Patents by Inventor Akihiko Iwaya

Akihiko Iwaya has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240021569
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a stacked substrate includes an insulating plate and first and second circuit boards arranged on the insulating plate, a semiconductor element arranged on the first circuit board, and a metal wiring board having a first bonding portion bonded to an upper surface of the semiconductor element via a first bonding material. The first bonding portion includes a first plate-shaped portion that has at a lower surface thereof, a boss protruding toward the semiconductor element, and at an upper surface thereof, a first recess at a position corresponding to a position immediately above the boss and multiple second recesses. At the upper surface of the first plate-shaped portion, each of the second recesses has an opening area smaller than an opening area of the first recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoko NAKAMURA, Akihiko IWAYA, Mai SAITO, Tsubasa WATAKABE
  • Publication number: 20220278039
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor module including: an insulating circuit board having a circuit pattern formed in one surface; a semiconductor chip placed in the insulating circuit board; and a wiring portion for electrically connecting the semiconductor chip and the circuit pattern. The wiring portion includes a chip connecting portion connected to the semiconductor chip. A surface of the chip connecting portion includes: a plurality of concave portions; and a flat portion disposed between two concave portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Mai SAITO, Akihiko IWAYA, Yoko NAKAMURA, Tatsuhiko ASAI, Hiromichi GOHARA, Tsubasa WATAKABE, Narumi SATO
  • Patent number: 10020225
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the reliability of a semiconductor device. A semiconductor device has a first lead group comprised of a plurality of first leads, a second lead group comprised of a plurality of second leads, and a first suspension lead arranged between the first lead group and the second lead group. Further, the semiconductor device has a first tape attached to each of the first leads, the first suspension lead, and some of the second leads, and a second tape attached to each of the second leads. Further, the first tape has a lead holding part attached to each of the first leads, and a tape supporting part attached to the first suspension lead and some of the second leads and is attached to a position farther from wire connecting portion than the lead holding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiko Iwaya
  • Publication number: 20180047629
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the reliability of a semiconductor device. A semiconductor device has a first lead group comprised of a plurality of first leads, a second lead group comprised of a plurality of second leads, and a first suspension lead arranged between the first lead group and the second lead group. Further, the semiconductor device has a first tape attached to each of the first leads, the first suspension lead, and some of the second leads, and a second tape attached to each of the second leads. Further, the first tape has a lead holding part attached to each of the first leads, and a tape supporting part attached to the first suspension lead and some of the second leads and is attached to a position farther from wire connecting portion than the lead holding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Akihiko IWAYA
  • Patent number: 9805981
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the reliability of a semiconductor device. A semiconductor device has a first lead group comprised of a plurality of first leads, a second lead group comprised of a plurality of second leads, and a first suspension lead arranged between the first lead group and the second lead group. Further, the semiconductor device has a first tape attached to each of the first leads, the first suspension lead, and some of the second leads, and a second tape attached to each of the second leads. Further, the first tape has a lead holding part attached to each of the first leads, and a tape supporting part attached to the first suspension lead and some of the second leads and is attached to a position farther from wire connecting portion than the lead holding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Akihiko Iwaya
  • Publication number: 20170062314
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the reliability of a semiconductor device. A semiconductor device has a first lead group comprised of a plurality of first leads, a second lead group comprised of a plurality of second leads, and a first suspension lead arranged between the first lead group and the second lead group. Further, the semiconductor device has a first tape attached to each of the first leads, the first suspension lead, and some of the second leads, and a second tape attached to each of the second leads. Further, the first tape has a lead holding part attached to each of the first leads, and a tape supporting part attached to the first suspension lead and some of the second leads and is attached to a position farther from wire connecting portion than the lead holding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventor: Akihiko IWAYA
  • Patent number: 6617196
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of improving the flexibility of designing electrical lead patterns for connection from chips via a substrate to external terminals by appropriately arranging the substrate structure and layout of more than one address signal as commonly shared by four separate chips is disclosed. In a surface mount type package of ball grid array (BGA), four chips 1 are mounted on a substrate 2 in such a manner such these are laid out in the form of an array of two rows and two columns. These four chips 1 are such that regarding the upper side and lower side, these are in linear symmetry with respect to a center line extending in a direction along long side edges of the substrate 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Akita Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Toshio Sugano, Susumu Hatano, Yutaka Kagaya, Masachika Masuda
  • Patent number: 6610561
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thin, inexpensive, high-performance semiconductor device provided with busbar leads, power leads and signal leads. A portion of the power lead connected to the busbar lead is depressed toward a major surface of a semiconductor chip to form depressed portion, and the depressed portion is bonded to the major surface of the semiconductor chip by an adhesive layer. The signal lead and the busbar lead are spaced apart from the major surface of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Masachika Masuda, Akihiko Iwaya, Atsushi Nakamura, Chikako Imura, Toshihiro Shiotsuki
  • Patent number: 6576994
    Abstract: A LOC type semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor chip having a main surface in which semiconductor elements and a plurality of bonding pads are formed, and a back surface opposite the main surface; a plurality of leads each having an inner part and an outer part, and including a plurality of first leads having inner end portions extended on the main surface of the semiconductor chip and a plurality of second leads having inner end portions terminating near the semiconductor chip; bonding wires electrically connecting the bonding pads to bonding portions of the inner parts of the first and the second leads; and a sealing member sealing the semiconductor chip therein. A first bending portion is formed in the inner part of each second lead to prevent the sealing member from transformation by forming the sealing member in satisfactory resin balance between an upper portion and a lower portion of the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi, ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Tamaki Wada, Masachika Masuda
  • Patent number: 6545349
    Abstract: A LOC type semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor chip having a main surface in which semiconductor elements and a plurality of bonding pads are formed, and a back surface opposite the main surface; a plurality of leads each having an inner part and an outer part, and including a plurality of first leads having inner end portions extended on the main surface of the semiconductor chip and a plurality of second leads having inner end portions terminating near the semiconductor chip; bonding wires electrically connecting the bonding pads to bonding portions of the inner parts of the first and the second leads; and a sealing member sealing the semiconductor chip therein. A first bending portion is formed in the inner part of each second lead to prevent the sealing member from transformation by forming the sealing member in satisfactory resin balance between an upper portion and a lower portion of the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitach ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Tamaki Wada, Masachika Masuda
  • Patent number: 6452266
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of improving the flexibility of designing electrical lead patterns for connection from chips via a substrate to external terminals by appropriately arranging the substrate structure and layout of more than one address signal as commonly shared by four separate chips is disclosed. In a surface mount type package of ball grid array (BGA), four chips 1 are mounted on a substrate 2 in such a manner such these are laid out in the form of an array of two rows and two columns. These four chips 1 are such that regarding the upper side and lower side, these are in linear symmetry with respect to a center line extending in a direction along long side edges of the substrate 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Akita Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Toshio Sugano, Susumu Hatano, Yutaka Kagaya, Masachika Masuda
  • Publication number: 20020109215
    Abstract: A LOC type semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor chip having a main surface in which semiconductor elements and a plurality of bonding pads are formed, and a back surface opposite the main surface; a plurality of leads each having an inner part and an outer part, and including a plurality of first leads having inner end portions extended on the main surface of the semiconductor chip and a plurality of second leads having inner end portions terminating near the semiconductor chip; bonding wires electrically connecting the bonding pads to bonding portions of the inner parts of the first and the second leads; and a sealing member sealing the semiconductor chip therein. A first bending portion is formed in the inner part of each second lead to prevent the sealing member from transformation by forming the sealing member in satisfactory resin balance between an upper portion and a lower portion of the sealing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Tamaki Wada, Masachika Masuda
  • Patent number: 6392295
    Abstract: A LOC type semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor chip having a main surface in which semiconductor elements and a plurality of bonding pads are formed, and a back surface opposite the main surface; a plurality of leads each having an inner part and an outer part, and including a plurality of first leads having inner end portions extended on the main surface of the semiconductor chip and a plurality of second leads having inner end portions terminating near the semiconductor chip; bonding wires electrically connecting the bonding pads to bonding portions of the inner parts of the first and the second leads; and a sealing member sealing the semiconductor chip therein. A first bending portion is formed in the inner part of each second lead to prevent the sealing member from transformation by forming the sealing member in satisfactory resin balance between an upper portion and a lower portion of the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Tamaki Wada, Masachika Masuda
  • Publication number: 20020056911
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of improving the flexibility of designing electrical lead patterns for connection from chips via a substrate to external terminals by appropriately arranging the substrate structure and layout of more than one address signal as commonly shared by four separate chips is disclosed. In a surface mount type package of ball grid array (BGA), four chips 1 are mounted on a substrate 2 in such a manner such these are laid out in the form of an array of two rows and two columns. These four chips 1 are such that regarding the upper side and lower side, these are in linear symmetry with respect to a center line extending in a direction along long side edges of the substrate 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Toshio Sugano, Susumu Hatano, Yutaka Kagaya, Masachika Masuda
  • Patent number: 6388318
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of improving the flexibility of designing electrical lead patterns for connection from chips via a substrate to external terminals by appropriately arranging the substrate structure and layout of more than one address signal as commonly shared by four separate chips is disclosed. In a surface mount type package of ball grid array (BGA), four chips 1 are mounted on a substrate 2 in such a manner such these are laid out in the form of an array of two rows and two columns. These four chips 1 are such that regarding the upper side and lower side, these are in linear symmetry with respect to a center line extending in a direction along long side edges of the substrate 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Akita Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Toshio Sugano, Susumu Hatano, Yutaka Kagaya, Masachika Masuda
  • Publication number: 20020053732
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of improving the flexibility of designing electrical lead patterns for connection from chips via a substrate to external terminals by appropriately arranging the substrate structure and layout of more than one address signal as commonly shared by four separate chips is disclosed. In a surface mount type package of ball grid array (BGA), four chips 1 are mounted on a substrate 2 in such a manner such these are laid out in the form of an array of two rows and two columns. These four chips 1 are such that regarding the upper side and lower side, these are in linear symmetry with respect to a center line extending in a direction along long side edges of the substrate 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Toshio Sugano, Susumu Hatano, Yutaka Kagaya, Masachika Masuda
  • Publication number: 20020043719
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of improving the flexibility of designing electrical lead patterns for connection from chips via a substrate to external terminals by appropriately arranging the substrate structure and layout of more than one address signal as commonly shared by four separate chips is disclosed. In a surface mount type package of ball grid array (BGA), four chips 1 are mounted on a substrate 2 in such a manner such these are laid out in the form of an array of two rows and two columns. These four chips 1 are such that regarding the upper side and lower side, these are in linear symmetry with respect to a center line extending in a direction along long side edges of the substrate 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Toshio Sugano, Susumu Hatano, Yutaka Kagaya, Masachika Masuda
  • Patent number: 6335227
    Abstract: A method is provided for forming a thin, inexpensive, high-performance semiconductor device provided with busbar leads, power leads and signal leads. A portion of the power lead connected to the busbar lead is depressed toward a major surface of a semiconductor chip to form a depressed portion, and the depressed portion is bonded to the major surface of the semiconductor chip by an adhesive layer. The signal lead and the busbar lead are spaced apart from the major surface of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Inventors: Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Masachika Masuda, Akihiko Iwaya, Atsushi Nakamura, Chikako Imura, Toshihiro Shiotsuki
  • Publication number: 20010040284
    Abstract: A LOC type semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor chip having a main surface in which semiconductor elements and a plurality of bonding pads are formed, and a back surface opposite the main surface; a plurality of leads each having an inner part and an outer part, and including a plurality of first leads having inner end portions extended on the main surface of the semiconductor chip and a plurality of second leads having inner end portions terminating near the semiconductor chip; bonding wires electrically connecting the bonding pads to bonding portions of the inner parts of the first and the second leads; and a sealing member sealing the semiconductor chip therein. A first bending portion is formed in the inner part of each second lead to prevent the sealing member from transformation by forming the sealing member in satisfactory resin balance between an upper portion and a lower portion of the sealing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Tamaki Wada, Masachika Masuda
  • Publication number: 20010016371
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thin, inexpensive, high-performance semiconductor device provided with busbar leads, power leads and signal leads. A portion of the power lead connected to the busbar lead is depressed toward a major surface of a semiconductor chip to form depressed portion, and the depressed portion is bonded to the major surface of the semiconductor chip by an adhesive layer. The signal lead and the busbar lead are spaced apart from the major surface of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventors: Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Masachika Masuda, Akihiko Iwaya, Atsushi Nakamura, Chikako Imura, Toshihiro Shiotsuki