Patents by Inventor Shigehisa Tajimi

Shigehisa Tajimi 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: 9224705
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of leads that are connected to the electrodes and a semiconductor element that is mounted on the substrate. The semiconductor element has a rectangular shape including a long side, a short side, and a corner portion, and has bumps connected to the electrodes. An underfill is filled between the substrate and the semiconductor element and extends on the substrate around the semiconductor element. An overcoat covers the leads on the substrate. At least one of the plurality of leads that is connected to the electrode corresponding to the bump arranged nearest to the corner portion along the long side of the semiconductor element has at least two successive bent portions that are bent in the same direction and is laid out toward the short side of the semiconductor element in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigehisa Tajimi
  • Publication number: 20140291836
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of leads that are connected to the electrodes and a semiconductor element that is mounted on the substrate. The semiconductor element has a rectangular shape including a long side, a short side, and a corner portion, and has bumps connected to the electrodes. An underfill is filled between the substrate and the semiconductor element and extends on the substrate around the semiconductor element. An overcoat covers the leads on the substrate. At least one of the plurality of leads that is connected to the electrode corresponding to the bump arranged nearest to the corner portion along the long side of the semiconductor element has at least two successive bent portions that are bent in the same direction and is laid out toward the short side of the semiconductor element in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigehisa TAJIMI
  • Patent number: 8502379
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an insulating film base member and a wiring pattern that is formed on the insulating film base member. The wiring pattern has a surface, with at least a peripheral section of the surface being a peeled surface of the wiring pattern peeled from the insulating film base member. The semiconductor device further includes a plating layer that covers the surface of the wiring pattern, and an IC chip that has an active surface with a bump bonded to the wiring pattern. The peeled surface of the wiring pattern is peeled from the insulating film base member around a bonding position of the wiring pattern bonded with the bump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shigehisa Tajimi
  • Publication number: 20120086121
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an insulating film base member and a wiring pattern that is formed on the insulating film base member. The wiring pattern has a surface, with at least a peripheral section of the surface being a peeled surface of the wiring pattern peeled from the insulating film base member. The semiconductor device further includes a plating layer that covers the surface of the wiring pattern, and an IC chip that has an active surface with a bump bonded to the wiring pattern. The peeled surface of the wiring pattern is peeled from the insulating film base member around a bonding position of the wiring pattern bonded with the bump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigehisa TAJIMI
  • Patent number: 8120165
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: preparing a wiring board having a base substrate and wiring that is plated on surface with a plating metal; pressing a bump that is formed on the active side of the semiconductor chip against an end part of the wiring of the wiring board, thereby exfoliating the area surrounding the pressed portion of the wiring from the base substrate while keeping the end of the wiring bonded with the base substrate; melting the plating metal that is located on the end part of the wiring, thereby causing the plating metal and the bump to form an alloy that bonds the bump and the wiring and infiltrate the plating metal into a space between the wiring and the base substrate; and judging that the bump and the wiring are well bonded if the plating metal has infiltrated a space between the wiring and the base substrate so as to have an area, width or length of infiltration that exceeds a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shigehisa Tajimi
  • Patent number: 8101462
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: when bonding a bump of an IC chip to a bonding position of a wiring pattern that is formed on an insulating film base member and has a surface covered by a plating layer, forming a plating layer around the bonding position among the wiring pattern at least in an outer peripheral section of a peeled surface of a portion of the wiring pattern peeled from the film base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shigehisa Tajimi
  • Publication number: 20110006420
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: preparing a wiring board having a base substrate and wiring that is plated on surface with a plating metal; pressing a bump that is formed on the active side of the semiconductor chip against an end part of the wiring of the wiring board, thereby exfoliating the area surrounding the pressed portion of the wiring from the base substrate while keeping the end of the wiring bonded with the base substrate; melting the plating metal that is located on the end part of the wiring, thereby causing the plating metal and the bump to form an alloy that bonds the bump and the wiring and infiltrate the plating metal into a space between the wiring and the base substrate; and judging that the bump and the wiring are well bonded if the plating metal has infiltrated a space between the wiring and the base substrate so as to have an area, width or length of infiltration that exceeds a reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigehisa TAJIMI
  • Patent number: 7811922
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: preparing a wiring board having a base substrate and wiring that is plated on surface with a plating metal; pressing a bump that is formed on the active side of the semiconductor chip against an end part of the wiring of the wiring board, thereby exfoliating the area surrounding the pressed portion of the wiring from the base substrate while keeping the end of the wiring bonded with the base substrate; melting the plating metal that is located on the end part of the wiring, thereby causing the plating metal and the bump to form an alloy that bonds the bump and the wiring and infiltrate the plating metal into a space between the wiring and the base substrate; and judging that the bump and the wiring are well bonded if the plating metal has infiltrated a space between the wiring and the base substrate so as to have an area, width or length of infiltration that exceeds a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shigehisa Tajimi
  • Patent number: 7687321
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method includes: moving a nozzle around a semiconductor chip bonded to a wiring substrate by face-down bonding; and continuously supplying underfill material through the nozzle, thereby filling the underfill material between the wiring substrate and the semiconductor chip, wherein an outline of a surface of the semiconductor chip opposing to the wiring substrate is a polygon composed of a plurality of sides, a moving track of the nozzle includes a linear track within a range of a pair of line segments drawn from both ends of each of the sides perpendicularly to said each of the sides, and a direction changing track that continuously connects adjacent ones of the linear tracks, wherein the nozzle is moved slower in at least a portion of the linear track than in the direction changing track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shigehisa Tajimi
  • Patent number: 7514296
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes preparing a wiring board including a base board having a first surface and a second surface, a wiring pattern having a plurality of electrical connectors and formed on the first surface, a first resist layer having a first opening for exposing the electrical connectors and partially covering the first surface and the wiring pattern, and a second resist layer having a second opening that overlaps with a region where the electrical connectors are formed and partially covering the second surface; preparing a semiconductor chip having a plurality of electrodes; and performing a bonding operation for electrically coupling the plurality of electrical connectors and the plurality of electrodes correspondingly by holding and heating the semiconductor chip with a bonding tool that has a heating mechanism and an end face whose contour is smaller than that of the second opening, aligning the bonding tool in such a way that the end face only overlaps with a regio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shigehisa Tajimi
  • Publication number: 20080284013
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: when bonding a bump of an IC chip to a bonding position of a wiring pattern that is formed on an insulating film base member and has a surface covered by a plating layer, forming a plating layer around the bonding position among the wiring pattern at least in an outer peripheral section of a peeled surface of a portion of the wiring pattern peeled from the film base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shigehisa TAJIMI
  • Publication number: 20080224310
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: preparing a wiring board having a base substrate and wiring that is plated on surface with a plating metal; pressing a bump that is formed on the active side of the semiconductor chip against an end part of the wiring of the wiring board, thereby exfoliating the area surrounding the pressed portion of the wiring from the base substrate while keeping the end of the wiring bonded with the base substrate; melting the plating metal that is located on the end part of the wiring, thereby causing the plating metal and the bump to form an alloy that bonds the bump and the wiring and infiltrate the plating metal into a space between the wiring and the base substrate; and judging that the bump and the wiring are well bonded if the plating metal has infiltrated a space between the wiring and the base substrate so as to have an area, width or length of infiltration that exceeds a reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shigehisa Tajimi
  • Publication number: 20080064146
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method includes: moving a nozzle around a semiconductor chip bonded to a wiring substrate by face-down bonding; and continuously supplying underfill material through the nozzle, thereby filling the underfill material between the wiring substrate and the semiconductor chip, wherein an outline of a surface of the semiconductor chip opposing to the wiring substrate is a polygon composed of a plurality of sides, a moving track of the nozzle includes a linear track within a range of a pair of line segments drawn from both ends of each of the sides perpendicularly to said each of the sides, and a direction changing track that continuously connects adjacent ones of the linear tracks, wherein the nozzle is moved slower in at least a portion of the linear track than in the direction changing track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigehisa TAJIMI
  • Publication number: 20070212814
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes preparing a wiring board including a base board having a first surface and a second surface, a wiring pattern having a plurality of electrical connectors and formed on the first surface, a first resist layer having a first opening for exposing the electrical connectors and partially covering the first surface and the wiring pattern, and a second resist layer having a second opening that overlaps with a region where the electrical connectors are formed and partially covering the second surface; preparing a semiconductor chip having a plurality of electrodes; and performing a bonding operation for electrically coupling the plurality of electrical connectors and the plurality of electrodes correspondingly by holding and heating the semiconductor chip with a bonding tool that has a heating mechanism and an end face whose contour is smaller than that of the second opening, aligning the bonding tool in such a way that the end face only overlaps with a regio
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigehisa TAJIMI
  • Publication number: 20060057780
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing semiconductor devices, comprises: mounting a substrate on a bonding stage; pressing the substrate to the bonding stage by blowing a compressed air from the upper face side of the substrate; causing the bonding stage to adsorb the substrate by exhausting air from the lower face side of the substrate, and bonding a semiconductor chip to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Shigehisa Tajimi, Takeshi Yasuda