Patents by Inventor Gerold Gründler
Gerold Gründler 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).
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Patent number: 8071433Abstract: A semiconductor component including: a substrate, at least one semiconductor chip arranged on the substrate and at least one passive device likewise arranged on the substrate. The passive device is mounted with its underside on the substrate. The semiconductor component further includes an interspace disposed between the underside of the passive device and the substrate. The interspace is filled with an underfilling material. In order to avoid the solder pumping effect, the upper side and the lateral sides of the passive device are also embedded in a plastic compound.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2010Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz
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Patent number: 8026618Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plastic housing and a semiconductor chip, wherein the semiconductor chip includes an active top side and a rear side. An interposer is arranged on the active top side of the semiconductor chip. At least a portion of the interposer is embedded into the plastic housing, while the top side of the interposer forms the top side of the semiconductor device. A top side fitting shape is arranged on the top side of the interposer, where the top side fitting shape has a predetermined radius of curvature that is free of plastic housing composition, and the top side fitting shape has a convex or concave lens-shaped sphere segment shape.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2007Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz
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Patent number: 7998797Abstract: A method of assembling a semiconductor device includes providing a chip attached to an elastic carrier, and supporting the elastic carrier with a stiffener. The method additionally includes removing the stiffener from the elastic carrier after attaching the elastic carrier to a board.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Thomas Killer, Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Volker Strutz, Hermann Josef Lutz
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Publication number: 20100323479Abstract: A semiconductor component including: a substrate, at least one semiconductor chip arranged on the substrate and at least one passive device likewise arranged on the substrate. The passive device is mounted with its underside on the substrate. The semiconductor component further includes an interspace disposed between the underside of the passive device and the substrate. The interspace is filled with an underfilling material. In order to avoid the solder pumping effect, the upper side and the lateral sides of the passive device are also embedded in a plastic compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz
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Patent number: 7825506Abstract: A semiconductor module and a method for producing the same is disclosed. In one embodiment, the semiconductor module has adjacent regions on a common wiring substrate in a common plastic housing composition. The regions are thermally decoupled by a thermal barrier. Semiconductor chips whose evolution of heat loss differs are arranged in these thermally separate regions, the thermal barrier ensuring that the function of the more thermally sensitive semiconductor chip is not impaired by the heat-loss-generating semiconductor chip.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2006Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz
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Patent number: 7804178Abstract: A semiconductor component including: a substrate, at least one semiconductor chip arranged on the substrate and at least one passive device likewise arranged on the substrate. The passive device is mounted with its underside on the substrate. The semiconductor component further includes an interspace disposed between the underside of the passive device and the substrate. The interspace is filled with an underfilling material. In order to avoid the solder pumping effect, the upper side and the lateral sides of the passive device are also embedded in a plastic compound.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2007Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz
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Publication number: 20100140785Abstract: A method of assembling a semiconductor device includes providing a chip attached to an elastic carrier, and supporting the elastic carrier with a stiffener. The method additionally includes removing the stiffener from the elastic carrier after attaching the elastic carrier to a board.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Thomas Killer, Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Volker Strutz, Hermann Josef Lutz
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Patent number: 7688592Abstract: A cooling system for devices having power semiconductors and a method for cooling the device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the cooling system has printed circuit boards arranged on a circuit carrier in plug-in contact strips. The cooling system itself has a cooling plate, which is mounted in a pivotable manner on one of the plug-in contact strips in the region of the power semiconductor component. The cooling plate can be pivoted about an axis in such a way that it assumes a first position, which is pivoted away from the printed circuit board, and a second position, in which the cooling plate bears on the power semiconductor component.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2005Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Volker Strutz, Erick Syri
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Publication number: 20090057874Abstract: Semiconductor module comprising semiconductor chips in a plastic housing in separate regions and method for producing the same The invention relates to a semiconductor module (9) comprising semiconductor chips (1, 2) in a plastic housing (3) in separate regions (4, 5), and to a method for producing the same. In this case, the semiconductor module (9) has adjacent regions (4, 5) on a common wiring substrate (7) in a common plastic housing composition (6), said regions being thermally decoupled by a thermal barrier (8). Semiconductor chips whose evolution of heat loss differs are arranged in these thermally separate regions (4, 5), the thermal barrier (8) ensuring that the function of the more thermally sensitive semiconductor chip (2) is not impaired by the heat-loss-generating semiconductor chip (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2006Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz
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Publication number: 20080150124Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plastic housing and a semiconductor chip, wherein the semiconductor chip includes an active top side and a rear side. An interposer is arranged on the active top side of the semiconductor chip. At least a portion of the interposer is embedded into the plastic housing, while the top side of the interposer forms the top side of the semiconductor device. A top side fitting shape is arranged on the top side of the interposer, where the top side fitting shape has a predetermined radius of curvature that is free of plastic housing composition, and the top side fitting shape has a convex or concave lens-shaped sphere segment shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz
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Patent number: 7355858Abstract: A heat sink for surface-mounted semiconductor devices is provided on a superordinate circuit board of an electronic module. The heat sink includes a three-dimensionally structured thermally conductive plate with a press-on region and snap-action hooks. The snap-action hooks are arranged approximately at right angles with respect to the press-on region and are spring-elastically connected to the press-on region of the heat sink via a spring-elastic connecting region of the heat sink. The snap-action hooks engage with edge regions of a thermally conductive coupling plate with the press-on region generating pressure. The coupling plate is fixed to a rear side of a semiconductor chip of the surface-mounted semiconductor device.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2006Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: Infineon Technologies, AGInventors: Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz, Erich Syri
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Publication number: 20070285895Abstract: A cooling system for devices having power semiconductors and a method for cooling the device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the cooling system has printed circuit boards arranged on a circuit carrier in plug-in contact strips. The cooling system itself has a cooling plate, which is mounted in a pivotable manner on one of the plug-in contact strips in the region of the power semiconductor component. The cooling plate can be pivoted about an axis in such a way that it assumes a first position, which is pivoted away from the printed circuit board, and a second position, in which the cooling plate bears on the power semiconductor component.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2005Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Volker Strutz, Erick Syri
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Publication number: 20070262433Abstract: A semiconductor component including: a substrate, at least one semiconductor chip arranged on the substrate and at least one passive device likewise arranged on the substrate. The passive device is mounted with its underside on the substrate. The semiconductor component further includes an interspace disposed between the underside of the passive device and the substrate. The interspace is filled with an underfilling material. In order to avoid the solder pumping effect, the upper side and the lateral sides of the passive device are also embedded in a plastic compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2007Publication date: November 15, 2007Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz
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Patent number: 7276785Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic module having electronic components, which are arranged in vertically staggered component layers, which are electrically conductively connected to one another via regions, which are uncovered within the respective component layers, of contact bumps or of bonding connections and via interconnects, which are arranged between the component layers and are connected to the uncovered regions. Moreover, the invention relates to a process for producing the electronic module, either in a panel or as individual components.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2004Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Michael Bauer, Wolfram Eurskens, Gerold Gruendler, Rudolf Kerler, Heinz Pape, Peter Strobel
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Publication number: 20060209513Abstract: A heat sink for surface-mounted semiconductor devices is provided on a superordinate circuit board of an electronic module. The heat sink includes a three-dimensionally structured thermally conductive plate with a press-on region and snap-action hooks. The snap-action hooks are arranged approximately at right angles with respect to the press-on region and are spring-elastically connected to the press-on region of the heat sink via a spring-elastic connecting region of the heat sink. The snap-action hooks engage with edge regions of a thermally conductive coupling plate with the press-on region generating pressure. The coupling plate is fixed to a rear side of a semiconductor chip of the surface-mounted semiconductor device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2006Publication date: September 21, 2006Inventors: Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz, Erich Syri
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Publication number: 20050052830Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic module having electronic components, which are arranged in vertically staggered component layers, which are electrically conductively connected to one another via regions, which are uncovered within the respective component layers, of contact bumps or of bonding connections and via interconnects, which are arranged between the component layers and are connected to the uncovered regions. Moreover, the invention relates to a process for producing the electronic module, either in a panel or as individual components.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2004Publication date: March 10, 2005Inventors: Michael Bauer, Wolfram Eurskens, Gerold Gruendler, Rudolf Kerler, Heinz Pape, Peter Strobel
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Patent number: 6825549Abstract: An electronic component with external flat conductors and a method producing the component includes placing the external flat conductors as waveguides with a defined characteristic impedance on an underside of a dielectric body. The external flat conductors on the underside are surrounded in a coplanar manner by an electrically conductive layer, and a closed, electrically conductive covering layer is disposed on an opposite upper side of the dielectric body.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2002Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Gerold Gründler