Patents by Inventor Ming-Chen Lu

Ming-Chen Lu 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: 8952509
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a stacked dual MOSFET package structure and a preparation method thereof. The stacked dual MOSFET package structure comprises a lead frame unit having a die paddle, a first lead and a second lead; a first chip flipped and attached on a top surface of a main paddle of the die paddle; a second chip attached on a bottom surface of the main paddle; and a metal clip mounted on the back of the flipped first chip and electrically connecting an electrode at the back of the first chip to the first lead. A top surface of a metal bump arranged on each electrode at the front of the second chip, a bottom surface of the die pin of the die paddle, a bottom surface of a lead pin of the second lead, and a bottom surface of the first lead are located on the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Hamza Yilmaz, Yueh-Se Ho, Yan Xun Xue, Jun Lu, Xiaotian Zhang, Zhi Qiang Niu, Ming-Chen Lu, Liang Zhao, YuPing Gong, GuoFeng Lian
  • Publication number: 20150035129
    Abstract: A stacked multi-chip packaging structure comprises a lead frame, a first semiconductor chip mounted on the lead frame, a second semiconductor chip flipped-chip mounted on the lead frame, a metal clip mounted on top of the first and second semiconductor chips and a third semiconductor chip stacked on the meal clip; bonding wires electrically connecting electrodes on the third semiconductor chip to the first and second semiconductor chips and the pins of the lead frame; plastic molding encapsulating the lead frame, the chips and the metal clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Xiaotian Zhang, Hua Pan, Ming-Chen Lu, Jun Lu, Hamza Yilmaz
  • Publication number: 20150021780
    Abstract: A thin power device comprises a substrate having a first set of first contact pads at a front surface of the substrate electrically connecting to a second set of second contact pads at a back surface of the substrate, a through opening opened from the front surface and through the substrate exposing a third contact pad at the back surface of the substrate, a semiconductor chip embedded into the through opening with a back metal layer at a back surface of the semiconductor chip attached on the third contact pad, and a plurality of conductive structures electrically connecting electrodes at a front surface of the semiconductor chip with the corresponding first contact pads in the first sets of first contact pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yuping Gong, Yan Xun Xue, Ming-Chen Lu, Ping Huang, Jun Lu, Hamza Yilmaz
  • Publication number: 20140361420
    Abstract: A hybrid packaging multi-chip semiconductor device comprises a lead frame unit, a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip, a first interconnecting structure and a second interconnecting structure, wherein the first semiconductor chip is attached on a first die paddle and the second semiconductor chip is flipped and attached on a third pin and a second die paddle, the first interconnecting structure electrically connecting a first electrode at a front surface of the first semiconductor chip and a third electrode at a back surface of the second semiconductor chip and a second electrode at the front surface of the first semiconductor chip is electrically connected by second interconnecting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Hamza Yilmaz, Yan Xun Xue, Jun Lu, Peter Wilson, Yan Huo, Zhiqiang Niu, Ming-Chen Lu
  • Publication number: 20140264802
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with thick bottom metal comprises a semiconductor chip covered with a top plastic package layer at its front surface and a back metal layer at its back surface, the top plastic package layer surrounds sidewalls of the metal bumps with a top surface of the metal bumps exposing from the top plastic package layer, a die paddle for the semiconductor chip to mount thereon and a plastic package body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Hamza Yilmaz, Yan Xun Xue, Jun Lu, Ming-Chen Lu, Yan Huo, Aihua Lu
  • Publication number: 20140175628
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a first top electrode and a second top electrode at a front surface of the die, at least a Ni plating layer and an Au plating layer overlaying the Ni plating layer are formed on each of the first top electrode and the second top electrode. A copper clip attaches on the Au plating layer of the second top electrode. A gold (Au) stud bump is formed on the Au plating layer of the first top electrode with a copper wire connected on the stud bump. The Au stud bump is thicker than a thickness of the Au plating layer and thinner than a thickness of the copper clip to avoid copper wire NSOP (non-stick on pad) problem due to Ni plating layer diffusion during the solder reflow process in the copper clip attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Hua Pan, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu, Ming-Chen Lu, Zhiqiang Niu
  • Patent number: 8703545
    Abstract: A semiconductor package is provided with an Aluminum alloy lead-frame without noble metal plated on the Aluminum base lead-frame. Aluminum alloy material with proper alloy composition and ratio for making an aluminum alloy lead-frame is provided. The aluminum alloy lead-frame is electroplated with a first metal electroplating layer, a second electroplating layer and a third electroplating layer in a sequence. The lead-frame electroplated with the first, second and third metal electroplating layers is then used in the fabrication process of a power semiconductor package including chip connecting, wire bonding, and plastic molding. After the molding process, the area of the lead-frame not covered by the molding compound is electroplated with a fourth metal electroplating layer that is not easy to be oxidized when exposing to air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Niu, Ming-Chen Lu, Yan Xun Xue, Yan Huo, Hua Pan, Guo Feng Lian, Jun Lu
  • Patent number: 8669650
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package comprises a lead frame having a die paddle comprising a first chip installation area and a second chip installation area, a recess area formed in the first chip installation area, and multiple metal pillars formed in the recess area, a notch divides the first chip installation area into a transverse base extending transversely and a longitudinal base extending longitudinally, and separates the recess area into a transverse recess part formed in the transverse base and a longitudinal recess part formed in longitudinal base; a portion of a transverse extending part connecting to an external pin extends into a portion inside of the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaotian Zhang, Hamza Yilmaz, Jun Lu, Xiaoguang Zeng, Ming-Chen Lu
  • Patent number: 8642385
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a package for semiconductor device and the fabrication method for integrally encapsulating a whole semiconductor chip within a molding compound. In the semicondcutor device package, bonding pads distributed on the top of the chip are redistributed into an array of redistributed bonding pads located in an dielectric layer by utilizing the redistribution technique. The electrodes or signal terminals on the top of the semiconductor chip are connected to an electrode metal segment on the bottom of the chip by conductive materials filled in through holes formed in a silicon substrate of a semiconductor wafer. Furthermore, the top molding portion and the bottom molding portion seal the semiconductor chip completely, thus providing optimum mechanical and electrical protections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Ping Huang, Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz, Jun Lu, Ming-Chen Lu
  • Patent number: 8563417
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to a packaging method of an ultra-thin chip, more specifically, the invention relates to a method for packaging the ultra-thin chip with solder ball thermo-compression in wafer level packaging process. The method starts with disposing solder balls on metal pads arranged on the front surface of semiconductor chips that are formed at the front surface of a semiconductor wafer. The solder balls are soften by heating the wafer, a compression plate is applied with a pressure on the top ends of the solder balls thus forming a co-planar top surface at the top ends of the solder balls. A molding compound is deposited on the front surface of the wafer with the top ends of the solder balls exposed. The wafer is then ground from its back surface to reduce its thickness to achieve ultra-thin chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Lu, Alex Niu, Yueh-Se Ho, Ping Hoang, Jacky Gong, Yan Xun Xue, Xiaolian Zhang, Ming-Chen Lu
  • Publication number: 20130221507
    Abstract: A semiconductor package is provided with an Aluminum alloy lead-frame without noble metal plated on the Aluminum base lead-frame. Aluminum alloy material with proper alloy composition and ratio for making an aluminum alloy lead-frame is provided. The aluminum alloy lead-frame is electroplated with a first metal electroplating layer, a second electroplating layer and a third electroplating layer in a sequence. The lead-frame electroplated with the first, second and third metal electroplating layers is then used in the fabrication process of a power semiconductor package including chip connecting, wire bonding, and plastic molding. After the molding process, the area of the lead-frame not covered by the molding compound is electroplated with a fourth metal electroplating layer that is not easy to be oxidized when exposing to air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Niu, Ming-Chen Lu, Yan Xun Xue, Yan Huo, Hua Pan, Guo Feng Lian, Jun Lu
  • Publication number: 20130130443
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to a packaging method of an ultra-thin chip, more specifically, the invention relates to a method for packaging the ultra-thin chip with solder ball thermo-compression in wafer level packaging process. The method starts with disposing solder balls on metal pads arranged on the front surface of semiconductor chips that are formed at the front surface of a semiconductor wafer. The solder balls are soften by heating the wafer, a compression plate is applied with a pressure on the top ends of the solder balls thus forming a co-planar top surface at the top ends of the solder balls. A molding compound is deposited on the front surface of the wafer with the top ends of the solder balls exposed. The wafer is then ground from its back surface to reduce its thickness to achieve ultra-thin chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Jun Lu, Alex Niu, Yueh-Se Ho, Ping Huang, Jacky Gong, Yan Xun Xue, Xiaotian Zhang, Ming-Chen Lu
  • Publication number: 20130037935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a package for semiconductor device and the fabrication method for integrally encapsulating a whole semiconductor chip within a molding compound. In the semicondcutor device package, bonding pads distributed on the top of the chip are redistributed into an array of redistributed bonding pads located in an dielectric layer by utilizing the redistribution technique. The electrodes or signal terminals on the top of the semiconductor chip are connected to an electrode metal segment on the bottom of the chip by conductive materials filled in through holes formed in a silicon substrate of a semiconductor wafer. Furthermore, the top molding portion and the bottom molding portion seal the semiconductor chip completely, thus providing optimum mechanical and electrical protections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Ping Huang, Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz, Jun Lu, Ming-Chen Lu
  • Publication number: 20120248539
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package comprises a lead frame having a die paddle comprising a first chip installation area and a second chip installation area, a recess area formed in the first chip installation area, and multiple metal pillars formed in the recess area, a notch divides the first chip installation area into a transverse base extending transversely and a longitudinal base extending longitudinally, and separates the recess area into a transverse recess part formed in the transverse base and a longitudinal recess part formed in longitudinal base; a portion of a transverse extending part connecting to an external pin extends into a portion inside of the notch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Xiaotian Zhang, Hamza Yilmaz, Jun Lu, Xiaoguang Zeng, Ming-Chen Lu