Patents by Inventor Yueh-Se Ho

Yueh-Se Ho 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: 9837386
    Abstract: A power conversion device including a low-side MOSFET, a high-side MOSFET and an integrated control IC chip is disclosed. The power conversion device further includes a substrate comprising a first mounting area having a first group of welding discs and a second mounting area having a second group of welding discs; a first chip flipped and attached to the first mounting area; a second chip flipped and attached to the second mounting area; a metal clip; and a molding body covering a front surface of the substrate, the first chip, the second chip and the metal clip. Metal pads on a front side of the first chip is attached to the first group of welding discs. Metal pads on a front side of the second chip is attached to the second group of welding discs. The metal clip connects a connection pad to a back metal layer of the first chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Xiaotian Zhang, Shekar Mallikarjunaswamy, Zhiqiang Niu, Cheow Khoon Oh, Yueh-Se Ho
  • Publication number: 20170301800
    Abstract: A termination structure for a nitride-based Schottky diode includes a guard ring formed by an epitaxially grown P-type nitride-based compound semiconductor layer and dielectric field plates formed on the guard ring. The termination structure is formed at the edge of the anode electrode of the Schottky diode and has the effect of reducing electric field crowding at the anode electrode edge, especially when the Schottky diode is reverse biased. In one embodiment, the P-type epitaxial layer includes a step recess to further enhance the field spreading effect of the termination structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: TingGang Zhu, Anup Bhalla, Ping Huang, Yueh-Se Ho
  • Patent number: 9786583
    Abstract: A power semiconductor package device and a method of preparation the device are disclosed. The package device includes a die paddle, a first pin, a second pin, and a semiconductor chip attached to the die paddle. A first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode of the semiconductor chip are connected to the first pin, the second pin and the die paddle respectively. A plastic package body covers the semiconductor chip, the die paddle, the first pin and the second pin. The first pin and the second pin are located near two adjacent corners of the plastic package body. The bottom surface and two side surfaces of each of the first pin and the second pin are exposed from the plastic package body. Locking mechanisms are constructed to prevent the first pin and the second pin from falling off the power semiconductor package device during a manufacturing cutting process. Portions of the first pin, portions of the second pin, and portions of the plastic package body can be cut off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Hamza Yilmaz, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu, De Mei Gong
  • Patent number: 9768146
    Abstract: The present invention discloses small-size battery protection packages and provides a process of fabricating small-size battery protection packages. A battery protection package includes a first common-drain metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET), a second common-drain MOSFET, a power control integrated circuit (IC), a plurality of solder balls, a plurality of conductive bumps, and a packaging layer. The power control IC is vertically stacked on top of the first and second common-drain MOSFETs. At least a majority portion of the power control IC and at least majority portions of the plurality of solder balls are embedded into the packaging layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Niu, Yan Xun Xue, Man Sheng Hu, Jun Lu, Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz
  • Patent number: 9735094
    Abstract: A combined packaged power semiconductor device includes flipped top source low-side MOSFET electrically connected to top surface of a die paddle, first metal interconnection plate connecting between bottom drain of a high-side MOSFET or top source of a flipped high-side MOSFET to bottom drain of the low-side MOSFET, and 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 reducing 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: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz, Yan Yun Xue, Jun Lu
  • Patent number: 9728655
    Abstract: A termination structure for a nitride-based Schottky diode includes a guard ring formed by an epitaxially grown P-type nitride-based compound semiconductor layer and dielectric field plates formed on the guard ring. The termination structure is formed at the edge of the anode electrode of the Schottky diode and has the effect of reducing electric field crowding at the anode electrode edge, especially when the Schottky diode is reverse biased. In one embodiment, the P-type epitaxial layer includes a step recess to further enhance the field spreading effect of the termination structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: TingGang Zhu, Anup Bhalla, Ping Huang, Yueh-Se Ho
  • Publication number: 20170200705
    Abstract: A power device including a low-side MOSFET, a high-side MOSFET and an integrated control IC chip is disclosed. The power device further includes a substrate comprising a first mounting area having a first group of welding discs and a second mounting area having a second group of welding discs; a first chip flipped and attached to the first mounting area; a second chip flipped and attached to the second mounting area; a metal clip; and a molding body covering a front surface of the substrate, the first chip, the second chip and the metal clip. Metal pads on a front side of the first chip is attached to the first group of welding discs. Metal pads on a front side of the second chip is attached to the second group of welding discs. The metal clip connects a connection pad to a back metal layer of the first chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaotian Zhang, Shekar Mallikarjunaswamy, Zhiqiang Niu, Cheow Khoon Oh, Yueh-Se Ho
  • Patent number: 9685430
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an embedded package comprises attaching a plurality of chips on a pre-mold lead frame; forming a first lamination layer on the plurality of chips, the pre-mold lead frame and a plurality of pins; forming a first plurality of vias and a second plurality of vias through the first lamination layer; forming a respective conductive plug of a plurality of conductive plugs by depositing a respective conductive material in each of the first plurality of vias and each of the second plurality of vias; and electrically connecting the plurality of conductive plugs on the electrodes of the plurality of chips to the plurality of conductive plugs on the plurality of pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Niu, Hua Pan, Ming-Chen Lu, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu
  • Patent number: 9679833
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package having a small gate clip is disclosed. A first and second semiconductor chips, each of which includes a source electrode and a gate electrode at a top surface, are attached on two adjacent lead frame units of a lead frame such that the lead frame unit with the first chip formed thereon is rotated 180 degrees in relation to the other lead frame unit with the second semiconductor chip formed thereon. A first and second clip sets are mounted on the first and second semiconductor chips, wherein the first clip set is connected to the gate electrode of the first chip, the source electrode of the second chip, and their corresponding leads and the second clip set is connected to the gate electrode of the second chip, the source electrode of the first chip and their corresponding leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Hamza Yilmaz, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu, Ming-Chen Lu, Hongtao Gao
  • Publication number: 20170098626
    Abstract: The present invention discloses small-size battery protection packages and provides a process of fabricating small-size battery protection packages. A battery protection package includes a first common-drain metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET), a second common-drain MOSFET, a power control integrated circuit (IC), a plurality of solder balls, a plurality of conductive bumps, and a packaging layer. The power control IC is vertically stacked on top of the first and second common-drain MOSFETs. At least a majority portion of the power control IC and at least majority portions of the plurality of solder balls are embedded into the packaging layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Niu, Yan Xun Xue, Man Sheng Hu, Jun Lu, Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz
  • Patent number: 9564406
    Abstract: The present invention discloses small-size battery protection packages and provides a process of fabricating small-size battery protection packages. A battery protection package includes a first common-drain metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET), a second common-drain MOSFET, a power control integrated circuit (IC), a plurality of solder balls, a plurality of conductive bumps, and a packaging layer. The power control IC is vertically stacked on top of the first and second common-drain MOSFETs. At least a majority portion of the power control IC and at least majority portions of the plurality of solder balls are embedded into the packaging layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Niu, Yan Xun Xue, Man Sheng Hu, Jun Lu, Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz
  • Publication number: 20170033060
    Abstract: The present invention discloses small-size battery protection packages and provides a process of fabricating small-size battery protection packages. A battery protection package includes a first common-drain metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET), a second common-drain MOSFET, a power control integrated circuit (IC), a plurality of solder balls, a plurality of conductive bumps, and a packaging layer. The power control IC is vertically stacked on top of the first and second common-drain MOSFETs. At least a majority portion of the power control IC and at least majority portions of the plurality of solder balls are embedded into the packaging layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Niu, Yan Xun Xue, Man Sheng Hu, Jun Lu, Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz
  • Publication number: 20160379917
    Abstract: A power semiconductor package device and a method of preparation the device are disclosed. The package device includes a die paddle, a first pin, a second pin, and a semiconductor chip attached to the die paddle. A first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode of the semiconductor chip are connected to the first pin, the second pin and the die paddle respectively. A plastic package body covers the semiconductor chip, the die paddle, the first pin and the second pin. The first pin and the second pin are located near two adjacent corners of the plastic package body. The bottom surface and two side surfaces of each of the first pin and the second pin are exposed from the plastic package body. Locking mechanisms are constructed to prevent the first pin and the second pin from falling off the power semiconductor package device during a manufacturing cutting process. Portions of the first pin, portions of the second pin, and portions of the plastic package body can be cut off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Hamza Yilmaz, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu, De Mei Gong
  • Publication number: 20160379918
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package having a small gate clip is disclosed. A first and second semiconductor chips, each of which includes a source electrode and a gate electrode at a top surface, are attached on two adjacent lead frame units of a lead frame such that the lead frame unit with the first chip formed thereon is rotated 180 degrees in relation to the other lead frame unit with the second semiconductor chip formed thereon. A first and second clip sets are mounted on the first and second semiconductor chips, wherein the first clip set is connected to the gate electrode of the first chip, the source electrode of the second chip, and their corresponding leads and the second clip set is connected to the gate electrode of the second chip, the source electrode of the first chip and their corresponding leads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Hamza Yilmaz, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu, Ming-Chen Lu, Hongtao Gao
  • Publication number: 20160372610
    Abstract: A termination structure for a nitride-based Schottky diode includes a guard ring formed by an epitaxially grown P-type nitride-based compound semiconductor layer and dielectric field plates formed on the guard ring. The termination structure is formed at the edge of the anode electrode of the Schottky diode and has the effect of reducing electric field crowding at the anode electrode edge, especially when the Schottky diode is reverse biased. In one embodiment, the P-type epitaxial layer includes a step recess to further enhance the field spreading effect of the termination structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: TingGang Zhu, Anup Bhalla, Ping Huang, Yueh-Se Ho
  • Patent number: 9520380
    Abstract: A wafer process for molded chip scale package (MCSP) comprises: depositing metal bumps on bonding pads of chips on a wafer; forming a first packaging layer at a front surface of the wafer to cover the metal bumps; forming an un-covered ring at an edge of the wafer to expose two ends of each scribe line of a plurality of scribe lines; thinning the first packaging layer to expose metal bumps; forming cutting grooves; grinding a back surface of the wafer to form a recessed space and a support ring at the edge of the wafer; depositing a metal seed layer at a bottom surface of the wafer in the recessed space; cutting off an edge portion of the wafer; flipping and mounting the wafer on a substrate; depositing a metal layer covering the metal seed layer; removing the substrate from the wafer; and separating individual chips from the wafer by cutting through the first packaging layer, the wafer, the metal seed layers and the metal layers along the scribe lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Hamza Yilmaz, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu, Zhiqiang Niu, Guo Feng Lian
  • Patent number: 9478646
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an anode-shorted field stop insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) comprises selectively forming first and second semiconductor implant regions of opposite conductivity types. A field stop layer of a second conductivity type can be grown onto or implanted into the substrate. An epitaxial layer can be grown on the substrate or on the field stop layer. One or more insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) component cells are formed within the epitaxial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Anup Bhalla, Madhur Bobde, Yongping Ding, Xiaotian Zhang, Yueh-Se Ho
  • Publication number: 20160307830
    Abstract: A combined packaged power semiconductor device includes flipped top source low-side MOSFET electrically connected to top surface of a die paddle, first metal interconnection plate connecting between bottom drain of a high-side MOSFET or top source of a flipped high-side MOSFET to bottom drain of the low-side MOSFET, and 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 reducing 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: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz, Yan Yun Xue, Jun Lu
  • Patent number: 9472491
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package having a small gate clip is disclosed. A first and second semiconductor chips, each of which includes a source electrode and a gate electrode at a top surface, are attached on two adjacent lead frame units of a lead frame such that the lead frame unit with the first chip formed thereon is rotated 180 degrees in relation to the other lead frame unit with the second semiconductor chip formed thereon. A first and second clip sets are mounted on the first and second semiconductor chips, wherein the first clip set is connected to the gate electrode of the first chip, the source electrode of the second chip, and their corresponding leads and the second clip set is connected to the gate electrode of the second chip, the source electrode of the first chip and their corresponding leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Hamza Yilmaz, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu, Ming-Chen Lu, Hongtao Gao
  • Publication number: 20160284797
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an anode-shorted field stop insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) comprises selectively forming first and second semiconductor implant regions of opposite conductivity types. A field stop layer of a second conductivity type can be grown onto or implanted into the substrate. An epitaxial layer can be grown on the substrate or on the field stop layer. One or more insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) component cells are formed within the epitaxial layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Anup Bhalla, Madhur Bobde, Yongping Ding, Xiaotian Zhang, Yueh-Se Ho