Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical semiconductor apparatus includes: cutting a UV-curable adhesive silicone composition sheet into small chips; disposing the resulted chip on a surface of an optical semiconductor device; irradiating UV-rays to the chip via a photomask according to lithography; developing an uncured portion of the chip with a solvent; and heat-curing after that. The UV-curable adhesive silicone composition sheet is obtained by forming a UV-curable adhesive silicone composition into sheet-form, the UV-curable adhesive silicone composition including: (A) an organopolysiloxane having a resin structure of R1SiO3/2, R22SiO2/2, and R3aR4bSiO(4-a-b)/2 units, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having a resin structure of R1SiO3/2, R22SiO2/2, and R3cHdSiO(4-c-d)/2 units, and (C) a photoactive catalyst. The UV-curable adhesive silicone composition is in a plastic solid state or a semi-solid state in an uncured state at room temperature.

Abstract: The invention provides an encapsulant for collectively encapsulating a semiconductor devices mounting surface of a substrate having semiconductor devices mounting thereon or a semiconductor devices forming surface of a wafer having semiconductor devices forming thereon, and the encapsulant comprises a supporting substrate having a difference of a linear expansion coefficient from that of the substrate or the wafer of 5 ppm or less and a thermosetting resin layer being laminated, wherein the thermosetting resin layer has a shape having a height difference to a thickness direction.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus includes: a charging step of charging the thermosetting resin in excess of an amount necessary for forming the sealing layer to fill the inside of the first cavity with the thermosetting resin and discharging an excess of the thermosetting resin from the first cavity; an integrating step of integrating the substrate on which the semiconductor device is mounted, the substrate on which no semiconductor device is mounted and the sealing layer by molding the thermosetting resin while pressurizing the upper mold and the lower mold; and a dicing step of extracting the integrated substrates from the molding mold and dicing the integrated substrates to obtain an individual semiconductor apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention provides the substrate comprises a fiber film base material comprising a sheet of a surface-treated fiber film or a plural number of sheets of the surface-treated fiber films being laminated, wherein the surface-treated fiber film has a value of a conventional flexural rigidity measured by a method according to JIS R 3420 of 3-fold to 100-fold to a value of a conventional flexural rigidity of an untreated fiber film. There can be provided a substrate having a uniform and homogeneous insulating layer which does not generate unfastening or twisting of a fiber, and in addition to heat resistance, dimensional stability and impact resistance, having further excellent in bendability and flexibility.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting silicone resin sheet having a phosphor-containing thermosetting silicone resin layer formed in the form of an LED device and a method for producing the same, and a light-emitting apparatus using the thermosetting silicone resin sheet and a method for producing the same. The present invention was accomplished by the phosphor-containing thermosetting silicone resin sheet comprising a substrate film and a phosphor-containing thermosetting silicone resin layer that is a plastic solid or a semi-solid at room temperature composed of a single layer having no adhesive layer, formed by printing and molding a phosphor-containing thermosetting silicone resin composition on the substrate film in the form of an LED device.

Abstract: A vacuum laminating apparatus for use in manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus, including a frame mechanism to surround at least a side face of a support-base attached encapsulant including a thermosetting resin layer stacked as an encapsulant on a support base, the frame mechanism including a holding unit to hold a substrate on which semiconductor devices are mounted or a wafer on which semiconductor devices are formed with the substrate or the wafer facing and spaced apart from the thermosetting resin layer of the support-base attached encapsulant, the vacuum laminating apparatus capable of vacuum laminating the support-base attached encapsulant surrounded by the frame mechanism together with the substrate or wafer. The vacuum laminating apparatus inhibit the occurrence of voids in resin layer and warp of a substrate or wafer and manufacture a semiconductor apparatus having a precisely formed resin layer, even when the substrate or wafer used has a large area.

Abstract: The present invention provides a surface-modified glass fiber film having its surface modified by a silicon-containing compound, and a value of a common flexural rigidity of the surface-modified glass fiber film as measured by the method described in JIS R 3420 is in the range of 3 to 100 times as compared to a value of the common flexural rigidity of an unmodified glass fiber film. There can be provided a surface-modified glass fiber film having a high strength, a high heat resistance, a good dimensional stability, a good self-supporting property, a low average linear expansion coefficient, a high storage rigidity at high temperature, and an excellent surface uniformity.

Abstract: Silica particles having 4-30% of an organopolysiloxane grafted to surfaces thereof are provided. A silicone composition loaded with such silica particles has high transparency, minimized permeability to corrosive gases, and improved encapsulation ability.

Abstract: A composite oxide particle prepared from raw materials comprising: (1) a finely powdered silica having a BET specific surface area of 50 m2/g or greater or an alkoxysilane, and (2) a liquid metal alkoxide other than an alkoxysilane or a nano order metal oxide powder other than finely powdered silica, one of components (1) and (2) being a solid oxide and the other being a liquid alkoxide, wherein the composite oxide particle is prepared by mixing or kneading the raw materials to obtain a sol or gel-like substance, sintering the sol or gel-like substance at a temperature of 300° C. or higher to form a glass-like substance, and then crushing the glass-like substance is provided. Also, a resin composition containing the composite oxide particle, and a reflector for a light-emitting semiconductor device formed using the resin composition are provided.

Abstract: A composite particle comprises inorganic compound particles that are derived from inorganic particle and are uniformly dispersed and sintered in a matrix phase composed of silica, or comprises silica particles that are uniformly dispersed and sintered in a matrix phase composed of said inorganic compound particles. The composite particle is prepared by sintering a mixture of (1) finely powdered silica having a BET specific surface area of 50 m2/g or greater, (2) an inorganic particle other than silica and (3) water at a temperature of 300° C. or higher to form a glass-like substance, and then crushing the glass-like substance. A spherical composite particle is prepared by melting and spheroidizing the mixture of (1)-(3) in a flame of 1,800° C. or higher.

Abstract: The present invention provides an encapsulant with a base for use in semiconductor encapsulation, for collectively encapsulating a device mounting surface of a substrate on which semiconductor devices are mounted, or a device forming surface of a wafer on which semiconductor devices are formed, the encapsulant comprising the base, an encapsulating resin layer composed of an uncured or semi-cured thermosetting resin formed on one surface of the base, and a surface resin layer formed on the other surface of the base. The encapsulant enables a semiconductor apparatus having a good appearance and laser marking property to be manufactured.

Abstract: A thermosetting silicone resin composition for reflector of LED has an organopolysiloxane represented by the following average compositional formula, and has at least two alkenyl groups in one molecule, a linear organohydrogen polysiloxane represented by the following formula and/or a branched organohydrogenpolysiloxane represented by the following formula, an addition reaction catalyst, a white pigment selected from titanium oxide, zinc oxide, magnesium oxide, barium carbonate, magnesium silicate, zinc sulfate and barium sulfate, and an inorganic filler other than Component, R1aR2bR3c(OR0)dSiO(4-a-b-c-d)/2??(1) R7eR8fHgSiO(4-e-f-g)/2??(3). There can be a thermosetting silicone resin composition which provides a cured product excellent in heat resistance and light resistance, less leakage of light to outside, and particularly suitable for a matrix array reflector.

Abstract: A fiber-containing resin substrate for collectively sealing a semiconductor devices mounting surface of a substrate having the semiconductor devices mounted thereon or a semiconductor devices forming surface of a wafer having semiconductor devices formed thereon, includes: a resin-impregnated fiber base material obtained by impregnating a fiber base material with a thermosetting resin and semi-curing or curing the thermosetting resin; and an uncured resin layer containing an uncured thermosetting resin and formed on one side of the resin-impregnated fiber base material.

Abstract: A thermosetting silicone resin composition for an LED reflector has: a thermosetting resin; at least one kind of white pigment selected from titanium oxide, zinc oxide, zirconium oxide, magnesium oxide, barium carbonate, magnesium silicate, zinc sulfate, and barium sulfate; and an inorganic filler other than the pigment, which contains at least one kind of inorganic filler that has an average particle diameter of 30 ?m to 100 ?m and a refraction index that is different from a refraction index of a cured material of the thermosetting resin by 0.05 or more, and at least one kind of inorganic filler that has an average particle diameter of less than 30 ?m. The thermosetting resin composition provides a cured material that has excellent heat and light resisting properties and hardly leaks light, a reflector for an LED obtained by molding using the composition, and an optical semiconductor apparatus using the reflector.

Abstract: Described herein is a sealant laminated composite for collectively sealing a semiconductor device's mounting surface of a substrate on which semiconductor devices are mounted or a semiconductor device's forming surface of a wafer on which semiconductor devices are formed. The composite can include a support wafer and an uncured resin layer constituted of an uncured thermosetting resin formed on one side of the support wafer. In certain aspects, the sealant laminated composite is very versatile, even when a large diameter or thin substrate or wafer is sealed.

Abstract: A surface-mount light emitting device is provided comprising a light emitting element (2), a reflector (1) which is molded integral with a leadframe (11, 12) having the light emitting element mounted thereon, and an encapsulating resin composition (4). The reflector is molded from a heat curable resin composition to define a recess with bottom and side walls. The resin side wall has a thickness of 50-500 ?m. The encapsulating resin composition is a heat curable resin composition having a hardness of 30-70 Shore D units in the cured state.

Abstract: Provided is a heat-curable silicone resin sheet that is able to easily uniformly disperse phosphors on an LED element surface, a method of producing a light emitting device utilizing the same and an encapsulated light emitting semiconductor device obtained by the method utilizing the same. The heat-curable silicone resin sheet includes at least the two layers of a layer 1 including a heat-curable silicone resin composition containing phosphors that is in a plastic solid state or a semi-solid state at room temperature, and a layer 2 including a transparent or a semi-transparent heat-curable silicone resin composition that is in a plastic solid state or a semi-solid state at room temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sealant laminated composite for collectively sealing a semiconductor devices mounting surface of a substrate on which semiconductor devices may be mounted or a semiconductor devices forming surface of a wafer on which semiconductor devices may be formed, including a support wafer that may be composed of silicon and an uncured resin layer that may be constituted of an uncured thermosetting resin formed on one side of the support wafer.

Abstract: A fiber-containing resin substrate for collectively sealing a semiconductor devices mounting surface of a substrate having the semiconductor devices mounted thereon or a semiconductor devices forming surface of a wafer having semiconductor devices formed thereon, includes: a resin-impregnated fiber base material obtained by impregnating a fiber base material with a thermosetting resin and semi-curing or curing the thermosetting resin; and an uncured resin layer containing an uncured thermosetting resin and formed on one side of the resin-impregnated fiber base material.

Abstract: There is disclosed a silicone resin composition includes (A-1) a ladder structure-containing polyorganosiloxane having a ladder structure and having two or more alkenyl groups in one molecule, (B-1) a ladder structure-containing hydrogen polyorganosiloxane having a ladder structure and having hydrogen atoms that are bonded to two or more silicon atoms in one molecule, and/or (B-2) a hydrogen polyorganosiloxane having two or more hydrogen atoms that are bonded to silicon atoms in one molecule. As a result, there is provided the silicone resin composition as a light-emitting device protective material having a high transparency, heat resistance, light resistance and gas barrier.