Patents Examined by Alexander O. Williams
  • Patent number: 7973412
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device bonded to a motherboard with a bonding material having a melting point of 200° C. to 230° C., a bonding material 15 which is a die bonding material for bonding a semiconductor element 13 to a semiconductor substrate 11 is a Bi alloy containing 0.8 wt % to 10 wt % of Cu and 0.02 wt % to 0.2 wt % of Ge, so that the bonding material 15 for bonding the semiconductor element 13 to the semiconductor substrate 11 is not melted when the semiconductor device is bonded to the motherboard by reflowing. It is therefore possible to suppress poor connection on the semiconductor element 13, thereby securing the mountability and electrical reliability of the semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Fujiwara, Yoshihiro Tomita, Akio Furusawa, Kenichirou Suetugu
  • Patent number: 7968979
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package system includes: providing a substrate with an integrated circuit mounted thereover; mounting a structure, having ground pads, over the integrated circuit; encapsulating the integrated circuit with an encapsulation while leaving the structure partially exposed; and attaching a conformal shielding to the encapsulation and electrically connected to the grounding pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Reza Argenty Pagaila, Linda Pei Ee Chua, Byung Tai Do
  • Patent number: 7969018
    Abstract: Stacked semiconductor chips. One embodiment provides a device having a first body. A first power semiconductor chip and first external contact elements is provides. A second body includes a second semiconductor chip and second external contact elements. The second body is placed over the first body. The first external contact elements and the second external contact elements define a first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ralf Otremba, Josef Hoeglauer, Xaver Schloegel, Soon Hock Tong, Kwai Hong Wong
  • Patent number: 7969023
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package in package system includes: providing a substrate with a first wire-bonded die mounted thereover, and connected to the substrate with bond wires; mounting a triple film spacer above the first wire-bonded die, the triple film spacer having fillers in a first film and in a third film, and having a second film separating the first film and the third film, and the bond wires connecting the first wire-bonded die to the substrate are embedded in the first film; and encapsulating the first wire-bonded die, the bond wires, and the triple film spacer with an encapsulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Taeg Ki Lim, JaEun Yun, Byung Joon Han
  • Patent number: 7964952
    Abstract: A stackable package substrate has an opening shaped and dimensioned to accommodate but not contact a mold cap of a package upon which the stackable package is to be mounted. On the die attach surface, the frame substrate accommodates a die attach margin adjacent at the edge of the opening; and a row of wire bond sites arranged along at an outer frame edge, for electrical interconnection. The frame substrate accommodates z-interconnect ball pads arranged to align with corresponding z-interconnect pads on the substrate of a package. A stackable package has a frame substrate. A stacked package assembly includes a second package mounted on a first package using peripheral solder ball z-interconnect, in which the first package includes a die enclosed by a mold cap and in which the second package includes one die mounted on the frame substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Gue Lee
  • Patent number: 7956473
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing semiconductor device including forming inter-layer insulating film on semiconductor substrate. First metal film is formed on inter-layer insulating film. First resist is formed on first metal film and patterned. Anisotropic etching performed on first metal film using first resist as mask. First resist is removed and second metal film is formed on inter-layer insulating film to cover remaining first metal film. Second resist is formed on second metal film in area where first metal film exists on inter-layer insulating film and part of area where first metal film does not exist. Anisotropic etching is performed on second metal film using second resist as mask and bonding pad having first metal film and second metal film, and upper layer wiring having second metal film and not first metal film. Second resist is removed. Surface protection film covering bonding pad is formed. Pad opening is formed on bonding pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Momono, Hiroshi Mitsuyama, Katsuhiro Hasegawa, Keiko Nishitsuji, Kazunobu Miki
  • Patent number: 7952204
    Abstract: An exemplary semiconductor die package is disclosed having one or more semiconductor dice disposed on a first substrate, one or more packaged electrical components disposed on a second substrate that is electrical coupled to the first substrate, and an electrically insulating material disposed over portions of the substrates. The first substrate may hold power-handling devices and may be specially constructed to dissipation heat and to facilitate fast and inexpensive manufacturing. The second substrate may hold packaged components of control circuitry for the power-handling devices, and may be specially constructed to enable fast and inexpensive wiring design and fast and inexpensive component assembly. The first substrate may be used with different designs of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Yumin Liu, Hua Yang, Yong Liu, Tiburcio A. Maldo
  • Patent number: 7952211
    Abstract: One or more electronic components can be mounted on the back side of a semiconductor die. The components can be passive components, active components, or combinations thereof. The components can be soldered to signal routes on the back side of the die, the signal routes being attached to the die using a metallization layer or using one or more dielectric layer sections. Placing components on the back side of the die can allow for incorporation of the components without necessarily increasing the form factor of the die's package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Stats Chippac, Inc.
    Inventors: Seng Guan Chow, Francis Heap Hoe Kuan
  • Patent number: 7952201
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a plurality of semiconductor chips and a plurality of through-line groups is disclosed. Each of the through-line groups consists of a unique number of through-lines. The numbers associated with the through-line groups are mutually coprime to each other. When one of the through-lines is selected for the each through-line group, one of the semiconductor chip is designated by a combination of the selected through-lines of the plurality of the through-line groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
    Inventors: Kayoko Shibata, Hiroaki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7952186
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a bare chip which has a plurality of external electrodes, a land grid array substrate having an edge, a first surface and a second surface. The first surface includes a first portion apart from the edge and a second portion adjacent to the edge. The first portion of the first surface mounts the bare chip and is covered with a resin to seal the bare chip with the resin. The first portion of the first surface and the second surface includes a non-sealed region which is not covered with the resin. A plurality of first electrodes are arranged on the non-sealed region and connected to the external electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes are arranged on the second surface and connected to the external electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Kou Sasaki
  • Patent number: 7948091
    Abstract: A mounting structure for a semiconductor element is disclosed. The semiconductor element is bonded to a die pad through an adhesive film, which is formed by applying a predetermined amount of a paste adhesive onto the surface of the die pad and placing the semiconductor element on the die pad so as to press and spread the adhesive between the lower surface of the semiconductor element and the die pad. A wire extends between the semiconductor element and a terminal pad disposed around the die pad. The die pad includes plural grooves in the surface thereof. Each of the grooves extends from the center of the die pad toward a peripheral edge of the die pad and ends at the inner side of the peripheral edge of the die pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignees: Fujitsu Component Limited, Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yuko Ohse, Osamu Daikuhara, Hideki Takauchi
  • Patent number: 7948000
    Abstract: A system for hermetically sealing devices includes a substrate, which includes a plurality of individual chips. Each of the chips includes a plurality of devices and each of the chips are arranged in a spatial manner as a first array. The system also includes a transparent member of a predetermined thickness, which includes a plurality of recessed regions arranged in a spatial manner as a second array and each of the recessed regions are bordered by a standoff region. The substrate and the transparent member are aligned in a manner to couple each of the plurality of recessed regions to a respective one of said plurality of chips. Each of the chips within one of the respective recessed regions is hermetically sealed by contacting the standoff region of the transparent member to the plurality of first street regions and second street regions using at least a bonding process to isolate each of the chips within one of the recessed regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Miradia Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao Yang, Dongmin Chen
  • Patent number: 7948085
    Abstract: A circuit board structure and a fabrication method of the same are disclosed according to the present invention. The circuit board structure includes: a carrier board with at least one surface formed with a circuit layer having electrically connecting pads; a first solder mask formed on the carrier board and the circuit layer and formed with first openings for exposing the electrically connecting pads; and a second solder mask formed on the first solder mask and formed with second openings for exposing the first openings and the electrically connecting pads. The first solder mask is made of a high-insulation photosensitive material characterized by presence or absence of impurities, such as microparticles, to have enhanced fluidity for being filled in the circuit layer, thereby preventing metal ions migration and subsequent metal hypha electricity discharge which might otherwise affect electrical performance, therefore the present invention is applicable to fine circuit fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Unimicron Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Chao-Wen Shih, Zhao-Chong Zeng
  • Patent number: 7944035
    Abstract: A semiconductor die has devices such as MOSgated devices, diodes and the like formed into the top and bottom surfaces of the die. One terminal of each of the devices terminal in the interior center of the die and a common contact is made to the interior center of the die at one edge of the die. Various packages for the die having a reduced foot print on a support substrate are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: International Rectifier Corporation
    Inventor: Igor Bol
  • Patent number: 7944038
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor package having an antenna. The semiconductor package includes a substrate, a chip, a molding compound and an antenna. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The chip is disposed on the first surface of the substrate, and electrically connected to the substrate. The molding compound encapsulates the whole or a part of the chip. The antenna is disposed on the molding compound, and electrically connected to the chip. The antenna is disposed on the molding compound that has a relatively large area, so that the antenna will not occupy the space for the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Chi-Tsung Chiu, Pao-Nan Lee
  • Patent number: 7944034
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a sheet-like insulating substrate (101) integral with two or more patterned layers of conductive lines and vias, a chip attached to an assembly site, and contact pads (103) in pad locations has an encapsulated region on the top surface of the substrate, extending to the edge of the substrate, enclosing the chip, and having contact apertures (703) at the pad locations for external communication with the pad metal surfaces. The apertures may have not-smooth sidewall surfaces and may be filled with solder material (704) to contact the pads. Metal-filled surface grooves (710) in the encapsulated region, with smooth groove bottom and sidewalls, are selected to serve as customized routing interconnections, or redistribution lines, between selected apertures and thus to facilitate the coupling with another semiconductor device to form a package-on-package assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark A. Gerber, David N. Walter
  • Patent number: 7939921
    Abstract: A leadframe including a chip supporting plate, a lead forming plate, and solder points is provided. A notch is formed on an edge of the chip supporting plate. The thickness of the lead forming plate is less than the thickness of the chip supporting plate. The lead forming plate has a main body, inner leads, and a connecting rod. The inner leads and the connecting rod are extended from an edge of the main body. The connecting rod has an end portion fitting the notch. The solder points are located at the boundary between the end portion and the notch for structurally connecting the connecting rod and the chip supporting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Sheng-Tsung Liu
  • Patent number: 7936059
    Abstract: Broadly speaking, the present invention fills these needs by providing a lead frame package including a substrate stack having opposed sides, one of which includes a plurality of signal traces, with the remaining side including a ground plane. An integrated circuit is mounted to the substrate stack. The integrated circuit includes a plurality of bond pads. A plurality of leads is in electrical communication with a subset of the plurality of signal traces. A plurality of electrically conductive elements placing a sub-group of the plurality of bond pads in electrical communication with a sub-part of the plurality of electrically leads by being bonded signal traces of the subset, spaced-apart from the plurality of leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventor: Yuanlin Xie
  • Patent number: 7932588
    Abstract: The electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device are enhanced. In the package of the semiconductor device, there are encapsulated first and second semiconductor chips with a power MOS-FET formed therein and a third semiconductor chip with a control circuit for controlling their operation formed therein. The bonding pads for source electrode of the first semiconductor chip on the high side are electrically connected to a die pad through a metal plate. The bonding pad for source electrode of the second semiconductor chip on the low side is electrically connected to lead wiring through a metal plate. The metal plate includes a first portion in contact with the bonding pad of the second semiconductor chip, a second portion extended from a short side of the first portion to the lead wiring, and a third portion extended from a long side of the first portion to the lead wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Uno, Nobuyoshi Matsuura, Yukihiro Sato, Keiichi Okawa, Tetsuya Kawashima, Kisho Ashida
  • Patent number: 7932609
    Abstract: The semiconductor device has insulating films 40, 42 formed over a substrate 10; an interconnection 58 buried in at least a surface side of the insulating films 40, 42; insulating films 60, 62 formed on the insulating film 42 and including a hole-shaped via-hole 60 and a groove-shaped via-hole 66a having a pattern bent at a right angle; and buried conductors 70, 72a buried in the hole-shaped via-hole 60 and the groove-shaped via-hole 66a. A groove-shaped via-hole 66a is formed to have a width which is smaller than a width of the hole-shaped via-hole 66. Defective filling of the buried conductor and the cracking of the inter-layer insulating film can be prevented. Steps on the conductor plug can be reduced. Accordingly, defective contact with the upper interconnection layer and the problems taking place in forming films can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventor: Kenichi Watanabe