Patents by Inventor Edward Fuergut

Edward Fuergut 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: 10121690
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide method of manufacturing a semiconductor component, wherein the method comprises providing a layer stack comprising a carrier and a thinned wafer comprising a metallization layer on one side, wherein the thinned wafer is placed on a first side of the carrier; forming an encapsulation encapsulating the layer stack at least partially; and subsequently thinning the carrier from a second side of the carrier, wherein the second side is opposite to the first side of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Georg Meyer-Berg, Edward Fuergut, Joachim Mahler
  • Patent number: 10115646
    Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement is provided. The semiconductor arrangement may include an electrically conductive plate having a surface, a plurality of power semiconductor devices arranged on the surface of the electrically conductive plate, wherein a first controlled terminal of each power semiconductor device of the plurality of power semiconductor devices may be electrically coupled to the electrically conductive plate, a plurality of electrically conductive blocks, wherein each electrically conductive block may be electrically coupled with a respective second controlled terminal of each power semiconductor device of the plurality of power semiconductor devices; and encapsulation material encapsulating the plurality of power semiconductor devices, wherein at least one edge region of the surface of the electrically conductive plate may be free from the encapsulation material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Juergen Hoegerl, Edward Fuergut
  • Patent number: 10096584
    Abstract: In order to produce a power semiconductor module, a circuit carrier is populated with a semiconductor chip and with an electrically conductive contact element. After populating, the semiconductor chip and the contact element are embedded into a dielectric embedding compound, and the contact element is exposed. In addition, an electrically conductive base layer is produced which electrically contacts the exposed contact element and which bears on the embedding compound and the exposed contact element. A prefabricated metal film is applied to the base layer by means of an electrically conductive connection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Olaf Hohlfeld, Guido Boenig, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel, Edward Fuergut, Martin Gruber, Thorsten Meyer
  • Patent number: 10049962
    Abstract: A semiconductor power arrangement includes a chip carrier having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The semiconductor power arrangement further includes a plurality of power semiconductor chips attached to the chip carrier, wherein the power semiconductor chips are inclined to the first and/or second surface of the chip carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Georg Meyer-Berg, Edward Fuergut, Joachim Mahler
  • Publication number: 20180226276
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a plurality of semiconductor chips, wherein each semiconductor chip comprises a first main face, a second main face opposite to the first main face and side faces connecting the first and second main faces, placing the semiconductor chips on a carrier with the second main faces facing the carrier and applying an encapsulation material by transfer molding thereby forming the semiconductor chip panel, wherein the encapsulation material is applied so that the side faces of the semiconductor chips are covered with the encapsulation material while the first main faces are not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Porwol, Edward Fuergut
  • Patent number: 10043782
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an electronic device package includes providing a carrier, disposing a semiconductor chip onto the carrier, the semiconductor chip having a contact pad on a main face thereof remote from the carrier, applying a contact element onto the contact pad, applying a dielectric layer on the carrier, the semiconductor chip, and the contact element, and applying an encapsulant onto the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Edward Fuergut, Holger Doepke, Olaf Hohlfeld, Michael Juerss
  • Patent number: 10037972
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an electronic module comprising a interposer comprising a fluid channel formed in an electrically isolating material and an electrically conductive structured layer; at least one electronic chip attached to the electrically conductive layer and in thermal contact to the fluid channel; and a molded encapsulation formed at least partially around the at least one electronic chip, wherein the electrically conductive structured layer is directly formed on the electrically isolating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Edward Fuergut, Martin Gruber, Wolfram Hable
  • Patent number: 10020285
    Abstract: A method of producing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes: providing a semiconductor wafer, the wafer including an upper layer of a semiconductor material, an inner etch stop layer and a lower layer; forming a plurality of functional areas in the upper layer; performing a selective first etch process on the upper layer so as to separate the plurality of functional areas from each other by trenches etched through the upper layer, the first etch process being substantially stopped by the inner etch stop layer; and removing the lower layer by a second etch process, the second etch process being substantially stopped by the inner etch stop layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Edward Fuergut, Manfred Engelhardt, Hannes Eder, Bernd Roemer
  • Publication number: 20180166366
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first lead frame, a second lead frame, a first semiconductor chip, and an encapsulation material. The first lead frame includes a first die pad having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second lead frame includes a second die pad having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface of the second die pad faces the first surface of the first die pad. The first semiconductor chip is attached to the first surface of the first die pad. The encapsulation material encapsulates the first semiconductor chip and portions of the first lead frame and the second lead frame. The encapsulation material has a first surface aligned with the second surface of the first die pad and a second surface aligned with the second surface of the second die pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Edward Fuergut, Martin Gruber, Wolfgang Scholz, Ralf Otremba
  • Patent number: 9984928
    Abstract: Method for producing chip assemblies that include semiconductor chip arrangements, each semiconductor chip arrangement including a semiconductor chip having a semiconductor body with a top side and an underside, a top main electrode arranged on the top side, a bottom main electrode arranged on the underside, an electrically conductive top compensation lamina arranged on a side of the top main electrode facing away from the semiconductor body and cohesively and electrically conductively connected to the top main electrode, an electrically conductive bottom compensation lamina arranged on a side of the bottom main electrode facing away from the semiconductor body and cohesively and electrically conductively connected to the bottom main electrode, and a dielectric embedding compound enclosing the semiconductor chip laterally such that the side of the compensation laminae facing away from the semiconductor body are at least not completely covered by the embedding compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Olaf Hohlfeld, Gottfried Beer, Edward Fuergut, Juergen Hoegerl, Peter Kanschat
  • Patent number: 9979187
    Abstract: An example power device includes a semiconductor chip and an arrester element configurable to, in response to a voltage across the arrester element being greater than a threshold voltage, create a current path around an isolation layer configured to electrically isolate the semiconductor chip from a heat sink configured to dissipate heat generated by the semiconductor chip. In this example power device, the threshold voltage is less than a breakdown voltage of the isolation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Thomas Basler, Edward Fuergut, Stephan Voss
  • Patent number: 9966277
    Abstract: An arrangement is provided. The arrangement may include: a substrate having a front side and a back side, a die region within the substrate, a multi-purpose layer defining a back side of the die region, and an etch stop layer disposed over the multi-purpose layer between the multi-purpose layer and the back side of the substrate. The multi-purpose layer may be formed of an ohmic material, and the etch stop layer may be of a first conductivity type of a first doping concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Markus Zundel, Andre Schmenn, Damian Sojka, Isabella Goetz, Gudrun Stranzl, Sebastian Werner, Thomas Fischer, Carsten Ahrens, Edward Fuergut
  • Patent number: 9953846
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a carrier, providing a plurality of semiconductor chips, the semiconductor chips each including a first main face and a second main face opposite to the first main face and side faces connecting the first and second main faces, placing the semiconductor chips on the carrier with the second main faces facing the carrier, and applying an encapsulation material to the side faces of the semiconductor chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Daniel Porwol, Edward Fuergut
  • Publication number: 20180102262
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor power package includes: providing a pre-molded chip housing and an electrically conducting chip carrier cast-in-place in the pre-molded chip housing; bonding a power semiconductor chip on the electrically conducting chip carrier; and applying a covering material so as to embed the power semiconductor chip. The covering material has an elastic modulus less than an elastic modulus of a material of the pre-molded chip housing and/or a thermal conductivity greater than a thermal conductivity of the material of the pre-molded chip housing and/or a temperature stability greater than a temperature stability of the pre-molded chip housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Basler, Edward Fuergut, Christian Kasztelan, Ralf Otremba
  • Patent number: 9922910
    Abstract: An electronic component, the electronic component comprising an electrically conductive carrier, an electronic chip on the carrier, an encapsulant encapsulating part of the carrier and the electronic chip, and an electrically insulating and thermally conductive interface structure covering an exposed surface portion of the carrier and a connected surface portion of the encapsulant and being functionalized for promoting heat dissipation via the interface structure on a heat dissipation body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Ralf Otremba, Edward Fuergut, Christian Kasztelan, Hsieh Ting Kuek, Teck Sim Lee, Sanjay Kumar Murugan, Lee Shuang Wang
  • Publication number: 20180022601
    Abstract: The method comprises fabricating a semiconductor panel comprising a plurality of semiconductor devices, fabricating a cap panel comprising a plurality of caps, bonding the cap panel onto the semiconductor panel so that each one of the caps covers one or more of the semiconductor devices, and singulating the bonded panels into a plurality of semiconductor modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Claus Waechter, Edward Fuergut, Bernd Goller, Michael Ledutke, Dominic Maier
  • Patent number: 9837288
    Abstract: A semiconductor power package includes a pre-molded chip housing and an electrically conducting chip carrier cast-in-place in the pre-molded chip housing. The semiconductor power package further includes a power semiconductor chip bonded on the electrically conducting chip carrier. A covering material is provided to embed the power semiconductor chip. The covering material has an elastic modulus less than an elastic modulus of a material of the pre-molded chip housing and/or a thermal conductivity greater than a thermal conductivity of the material of the pre-molded chip housing and/or a temperature stability greater than a temperature stability of the pre-molded chip housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Thomas Basler, Edward Fuergut, Christian Kasztelan, Ralf Otremba
  • Publication number: 20170287880
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an electronic device package includes providing a carrier, disposing a semiconductor chip onto the carrier, the semiconductor chip having a contact pad on a main face thereof remote from the carrier, applying a contact element onto the contact pad, applying a dielectric layer on the carrier, the semiconductor chip, and the contact element, and applying an encapsulant onto the dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Edward Fuergut, Holger Doepke, Olaf Hohlfeld, Michael Juerss
  • Publication number: 20170271229
    Abstract: An electronic component which comprises an electrically conductive carrier, an electronic chip on the carrier, an encapsulant encapsulating at least part of at least one of the carrier and the electronic chip, and a functional structure covering a surface portion of the encapsulant, wherein at least part of the covered surface portion of the encapsulant is spatially selectively roughened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Norbert Joson SANTOS, Edward FUERGUT, Sanjay Kumar MURUGAN
  • Patent number: 9768037
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device package includes structuring a metal layer to generate a structured metal layer having a plurality of openings. Semiconductor chips are placed into at least some of the openings. An encapsulating material is applied over the structured metal layer and the semiconductor chips to form an encapsulation body. The encapsulation body is separated into a plurality of electronic device packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Petteri Palm, Edward Fuergut, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel