Patents by Inventor Xun Xue

Xun Xue 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).

  • Publication number: 20140242756
    Abstract: A method for preparing semiconductor devices in a flip chip process comprises forming deep grooves surrounding each of the semiconductor chips; depositing a first plastic package material to form a first plastic package layer covering front surface of the semiconductor wafer and filling the deep grooves; depositing a metal layer at back surface of the semiconductor wafer after grinding; grinding an outermost portion of the metal layer thus forming a ring area located at back surface around edge of the semiconductor wafer not covered by the metal layer; cutting the first plastic package layer, the semiconductor wafer, the metal layer and the first plastic package material filled in the deep grooves along a straight line formed by two ends of each of the deep grooves filled with the first plastic package material; and picking up the semiconductor devices and mounting on a substrate without flipping the semiconductor devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Ping Huang, Hamza Yilmaz, Yueh-Se Ho, Lei Shi, Liang Zhao, Ping Li Wu, Lei Duan, Yuping Gong
  • Patent number: 8785296
    Abstract: A packaging method with backside wafer dicing includes the steps of forming a support structure at the front surface of the wafer then depositing a metal layer on a center area of the backside of the wafer after grinding the wafer backside to reduce the wafer thickness; detecting from the backside of the wafer sections of scribe lines formed in the front surface in the region between the edge of the metal layer and the edge of the wafer and cutting the wafer and the metal layer from the wafer backside along a straight line formed by extending a scribe line section detected from the wafer backside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Ping Huang, Yueh-Se Ho
  • Patent number: 8778735
    Abstract: A WLCSP method comprises: depositing a metal bump on bonding pads of chips; forming a first packaging layer at front surface of wafer to cover metal bumps while forming an un-covered ring at the edge of wafer to expose the ends of each scribe line located between two adjacent chips; thinning first packaging layer to expose metal bumps; forming a groove on front surface of first packaging layer along each scribe line by cutting along a straight line extended by two ends of scribe line exposed on front surface of un-covered ring; grinding back surface of wafer to form a recessed space and a support ring at the edge of the wafer; depositing a metal layer at bottom surface of wafer in recessed space; cutting off the edge portion of wafer; and separating individual chips from wafer by cutting through first packaging layer, the wafer and metal layer along groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Hamza Yilmaz, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu, Ping Huang, Lei Shi, Lei Duan, Yuping Gong
  • Publication number: 20140191334
    Abstract: A stacked power semiconductor device includes vertical metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors and dual lead frames packaged with flip-chip technology. In the method of manufacturing the stacked power semiconductor device, a first semiconductor chip is flip chip mounted on the first lead frame. A mounting clips is connected to the electrode at back side of the first semiconductor chip. A second semiconductor chip is mounted on the second lead frame, which is then flipped and stacked on the mounting clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Yueh-Se Ho, Lei Shi, Jun Lu, Liang Zhao
  • Publication number: 20140141567
    Abstract: Preparation methods of forming packaged semiconductor device, specifically for flip-chip vertical power device, are disclosed. In these methods, a vertical semiconductor chip is flip-chip attached to a lead frame and then encapsulated with plastic packing materials. Encapsulated chip is then thinned to a predetermined thickness. Contact terminals connecting the chip with external circuit are formed by etching at least a bottom portion of the lead frame connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Lei Shi, Yan Xun Xue, Yuping Gong
  • Patent number: 8722468
    Abstract: A semiconductor encapsulation comprises a lead frame further comprising a chip carrier and a plurality of pins in adjacent to the chip carrier. A plurality of grooves opened from an upper surface of the chip carrier partially dividing the chip carrier into a plurality of chip mounting areas. A bottom portion of the grooves is removed for completely isolate each chip mounting area, wherein a width of the bottom portion of the grooves removed is smaller than a width of the grooves. In one embodiment, a groove is located between the chip carrier and the pins with a bottom portion of the groove removed for isolate the pins from the chip carrier, wherein a width of the bottom of the grooves removed is smaller than a width of the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Anup Bhalla, Jun Lu
  • Patent number: 8722466
    Abstract: A semiconductor package with connecting plate for internal connection comprise: a plurality of chips each having a plurality of contact areas on a top surface; one or more connecting plates having a plurality of electrically isolated connecting plate portions each connecting a contact area of the semiconductor chips. The method of making the semiconductor package includes the steps of connecting one or more connecting plates to a plurality of semiconductor chips, applying a molding material to encapsulate the chips and the connecting plates, separating a plurality of connecting plate portions of the connecting plates by shallow cutting through or by grinding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Lu, Kai Liu, Yan Xun Xue
  • Patent number: 8722467
    Abstract: A die attach method for a semiconductor chip with a back metal layer located at the back surface of the semiconductor chip comprises the steps of forming a bonding ball array including a plurality of bonding balls with a same height on a die attach area at a top surface of a die paddle; depositing a die attach material in the bonding ball array area with a thickness of the die attach material equal or slightly larger than the height of the bonding ball; attaching the semiconductor chip to the die attach area at the top surface of the die paddle by the die attach material, wherein the bonding ball array controls the bond line thickness of the die attach material between the back metal layer and the top surface of the die paddle and prevents the semiconductor chip from rotating on the die attach material when it is melted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Lei Shi, Aihua Lu, Yan Xun Xue
  • Patent number: 8716069
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises an aluminum alloy lead-frame with a passivation layer covering an exposed portion of the aluminum alloy lead-frame. Since aluminum alloy is a low-cost material, and its hardness and flexibility are suitable for deformation process, such as punching, bending, molding and the like, aluminum alloy lead frame is suitable for mass production; furthermore, since its weight is much lower than copper or iron-nickel material, aluminum alloy lead frame is very convenient for the production of semiconductor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Yueh-Se Ho, Yongping Ding
  • Publication number: 20140117523
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power semiconductor device and a preparation method, particularly relates to preparation of stacked dual-chip packaging structure of MOSFET (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) using flip chip technology with two interconnecting plates. The first chip is flipped and attached on the base such that the first chip is overlapped with the third pin; the back metal layer of the first chip is connected to the bonding strip of the first pin through a first interconnecting plate; the second chip is flipped and attached on a main plate portion of the first interconnecting plate such that the second chip is overlapped with the fourth pin; and the back metal layer of the second chip is connected to the bonding strip of the second pin through the second interconnecting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Yueh-Se Ho, Yan Xun Xue, Hamza Yilmaz, Jun Lu
  • Patent number: 8710648
    Abstract: A method to provide a wafer level package with increasing contact pad area comprising the steps of forming a first packaging layer on wafer top surface, grinding the wafer back surface and etch through holes, depositing a metal to fill the through holes and covering wafer backside, cutting through the wafer from wafer backside forming a plurality of grooves separating each chip then depositing a second packaging layer filling the grooves and covering the wafer back metal, reducing the first packaging layer thickness to expose the second packaging layer filling the grooves and forming a plurality of contact pads overlaying the first packaging layer thereafter cutting through the second packaging layer in the grooves to form individual package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventor: Yan Xun Xue
  • Patent number: 8703545
    Abstract: A semiconductor package is provided with an Aluminum alloy lead-frame without noble metal plated on the Aluminum base lead-frame. Aluminum alloy material with proper alloy composition and ratio for making an aluminum alloy lead-frame is provided. The aluminum alloy lead-frame is electroplated with a first metal electroplating layer, a second electroplating layer and a third electroplating layer in a sequence. The lead-frame electroplated with the first, second and third metal electroplating layers is then used in the fabrication process of a power semiconductor package including chip connecting, wire bonding, and plastic molding. After the molding process, the area of the lead-frame not covered by the molding compound is electroplated with a fourth metal electroplating layer that is not easy to be oxidized when exposing to air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Niu, Ming-Chen Lu, Yan Xun Xue, Yan Huo, Hua Pan, Guo Feng Lian, Jun Lu
  • Publication number: 20140091446
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises an aluminum alloy lead-frame with a passivation layer covering an exposed portion of the aluminum alloy lead-frame. Since aluminum alloy is a low-cost material, and its hardness and flexibility are suitable for deformation process, such as punching, bending, molding and the like, aluminum alloy lead frame is suitable for mass production; furthermore, since its weight is much lower than copper or iron-nickel material, aluminum alloy lead frame is very convenient for the production of semiconductor devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Yueh-Se Ho, Yongping Ding
  • Patent number: 8686546
    Abstract: A combined packaged power semiconductor device includes a flipped top source low-side MOSFET electrically connected to a top surface of a die paddle, a first metal interconnection plate connecting between a bottom drain of a high-side MOSFET or a top source of a flipped high-side MOSFET to a bottom drain of the low-side MOSFET, and a second metal interconnection plate stacked on top of the high-side MOSFET chip. The high-side, low-side MOSFET and the IC controller can be packaged three-dimensionally that reduces the overall size of semiconductor devices and can maximize the chip's size within a package of the same size and improves the performance of the semiconductor devices. The top source of flipped low-side MOSFET is connected to the top surface of the die paddle and thus is grounded through the exposed bottom surface of die paddle, which simplifies the shape of exposed bottom surface of the die paddle and maximizes the area to facilitate heat dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz, Yan Xun Xue, Jun Lu
  • Publication number: 20140080263
    Abstract: A semiconductor package with connecting plate for internal connection comprise: a plurality of chips each having a plurality of contact areas on a top surface; one or more connecting plates having a plurality of electrically isolated connecting plate portions each connecting a contact area of the semiconductor chips. The method of making the semiconductor package includes the steps of connecting one or more connecting plates to a plurality of semiconductor chips, applying a molding material to encapsulate the chips and the connecting plates, separating a plurality of connecting plate portions of the connecting plates by shallow cutting through or by grinding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Jun Lu, Kai Liu, Yan Xun Xue
  • Publication number: 20140070386
    Abstract: A semiconductor package with connecting plate for internal connection comprise: a plurality of chips each having a plurality of contact areas on a top surface; one or more connecting plates having a plurality of electrically isolated connecting plate portions each connecting a contact area of the semiconductor chips. The method of making the semiconductor package includes the steps of connecting one or more connecting plates to a plurality of semiconductor chips, applying a molding material to encapsulate the chips and the connecting plates, separating a plurality of connecting plate portions of the connecting plates by shallow cutting through or by grinding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Jun Lu, Kai Liu, Yan Xun Xue
  • Patent number: 8666958
    Abstract: Lock communications in a shared disk database system is reduced by several approaches: sending a single message to a lock manager for locks required for an operation and locks that will be required in the future, the operations may include row update, row delete, large scan, and row insert; performing an operation in two executions, where in a first execution locks required for the operation is determined without performing the operation, and in a second execution a single message is sent to a lock manager for the required locks and the operation is performed; in free space searching, sending a single message to a lock manager for row and page locks before a row insert is actually performed; and granting locks in an unfair manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James L. Finnie, Ronen Grosman, Matthew A. Huras, Keriley K. Romanufa, Aamer Sachedina, Garret F. Swart, Xun Xue, Roger L. Q. Zheng
  • Publication number: 20140054758
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a lead-frame having a stack of semiconductor dies with interposed metalized clip structure. Level projections extend from the clip structure to ensure that the clip structure remains level during fabrication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hamza Yilmaz, Xiaotian Zhang, Yan Xun Xue, Anup Bhalla, Jun Lu, Kai Liu, Yueh-Se So, John Amato
  • Publication number: 20140035116
    Abstract: A semiconductor package and it manufacturing method includes a lead frame having a die pad, and a source lead with substantially a V groove disposed on a top surface. A semiconductor chip disposed on the die pad. A metal plate connected to a top surface electrode of the chip having a bent extension terminated in the V groove in contact with at least one of the V groove sidewalls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz, Anup Bhalla, Jun Lu, Kai Liu
  • Patent number: 8642385
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a package for semiconductor device and the fabrication method for integrally encapsulating a whole semiconductor chip within a molding compound. In the semicondcutor device package, bonding pads distributed on the top of the chip are redistributed into an array of redistributed bonding pads located in an dielectric layer by utilizing the redistribution technique. The electrodes or signal terminals on the top of the semiconductor chip are connected to an electrode metal segment on the bottom of the chip by conductive materials filled in through holes formed in a silicon substrate of a semiconductor wafer. Furthermore, the top molding portion and the bottom molding portion seal the semiconductor chip completely, thus providing optimum mechanical and electrical protections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Ping Huang, Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz, Jun Lu, Ming-Chen Lu