Patents by Inventor Masachika Masuda

Masachika Masuda 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: 6501173
    Abstract: A chip mounting method is proposed which considers facilitating the testing of semiconductor chips when a plurality of semiconductor chips are sealed in a single resin sealing body. This method also considers its application to a variety of MCPs and system LSIs. In a single package, one signal output terminal of the first semiconductor chip and a first external terminal of the semiconductor device are internally connected independently. One signal input terminal of the second semiconductor chip and a second external terminal of the semiconductor device are internally connected independently. The first and second external terminals of the semiconductor device are connected outside the semiconductor device to complete the connection between the signal output terminal and the signal input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nishizawa, Masachika Masuda, Kouichi Kanemoto, Tamaki Wada
  • Patent number: 6501183
    Abstract: A first semiconductor chip (2) is bonded and secured to a second semiconductor chip (3) with a back surface of the first semiconductor chip (2) and a circuit forming surface (3X) of the second semiconductor chip (3) facing each other, and an inner portion of a support lead (6) is bonded and secured to the circuit forming surface (3X) of the second semiconductor chip (3). Such a configuration makes it possible to provide a semiconductor with a reduced thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi USLI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Kanemoto, Masachika Masuda, Tamaki Wada, Michiaki Sugiyama, Mikako Kimura
  • Patent number: 6492727
    Abstract: A chip mounting method is proposed which considers facilitating the testing of semiconductor chips when a plurality of semiconductor chips are sealed in a single resin sealing body. This method also considers its application to a variety of MCPs and system LSIs. In a single package, one signal output terminal of the first semiconductor chip and a first external terminal of the semiconductor device are internally connected independently. One signal input terminal of the second semiconductor chip and a second external terminal of the semiconductor device are internally connected independently. The first and second external terminals of the semiconductor device are connected outside of the semiconductor device to complete the connection between the signal output terminal and the signal input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nishizawa, Masachika Masuda, Kouichi Kanemoto, Tamaki Wada
  • Publication number: 20020180060
    Abstract: Two memory chips mounted over a base substrate have the same external size and a flash memory of the same memory capacity formed thereon. These memory chips are mounted over the base substrate with one of them being overlapped with the upper portion of the other one, and they are stacked with their faces being turned in the same direction. The bonding pads BP of one of the memory chips are disposed in the vicinity of the bonding pads BP of the other memory chip. In addition, the upper memory chip is stacked over the lower memory chip in such a way that the upper memory chip is slid in a direction (X direction) parallel to the one side of the lower memory chip and in a direction (Y direction) perpendicular thereto in order to prevent partial overlapping of it with the bonding pads BP of the lower memory chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Masachika Masuda, Toshihiko Usami
  • Patent number: 6452266
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of improving the flexibility of designing electrical lead patterns for connection from chips via a substrate to external terminals by appropriately arranging the substrate structure and layout of more than one address signal as commonly shared by four separate chips is disclosed. In a surface mount type package of ball grid array (BGA), four chips 1 are mounted on a substrate 2 in such a manner such these are laid out in the form of an array of two rows and two columns. These four chips 1 are such that regarding the upper side and lower side, these are in linear symmetry with respect to a center line extending in a direction along long side edges of the substrate 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Akita Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Toshio Sugano, Susumu Hatano, Yutaka Kagaya, Masachika Masuda
  • Publication number: 20020109215
    Abstract: A LOC type semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor chip having a main surface in which semiconductor elements and a plurality of bonding pads are formed, and a back surface opposite the main surface; a plurality of leads each having an inner part and an outer part, and including a plurality of first leads having inner end portions extended on the main surface of the semiconductor chip and a plurality of second leads having inner end portions terminating near the semiconductor chip; bonding wires electrically connecting the bonding pads to bonding portions of the inner parts of the first and the second leads; and a sealing member sealing the semiconductor chip therein. A first bending portion is formed in the inner part of each second lead to prevent the sealing member from transformation by forming the sealing member in satisfactory resin balance between an upper portion and a lower portion of the sealing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Tamaki Wada, Masachika Masuda
  • Patent number: 6433421
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising: a resin sealing body, plural semiconductor chips situated inside the resin sealing body and formed of rectangular-shaped plane surfaces, having a first main surface and second main surface facing each other, and having electrodes disposed on the first side of a first side and a second side of the first main surface, the first side and second side facing each other, and leads having inner parts situated inside the resin sealing body and outer parts situated outside the resin sealing body, the inner parts being electrically connected to the electrodes of the plural semiconductor chips via bonding wires, wherein: the first main surfaces are aligned in the same direction with their respective first sides situated on the same side, and the plural semiconductor chips are laminated in positions offset with respect to one another such that the electrodes of one of the mutually opposite semiconductor chips are situated further outside than the first sides of the other semiconductor c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masachika Masuda, Tamaki Wada, Hirotaka Nishizawa, Koich Iro Kagaya
  • Publication number: 20020102763
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a resin mold, two semiconductor chips positioned inside the resin mold and having front and back surfaces and external terminals formed on the front surfaces, and leads extending from the inside to the outside of the resin mold, wherein each of said leads is branched into two branch leads in at least the resin mold, the one branch lead is secured to the surface of the one semiconductor chip and is electrically connected to an external terminal on the surface thereof through a wire, the other branch lead is secured to the surface of the other semiconductor chip and is electrically connected to an external terminal on the surface thereof through a wire, and the two semiconductor chips are stacked one upon the other, with their back surfaces opposed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Masachika Masuda, Tamaki Wada, Michiaki Sugiyama, Hirotaka Nishizawa, Toshio Sugano, Yasushi Takahashi, Masayasu Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6410987
    Abstract: A first semiconductor chip (2) is bonded and secured to a second semiconductor chip (3) with a back surface of the first semiconductor chip (2) and a circuit forming surface (3X) of the second semiconductor chip (3) facing each other, and an inner portion of a support lead (6) is bonded and secured to the circuit forming surface (3X) of the second semiconductor chip (3). Such a configuration makes it possible to provide a semiconductor with a reduced thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Ulsi Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Kanemoto, Masachika Masuda, Tamaki Wada, Michiaki Sugiyama, Mikako Kimura
  • Patent number: 6392295
    Abstract: A LOC type semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor chip having a main surface in which semiconductor elements and a plurality of bonding pads are formed, and a back surface opposite the main surface; a plurality of leads each having an inner part and an outer part, and including a plurality of first leads having inner end portions extended on the main surface of the semiconductor chip and a plurality of second leads having inner end portions terminating near the semiconductor chip; bonding wires electrically connecting the bonding pads to bonding portions of the inner parts of the first and the second leads; and a sealing member sealing the semiconductor chip therein. A first bending portion is formed in the inner part of each second lead to prevent the sealing member from transformation by forming the sealing member in satisfactory resin balance between an upper portion and a lower portion of the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Tamaki Wada, Masachika Masuda
  • Publication number: 20020056911
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of improving the flexibility of designing electrical lead patterns for connection from chips via a substrate to external terminals by appropriately arranging the substrate structure and layout of more than one address signal as commonly shared by four separate chips is disclosed. In a surface mount type package of ball grid array (BGA), four chips 1 are mounted on a substrate 2 in such a manner such these are laid out in the form of an array of two rows and two columns. These four chips 1 are such that regarding the upper side and lower side, these are in linear symmetry with respect to a center line extending in a direction along long side edges of the substrate 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Toshio Sugano, Susumu Hatano, Yutaka Kagaya, Masachika Masuda
  • Patent number: 6388318
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of improving the flexibility of designing electrical lead patterns for connection from chips via a substrate to external terminals by appropriately arranging the substrate structure and layout of more than one address signal as commonly shared by four separate chips is disclosed. In a surface mount type package of ball grid array (BGA), four chips 1 are mounted on a substrate 2 in such a manner such these are laid out in the form of an array of two rows and two columns. These four chips 1 are such that regarding the upper side and lower side, these are in linear symmetry with respect to a center line extending in a direction along long side edges of the substrate 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Akita Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Toshio Sugano, Susumu Hatano, Yutaka Kagaya, Masachika Masuda
  • Publication number: 20020053732
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of improving the flexibility of designing electrical lead patterns for connection from chips via a substrate to external terminals by appropriately arranging the substrate structure and layout of more than one address signal as commonly shared by four separate chips is disclosed. In a surface mount type package of ball grid array (BGA), four chips 1 are mounted on a substrate 2 in such a manner such these are laid out in the form of an array of two rows and two columns. These four chips 1 are such that regarding the upper side and lower side, these are in linear symmetry with respect to a center line extending in a direction along long side edges of the substrate 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Toshio Sugano, Susumu Hatano, Yutaka Kagaya, Masachika Masuda
  • Patent number: 6383845
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a resin mold, two semiconductor chips positioned inside the resin mold and having front and back surfaces and external terminals formed on the front surfaces, and leads extending from the inside to the outside of the resin mold, wherein each of said leads is branched into two branch leads in at least the resin mold, the one branch lead is secured to the surface of the one semiconductor chip and is electrically connected to an external terminal on the surface thereof through a wire, the other branch lead is secured to the surface of the other semiconductor chip and is electrically connected to an external terminal on the surface thereof through a wire, and the two semiconductor chips are stacked one upon the other, with their back surfaces opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masachika Masuda, Tamaki Wada, Michiaki Sugiyama, Hirotaka Nishizawa, Toshio Sugano, Yasushi Takahashi, Masayasu Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20020043719
    Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of improving the flexibility of designing electrical lead patterns for connection from chips via a substrate to external terminals by appropriately arranging the substrate structure and layout of more than one address signal as commonly shared by four separate chips is disclosed. In a surface mount type package of ball grid array (BGA), four chips 1 are mounted on a substrate 2 in such a manner such these are laid out in the form of an array of two rows and two columns. These four chips 1 are such that regarding the upper side and lower side, these are in linear symmetry with respect to a center line extending in a direction along long side edges of the substrate 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Iwaya, Toshio Sugano, Susumu Hatano, Yutaka Kagaya, Masachika Masuda
  • Publication number: 20020030270
    Abstract: A chip mounting method is proposed which considers facilitating the testing of semiconductor chips when a plurality of semiconductor chips are sealed in a single resin sealing body. This method also considers its application to a variety of MCPs and system LSIs. In a single package, one signal output terminal of the first semiconductor chip and a first external terminal of the semiconductor device are internally connected independently. One signal input terminal of the second semiconductor chip and a second external terminal of the semiconductor device are internally connected independently. The first and second external terminals of the semiconductor device are connected outside of the semiconductor device to complete the connection between the signal output terminal and the signal input terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nishizawa, Masachika Masuda, Kouichi Kanemoto, Tamaki Wada
  • Publication number: 20020017720
    Abstract: A chip mounting method is proposed which considers facilitating the testing of semiconductor chips when a plurality of semiconductor chips are sealed in a single resin sealing body. This method also considers its application to a variety of MCPs and system LSIs. In a single package, one signal output terminal of the first semiconductor chip and a first external terminal of the semiconductor device are internally connected independently. One signal input terminal of the second semiconductor chip and a second external terminal of the semiconductor device are internally connected independently. The first and second external terminals of the semiconductor device are connected outside of the semiconductor device to complete the connection between the signal output terminal and the signal input terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nishizawa, Masachika Masuda, Kouichi Kanemoto, Tamaki Wada
  • Publication number: 20020017722
    Abstract: Two semiconductor chips sealed with a mold resin are stacked on each other so that their backs are opposite to each other. The two semiconductor chips are supported by suspension leads fixedly secured to a circuit forming surface (lower surface) of the lower chip. A pair of bus bar leads is placed in the vicinity of the sides of these chips, and a plurality of leads are placed there outside. Wires are bonded between one surfaces of both the bus bar leads and the leads and one of the two semiconductor chips. Further, wires are bonded between the other surfaces of both the bus bar leads and the leads and the other of the semiconductor chips. Thus, a semiconductor device wherein the two semiconductor chips are laminated and sealed with a resin, is reduced in manufacturing cost, and the thinning of the present semiconductor device is pushed forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masachika Masuda
  • Publication number: 20020014686
    Abstract: A first semiconductor chip (2) is bonded and secured to a second semiconductor chip (3) with a back surface of the first semiconductor chip (2) and a circuit forming surface (3X) of the second semiconductor chip (3) facing each other, and an inner portion of a support lead (6) is bonded and secured to the circuit forming surface (3X) of the second semiconductor chip (3). Such a configuration makes it possible to provide a semiconductor with a reduced thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Kanemoto, Masachika Masuda, Tamaki Wada, Michiaki Sugiyama, Mikako Kimura
  • Publication number: 20020011650
    Abstract: A chip mounting method is proposed which considers facilitating the testing of semiconductor chips when a plurality of semiconductor chips are sealed in a single resin sealing body. This method also considers its application to a variety of MCPs and system LSIs. In a single package, one signal output terminal of the first semiconductor chip and a first external terminal of the semiconductor device are internally connected independently. One signal input terminal of the second semiconductor chip and a second external terminal of the semiconductor device are internally connected independently. The first and second external terminals of the semiconductor device are connected outside the semiconductor device to complete the connection between the signal output terminal and the signal input terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Hirotaka Nishizawa, Masachika Masuda, Kouichi Kanemoto, Tamaki Wada