Patents by Inventor Bernhard Knott

Bernhard Knott 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: 11655143
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor component is proposed. The method includes providing a housing. At least one semiconductor chip is arranged in a cavity of the housing. Furthermore, an electrical contact of the semiconductor chip is connected to an electrical contact of the housing via a bond wire. The method furthermore includes applying a protective material on the electrical contact of the housing and also on a region of the bond wire which is adjacent to the electrical contact of the housing. Moreover, the method also includes filling at least one partial region of the cavity with a gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Mathias Vaupel, Bernhard Knott, Horst Theuss
  • Publication number: 20210087054
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor component is proposed. The method includes providing a housing. At least one semiconductor chip is arranged in a cavity of the housing. Furthermore, an electrical contact of the semiconductor chip is connected to an electrical contact of the housing via a bond wire. The method furthermore includes applying a protective material on the electrical contact of the housing and also on a region of the bond wire which is adjacent to the electrical contact of the housing. Moreover, the method also includes filling at least one partial region of the cavity with a gel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Mathias VAUPEL, Bernhard KNOTT, Horst THEUSS
  • Patent number: 10947109
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor component is proposed. The method includes providing a housing. At least one semiconductor chip is arranged in a cavity of the housing. Furthermore, an electrical contact of the semiconductor chip is connected to an electrical contact of the housing via a bond wire. The method furthermore includes applying a protective material on the electrical contact of the semiconductor chip and also on a region of the bond wire which is adjacent to the electrical contact of the semiconductor chip, and/or on the electrical contact of the housing and also on a region of the bond wire which is adjacent to the electrical contact of the housing. Moreover, the method also includes filling at least one partial region of the cavity with a gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: Mathias Vaupel, Bernhard Knott, Horst Theuss
  • Patent number: 10870575
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a stress decoupling structure to at least partially decouple a first region of the semiconductor device and a second region of the semiconductor device. The stress decoupling structure may include a set of trenches that are substantially perpendicular to a main surface of the semiconductor device. The first region may include a micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) structure. The semiconductor device may include a sealing element to at least partially seal openings of the stress decoupling structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Horst Theuss, Bernhard Knott, Thoralf Kautzsch, Mirko Vogt, Maik Stegemann, Andre Roeth, Marco Haubold, Heiko Froehlich, Wolfram Langheinrich, Steffen Bieselt
  • Patent number: 10829368
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a MEMS device is disclosed. Moreover a MEMS device and a module including a MEMS device are disclosed. An embodiment includes a method for manufacturing MEMS devices includes forming a MEMS stack over a first main surface of a substrate, forming a polymer layer over a second main surface of the substrate and forming a first opening in the polymer layer and the substrate such that the first opening abuts the MEMS stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Alfons Dehe, Stephan Pindl, Bernhard Knott, Carsten Ahrens
  • Publication number: 20200002159
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a stress decoupling structure to at least partially decouple a first region of the semiconductor device and a second region of the semiconductor device. The stress decoupling structure may include a set of trenches that are substantially perpendicular to a main surface of the semiconductor device. The first region may include a micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS) structure. The semiconductor device may include a sealing element to at least partially seal openings of the stress decoupling structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Horst THEUSS, Bernhard Knott, Thoralf Kautzsch, Mirko Vogt, Maik Stegemann, Andre Roeth, Marco Haubold, Heiko Froehlich, Wolfram Langheinrich, Steffen Bieselt
  • Publication number: 20190330057
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a MEMS device is disclosed. Moreover a MEMS device and a module including a MEMS device are disclosed. An embodiment includes a method for manufacturing MEMS devices includes forming a MEMS stack over a first main surface of a substrate, forming a polymer layer over a second main surface of the substrate and forming a first opening in the polymer layer and the substrate such that the first opening abuts the MEMS stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Alfons Dehe, Stephan Pindl, Bernhard Knott, Carsten Ahrens
  • Patent number: 10384934
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a MEMS device is disclosed. Moreover a MEMS device and a module including a MEMS device are disclosed. An embodiment includes a method for manufacturing MEMS devices includes forming a MEMS stack over a first main surface of a substrate, forming a polymer layer over a second main surface of the substrate and forming a first opening in the polymer layer and the substrate such that the first opening abuts the MEMS stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Alfons Dehe, Stephan Pindl, Bernhard Knott, Carsten Ahrens
  • Publication number: 20190106321
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor component is proposed. The method includes providing a housing. At least one semiconductor chip is arranged in a cavity of the housing. Furthermore, an electrical contact of the semiconductor chip is connected to an electrical contact of the housing via a bond wire. The method furthermore includes applying a protective material on the electrical contact of the semiconductor chip and also on a region of the bond wire which is adjacent to the electrical contact of the semiconductor chip, and/or on the electrical contact of the housing and also on a region of the bond wire which is adjacent to the electrical contact of the housing. Moreover, the method also includes filling at least one partial region of the cavity with a gel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Mathias VAUPEL, Bernhard KNOTT, Horst THEUSS
  • Patent number: 10102967
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inductor core is developed, wherein the method comprises the following: Forming a first electrical conductor on a first surface of a plate-shaped magnetic core; forming a second electrical conductor on a second surface of the plate-shaped magnetic core, which is opposite the first surface; and forming the inductor core by dicing the plate-shaped magnetic core transverse to the first electrical conductor and second electrical conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Bernhard Knott, Rainer Leuschner
  • Publication number: 20180201504
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a MEMS device is disclosed. Moreover a MEMS device and a module including a MEMS device are disclosed. An embodiment includes a method for manufacturing MEMS devices includes forming a MEMS stack over a first main surface of a substrate, forming a polymer layer over a second main surface of the substrate and forming a first opening in the polymer layer and the substrate such that the first opening abuts the MEMS stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Alfons Dehe, Stephan Pindl, Bernhard Knott, Carsten Ahrens
  • Patent number: 9938140
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a MEMS device is disclosed. Moreover a MEMS device and a module including a MEMS device are disclosed. An embodiment includes a method for manufacturing MEMS devices includes forming a MEMS stack on a first main surface of a substrate, forming a polymer layer on a second main surface of the substrate and forming a first opening in the polymer layer and the substrate such that the first opening abuts the MEMS stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Alfons Dehe, Stephan Pindl, Bernhard Knott, Carsten Ahrens
  • Publication number: 20160318759
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a MEMS device is disclosed. Moreover a MEMS device and a module including a MEMS device are disclosed. An embodiment includes a method for manufacturing MEMS devices includes forming a MEMS stack on a first main surface of a substrate, forming a polymer layer on a second main surface of the substrate and forming a first opening in the polymer layer and the substrate such that the first opening abuts the MEMS stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Alfons Dehe, Stephan Pindl, Bernhard Knott, Carsten Ahrens
  • Publication number: 20160282212
    Abstract: A molded semiconductor package includes a substrate having opposing first and second main surfaces, a semiconductor die attached to the first main surface of the substrate, an adhesion adapter attached to the second main surface of the substrate or a surface of the semiconductor die facing away from the substrate, and a mold compound encapsulating the semiconductor die, the adhesion adapter and at least part of the substrate. The adhesion adapter is configured to adapt adhesion properties of the mold compound to adhesion properties of the substrate or semiconductor die to which the adhesion adapter is attached, such that the mold compound more strongly adheres to the adhesion adapter than directly to the substrate or semiconductor die to which the adhesion adapter is attached. The adhesion adapter has a surface feature which strengthens the adhesion between the adhesion adapter and the mold compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Sebastian Beer, Helmut Wietschorke, Jochen Dangelmaier, Horst Theuss, Bernhard Knott, Thomas Mueller, Andreas Allmeier
  • Patent number: 9402138
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a MEMS device is disclosed. Moreover a MEMS device and a module including a MEMS device are disclosed. An embodiment includes a method for manufacturing MEMS devices includes forming a MEMS stack on a first main surface of a substrate, forming a polymer layer on a second main surface of the substrate and forming a first opening in the polymer layer and the substrate such that the first opening abuts the MEMS stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Alfons Dehe, Stephan Pindl, Bernhard Knott, Carsten Ahrens
  • Publication number: 20160086842
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor device having a sidewall insulation includes providing a semiconductor body having a first side and a second side lying opposite the first side. At least one first trench is at least partly filled with insulation material proceeding from the first side in the direction toward the second side into the semiconductor body. The at least one first trench is produced between a first semiconductor body region for a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor body region for a second semiconductor device. An isolating trench extends from the first side of the semiconductor body in the direction toward the second side of the semiconductor body between the first and second semiconductor body regions in such a way that at least part of the insulation material of the first trench adjoins at least a sidewall of the isolating trench. The second side of the semiconductor body is partly removed as far as the isolating trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: CARSTEN AHRENS, RUDOLF BERGER, MANFRED FRANK, UWE HOECKELE, BERNHARD KNOTT, ULRICH KRUMBEIN, WOLFGANG LEHNERT, BERTHOLD SCHUDERER, JUERGEN WAGNER, STEFAN WILLKOFER
  • Patent number: 9269654
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a method for transmitting a signal are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the semiconductor device comprises a first semiconductor chip comprising a first coil, a second semiconductor chip comprising a second coil inductively coupled to the first coil, and an isolating intermediate layer between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Stefan Willkofer, Uwe Wahl, Bernhard Knott, Markus Hammer, Andreas Strasser
  • Patent number: 9236290
    Abstract: A method for producing a semiconductor device having a sidewall insulation includes providing a semiconductor body having a first side and a second side lying opposite the first side. At least one first trench is at least partly filled with insulation material proceeding from the first side in the direction toward the second side into the semiconductor body. The at least one first trench is produced between a first semiconductor body region for a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor body region for a second semiconductor device. An isolating trench extends from the first side of the semiconductor body in the direction toward the second side of the semiconductor body between the first and second semiconductor body regions in such a way that at least part of the insulation material of the first trench adjoins at least a sidewall of the isolating trench. The second side of the semiconductor body is partly removed as far as the isolating trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Carsten Ahrens, Rudolf Berger, Manfred Frank, Uwe Hoeckele, Bernhard Knott, Ulrich Krumbein, Wolfgang Lehnert, Berthold Schuderer, Juergen Wagner, Stefan Willkofer
  • Publication number: 20150170835
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inductor core is developed, wherein the method comprises the following: Forming a first electrical conductor on a first surface of a plate-shaped magnetic core; forming a second electrical conductor on a second surface of the plate-shaped magnetic core, which is opposite the first surface; and forming the inductor core by dicing the plate-shaped magnetic core transverse to the first electrical conductor and second electrical conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Bernhard Knott, Rainer Leuschner
  • Publication number: 20140159220
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a method for transmitting a signal are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the semiconductor device comprises a first semiconductor chip comprising a first coil, a second semiconductor chip comprising a second coil inductively coupled to the first coil, and an isolating intermediate layer between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Stefan Willkofer, Uwe Wahl, Bernhard Knott, Markus Hammer, Andreas Strasser