Patents by Inventor Gerold Gruendler

Gerold Gruendler 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: 8071433
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz
  • Patent number: 8026618
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz
  • Patent number: 7998797
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thomas Killer, Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Volker Strutz, Hermann Josef Lutz
  • Publication number: 20100323479
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz
  • Patent number: 7825506
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz
  • Patent number: 7804178
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz
  • Publication number: 20100140785
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Thomas Killer, Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Volker Strutz, Hermann Josef Lutz
  • Patent number: 7688592
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Volker Strutz, Erick Syri
  • Publication number: 20090057874
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz
  • Publication number: 20080150124
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz
  • Patent number: 7355858
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies, AG
    Inventors: Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz, Erich Syri
  • Publication number: 20070285895
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Volker Strutz, Erick Syri
  • Publication number: 20070262433
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Erich Syri, Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz
  • Patent number: 7276785
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Wolfram Eurskens, Gerold Gruendler, Rudolf Kerler, Heinz Pape, Peter Strobel
  • Publication number: 20060209513
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Gerold Gruendler, Juergen Hoegerl, Thomas Killer, Volker Strutz, Erich Syri
  • Publication number: 20050052830
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Wolfram Eurskens, Gerold Gruendler, Rudolf Kerler, Heinz Pape, Peter Strobel
  • Patent number: 6825549
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Gerold Gründler