Patents by Inventor Gottfried Beer

Gottfried Beer 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: 7915082
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes depositing a mask of low melting point material on a surface of the semiconductor device; depositing a layer to be structured relative to the mask; and removing the mask of low melting point material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Manfred Mengel
  • Patent number: 7910404
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stacked die module includes applying a plurality of stacked die structures to a carrier. Each stacked die structure includes a first semiconductor die applied to the carrier and a second semiconductor die stacked over the first semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die has a larger lateral surface area than the first semiconductor die. A dam is applied around each of the stacked die structures, thereby forming an enclosed cavity for each of the stacked die structures. The enclosed cavity for each stacked die structure surrounds the first semiconductor die of the stacked die structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Klaus Pressel, Gottfried Beer
  • Publication number: 20110057304
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor chip module and a semiconductor chip package is disclosed. One embodiment provides a first layer, a second layer, and a base layer. The first layer is disposed on the base layer, and the second layer is disposed on the first layer. A plurality of semiconductor chips is applied above the second layer, and the second layer with the applied semiconductor chips is separated from the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel
  • Publication number: 20110024918
    Abstract: Stacked semiconductor chips are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method including a first substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first substrate includes an array of first connection elements on the first surface of the first substrate. A second substrate has a first surface and an opposing second surface. The second substrate includes an array of second connection elements on the first surface of the second substrate. The first connection elements is attached to the second connection elements; and is thinning at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate after the attachment of the first connection elements to the second connection elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Markus Brunnbauer, Recai Sezi, Thorsten Meyer, Gottfried Beer
  • Publication number: 20110012214
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a semiconductor component with cavity structure and a method for producing the same. The semiconductor component has an active semiconductor chip with the microelectromechanical structure and a wiring structure on its top side. The microelectromechanical structure is surrounded by walls of at least one cavity. A covering, which covers the cavity, is arranged on the walls. The walls have a photolithographically patterned polymer. The covering has a layer with a polymer of identical type. In one case, the molecular chains of the polymer of the walls are crosslinked with the molecular chains of the polymer layer of the covering layer to form a dimensionally stable cavity housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Horst Theuss
  • Patent number: 7867878
    Abstract: Stacked semiconductor chips are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method including a first substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first substrate includes an array of first connection elements on the first surface of the first substrate. A second substrate has a first surface and an opposing second surface. The second substrate includes an array of second connection elements on the first surface of the second substrate. The first connection elements is attached to the second connection elements; and is thinning at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate after the attachment of the first connection elements to the second connection elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Markus Brunnbauer, Recai Sezi, Thorsten Meyer, Gottfried Beer
  • Patent number: 7863728
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes components in a plastic casing. The semiconductor module includes a plastic package molding compound and a semiconductor chip. Also provided in the module are a first principal surface including an upper side of the plastic package molding compound and at least one active upper side of the semiconductor chip, a second principal surface including a back side of the plastic package molding compound, and a multilayered conductor track structure disposed on the first principal surface and a second metal layer disposed on the second principal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Christoph Kienmayer, Klaus Pressel, Werner Simbuerger
  • Patent number: 7858440
    Abstract: Stacked semiconductor chips are disclosed. One embodiment provides an array of first semiconductor chips, covering the array of the first semiconductor chips with a mold material, and placing an array of second semiconductor chips over the array of the first semiconductor chips. The thicknesses of the second semiconductor chips is reduced. The array of the first semiconductor chips are singulated by dividing the mold material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Klaus Pressel, Gottfried Beer
  • Patent number: 7830026
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with plastic housing composition includes an internal wiring that is electrically insulated from the plastic housing composition by an insulation layer. The plastic housing composition has a high thermal conductivity and a low coefficient of expansion, the coefficient of expansion being adapted to the semiconductor chip of the semiconductor device. This is achieved by forming the plastic housing composition with electrically semiconducting and/or electrically conducting filler particles. In particular, this plastic housing composition is advantageously used for semiconductor devices with flip-chip contacts and/or for semiconductor devices which are constructed according to the “universal packaging concept”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Edward Fuergut
  • Patent number: 7807506
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a semiconductor component with cavity structure and a method for producing the same. The semiconductor component has an active semiconductor chip with the microelectromechanical structure and a wiring structure on its top side. The microelectromechanical structure is surrounded by walls of at least one cavity. A covering, which covers the cavity, is arranged on the walls. The walls have a photolithographically patterned polymer. The covering has a layer with a polymer of identical type. In one case, the molecular chains of the polymer of the walls are crosslinked with the molecular chains of the polymer layer of the covering layer to form a dimensionally stable cavity housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Horst Theuss
  • Publication number: 20100207272
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a chip comprising a contact element, a structured dielectric layer over the chip, and a conductive element coupled to the contact element. The conductive element comprises a first portion embedded in the structured dielectric layer, a second portion at least partially spaced apart from the first portion and embedded in the structured dielectric layer, and a third portion contacting a top of the structured dielectric layer and extending at least vertically over the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Rainer Steiner, Jens Pohl, Werner Robl, Markus Brunnbauer, Gottfried Beer
  • Patent number: 7759805
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a plastic housing composition includes a semiconductor chip and an internal wiring. The plastic housing composition is electrically conductive and electrically connected to a first contact pad of the internal wiring. A first side of the semiconductor chip is electrically insulated from the plastic housing composition by an insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Edward Fuergut
  • Publication number: 20100178736
    Abstract: One method includes fabricating a semiconductor device including providing a dielectric layer. At least one semiconductor chip is provided defining a first surface including contact elements and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The semiconductor chip is placed onto the dielectric layer with the first surface facing the dielectric layer. An encapsulant material is applied over the second surface of the semiconductor chip in a reel-to-reel process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel
  • Patent number: 7729569
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical transmitter and/or receiver assembly comprising at least one transmitter component (2) and/or at least one receiver component (3, 4), in addition to a planar optical circuit (5) with at least one integrated waveguide (51). According to the invention, light from the transmitter element (1) is coupled into a waveguide (51) of the planar optical circuit (5) and/or light from the waveguide (51) of the planar optical circuit (5) is uncoupled and guided onto the receiver component (3, 4). The assembly is provided with a lens (14, 15) for optically coupling the waveguide(s) (51) of the planar optical circuit (5) to a fiber-optic that can be fixed to the transmitter and/or receiver assembly (1), said lens (14, 15) being positioned on the planar optical circuit (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Ezconn Corporation
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Hans-Ludwig Althaus
  • Publication number: 20100102422
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes depositing a mask of low melting point material on a surface of the semiconductor device; depositing a layer to be structured relative to the mask; and removing the mask of low melting point material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Manfred Mengel
  • Patent number: 7692588
    Abstract: A semiconductor module (1) has components (6) for microwave engineering in a plastic casing (7). The semiconductor module (1) has a principal surface (8) with an upper side (9) of a plastic package molding compound (10) and at least one active upper side (11) of a semiconductor chip (12). Disposed on the principal surface (8) is a multilayered conductor track structure (13) which alternately comprises structured metal layers (14, 15) and structured insulation layers (16, 17), where at least one of the insulation layers (16, 17) and/or the plastic package molding compound (10) has at least one microwave insulation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Christoph Kienmayer, Klaus Pressel, Werner Simbuerger
  • Publication number: 20100078776
    Abstract: Structures of a system on chip and methods of forming a system on chip are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating the system on chip includes forming a through substrate opening from a back surface of a substrate, the through substrate opening disposed between a first and a second region, the first region comprising devices for RF circuitry and the second region comprising devices for other circuitry. The method further includes forming patterns for redistribution lines on a photo resist layer, the photo resist layer disposed under the back surface, and filling the through substrate opening and the patterns for redistribution lines with a conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Barth, Jens Pohl, Gottfried Beer, Heinrich Koerner
  • Publication number: 20100078771
    Abstract: Structures of a system on chip and methods of forming a system on chip are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system on a chip includes an RF component disposed on a first part of a substrate, a semiconductor component disposed on a second part of the substrate, the semiconductor component and the RF component sharing a common boundary. The system on chip further includes through substrate conductors disposed in the substrate, the through substrate conductors coupled to a ground potential node, the through substrate conductors disposed around the RF component forming a fence around the RF circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Barth, Jens Pohl, Gottfried Beer, Oliver Nagy
  • Publication number: 20100062563
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stacked die module includes applying a plurality of stacked die structures to a carrier. Each stacked die structure includes a first semiconductor die applied to the carrier and a second semiconductor die stacked over the first semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die has a larger lateral surface area than the first semiconductor die. A dam is applied around each of the stacked die structures, thereby forming an enclosed cavity for each of the stacked die structures. The enclosed cavity for each stacked die structure surrounds the first semiconductor die of the stacked die structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Klaus Pressel, Gottfried Beer
  • Publication number: 20100025848
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device and semiconductor device is provided. The method provides a first layer. The first layer includes through-holes. At least one semiconductor chip is provided. The semiconductor chip includes contact elements. The semiconductor chip is placed onto the first layer with the contact elements being aligned with the through-holes. An encapsulant material is applied over the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Gottfried Beer, Irmgard Escher-Poeppel