapsulating material is applied over the structured metal layer and the semiconductor chips to form an encapsulation body. The encapsulation body is separated into a plurality of electronic device packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Petteri Palm, Edward Fuergut, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel
  • Publication number: 20170125395
    Abstract: In order to produce a power semiconductor module, a circuit carrier is populated with a semiconductor chip and with an electrically conductive contact element. After populating, the semiconductor chip and the contact element are embedded into a dielectric embedding compound, and the contact element is exposed. In addition, an electrically conductive base layer is produced which electrically contacts the exposed contact element and which bears on the embedding compound and the exposed contact element. A prefabricated metal film is applied to the base layer by means of an electrically conductive connection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Olaf Hohlfeld, Guido Boenig, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel, Edward Fuergut, Martin Gruber, Thorsten Meyer
  • Patent number: 9620459
    Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement includes upper and lower contact plates and basic chip assemblies. Each chip assembly has a semiconductor chip having a semiconductor body with upper and lower spaced apart sides. An individual upper main electrode and an individual control electrode are arranged on the upper side. The chip assemblies have either respectively a separate lower main electrode arranged on the lower side of the semiconductor chip of the corresponding basic chip assembly, or a common lower main electrode, which for each of the chip assemblies is arranged on the lower side of the semiconductor body of that chip assembly. An electrical current between the individual upper main electrode and the individual or common lower main electrode is controllable by its control electrode. The chip assemblies are connected to one another with a material bonded connection by a dielectric embedding compound, forming a solid assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel, Juergen Hoegerl, Olaf Hohlfeld, Peter Kanschat
  • Patent number: 9584889
    Abstract: A packaged MEMS device may include an embedding arrangement, a MEMS device disposed in the embedding arrangement, a sound port disposed in the embedding arrangement and acoustically coupled to the MEMS device, and a grille within the sound port. Some embodiments relate to a sound transducer component including an embedding material and a substrate-stripped MEMS die embedded into the embedding material. The MEMS die may include a diaphragm for sound transduction. The sound transducer component may further include a sound port within the embedding material in fluidic or acoustic contact with the diaphragm. Further embodiments relate to a method for packaging a MEMS device or to a method for manufacturing a sound transducer component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Irmgard Escher-Poeppel, Edward Fuergut, Alfons Dehe
  • Patent number: 9559065
    Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement includes upper and lower contact plates and basic chip assemblies. Each chip assembly has a semiconductor chip having a semiconductor body with upper and lower spaced apart sides. An individual upper main electrode and an individual control electrode are arranged on the upper side. The chip assemblies have either respectively a separate lower main electrode arranged on the lower side of the semiconductor chip of the corresponding basic chip assembly, or a common lower main electrode, which for each of the chip assemblies is arranged on the lower side of the semiconductor body of that chip assembly. An electrical current between the individual upper main electrode and the individual or common lower main electrode is controllable by its control electrode. The chip assemblies are connected to one another with a material bonded connection by a dielectric embedding compound, forming a solid assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel, Juergen Hoegerl, Olaf Hohlfeld, Peter Kanschat
  • Patent number: 9536953
    Abstract: A graphene layer is generated on a substrate. A plastic material is deposited on the graphene layer to at least partially cover the graphene layer. The substrate is separated into at least two substrate pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Klaus Elian, Guenther Ruhl, Horst Theuss, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel
  • Publication number: 20160336226
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a method of reducing a sheet resistance in an electronic device encapsulated at least partially in an encapsulation material, wherein the method comprises: providing an electronic device comprising a multilayer structure and being at least partially encapsulated by an encapsulation material; and locally introducing energy into the multilayer structure for reducing a sheet resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Edward FUERGUT, Irmgard ESCHER-POEPPEL, Stephanie FASSL, Paul GANITZER, Gerhard POEPPEL, Werner SCHUSTEREDER, Harald WIEDENHOFER
  • Patent number: 9355984
    Abstract: An embodiment method for fabricating electronic devices having two components connected by a metal layer includes applying a metal layer to each component and connecting the metal layers such that a single metal layer is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Irmgard Escher-Poeppel, Eduard Knauer, Thomas Kunstmann, Peter Scherl, Raimund Foerg
  • Patent number: 9287206
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device and semiconductor device is provided. The method provides a first layer. The first layer includes through-holes. At least one semiconductor chip is provided. The semiconductor chip includes contact elements. The semiconductor chip is placed onto the first layer with the contact elements being aligned with the through-holes. An encapsulant material is applied over the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel
  • Patent number: 9275916
    Abstract: A method of processing a plurality of packaged electronic chips being connected to one another in a common substrate is provided, wherein the method comprises etching the electronic chips, detecting information indicative of an at least partial removal of an indicator structure following an exposure of the indicator structure embedded within at least a part of the electronic chips and being exposed after the etching has removed chip material above the indicator structure, and adjusting the processing upon detecting the information indicative of the at least partial removal of the indicator structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Edward Fuergut, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel, Manfred Engelhardt, Hans-Joerg Timme, Hannes Eder
  • Patent number: 9230894
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a chip package is provided. The method including: arranging a plurality of dies over a carrier; depositing encapsulation material over the carrier wherein the plurality of dies are covered by the encapsulation material thereby forming a structure including the encapsulation material and the plurality of dies; and removing encapsulation material thereby forming a thinned portion of the structure and a further portion of the structure including encapsulation material thicker than the thinned portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Edward Fuergut, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel
  • Publication number: 20150332938
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device package includes structuring a metal layer to generate a structured metal layer having a plurality of openings. Semiconductor chips are placed into at least some of the openings. An encapsulating material is applied over the structured metal layer and the semiconductor chips to form an encapsulation body. The encapsulation body is separated into a plurality of electronic device packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Petteri Palm, Edward Fuergut, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel