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: 9437530
    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: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz, Yan Yun Xue, Jun Lu
  • Patent number: 9412684
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz, Anup Bhalla, Jun Lu, Kai Liu
  • Patent number: 9406661
    Abstract: A circuit includes a vertical conduction gallium nitride-based Schottky diode and a vertical conduction silicon based PN junction diode connected in parallel. The Schottky diode and the PN junction diode are packaged in the same semiconductor package and the PN junction diode does not conduct in response to the Schottky diode being forward biased. In some embodiments, the silicon based PN junction diode has a breakdown voltage lower than a breakdown voltage of the gallium nitride-based Schottky diode. The silicon based PN junction diode enters breakdown in response to the gallium nitride-based Schottky diode being reverse biased to divert a reverse bias avalanche current away from the gallium nitride-based Schottky diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: TingGang Zhu, Anup Bhalla, Ping Huang, Yueh-Se Ho
  • Patent number: 9397029
    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: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Hamza Yilmaz, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu, De Mei Gong
  • Patent number: 9391005
    Abstract: A power semiconductor package has an ultra thin chip with front side molding to reduce substrate resistance; a lead frame unit with grooves located on both side leads provides precise positioning for connecting numerous bridge-shaped metal clips to the front side of the side leads. The bridge-shaped metal clips are provided with bridge structure and half or fully etched through holes for relieving superfluous solder during manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz, Jun Lu, Lei Shi, Liang Zhao, Ping Huang
  • Publication number: 20160155688
    Abstract: A power semiconductor package has an ultra thin chip with front side molding to reduce substrate resistance; a lead frame unit with grooves located on both side leads provides precise positioning for connecting numerous bridge-shaped metal clips to the front side of the side leads. The bridge-shaped metal clips are provided with bridge structure and half or fully etched through holes for relieving superfluous solder during manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz, Jun Lu, Lei Shi, Liang Zhao, Ping Huang
  • Patent number: 9337132
    Abstract: A power device package for containing, protecting and providing electrical contacts for a power transistor includes a top and bottom lead frames for directly no-bump attaching to the power transistor. The power transistor is attached to the bottom lead frame as a flip-chip with a source contact and a gate contact directly no-bumping attaching to the bottom lead frame. The power transistor has a bottom drain contact attaching to the top lead frame. The top lead frame further includes an extension for providing a bottom drain electrode substantially on a same side with the bottom lead frame. In a preferred embodiment, the power device package further includes a joint layer between device metal of source, gate or drain and top or bottom lead frame, through applying ultrasonic energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Ming Sun, Kai Liu, Xiaotian Zhang, Yueh Se Ho, Leeshawn Luo
  • Publication number: 20160104661
    Abstract: The invention relates to a semiconductor package of a flip chip and a method for making the semiconductor package. The semiconductor chip comprises a metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor. On a die paddle including a first base, a second base and a third base, half-etching or punching is performed on the top surfaces of the first base and the second base to obtain plurality of grooves that divide the top surface of the first base into a plurality of areas comprising multiple first connecting areas, and divide the top surface of the second base into a plurality of areas comprising at least a second connecting area. The semiconductor chip is connected to the die paddle at the first connecting areas and the second connecting area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz, Jun Lu
  • Publication number: 20160099238
    Abstract: The present invention discloses anew embedded package comprising: a pre-mold lead frame with a plurality of chips attached thereon, where the molding material fills the voids of the lead frame, no that the lead frame is entirely solid; a plurality of pins arranged around the lead frame; a metal clip attached on and electrically connecting the chips together; first laminate layer which covers the chips, the lead frame, a metal clip and pins; conductive plug and extension formed to connect an electrode of a chip to a corresponding pin or to connect the chips together. The new embedded package of the invention with a three-dimensional stack capacity improves the thickness, thermal and electrical properties and the flexible power and logic hybrid design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Niu, Hua Pan, Ming-Chen Lu, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu
  • Patent number: 9305870
    Abstract: A preparation method for a power semiconductor device includes: providing a lead frame containing a plurality of chip mounting units, one side edge of a die paddle of each chip mounting unit is bent and extended upwardly and one lead connects to the bent side edge of the die paddle and extends in an opposite direction from the die paddle; attaching a semiconductor chip to the top surface of the die paddle; forming metal bumps on each electrode at the front of the semiconductor chip with a top end of each metal bump protruding out of a plane of the top surface of the lead; heating the metal bump and pressing a top end of each metal bump by a pressing plate forming a flat top end surface that is flush with the top surface of the lead; and cutting the lead frame to separate individual chip mounting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Hamza Yilmaz, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu
  • Publication number: 20160093559
    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 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 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: 20160079203
    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: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Hamza Yilmaz, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu, Zhiqiang Niu, Guo Feng Lian
  • Patent number: 9281265
    Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor packaged device comprises mounting onto a lead frame a bottom of a molded semiconductor chip having a first plastic package body covering a top face of a semiconductor chip, encapsulating the lead frame and the semiconductor chip with a second plastic package body with top surfaces of conductive contact bodies electrically connected to electrodes on the top surface of the semiconductor chip exposed and plating conductive pads on a top surface of the assembly structure to provide external electrical connections to the electrodes through the conductive contact bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Yueh-Se Ho, Yan Xun Xue, Jun Lu, Lei Shi, Liang Zhao, Ping Huang
  • Publication number: 20160056096
    Abstract: A preparation method for a power semiconductor device includes: providing a lead frame containing a plurality of chip mounting units, one side edge of a die paddle of each chip mounting unit is bent and extended upwardly and one lead connects to the bent side edge of the die paddle and extends in an opposite direction from the die paddle; attaching a semiconductor chip to the top surface of the die paddle; forming metal bumps on each electrode at the front of the semiconductor chip with a top end of each metal bump protruding out of a plane of the top surface of the lead; heating the metal bump and pressing a top end of each metal bump by a pressing plate forming a flat top end surface that is flush with the top surface of the lead; and cutting the lead frame to separate individual chip mounting units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Hamza Yilmaz, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu
  • Publication number: 20160056098
    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: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Yueh-Se Ho, Yongping Ding
  • Patent number: 9269699
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a new embedded package comprising: a pre-mold lead frame with a plurality of chips attached thereon, where the molding material fills the voids of the lead frame, so that the lead frame is entirely solid; a plurality of pins arranged around the lead frame; a metal clip attached on and electrically connecting the chips together; first laminate layer which covers the chips, the lead frame, a metal clip and pins; conductive plug and extension formed to connect an electrode of a chip to a corresponding pin or to connect the chips together. The new embedded package of the invention with a three-dimensional stack capacity improves the thickness, thermal and electrical properties and the flexible power and logic hybrid design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Niu, Hua Pan, Ming-Chen Lu, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu
  • Patent number: 9245861
    Abstract: A wafer process for MCSP comprises: depositing a metal bump on bonding pads of chips; forming a first packaging layer at front surface of wafer covering 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; grinding back surface of wafer to form a recessed space and a support ring at the edge of the wafer; depositing a metal seed layer and a thick metal layer at bottom surface of wafer in recessed space in a sequence; cutting off the edge portion of wafer; and separating individual chips from wafer by cutting through first packaging layer, the wafer and the metal seed and metal layers along the scribe line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Hamza Yilmaz, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu, Zhiqiang Niu, Guo Feng Lian, Hong Xia Fu, Yu Ping Gong
  • Patent number: 9214419
    Abstract: A preparation method for a power semiconductor device includes: providing a lead frame containing a plurality of chip mounting units, one side edge of a die paddle of each chip mounting unit is bent and extended upwardly and one lead connects to the bent side edge of the die paddle and extends in an opposite direction from the die paddle; attaching a semiconductor chip to the top surface of the die paddle; forming metal bumps on each electrode at the front of the semiconductor chip with a top end of each metal bump protruding out of a plane of the top surface of the lead; heating the metal bump and pressing a top end of each metal bump by a pressing plate forming a flat top end surface that is flush with the top surface of the lead; and cutting the lead frame to separate individual chip mounting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yan Xun Xue, Hamza Yilmaz, Yueh-Se Ho, Jun Lu
  • Patent number: 9214417
    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: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz, Yan Xun Xue, Jun Lu
  • Publication number: 20150357267
    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: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated
    Inventors: Yueh-Se Ho, Hamza Yilmaz, Yan Yun Xue, Jun Lu