With Means For Controlling Lead Tension Patents (Class 257/674)
  • Patent number: 11776929
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: an inner substrate on which a semiconductor chip is mounted, and has a surface on which terminals including electric path terminals are formed; a lead frame which has a chip connecting electrode portion which is electrically connected to a surface of the semiconductor chip via a conductive bonding member, substrate connecting electrode portions which are electrically connected to the electric path terminals of the inner substrate, and horizontal surface support portions which bulge to the outside from the chip connecting electrode portion or the substrate connecting electrode portions; and pin terminals which are mounted upright over the inner substrate in a direction perpendicular to flat surfaces of the substrate connecting electrode portions of the lead frame, wherein the horizontal surface support portions bulge to the outside of the inner substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SHINDENGEN ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soichiro Umeda, Atsushi Kyutoku
  • Patent number: 10910233
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a substrate and a monolithic encapsulant. The substrate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a plurality of lateral surfaces extending between the first surface and the second surface. The substrate defines a first opening and a second opening that extend between the first surface and the second surface and respectively expose the plurality of lateral surfaces. The monolithic encapsulant includes a first portion disposed on the first surface of the substrate, a second portion disposed on the second surface of the substrate and a third portion disposed within the first opening and the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Chanyuan Liu
  • Patent number: 10868364
    Abstract: Solution is preparing a substrate; covering an electronic component mounting region and an antenna mounting region of the substrate with a resin material having viscosity or fluidity; curing the resin material to form a resin layer, and thereafter performing grinding or polishing so as to substantially flatten a surface of the resin layer on the electronic component mounting region and the antenna mounting region; and covering the flattened resin layer with a shielding material having viscosity or fluidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiko Kai, Masaya Shimamura, Mikio Aoki, Jin Mikata, Taiji Ito
  • Patent number: 10535933
    Abstract: A connection element for an electronic component assembly includes a support, a first contact pad, and a second contact pad. The first contact pad and the second contact pad are electrically connected. A first contact conductor has a first conductor surface electrically connected to the first contact pad at a first section, and is configured to form a welded connection in a second section of the first conductor surface, and/or on the second conductor surface. The invention also relates to an electronic component assembly which includes such a connection element, and which has at least one component welded to the contact conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
    Inventor: Martin Henschel
  • Patent number: 10199300
    Abstract: A lead frame includes a first outer lead portion and a second outer lead portion which is arranged to oppose to the first outer lead portion with an element-mounting region between them. An inner lead portion has first inner leads connected to the first outer leads and second inner leads connected to the second outer leads. At least either the first or second inner leads are routed in the element-mounting region. An insulation resin is filled in the gaps between the inner leads located on the element-mounting region. A semiconductor device is configured with semiconductor elements mounted on both the top and bottom surfaces of the lead frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Goto
  • Patent number: 9974178
    Abstract: Multipolar lead parts having plural leads and a retaining member, wherein the retaining member includes a cylindrical portion so as to cover peripheries of the leads, the cylindrical portion facing in a board direction; wherein the leads each include an upper-side board coupling portion and a lower-side board coupling portion; wherein the lower-side board coupling portion comprises a forward protruding portion that the other end side of each of the leads is bent in a direction orthogonal to an arrangement face of the leads, a vertical portion extending downward from a front end, a solder coupling portion extending backward from a lower end, and a rising portion extending upward from the solder coupling portion; and wherein said rising portion is formed as to have an obtuse angle from said solder coupling portion regardless of a bending angle of said vertical portion with respect to said solder coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Morimoto, Noboru Kaneko, Tadayoshi Osakabe
  • Patent number: 9475694
    Abstract: Vertical mount package assemblies and methods for making the same are disclosed. A method for manufacturing a vertical mount package assembly includes providing a base substrate having electrical connections for affixing to external circuitry, and providing a package having a mounting region configured to receive a device therein. Flexible electrical leads are formed between the base substrate and the package. The flexible leads can include a plurality of aligned grooves to guide bending. After forming the flexible electrical leads, the package is rotated relative to the base substrate. The aligned grooves can constrain the relative positions of the substrates during rotation, and the beveled edges of the base substrate and package can maintain a desired angular relationship (e.g., perpendicular) between the base substrate and the package after rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES GLOBAL
    Inventors: Arturo Martizon, Jr., Thomas M. Goida
  • Patent number: 9245832
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes: a metal block; an insulation layer for heat radiation formed by directly depositing a ceramic material on at least a first surface of the metal block; an insulation layer for a relay electrode formed by directly depositing a ceramic material on a part of a second surface 1b of the metal block; a relay electrode formed by depositing a metal material on the upper surface of the insulation layer for the relay electrode; a circuit element bonded with the second surface of the metal block by solder; and an external lead terminal, wherein a bonding wire or a lead frame from the circuit element is bonded with the relay electrode, and the relay electrode and the external lead terminal are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akane Hasegawa, Kenji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9012262
    Abstract: A method of making a tiled array of semiconductor dies includes aligning and flattening. One end of each semiconductor die has attached thereto a respective printed circuit board. The aligning aligns the semiconductor dies into the tiled array in such a way that the semiconductor dies rest on a vacuum plate and the one end of each die extends beyond an edge of the vacuum plate. The flattening flattens the semiconductor dies against the vacuum plate with a vacuum after the semiconductor dies are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Teledyne Rad-icon Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Farrier Michael George, Roumbanis John Bernard
  • Patent number: 9006869
    Abstract: A light emitting device package is provided comprising a light emitting device including at least one light emitting diode and a body including a first lead frame on which the light emitting device is mounted and a second lead frame spaced apart from the first lead frame, wherein at least one of the first and second lead frames is extending to a bending region in a first direction by a predetermined length on the basis of an outer surface of the body and is bent in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: JaeJoon Yoon
  • Patent number: 8981578
    Abstract: A sensor array package can include a sensor disposed on a first side of a substrate. Signal trenches can be formed along the edges of the substrate and a conductive layer can be deposited in the signal trench and can couple to sensor signal pads. Bond wires can be attached to the conductive layers and can be arranged to be below a surface plane of the sensor. The sensor array package can be embedded in a printed circuit board enabling the bond wires to terminate at other conductors within the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Inventors: Matthew E. Last, Lili Huang, Seung Jae Hong, Ralph E. Kauffman, Tongbi Tom Jiang
  • Patent number: 8975733
    Abstract: There is provided a technology enabling the improvement of the reliability of a semiconductor device manufactured by physically fixing separately formed chip mounting portion and lead frame. A feature of an embodiment resides in that, a second junction portion formed in a suspension lead is fitted into a first junction portion formed in a chip mounting portion, thereby to physically fix the chip mounting portion and the suspension lead. Specifically, the first junction portion is formed of a concave part disposed in the surface of the chip mounting portion. The second junction portion forms a part of the suspension lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Sato, Nobuya Koike
  • Patent number: 8927342
    Abstract: The present invention specifies a leadframe for electronic components and a corresponding manufacturing process, in which the bonding islands are formed by welding individual, prefabricated segments of a bonding-capable material onto a stamped leadframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Goesele, Friedrich Seger, Josef Sinder, Joachim Stifter, Oliver Werner
  • Publication number: 20140264797
    Abstract: The method includes the steps of: providing a lead frame, including providing a concaved part in an upper face of a joint part of a die-pad-support lead of a lead frame for setting down a die pad and a tie-bar; bonding a semiconductor chip to a first principal face of the die pad via an adhesive-member layer; then, setting the lead frame between first and second molding dies having first and second cavities respectively so that the first and second cavities are opposed to each other, and the second principal face of the die pad faces toward the second cavity; and forming first and second resin sealed bodies on the sides of the first and second principal faces of the die pad respectively by resin sealing with the first and second molding dies clamping the tie-bar and a part of the lead frame surrounding the tie-bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke OTA, Fukumi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 8836092
    Abstract: A lead frame for assembling a semiconductor device has a die pad surrounded by lead fingers. Each of the lead fingers has a proximal end close to but spaced from an edge of the die pad and a distal end farther from the die pad. A semiconductor die is attached to a surface of the die pad. The die has die bonding pads on its upper surface that are electrically connected to the proximal ends of the lead fingers with bond wires. An encapsulation material covers the bond wires, semiconductor die and the proximal ends of the lead fingers. Prior to assembly, hot spots of the die are determined and the lead fingers closest to the hot spots are selected to project closer to the die than the other lead fingers. These longer lead fingers assist in dissipating the heat at the die hot spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: FreeScale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Chetan Verma, Piyush Kumar Mishra, Cheong Chiang Ng
  • Patent number: 8816482
    Abstract: A flip-chip leadframe semiconductor package designed to improve mold flow around the leadframe and semiconductor die. An embodiment of the semiconductor package includes a leadframe, a semiconductor die attached to the leadframe, and an encapsulant covering the leadframe and semiconductor die, wherein a portion of the leadframe that is attached to the semiconductor die is below a portion of the leadframe that enters the encapsulant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: United Test and Assembly Center Ltd.
    Inventors: Saravuth Sirinorakul, Kasemsan Kongthaworn
  • Patent number: 8796826
    Abstract: A device and method for minimizing the forces that may compromise a lead frame mount to a support structure in an integrated circuit die package during various packaging method steps. When a window clamp is used to provide pressure during a lead frame bonding step or during a wire bonding step during packaging, the vertical force applied by the window clamp may be transferred in lateral direction by the physical contour of the top plate of the support structure. By changing the physical contour of the top plate of the support structure, such as by disposing a specific kind of contoured protrusion, one may minimize or eliminate the lateral forces that act against achieving a solid bond of the lead frame to the support structure. Further, during wire bonding, the same minimization or elimination of lateral forces lead to improved wire bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Xueren Zhang, Kim-Yong Goh, Wingshenq Wong
  • Patent number: 8778739
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lead frame, includes forming a rectangular first dimple includes, first inclined side surfaces inclined to a depth direction, and arranged in two opposing sides in one direction, and standing side surfaces standing upright to a depth direction, and arranged in two opposing sides in other direction, on a backside of a die pad by a first stamping, and forming a second dimple having second inclined side surfaces inclined on the backside of the die pad by a second stamping, such that a second inclined side surfaces of the second dimple are arranged in side areas of the standing side surfaces of the first dimple, wherein the standing side surfaces are transformed into reversed inclined side surfaces inclined to a reversed direction to the first inclined side surfaces, and a front side of the die pad is semiconductor element mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Miyao
  • Patent number: 8772923
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: leads (5) in each of which a cutout (5a) is formed; a die pad (11); a power element (1) held on the die pad (11); and a package (6) made of a resin material, and configured to encapsulate inner end portions of the leads (5), and the die pad (11) including the power element (1). The cutout (5a) is located in a region of each of the leads (5) including a portion of the lead (5) located at a boundary between the lead (5) and the package (6), and is filled with a resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Masanori Minamio
  • Patent number: 8766418
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip; an extension formed at a side surface of the first semiconductor chip; a connection terminal formed on the first semiconductor chip; a re-distribution part formed over the first semiconductor chip and the extension and including an interconnect connected to the connection terminal and an insulating layer covering the interconnect; and an electrode formed above the extension on a surface of the re-distribution part and connected to the interconnect at an opening of the insulating layer. The electrode is mainly made of a material having an elastic modulus higher than that of the interconnect. The electrode includes a bonding region where the electrode is bonded to the interconnect at the opening, and an outer region closer to an end part of the extension. The interconnect is formed so as not to continuously extend to a position right below the outer region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Teppei Iwase, Takashi Yui
  • Patent number: 8759955
    Abstract: Conventional semiconductor devices have a problem that it is difficult to prevent the short circuit between chips and to improve accuracy in temperature detection with the controlling semiconductor chips. In a semiconductor device of the present invention, a first mount region to which a driving semiconductor chip is fixedly attached and a second mount region to which a controlling semiconductor chip is fixedly attached are formed isolated from each other. A projecting area is formed in the first mount region, and the projecting area protrudes into the second mount region. The controlling semiconductor chip is fixedly attached to the top surfaces of the projecting area and the second mount region by use of an insulating adhesive sheet material. This structure prevents the short circuit between the two chips, and improves accuracy in temperature detection with the controlling semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Hideyuki Iwamura, Isao Ochiai
  • Patent number: 8754510
    Abstract: A conduction path includes a first conduction path forming plate (11) made of a first metal and having a through hole (13), and a second conduction path forming plate (15) made of a second metal and having a press-fit portion (17) press-fitted into the through hole. A wall surface of the through hole and a side surface of the press-fit portion forms an inclined bonding surface (18) inclined relative to a normal line of an overlap surface of the first conduction path forming plate and the second conduction path forming plate, and a bonding portion (25) formed by metal flow is formed in a region located in a periphery of the inclined bonding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Minamio, Zyunya Tanaka, Ryoutarou Imura
  • Patent number: 8736080
    Abstract: A sensor array package can include a sensor disposed on a first side of a substrate. Signal trenches can be formed along the edges of the substrate and a conductive layer can be deposited in the signal trench and can couple to sensor signal pads. Bond wires can be attached to the conductive layers and can be arranged to be below a surface plane of the sensor. The sensor array package can be embedded in a printed circuit board enabling the bond wires to terminate at other conductors within the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn X. Arnold, Terry L. Gilton, Matthew E. Last
  • Publication number: 20140110827
    Abstract: A pressed-contact type semiconductor device includes a power semiconductor element, on an upper surface of which at least a first electrode is formed and on a lower surface of which at least a second electrode is formed, lead frames which face the first electrode and the second electrode of the power semiconductor element respectively, and a clip which applies a pressure to the lead frames while the power semiconductor element is sandwiched by the lead frames, wherein a metallic porous plating part is formed on a surface which faces the first electrode or the second electrode, the surface being a surface of at least one of the lead frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Tsukahara, Toshiyuki Kojima, Takayuki Hirose, Keiko Ikuta, Kohichi Tanda
  • Patent number: 8704346
    Abstract: In a package wherein a lead part coupled to a semiconductor element by wire bonding, an element retention member to retain the semiconductor element on the top face side and radiate heat on the bottom face side, and an insulative partition part to partition the lead part from the element retention member with an insulative resin appear, a creeping route ranging from the top face to retain the semiconductor element to a package bottom face on a boundary plane between the element retention member and an insulative partition part includes a bent route having a plurality of turns. Consequently, it is possible to inhibit an encapsulation resin to seal a region retaining the semiconductor element from exuding toward the bottom face side of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Sakai, Kiyomi Nakamura, Yasuo Matsumi
  • Patent number: 8692367
    Abstract: A wafer-level packaged semiconductor device is described. In an implementation, the device includes one or more self-assembled resilient leads disposed on an integrated circuit chip. Each of the resilient leads are configured to move from a first position wherein the resilient lead is held adjacent to the chip and a second position wherein the resilient lead is extended away from the chip to interconnect the chip to a printed circuit board. A guard is provided to protect the resilient leads when the resilient leads are in the first position. One or more attachment bumps may also be furnished to facilitate attachment of the device to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Chiung C. Lo, Arkadii V. Samoilov, Reynante T. Alvarado
  • Patent number: 8650748
    Abstract: A method of fabricating chip carriers suitable for use in packaging integrated circuits and other electronic, electro-mechanical and opto-electronic devices is described. In general, a number of wires (or wires and rods) are arranged in parallel in a wiring fixture. After the wires are positioned, they are encapsulated to form an encapsulated wiring block. The wiring block is then sliced to form a number of discrete panels. Preferably, the various wires are geometrically positioned such that each resulting panel has a large number of device areas defined therein. The encapsulant in each panel effectively forms a substrate and the wire segments in each panel form conductive vias that extend through the substrate. The resulting panels/chip carriers can then be used in a wide variety of packaging applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Artur Darbinyan, David T. Chin, Kurt E. Sincerbox
  • Patent number: 8643156
    Abstract: A lead frame has a flag, a peripheral frame, and main tie bars coupling the flag to the peripheral frame. At least one cross tie bar extends between two of the main tie bars and an inner row of external connector pads extending from an inner side of the cross tie bar and an outer row of external connector pads extending from an outer side of the cross tie bar. Both an inner non-electrically conductive support bar and an outer non-electrically conductive support bar are attached across the two of the main tie bars. The inner non-electrically conductive support bar is attached to upper surfaces of the two of the main tie bars and to upper surfaces of the inner row of the external connector pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Shunan Qiu, Zhigang Bai, Haiyan Liu
  • Patent number: 8618643
    Abstract: A lead frame includes a first outer lead portion and a second outer lead portion which is arranged to oppose to the first outer lead portion with an element-mounting region between them. An inner lead portion has first inner leads connected to the first outer leads and second inner leads connected to the second outer leads. At least either the first or second inner leads are routed in the element-mounting region. An insulation resin is filled in the gaps between the inner leads located on the element-mounting region. A semiconductor device is configured with semiconductor elements mounted on both the top and bottom surfaces of the lead frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Goto
  • Patent number: 8614502
    Abstract: A semiconductor assembly board includes a supporting board, a coreless build-up circuitry and a built-in electronic device. The supporting board includes a bump, a flange and a via hole in the bump. The built-in electronic device extends into the via hole and is electrically connected to the build-up circuitry. The build-up circuitry extends from the flange and the built-in electronic device and provides signal routing for the built-in electronic device. The supporting board provides mechanical support, ground/power plane and heat sink for the coreless build-up circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Bridge Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Charles W.C. Lin, Chia-Chung Wang
  • Patent number: 8610253
    Abstract: A lead frame includes a die stage; an inner lead provided near the die stage; and a bus bar provided between the die stage and the inner lead and supported by a hanging lead, wherein the hanging lead is inclined with respect to the inner lead, and a wire connection face of the bus bar is displaced with respect to a wire connection face of the inner lead in a direction of a frame thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Takahiro Yurino, Hiroshi Aoki, Tatsuya Takaku
  • Patent number: 8525307
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a lead frame, a semiconductor element mounted on the lead frame, and a frame-like member formed on the lead frame, surrounding the semiconductor element, and covering a side surface of the lead frame and exposing a lower surface of the lead frame. The frame-like member has at least one concave portion in a side surface thereof. The concave portion has a ceiling portion located at the same height as or lower than an upper surface of the lead frame, and a bottom portion located higher than the lower surface of the lead frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Ito, Shigehisa Oonakahara, Yoshikazu Tamura, Kiyoshi Fujihara
  • Patent number: 8525311
    Abstract: A lead frame for a semiconductor device has a die pad with a first major surface for receiving an semiconductor die and a connection bar that encircles the die pad. First lead fingers that project from the connection bar towards the die pad have proximal ends close to the die pad and distal ends connected to the connection bar. The proximal ends of the first lead fingers lie in a first plane. Second lead fingers that project from the connection bar towards the die pad have proximal ends close to the die pad and distal ends connected to the connection bar. The proximal ends of the second lead fingers lie in a second plane that is parallel and spaced from the first plane. An isolation frame is disposed between the proximal ends of the first and second lead fingers. The isolation frame separates but supports the proximal ends of the first and second lead fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhigang Bai, Jinzhong Yao, Xuesong Xu
  • Patent number: 8492882
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a die pad, a heat dissipating plate in the form of a frame arranged between the die pad and leads so as to surround the die pad, members that connect the die pad and the inner edge of the heat dissipating plate, and a suspension lead linked to the outer extension of the heat dissipating plate. A semiconductor chip larger than the die pad is mounted over the die pad and the members. Top surfaces of the die pad and the members in opposition to the back surface of the chip are bonded to the back surface of the chip with silver paste. Heat is conducted from the back surface of the chip to the heat dissipating plate via the silver paste, the die pad, and the members, and dissipated to the outside of the semiconductor device via the leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Arita, Kazuko Hanawa, Makoto Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20130168840
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated device is provided with: a die having a body of semiconductor material with a front surface, and an active area arranged at the front surface; and a package having a support element carrying the die at a back surface of the body, and a coating material covering the die. The body includes a mechanical decoupling region, which mechanically decouples the active area from mechanical stresses induced by the package; the mechanical decoupling region is a trench arrangement within the body, which releases the active area from an external frame of the body, designed to absorb the mechanical stresses induced by the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicants: STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L., STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS
    Inventors: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS, STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
  • Patent number: 8445998
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a lead structure upon which a semiconductor die is mounted with at least some portion of at least some of the leads extending to, at, or across an axis or axis of the package to militate against thermally induced growth of the package and the reduce or minimize strain within the package and reliability issue associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Intersil Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Young-Gon Kim, Nikhil Vishwanath Kelkar, Louis Elliott Pflughaupt
  • Patent number: 8410587
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package system includes a leadframe with leads configured to provide electrical contact between an integrated circuit chip and an external electrical source. Configuring the leads to include outer leads, down set transitional leads, and down set inner leads. Connecting the integrated circuit chip electrically to the down set inner leads. Depositing an encapsulating material to prevent exposure of the down set inner leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
    Inventors: Taesung Lee, Jae Soo Lee, Geun Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8390105
    Abstract: A lead frame substrate, including: a metal plate having a first surface and a second surface; a semiconductor element mount portion and a semiconductor element electrode connection terminal that are formed on the first surface; an external connection terminal formed on the second surface and electrically connected to the semiconductor element electrode connection terminal; a conducting wire that connects the semiconductor element electrode connection terminal and the external connection terminal to each other; a resin layer formed on the metal plate; a hole portion that is partly formed in the second surface of the metal plate and does not penetrate the metal plate; and a plurality of protrusions that are formed on a bottom surface of the hole portion and protrude in a direction away from the metal plate, the protrusions having a height lower than a position of the second surface, not being in electrical conduction with the conducting wire, and being dispersed separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junko Toda, Susumu Maniwa, Yasuhiro Sakai, Takehito Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 8384228
    Abstract: Embodiments of a microelectronic package are generally described herein. A microelectronic package may include a lead frame including a major surface, and a die having including a bond pad. A wire may electrically couple a location of the major surface of the lead frame with the bond pad of the die, the wire being situated such that the wire is substantially unbent from the location of the major surface to an edge of the lead frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Triquint Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Bartlow, William McCalpin, Binh Le
  • Patent number: 8378469
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for integrally packaging antennas with semiconductor IC (integrated circuit) chips to provide highly-integrated and high-performance radio/wireless communications systems for millimeter wave applications including, e.g., voice communication, data communication, and radar applications. For example, wireless communication modules are constructed with IC chips having receiver/transmitter/transceiver integrated circuits and planar antennas that are integrally constructed from BEOL (back end of line) metallization structures of the IC chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Gaucher, Duixian Liu, Ullrich R. Pfeiffer, Thomas M. Zwick
  • Patent number: 8355258
    Abstract: An orthogonal array is formed by performing electromagnetic field analysis only once and determining a range by using the mount position and type of a capacitor and the number of capacitors as parameters to perform circuit analysis a small number of times. An estimation equation is formed by using as an index a result of the absolute value of the calculated power source impedance, and a capacitor is disposed to reduce noises by using the estimation equation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Osaka, Yutaka Uematsu
  • Patent number: 8334467
    Abstract: An electronic device package 100 comprising a lead frame 150 having at least one lead 110 with a notch 205. The notch includes at least one reentrant angle 210 of greater than 180 degrees and the notch is located distal to a cut end 1010 of the lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Larry W. Golick, Qwai Hoong Low, John W. Osenbach, Matthew E. Stahley
  • Publication number: 20120280375
    Abstract: In a package wherein a lead part coupled to a semiconductor element by wire bonding, an element retention member to retain the semiconductor element on the top face side and radiate heat on the bottom face side, and an insulative partition part to partition the lead part from the element retention member with an insulative resin appear, a creeping route ranging from the top face to retain the semiconductor element to a package bottom face on a boundary plane between the element retention member and an insulative partition part includes a bent route having a plurality of turns. Consequently, it is possible to inhibit an encapsulation resin to seal a region retaining the semiconductor element from exuding toward the bottom face side of the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Sakai, Kiyomi Nakamura, Yasuo Matsumi
  • Patent number: 8304868
    Abstract: A pallet (501) supporting a half-etched leadframe with cantilever-type leads (403) without metallic supports during the step of attaching components (510) to the leads in order to assemble an electronic system. After assembly, the pallet is removed before the molding step that encapsulates (601a) the components on the leadframe and mechanically supports (601b) the cantilever leads. The pallet is machined from metal or inert plastic material, tolerates elevated temperatures during soldering, and is reusable for the next assembly batch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael G Amaro, Steven A Kummerl, Taylor R Efland, Sreenivasan K Koduri
  • Patent number: 8278748
    Abstract: A wafer-level packaged semiconductor device is described. In an implementation, the device includes one or more self-assembled resilient leads disposed on an integrated circuit chip. Each of the resilient leads are configured to move from a first position wherein the resilient lead is held adjacent to the chip and a second position wherein the resilient lead is extended away from the chip to interconnect the chip to a printed circuit board. A guard is provided to protect the resilient leads when the resilient leads are in the first position. One or more attachment bumps may also be furnished to facilitate attachment of the device to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Chiung C. Lo, Arkadii V. Samoilov, Reynante Alvarado
  • Patent number: 8258609
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package system is provided including forming a paddle having an integrated circuit die thereover, an outer lead, and an inner lead between the paddle and the outer lead. The integrated circuit package system is also provided including placing a lead support over the inner lead without traversing to an inner body bottom side of the inner lead, connecting the integrated circuit die and the inner lead, and encapsulating the inner lead having the lead support thereover and the inner lead exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Zigmund Ramirez Camacho, Henry Descalzo Bathan, Jose Alvin Caparas, Arnel Trasporto
  • Patent number: 8241958
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device and a semiconductor module in which breakage of a semiconductor element due to a pressing force given from the outside is prevented. A semiconductor device according to the present invention has a configuration mainly including an island, a semiconductor element mounted on a front surface of the island, a lead that functions as an external connection terminal, and a sealing resin that covers these components in an integrated manner and mechanically supports them. Further, a through-hole is provided so as to penetrate the sealing resin. A front surface of the sealing resin around the through-hole forms a flat part. The front surface of the sealing resin that overlaps the semiconductor element is depressed inward with respect to the flat part to form a depressed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignees: SANYO Semiconductor Co., Ltd., Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Haruhiko Sakai
  • Patent number: 8237250
    Abstract: The advanced quad flat non-leaded package structure includes a carrier, a chip, a plurality of wires, and a molding compound. The carrier includes a die pad and a plurality of leads. The leads include first leads disposed around the die pad, second leads disposed around the first leads and at least an embedded lead portion between the first leads and the second leads. The wires are disposed between the chip, the first leads and the embedded lead portion. The advanced quad flat non-leaded package structures designed with the embedded lead portion can provide better electrical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Pao-Huei Chang Chien, Ping-Cheng Hu, Po-Shing Chiang, Wei-Lun Cheng
  • Patent number: 8193041
    Abstract: The yield of a semiconductor device is improved. Inside the resin sealing body which forms a semiconductor device, the semiconductor chip is sealed in the state where it has arranged aslant to the upper and lower sides of a resin sealing body. In the suspension lead which supports the die pad carrying this semiconductor chip, the small recess is formed in the fifth surface of the opposite side with the surface on which the semiconductor chip was mounted. This recess is a portion used as the starting point when making die pad 2a slanting. The side surface of the side near a die pad between two side surfaces of this recess is formed in the state where it inclined rather than the side surface of the side near the periphery of a resin sealing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeki Tanaka
  • Patent number: RE43443
    Abstract: In order to improve the package body cracking resistance of an LSI package at the reflow soldering and to provide both a leadframe suitable for fabricating the LSI package according to the flexible manufacturing system and an LSI using the leadframe, the adhered area between a semiconductor chip 2 and a resin is enlarged by making the external size of a die pad 3 smaller than that of the semiconductor chip to be mounted thereon. Moreover, a variety of semiconductor chips 2 having different external sizes can be mounted on the die pad 3 by cutting the leading ends of leads 5 to a suitable length in accordance with the external sizes of the semiconductor chips 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation, Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yujiro Kajihara, Kazunari Suzuki, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Hiromichi Suzuki, Yoshinori Miyaki, Takahiro Naito, Sueo Kawai