Patents by Inventor Kunihiro Tsubosaki

Kunihiro Tsubosaki 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: 6791194
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a superior connection reliability is obtained by providing a buffer body for absorbing the difference of thermal expansion between the mounting substrate and the semiconductor element in a semiconductor package structure, even if an organic material is used for mounting substrate. A film material is used as the body for buffering the thermal stress generated by the difference in thermal expansion between the mounting substrate and the semiconductor element. The film material has modulus of elasticity of at least 1 MPa in the reflow temperature range (200-250° C.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Nagai, Shuji Eguchi, Masahiko Ogino, Masanori Segawa, Toshiak Ishii, Nobutake Tsuyuno, Hiroyoshi Kokaku, Rie Hattori, Makoto Morishima, Ichiro Anjoh, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Chuichi Miyazaki, Makoto Kitano, Mamoru Mita, Norio Okabe
  • Publication number: 20040159922
    Abstract: A process is provided for the fabrication of a plastic molded type semiconductor device in which a die pad is formed to have a smaller area than a semiconductor chip to be mounted on a principal surface of the die pad and the semiconductor chip and die pad are sealed with a plastic mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshinori Miyaki, Hiromichi Suzuki, Kazunari Suzuki, Takafumi Nishita, Fujio Ito, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Akihiko Kameoka, Kunihiko Nishi
  • Publication number: 20040155323
    Abstract: As the semiconductor chip is large-sized, highly integrated and speeded up, it becomes difficult to pack the semiconductor chip together with leads in a package. In view of this difficulty, there has been adopted the package structure called the “Lead-On-Chip” or “Chip-On-Lead” structure in which the semiconductor and the leads are stacked and packed. In the package of this structure, according to the present invention, the gap between the leading end portions of the inner leads and the semiconductor chip is made wider than that between the inner lead portions except the leading end portions and the semiconductor chip thereby to reduce the stray capacity, to improve the signal transmission rate and to reduce the electrical noises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Gen Murakami, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Masahiro Ichitani, Kunihiko Nishi, Ichiro Anjo, Asao Nishimura, Makoto Kitano, Akihiro Yaguchi, Sueo Kawai, Masatsugu Ogata, Syuuji Eguchi, Hiroyoshi Kokaku, Masanori Segawa, Hiroshi Hozoji, Takashi Yokoyama, Noriyuki Kinjo, Aizo Kaneda, Junichi Saeki, Shozo Nakamura, Akio Hasebe, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Isamu Yoshida, Takashi Yamazaki, Kazuyoshi Oshima, Tetsuro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 6759272
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip 2 is disposed within a device hole as formed in a tape base material 1a of a tape carrier 1, which chip is smaller in thickness than the tape base material 1a, and then sealing is performed by a seal resin 3 to permit both the principal surface and back surface of such semiconductor chip 2 to be coated therewith. And, the position of the semiconductor chip 2 in a direction along the thickness of the tape base 1a is set to correspond to a stress neutral plane of the TCP as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Toshio Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20040126932
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided including preparing a lead frame having a plurality of leads, wherein the lead widths of the lead tips are smaller than the lead thickness of the tips. A plate is also prepared having a first portion and second portion on a main surface thereof, the second portion being located at the outer periphery of said first portion. A semiconductor chip having a semiconductor element and a plurality of electrodes is fastened to the first portion of the plate and the lead tips are fastened on the second portion of the plate. Bonding wires are then formed to electrically connect the lead tips and the electrodes of the semiconductor chip, and then the lead tips, the plate, the semiconductor chip and the bonding wires are sealed with a molding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Fujio Ito, Hiroaki Tanaka, Hiromichi Suzuki, Tokuji Toida, Takafumi Konno, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Shigeki Tanaka, Kazunari Suzuki, Akihiko Kameoka
  • Publication number: 20040101666
    Abstract: An inspection contact sheet for electronic device inspection comprises a three-layer base sheet formed by laminating protective films to both the surfaces of an insulating rubber layer, conductive rubber parts having rubber elasticity and penetrating the base sheet perpendicularly to the surfaces of the base sheet. One of the surfaces of the base sheet is provided with contact pads to be brought into contact with the terminals of the electronic device, and the other surface of the base sheet is provided with contact pads to be brought into direct contact with the terminals of an electronic circuit inspecting circuit member or wiring lines. The terminal pads or the wiring lines have an area greater than the sectional area of the conductive rubber parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: Dai Nippon Prtg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Hiroaki Miyazawa, Yoichi Hitomi, Masahiro Nagata, Takahiro Sahara, Masahiro Fuse
  • Patent number: 6720208
    Abstract: As the semiconductor chip is large-sized, highly integrated and speeded up, it becomes difficult to pack the semiconductor chip together with leads in a package. In view of this difficulty, there has been adopted the package structure called the “Lead-On-Chip” or “Chip-On-Lead” structure in which the semiconductor and the leads are stacked and packed. In the package of this structure, according to the present invention, the gap between the leading end portions of the inner leads and the semiconductor chip is made wider than that between the inner lead portions except the leading end portions and the semiconductor chip thereby to reduce the stray capacity, to improve the signal transmission rate and to reduce the electrical noises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Gen Murakami, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Masahiro Ichitani, Kunihiko Nishi, Ichiro Anjo, Asao Nishimura, Makoto Kitano, Akihiro Yaguchi, Sueo Kawai, Masatsugu Ogata, Syuuji Eguchi, Hiroyoshi Kokaku, Masanori Segawa, Hiroshi Hozoji, Takashi Yokoyama, Noriyuki Kinjo, Aizo Kaneda, Junichi Saeki, Shozo Nakamura, Akio Hasebe, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Isamu Yoshida, Takashi Yamazaki, Kazuyoshi Oshima, Tetsuro Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20040061220
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip formed with connection terminals, an elastic structure interposed between a main surface of the chip and a wiring substrate formed with wirings connected at first ends thereof to the connection terminals, and bump electrodes connected to the other ends of the wirings. The connection terminals may be at a center part or in peripheral part(s) of the chip main surface and both the elastic structure and wiring substrate are not provided at locations of connection terminals. A resin body seals at least the connection terminals and the exposed first ends of wirings (leads). In a scheme in which the connection terminals are located in a peripheral part of the chip main surface, the wiring substrate protrudes beyond the chip boundary where the connection terminals are arranged, and the resin body shape is restricted by the protruding part of the wiring substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Chuichi Miyazaki, Yukiharu Akiyama, Masnori Shibamoto, Tomoaki Kudaishi, Ichiro Anjoh, Kunihiko Nishi, Asao Nishimura, Hideki Tanaka, Ryosuke Kimoto, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Akio Hasebe, Takehiro Ohnishi, Noriou Shimada, Shuji Eguchi, Hiroshi Koyama, Akira Nagai, Masahiko Ogino
  • Patent number: 6692989
    Abstract: A process is provided for the fabrication of a plastic molded type semiconductor device in which a die pad is formed to have a smaller area than a semiconductor chip to be mounted on a principal surface of the die pad and the semiconductor chip and die pad are sealed with a plastic mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corporation, Hitachi ULSI Systems, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Miyaki, Hiromichi Suzuki, Kazunari Suzuki, Takafumi Nishita, Fujio Ito, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Akihiko Kameoka, Kunihiko Nishi
  • Patent number: 6673655
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device having a heat radiation plate, the tips of inner leads connected to a semiconductor chip have a lead width w and a lead thickness t, the width being less than the thickness. The inner leads are secured to the heat radiation plate. Fastening the inner leads to the heat radiation plate supports the latter and eliminates the need for suspending leads. A lead pitch p, the lead width w and lead thickness t of the inner lead tips connected to the semiconductor chip have the relations of w<t and p≦1.2t, with the inner leads secured to the heat radiation plate. The heat radiation plate has slits made therein to form radially shaped heat propagation paths between a semiconductor chip mounting area and the inner leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd., Hitachi Hokkai Semiconductor, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fujio Ito, Hiroaki Tanaka, Hiromichi Suzuki, Tokuji Toida, Takafumi Konno, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Shigeki Tanaka, Kazunari Suzuki, Akihiko Kameoka
  • Patent number: 6670215
    Abstract: A ball grid array type semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip formed with bonding pads, an elastomer bonded to the semiconductor chip, a flexible wiring substrate bonded to the elastomer and formed with wirings connected at one end of the bonding pads of the semiconductor chip, a solder resist formed on the main surface of the flexible wiring substrate and solder bump electrodes connected to the other ends of the wirings. The elastomer is bonded to the flexible wiring substrate on the side of the tape, the solder resist is formed on the side of the wirings, and the solder bump electrodes are connected with the wirings by way of through holes formed in the solder resist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corporation, Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chuichi Miyazaki, Yukiharu Akiyama, Masanori Shibamoto, Tomoaki Kudaishi, Ichiro Anjoh, Kunihiko Nishi, Asao Nishimura, Hideki Tanaka, Ryosuke Kimoto, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Akio Hasebe
  • Patent number: 6664135
    Abstract: A ball grid array type semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip formed with bonding pads, an elastomer bonded to the semiconductor chip, a flexible wiring substrate bonded to the elastomer and formed with wirings connected at one end of the bonding pads of the semiconductor chip, a solder resist formed on the main surface of the flexible wiring substrate and solder bump electrodes connected to the other ends of the wirings. The elastomer is bonded to the flexible wiring substrate on the side of the tape, the solder resist is formed on the side of the wirings, and the solder bump electrodes are connected with the wirings by way of through holes formed in the solder resist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignees: Renesas Technology Corporation, Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chuichi Miyazaki, Yukiharu Akiyama, Masanori Shibamoto, Tomoaki Kudaishi, Ichiro Anjoh, Kunihiko Nishi, Asao Nishimura, Hideki Tanaka, Ryosuke Kimoto, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Akio Hasebe
  • Patent number: 6664616
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip 2 is disposed within a device hole as formed in a tape base material 1a of a tape carrier 1, which chip is smaller in thickness than the tape base material 1a, and then sealing is performed using a seal resin 3 to permit both the principal surface and back surface of such semiconductor chip 2 to be coated therewith. And, the position of the semiconductor chip 2 in a direction along the thickness of the tape base 1a is set to correspond to a stress neutral plane of the TCP as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Toshio Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20030207557
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a semiconductor chip having connection terminals in a peripheral part of a main surface thereof; an elastic body disposed on the main surface leaving the connection terminals exposed; an insulating tape formed on the elastic body and having openings in areas where the connection terminals are situated; plural leads formed on the top surface of the insulating tape, one end of each lead being connected to one of the connection terminals and the other end being disposed on the elastic body; plural bump electrodes formed on the other ends of the plural leads; and a resin body for sealing the connection terminals and one end of each of the leads, wherein the insulating tape protrudes beyond the chip where the plural connection terminals are arranged, and wherein the shape of the resin body is restricted by the protruding part of the insulating tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Yukiharu Akiyama, Tomoaki Kudaishi, Takehiro Ohnishi, Noriou Shimada, Shuji Eguchi, Asao Nishimura, Ichiro Anjo, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Chuichi Miyazaki, Hiroshi Koyama, Masanori Shibamoto, Akira Nagai, Masahiko Ogino
  • Patent number: 6642083
    Abstract: A ball grid array type semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip formed with bonding pads, an elastomer bonded to the semiconductor chip, a flexible wiring substrate bonded to the elastomer and formed with wirings connected at one end of the bonding pads of the semiconductor chip, a solder resist formed on the main surface of the flexible wiring substrate and solder bump electrodes connected to the other ends of the wirings. The elastomer is bonded to the flexible wiring substrate on the side of the tape, the solder resist is formed on the side of the wirings, and the solder bump electrodes are connected with the wirings by way of through holes formed in the solder resist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Microcomputer Systems, Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Chuichi Miyazaki, Yukiharu Akiyama, Masanori Shibamoto, Tomoaki Kudaishi, Ichiro Anjoh, Kunihiko Nishi, Asao Nishimura, Hideki Tanaka, Ryosuke Kimoto, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Akio Hasebe
  • Patent number: 6639323
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a semiconductor chip having connection terminals in a peripheral part of a main surface thereof; an elastic body disposed on the main surface leaving the connection terminals exposed; an insulating tape formed on the elastic body and having openings in areas where the connection terminals are situated; plural leads formed on the top surface of the insulating tape, one end of each lead being connected to one of the connection terminals and the other end being disposed on the elastic body; plural bump electrodes formed on the other ends of the plural leads; and a resin body for sealing the connection terminals and one end of each of the leads, wherein the insulating tape protrudes beyond the chip where the plural connection terminals are arranged, and wherein the shape of the resin body is restricted by the protruding part of the insulating tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd., Akita ELectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukiharu Akiyama, Tomoaki Kudaishi, Takehiro Ohnishi, Noriou Shimada, Shuji Eguchi, Asao Nishimura, Ichiro Anjo, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Chuichi Miyazaki, Hiroshi Koyama, Masanori Shibamoto, Akira Nagai, Masahiko Ogino
  • Publication number: 20030162326
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip 2 is disposed within a device hole as formed in a tape base material 1a of a tape carrier 1, which chip is smaller in thickness than the tape base material 1a, and then sealing is performed by a seal resin 3 to permit both the principal surface and back surface of such semiconductor chip 2 to be coated therewith. And, the position of the semiconductor chip 2 in a direction along the thickness of the tape base 1a is set to correspond to a stress neutral plane of the TCP as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Toshio Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 6610561
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thin, inexpensive, high-performance semiconductor device provided with busbar leads, power leads and signal leads. A portion of the power lead connected to the busbar lead is depressed toward a major surface of a semiconductor chip to form depressed portion, and the depressed portion is bonded to the major surface of the semiconductor chip by an adhesive layer. The signal lead and the busbar lead are spaced apart from the major surface of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Masachika Masuda, Akihiko Iwaya, Atsushi Nakamura, Chikako Imura, Toshihiro Shiotsuki
  • Publication number: 20030127712
    Abstract: As the semiconductor chip is large-sized, highly integrated and speeded up, it becomes difficult to pack the semiconductor chip together with leads in a package. In view of this difficulty, there has been adopted the package structure called the “Lead-On-Chip” or “Chip-On-Lead” structure in which the semiconductor and the leads are stacked and packed. In the package of this structure, according to the present invention, the gap between the leading end portions of the inner leads and the semiconductor chip is made wider than that between the inner lead portions except the leading end portions and the semiconductor chip thereby to reduce the stray capacity, to improve the signal transmission rate and to reduce the electrical noises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Gen Murakami, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Masahiro Ichitani, Kunihiko Nishi, Ichiro Anjo, Asao Nishimura, Makoto Kitano, Akihiro Yaguchi, Sueo Kawai, Masatsugu Ogata, Syuuji Eguchi, Hiroyoshi Kokaku, Masanori Segawa, Hiroshi Hozoji, Takashi Yokoyama, Noriyuki Kinjo, Aizo Kaneda, Junichi Saeki, Shozo Nakamura, Akio Hasebe, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Isamu Yoshida, Takashi Yamazaki, Kazuyoshi Oshima, Tetsuro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 6589855
    Abstract: The semiconductor wafer is made thin without any cracks and warp under good workability. The semiconductor wafer thinning process includes the first step of preparing a carrier 1 formed of a base 1a and a suction pad 1b provided on one surface of the base 1a or formed of a base film with an adhesive, the second step of bonding a semiconductor wafer to the carrier 1 in such a manner that a rear surface of the semiconductor wafer 2 with no circuit elements formed therein is opposite to the carrier to form a wafer composite 10, and the third step of holding the carrier of the wafer composite 10 with its semiconductor wafer 2 side up and spin-coating an etchant on the rear surface of the semiconductor wafer 2 thereby to make the semiconductor wafer 2 thin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Miyamoto, Kunihiro Tsubosaki, Mitsuo Usami