Abstract: A molded power package includes a laser-activatable mold compound having laser-activated regions which are plated with an electrically conductive material to form metal pads and/or metal traces at a first side of the mold compound. A semiconductor power die with bond pads is embedded in the laser-activatable mold compound. A bond pad interconnect electrically connects the bond pads of the semiconductor power die to the metal pads and/or metal traces at the first side of the laser-activatable mold compound. The semiconductor power die is mounted on a carrier section of a leadframe. A carrier interconnect section of the leadframe integral with the carrier section electrically connects the carrier section to the metal pads and/or metal traces at the first side of the laser-activatable mold compound. An upper surface of the carrier interconnect section is at a height that is elevated relative to an upper surface of the carrier section.

Abstract: A power die package includes a power die having a plurality of bond pads at an upper surface of the power die. The package further includes a plurality of contact structures. A contact structure includes: a bond wire bonded to one of the plurality of bond pads and folded back to the bond pad to form a closed loop, or at least three bumps laterally spaced from one another and disposed on one or more bond pads; and a continuous longitudinally extended electrically conductive element connected to the at least three bumps in at least three contact positions. The conductive element bends away from the power die between pairs of consecutive contact positions. The package further includes a mold compound partially encapsulating the contact structure. The mold compound includes an outer surface facing away from the power die. The contact structure is partially exposed at the outer surface.

Abstract: An electrical interconnect clip includes a die interface portion that is adapted for mating in between two vertically stacked semiconductor dies, and a carrier connection portion that is configured to electrically connect the two vertically stacked semiconductor dies with a carrier, wherein the die interface portion comprises a lower mating surface, an upper mating surface opposite from the lower mating surface, and a solder retention feature formed by one or more grooves in the upper mating surface that are spaced apart from the outer edge sides of the electrical interconnect clip and surround a die attach area of the upper mating surface.

Abstract: A package includes: a vertically extending first electronic component with at least one exposed electrically conductive first terminal; a vertically extending second electronic component with at least one exposed electrically conductive second terminal; and a clip with an accommodation volume in which the first electronic component and the second electronic component are accommodated and are held together. The at least one first terminal and the at least one second terminal are electrically accessible at a bottom of the clip.

Abstract: A package including a component for a package is disclosed. In one example, wherein the component comprises a functional body, and a wettability layer arranged on a main surface of the functional body and configured for promoting wetting of a connection medium to be applied on the wettability layer for connecting the component with a further component of the package. The wettability layer has a lateral circumference at least part of which having a concave edge.

Abstract: A package is disclosed. In one example, the package includes an electronic component and an encapsulant encapsulating at least part of the electronic component. A first electrically conductive structure is arranged on one side of the electronic component, a second electrically conductive structure arranged on an opposing other side of the electronic component and being electrically coupled with the electronic component, and at least one sidewall recess at the encapsulant. The first electrically conductive structure and the second electrically conductive structure are configured to be at different electric potentials during operation of the package. The first electrically conductive structure and the second electrically conductive structure are exposed at opposing main surfaces of the encapsulant.

Abstract: A power module for PCB embedding includes: a leadframe; a power semiconductor die with a first load terminal and control terminal at a first side of the die and a second load terminal at the opposite side, the second load terminal soldered to the leadframe; a first metal clip soldered to the first load terminal and forming a first terminal of the power module at a first side of the power module; and a second metal clip soldered to the control terminal and forming a second terminal of the power module at the first side of the power module. The leadframe forms a third terminal of the power module at the first side of the power module, or a third metal clip is soldered to the leadframe and forms the third terminal. The power module terminals are coplanar within +/?30 ?m at the first side of the power module.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip is provided. The semiconductor chip may include a front side including a control chip contact and a first controlled chip contact, a back side including a second controlled chip contact, a backside metallization formed over the back side in contact with the second controlled chip contact, and a stop region extending at least partially along an outer edge of the back side between a contact portion of the backside metallization and the outer edge of the back side. The contact portion is configured to be attached to an electrically conductive structure by a die attach material, a surface of the stop region is recessed with respect to a surface of the contact portion, and/or the surface of the stop region has a lower wettability with respect to the die attach material than the contact portion.

Abstract: A power module for PCB embedding includes: a leadframe; a power semiconductor die with a first load terminal and control terminal at a first side of the die and a second load terminal at the opposite side, the second load terminal soldered to the leadframe; a first metal clip soldered to the first load terminal and forming a first terminal of the power module at a first side of the power module; and a second metal clip soldered to the control terminal and forming a second terminal of the power module at the first side of the power module. The leadframe forms a third terminal of the power module at the first side of the power module, or a third metal clip is soldered to the leadframe and forms the third terminal. The power module terminals are coplanar within +/?30 ?m at the first side of the power module.

Abstract: A method includes providing a carrier, mounting a plurality of semiconductor dies on the carrier, forming a region of electrically insulating encapsulant material on the carrier that covers each of the semiconductor dies, removing sections of the encapsulant material to form gaps in the region of electrically insulating encapsulant material between each of the semiconductor dies, forming electrically conductive material within the gaps, and singulating the region of electrically insulating encapsulant material along each of the gaps to form a plurality of discrete encapsulant bodies. Each of the packaged semiconductor devices comprises a sidewall-facing terminal that is disposed on a sidewall of the encapsulant body. For each of the packaged semiconductor devices the sidewall-facing terminal is electrically connected to the semiconductor die of the respective packaged semiconductor device.

Abstract: A molded semiconductor package includes a lead frame having one or more first leads monolithically formed with a die pad and extending outward from the pad in a first direction. A semiconductor die is attached to the die pad at a first side of the die. A metal clip of a clip frame is attached to a power terminal at a second side of the die. One or more second leads monolithically formed with the metal clip extend outward from the clip in a second direction different than the first direction. A mold compound embeds the die. The first lead(s) and the second lead(s) are exposed at different sides of the mold compound and do not vertically overlap with one another. Within the mold compound, the clip transitions from a first level above the power terminal to a second level in a same plane as the leads.

Abstract: A method includes providing a carrier, mounting a plurality of semiconductor dies on the carrier, forming a region of electrically insulating encapsulant material on the carrier that covers each of the semiconductor dies, removing sections of the encapsulant material to form gaps in the region of electrically insulating encapsulant material between each of the semiconductor dies, forming electrically conductive material within the gaps, and singulating the region of electrically insulating encapsulant material along each of the gaps to form a plurality of discrete encapsulant bodies. Each of the packaged semiconductor devices comprises a sidewall-facing terminal that is disposed on a sidewall of the encapsulant body. For each of the packaged semiconductor devices each of the sidewall-facing terminals is electrically connected to the semiconductor die of the respective packaged semiconductor device.

Abstract: A power module for PCB embedding includes: a leadframe; a power semiconductor die with a first load terminal and control terminal at a first side of the die and a second load terminal at the opposite side, the second load terminal soldered to the leadframe; a first metal clip soldered to the first load terminal and forming a first terminal of the power module at a first side of the power module; and a second metal clip soldered to the control terminal and forming a second terminal of the power module at the first side of the power module. The leadframe forms a third terminal of the power module at the first side of the power module, or a third metal clip is soldered to the leadframe and forms the third terminal. The power module terminals are coplanar within +/?30 ?m at the first side of the power module.

Abstract: A molded semiconductor package includes a lead frame having one or more first leads monolithically formed with a die pad and extending outward from the pad in a first direction. A semiconductor die is attached to the die pad at a first side of the die. A metal clip of a clip frame is attached to a power terminal at a second side of the die. One or more second leads monolithically formed with the metal clip extend outward from the clip in a second direction different than the first direction. A mold compound embeds the die. The first lead(s) and the second lead(s) are exposed at different sides of the mold compound and do not vertically overlap with one another. Within the mold compound, the clip transitions from a first level above the power terminal to a second level in a same plane as the leads.

Abstract: A method of producing a molded semiconductor package includes: attaching a first load terminal at a first side of a semiconductor die to a leadframe, the semiconductor die having a second load terminal at a second side opposite the first side and a control terminal at the first side or the second side; encapsulating the semiconductor die in a laser-activatable mold compound so that the leadframe is at least partly exposed from the laser-activatable mold compound at a first side of the molded semiconductor package, and the second load terminal is at least partly exposed from the laser-activatable mold compound at a second side of the molded semiconductor package opposite the first side; and laser activating a first region of the laser-activatable mold compound to form a first laser-activated region that is electrically conductive.

Abstract: A power semiconductor package includes a power semiconductor chip, an electrical connector arranged at a first side of the power semiconductor chip and having a first surface that is coupled to a power electrode of the power semiconductor chip, an encapsulation body at least partially encapsulating the power semiconductor chip and the electrical connector, and an electrical insulation layer arranged at a second surface of the electrical connector opposite the first surface, wherein parts of the encapsulation body and the electrical insulation layer form a coplanar surface of the power semiconductor package.

Abstract: A method includes providing a carrier, mounting a plurality of semiconductor dies on the carrier, forming a region of electrically insulating encapsulant material on the carrier that covers each of the semiconductor dies, removing sections of the encapsulant material to form gaps in the region of electrically insulating encapsulant material between each of the semiconductor dies, forming electrically conductive material within the gaps, and singulating the region of electrically insulating encapsulant material along each of the gaps to form a plurality of discrete encapsulant bodies. Each of the packaged semiconductor devices comprises a sidewall-facing terminal that is disposed on a sidewall of the encapsulant body. For each of the packaged semiconductor devices the sidewall-facing terminal is electrically connected to the semiconductor die of the respective packaged semiconductor device.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a carrier having a recess, a semiconductor die arranged on the carrier such that a first side of the semiconductor die faces the carrier, and a contact clip arranged over a second side of the semiconductor die, opposite the first side. The contact clip includes a lowered part. The lowered part is arranged in the recess.

Abstract: A power semiconductor package includes a power semiconductor chip, an electrical connector arranged at a first side of the power semiconductor chip and having a first surface that is coupled to a power electrode of the power semiconductor chip, an encapsulation body at least partially encapsulating the power semiconductor chip and the electrical connector, and an electrical insulation layer arranged at a second surface of the electrical connector opposite the first surface, wherein parts of the encapsulation body and the electrical insulation layer form a coplanar surface of the power semiconductor package.

Abstract: A method of producing a molded semiconductor package includes: attaching a first load terminal at a first side of a semiconductor die to a leadframe, the semiconductor die having a second load terminal at a second side opposite the first side and a control terminal at the first side or the second side; encapsulating the semiconductor die in a laser-activatable mold compound so that the leadframe is at least partly exposed from the laser-activatable mold compound at a first side of the molded semiconductor package, and the second load terminal is at least partly exposed from the laser-activatable mold compound at a second side of the molded semiconductor package opposite the first side; and laser activating a first region of the laser-activatable mold compound to form a first laser-activated region that is electrically conductive.