With Separate Tie Bar Element Or Plural Tie Bars Patents (Class 257/670)
  • Patent number: 8951841
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor package includes a clip frame with a first clip having a first support structure, a first lever, and a first contact portion, which is disposed on a front side of the semiconductor package. The first support structure is adjacent an opposite back side of the semiconductor package. The first lever joins the first contact portion and the first support structure. A first die is disposed over the first support structure of the first clip. The first die has a first contact pad on the front side of the semiconductor package. An encapsulant material surrounds the first die and the first clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Melissa Mei Ching Ng, Mei Chin Ng, Peng Soon Lim
  • Patent number: 8952508
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lead frame includes a die pad having a mounting surface on which a semiconductor chip is mounted, plural leads having inner leads and outer leads, and a connecting member that extends from the die pad to both ends of a plurality of leads and connects the die pad and the plurality leads so that the ends of the inner leads are positioned above of the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Eitaro Miyake
  • Patent number: 8941219
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package system includes: interconnection pads; a first device mounted below the interconnection pads; a bond wire, or a solder ball connecting the first device to the interconnection pads; a lead connected to the interconnection pad or to the first device; an encapsulation having a top surface encapsulating the first device; and a recess in the top surface of the encapsulation with the interconnection pads exposed therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
    Inventors: Zigmund Ramirez Camacho, Henry Descalzo Bathan, Lionel Chien Hui Tay, Jairus Legaspi Pisigan
  • Patent number: 8937376
    Abstract: Semiconductor packages including a die pad, at least one connecting bar, at least one supporting portion, a plurality of leads, a semiconductor chip, a heat sink and a molding compound. The connecting bar connects the die pad and the supporting portion. The leads are electrically isolated from each other and the die pad. The semiconductor chip is disposed on the die pad and electrically connected to the leads. The heat sink is supported by the supporting portion. The molding compound encapsulates the semiconductor chip and the heat sink. Heat from the semiconductor chip is efficiently dissipated from the die pad through the connecting bar, through the supporting portion, and through the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Fu-Yung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20150014831
    Abstract: A Quad Flat Pack (QFP) type semiconductor device includes four corner tie bars that, instead of being trimmed, are used for power and/or ground connections, and alternatively, to control mold flow during the encapsulation step of the assembly process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Weng Hoong Chan, Ly Hoon Khoo, Boon Yew Low
  • Patent number: 8933547
    Abstract: A lead frame for a packaged semiconductor device has multiple, configurable power bars that can be selectively electrically connected, such as with bond wires, to each other and/or to other leads of the lead frame to customize the lead frame for different package designs. One or more of the configurable power bars may extend into one or more cut-out regions in a die paddle of the lead frame, which allows for short bond wires to be used to connect the power bars to die pads of a semiconductor die mounted on the die paddle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Jia Lin Yap, Yin Kheng Au, Ahmad Termizi Suhaimi, Seng Kiong Teng, Boon Yew Low, Navas Khan Oratti Kalandar
  • Publication number: 20140374890
    Abstract: In an SOP1 having a semiconductor chip and another semiconductor chip, in wire coupling between the chips, a withstand voltage can be secured by setting an inter-wire distance between a wire in a first wire group that is closest to a second wire group and a wire in the second wire group that is closest to the first wire group to be larger than an inter-wire distance between any wires in the first wire group and the second wire group, which makes it possible to attain improvement of reliability of the SOP1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Takanori Yamashita, Toshinori Kiyohara
  • Publication number: 20140339691
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a base member and a first semiconductor chip mounted over the base member. The first semiconductor chip including a first circuit, a second circuit, and a third circuit arranged between the first circuit and the second circuit and a plurality of pads. The first, second and third circuits are arranged along a first side of the first semiconductor chip. In plan view, the pads are located outside of the circuits and include a plurality of first pads arranged at a first pitch, and a plurality of second pads arranged at the first pitch. A distance between a first pad group comprised of the first pads and a second pad group comprised of the second pads is larger than the first pitch. Further, in a plan view, a part of the third circuit is located between the first pad group and the second pad group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Masato NUMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140332939
    Abstract: A semiconductor package and a method for making the same are provided. In the method, a clip is used to conduct a lead frame and at least one chip. The clip has at least one second connection segment, at least one third connection segment, and at least one intermediate connection segment. The second connection segment is electrically connected to a second conduction region of the chip and a second pin of the lead frame respectively, and the third connection segment is electrically connected to a third conduction region of the chip and a third pin of the lead frame respectively. The intermediate connection segment connects the at least one second connection segment and the at least one third connection segment, and is removed in a subsequent process. Thereby, the present invention does not need to use any gold wire, which effectively saves the material cost and the processing dine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Siliconix Electronic Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Frank Kuo, Suresh Belani
  • Patent number: 8884414
    Abstract: An integrated circuit module including a generally flat die attachment pad (DAP) positioned substantially in a first plane; and a generally flat lead bar positioned substantially in a second plane above and parallel to said first plane and having at least one downwardly and outwardly extending lead bar lead projecting therefrom and terminating substantially in the first plane; a top leadframe having a plurality of generally flat contact pads positioned substantially in a third plane above and parallel to the second plane and a plurality of leads having proximal end portions connected to the pad portions and having downwardly and outwardly extending distal end portions terminating substantially in said first plane; an IC die connected to the top leadframe, and the DAP; and encapsulation material encapsulating at least portions of the DAP, the lead bar, the top lead frame, and the IC die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Lee Han Meng@Eugene Lee, Anis Fauzi bin Abdul Aziz, Susan Goh Geok Ling, Ng Swee Tiang
  • Publication number: 20140327122
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a micro lead frame structure includes one or more stiffness reinforcing structures formed on leads and/or connecting structures. The stiffness reinforcing structures can be formed by leaving predetermined portions of the micro lead frame at full thickness including, for example, portions of an inner lead, portions of an outer lead, and portions of a connecting bar, combinations thereof, and other structures. The stiffness reinforcing structures are configured to reduce deformation defects and electrical short defects caused by assembly processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Amkor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Hyeong Il Jeon, Hyung Kook Chung, Hong Bae Kim, Byong Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20140319663
    Abstract: A lead frame includes a die pad and a plurality of lead portions each including an internal terminal and an external terminal. The external terminals of the plurality of lead portions are arranged in an alternately staggered form such that the respective external terminals of a pair of lead portions adjacent to each other are alternatively located on an inside or an outside. A lead portion has an inside region located on the inside of a first external terminal, an outside region located on the outside of the first external terminal, and an external terminal region having the first external terminal. The inside region and the outside region are each formed thin by means of half etching. A maximum thickness of the outside region is larger than a maximum thickness of the inside region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Satoshi SHIBASAKI, Koji TOMITA, Masaki YAZAKI, Kazuyuki MIYANO, Atsushi KURAHASHI, Kazuhito UCHIUMI, Masachika MASUDA
  • Patent number: 8859338
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes a sealing step of sealing an inner lead of a lead frame with a resin, and a bending step of bending a target bending region in which a stress by bending is not applied to a resin burr generated in the sealing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Ken Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20140299978
    Abstract: A quad flat non-lead package includes a chip, a chip carrier including a bearing surface adapted for the mounting of the chip, a plurality of leads mounted around the chip carrier and electrically connected to the chip, each lead having an opening located in an outer edge of a rear end thereof, and a molding compound formed on the chip, the chip carrier and the leads by compression molding to let the opening of each lead be exposed to the outside. The design of the openings of the leads can provide more tin-climbing area to improve soldering quality and yield, thereby lowering the manufacturing cost and facilitating testing after the soldering process. The invention also provides a lead frame for quad flat non-lead package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: LINGSEN PRECISION INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Mu-Tsan LIAO
  • Publication number: 20140264795
    Abstract: A quad flat no-lead (QFN) packaging structure. The QFN packaging structure includes a metal substrate, a first die coupled to a top surface of the metal substrate, and a plurality of I/O pads formed on the metal substrate, and extending to the proximity of the die. The no-exposed-pad QFN packaging structure also includes a first metal layer containing a plurality of inner leads corresponding to the plurality of I/O pads and extending to proximity of the die and is formed on the metal substrate by a multi-layer electrical plating process. Further, the no-exposed-pad QFN packaging structure includes metal wires connecting the die and the plurality of inner leads, and a second metal layer formed on a back surface of the plurality of I/O pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinchao WANG, Zhizhong LIANG
  • Patent number: 8836092
    Abstract: A lead frame for assembling a semiconductor device has a die pad surrounded by lead fingers. Each of the lead fingers has a proximal end close to but spaced from an edge of the die pad and a distal end farther from the die pad. A semiconductor die is attached to a surface of the die pad. The die has die bonding pads on its upper surface that are electrically connected to the proximal ends of the lead fingers with bond wires. An encapsulation material covers the bond wires, semiconductor die and the proximal ends of the lead fingers. Prior to assembly, hot spots of the die are determined and the lead fingers closest to the hot spots are selected to project closer to the die than the other lead fingers. These longer lead fingers assist in dissipating the heat at the die hot spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: FreeScale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Chetan Verma, Piyush Kumar Mishra, Cheong Chiang Ng
  • Patent number: 8836091
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a lead frame, a semiconductor die, bond wires providing an electrical connection between the die and the lead frame, and a mold compound that encapsulates the lead frame, the die and the bond wires. The lead frame includes spaced apart first and second frame members each having an inner peripheral edge and an opposing outer peripheral edge, spaced apart lead pads disposed between the inner peripheral edges of the first and second frame members, and conductive leads disposed proximate to the outer peripheral edge of each of the first and second frame members. The die is mounted on the lead pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Yun Yow, Alexander M. Arayata, Jian Wen
  • Patent number: 8836106
    Abstract: In a QFN that includes a die pad, a semiconductor chip mounted on the die pad, a plurality of leads arranged around the semiconductor chip, a plurality of wires that electrically connect the plurality of electrode pads of the semiconductor chip with the plurality of leads, respectively, and a sealing member sealing the semiconductor chip and the plurality of wires, first and second step portions are formed at shifted positions on the left and right sides of each of the leads to make the positions of the first and second step portions shifted between the adjacent leads. As a result, the gap between the leads is narrowed, thereby achieving the miniaturization or the increase in the number of pins of the QFN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Numazaki
  • Patent number: 8822273
    Abstract: A semiconductor package and a method for making the same are provided. In the method, a clip is used to conduct a lead frame and at least one chip. The clip has at least one second connection segment, at least one third connection segment, and at least one intermediate connection segment. The second connection segment is electrically connected to a second conduction region of the chip and a second pin of the lead frame respectively, and the third connection segment is electrically connected to a third conduction region of the chip and a third pin of the lead frame respectively. The intermediate connection segment connects the at least one second connection segment and the at least one third connection segment, and is removed in a subsequent process. Thereby, the present invention does not need to use any gold wire, which effectively saves the material cost and the processing time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Vishay-Siliconix
    Inventors: Frank Kuo, Suresh Belani
  • Patent number: 8810026
    Abstract: A semiconductor module which includes a semiconductor device; a wiring member that is connected to the semiconductor device; a cooling plate that includes a first surface on a side of the semiconductor device and a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface and has a fastening portion at an end thereof in a first direction; and a molded portion that is formed by molding a resin on the semiconductor device, the wiring member and the cooling plate, wherein the fastening portion is exposed out of the molded portion, and a terminal portion of the wiring member is exposed out of the molded portion such that the terminal portion of the wiring member extends in a second direction which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Kadoguchi, Yoshikazu Suzuki, Masaya Kaji, Kiyofumi Nakajima, Tatsuya Miyoshi, Takanori Kawashima, Tomomi Okumura
  • Patent number: 8803185
    Abstract: A light emitting diode package and a method of fabricating the same. The package includes a light emitting diode chip having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, a metal frame (or TAB tape) having leads connected to the light emitting diode chip, and a light-pervious encapsulant encapsulating the light emitting diode chip, wherein the second surface of the chip is exposed from the first light-pervious encapsulant. The metal frame (or TAB tape) connects the light emitting diode chip to an external circuit board. The LED package does not need wire-bonding process. A method of fabricating a light emitting diode package is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Inventors: Peiching Ling, Vivek B. Dutta
  • Patent number: 8791555
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a semiconductor element, a die pad of a plane size smaller than that of the semiconductor element, a plurality of hanging leads extending from the die pad, and sealing resin for covering the semiconductor element, the die pad, and the hanging leads. The width of a first main surface of each hanging lead, integrated with the mounting surface of the die pad, is smaller than the width of a second main surface thereof, integrated with the opposite surface of the die pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventor: Takahiro Yurino
  • Patent number: 8786063
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: conductively bonding a first surface of a transposer to an inner end of a lead separate from the transposer; conductively bonding a die to the first surface of the transposer; and encapsulating the inner end with a mold compound having a bottom mold surface that is exposed and is coplanar with a surface of the transposer opposite the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
    Inventors: Zigmund Ramirez Camacho, Henry Descalzo Bathan, Arnel Senosa Trasporto
  • Patent number: 8786112
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a die pad including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first chip arranged in a first area on the first surface, the first chip including a first side and a second side crossing to the first side, a second chip arranged in a second area on the first surface, the second chip including a third side and a fourth side crossing to the third side, a plurality of first marks formed on the first surface, the first marks including a third mark and a fourth mark, a plurality of second marks formed on the first surface, the second marks including a fifth mark and sixth mark. The semiconductor device also includes a wire and a resin encapsulating the first chip, the second chip, and the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 8779568
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package system includes an external interconnect having a lead tip and a lead body, including a recess in the lead body including a first recess segment, having an orientation substantially parallel to the lengthwise dimension of the lead body, and a second recess segment intersecting and perpendicular to the first recess segment along a lead body top surface of the lead body, the first recess segment at a bottom portion of the second recess segment; an internal interconnect between an integrated circuit die and the external interconnect; and an encapsulation to cover the external interconnect with the recess filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Tai Do, Sung Uk Yang
  • Patent number: 8759955
    Abstract: Conventional semiconductor devices have a problem that it is difficult to prevent the short circuit between chips and to improve accuracy in temperature detection with the controlling semiconductor chips. In a semiconductor device of the present invention, a first mount region to which a driving semiconductor chip is fixedly attached and a second mount region to which a controlling semiconductor chip is fixedly attached are formed isolated from each other. A projecting area is formed in the first mount region, and the projecting area protrudes into the second mount region. The controlling semiconductor chip is fixedly attached to the top surfaces of the projecting area and the second mount region by use of an insulating adhesive sheet material. This structure prevents the short circuit between the two chips, and improves accuracy in temperature detection with the controlling semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Hideyuki Iwamura, Isao Ochiai
  • Patent number: 8754513
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a lead frame for accommodating a semiconductor die. The lead frame includes a die attach pad, a first plurality of conductive finger ends, and a second plurality of conductive finger ends. The first plurality of conductive finger ends are arranged within a first elongated region. This first elongated region is located along the first edge of the die attach pad. The second plurality of conductive finger ends is arranged within a second elongated region. The second elongated region has an end adjacent to an end of the first elongated region. The second elongated region is positioned at an angle that is greater than ninety degrees from the first elongated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventor: Chender Chen
  • Patent number: 8742552
    Abstract: The semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor chip, an island having an upper surface to which the semiconductor chip is bonded, a lead arranged around the island, a bonding wire extended between the surface of the semiconductor chip and the upper surface of the lead, and a resin package collectively sealing the semiconductor chip, the island, the lead and the bonding wire, while the lower surface of the island and the lower surface of the lead are exposed on the rear surface of the resin package, and the lead is provided with a recess concaved from the lower surface side and opened on a side surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Koga, Taro Nishioka
  • Patent number: 8742555
    Abstract: A semiconductor device lead frame having enhanced mold locking features is provided. The lead frame has a flag with bendable edge features along the edge of the flag. Each edge feature is shaped to resist movement against encapsulating mold material in a plane of the edge feature. By bending a portion of the edge feature, improved mold locking of the flag is provided in multiple planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Inventors: Jian Wen, Darrel R. Frear, William G. McDonald
  • Publication number: 20140145318
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a semiconductor package includes a die paddle, and an encapsulant disposed around the die paddle. The semiconductor package has a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The second sidewall is perpendicular to the first sidewall. The first sidewall and the second sidewall define a corner region. A tie bar is disposed within the encapsulant. The tie bar couples the die paddle and extends away from the die paddle. A dummy lead is disposed in the corner region. The dummy lead is not electrically coupled to another electrically conductive component within the semiconductor package. The distance between the dummy lead and the tie bar is less than a shortest distance between the tie bar and other leads or other tie bars in the semiconductor package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Ralf Otremba, Klaus Schiess, Fabio Brucchi
  • Patent number: 8736042
    Abstract: A semiconductor package configured to attain a thin profile and low moisture sensitivity. Packages of this invention can include a semiconductor die mounted on a die attachment site of a leadframe and further connected with a plurality of elongate I/O leads arranged about the die attach pad and extending in said first direction. The leadframe having an “up-set” bonding pad arranged with a bonding support for supporting a plurality of wire bonds and a large mold flow aperture in the up-set bonding pad. The package encapsulated in a mold material that surrounds the bonding support and flows through the large mold flow aperture to establish well supported wire bonds such that the package has low moisture sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Felix C. Li, Yee Kim Lee, Peng Soon Lim, Terh Kuen Yii, Lee Han Meng@Eugene Lee
  • Patent number: 8729404
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for filling a via with transparent material is presented, including the steps of providing a panel having a via, occluding the via with transparent material in a workable state so that a portion of the occluding material is internal to the via and a portion of the material is external to said via. The external and internal portions are separated so the transparent filler material, when set, forms a smooth and featureless surface. This causes the filled via to have a substantially even and uniform appearance over a wide range of viewing angles when lit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Simenson, William Antoni, Steven Cohen, Jeffery Howerton
  • Patent number: 8723306
    Abstract: Heat radiation surfaces 7b and 8b of electrode lead frames 7 and 8 make thermal contact with heat radiation members 301 via insulation sheets 10 to dissipate heat from a power semiconductor element 5 to the heat radiation members (thick portions 301). Each of exposed areas of the heat radiation surfaces 7b and 8b and a surface 13b of a mold material (sealing material 13) adjacent to the exposed area produce an uneven step from which either one of the exposed area and the surface 13b adjacent to the exposed area projects. The step side surface formed between the convex surface and the concave surface of the uneven step has an inclined surface 7a or 13a so configured that an obtuse angle can be formed by the inclined surface and the convex surface and by the inclined surface and the concave surface for each.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutake Tsuyuno, Hiroshi Hozoji, Toshiaki Ishii, Tokihito Suwa, Kinya Nakatsu, Takeshi Tokuyama, Junpei Kusukawa
  • Patent number: 8710636
    Abstract: A small form factor near chip scale package is provided that includes input/output contacts not only along the periphery of the package, but also along the package bottom area. Embodiments provide these additional contacts through use of an array lead frame coupled to under die signal contacts through the use of flip chip bonding techniques. The array lead frame contacts are electrically isolated through the use of a partial sawing process performed during package singulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventor: Caleb C. Han
  • Patent number: 8673687
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a method that includes encapsulating a die and at least a portion of a lead-frame in a mold to form a package body. At least one primary lead attached to the lead-frame extends from the package body. The method includes etching a feature to within a threshold in an exposed die pad. The exposed die pad comprises a first surface that is prepared for etching and a second surface opposite to the first surface and attached to the die. The method includes positioning the die within a footprint of the exposed die pad, connecting the die to at least one primary lead, and connecting the feature to the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Chenglin Liu, Shiann-Ming Liou
  • Patent number: 8674487
    Abstract: A semiconductor package with a die pad, a die disposed on the die pad, and a first lead disposed about the die pad. The first lead includes a contact element, an extension element extending substantially in the direction of the die pad, and a concave surface disposed between the contact element and the extension element. A second lead having a concave surface is also disposed about the die pad. The first lead concave surface is opposite in direction to the second lead concave surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Lin-Wang Yu, Ping-Cheng Hu, Che-Chin Chang, Yu-Fang Tsai
  • 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: 8664752
    Abstract: Semiconductor die packages are disclosed. An exemplary semiconductor die package includes a premolded substrate. The premolded substrate can have a semiconductor die attached to it, and an encapsulating material may be disposed over the semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Oseob Jeon, Yoonhwa Choi, Boon Huan Gooi, Maria Cristina B. Estacio, David Chong, Tan Teik Keng, Shibaek Nam, Rajeev Joshi, Chung-Lin Wu, Venkat Iyer, Lay Yeap Lim, Byoung-Ok Lee
  • Patent number: 8664038
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a package paddle and a terminal adjacent to the package paddle; mounting a stack paddle over the package paddle with the stack paddle at a non-center offset with the package paddle; mounting a stack integrated circuit over the stack paddle; and encapsulating the stack integrated circuit and the stack paddle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Zigmund Ramirez Camacho, Arnel Senosa Trasporto, Lionel Chien Hui Tay, Jose Alvin Caparas
  • Patent number: 8659129
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in accordance with an embodiment comprises a semiconductor chip; a die pad having a chip mount surface for mounting the semiconductor chip; first leads electrically connected to the semiconductor chip; a thermosetting resin part for securing end parts of the first leads to the die pad; and a thermoplastic resin part for sealing the semiconductor chip, the die pad, and the thermosetting resin part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiro Shinkai
  • Patent number: 8648450
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor package or device including a uniquely configured leadframe sized and configured to maximize the available number of exposed lands in the semiconductor device. More particularly, the semiconductor device of the present invention includes a die pad (or die paddle) defining multiple peripheral edge segments. In addition, the semiconductor device includes a plurality of leads and lands which are provided in a prescribed arrangement. Connected to the top surface of the die pad is at least one semiconductor die which is electrically connected to at least some of the leads and lands. At least portions of the die pad, the leads, the lands, and the semiconductor die are encapsulated by the package body, with at least portions of the bottom surfaces of the die pad and the lands being exposed in a common exterior surface of the package body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Amkor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Min Bae, Byong Jin Kim, Won Bae Bang
  • Patent number: 8643156
    Abstract: A lead frame has a flag, a peripheral frame, and main tie bars coupling the flag to the peripheral frame. At least one cross tie bar extends between two of the main tie bars and an inner row of external connector pads extending from an inner side of the cross tie bar and an outer row of external connector pads extending from an outer side of the cross tie bar. Both an inner non-electrically conductive support bar and an outer non-electrically conductive support bar are attached across the two of the main tie bars. The inner non-electrically conductive support bar is attached to upper surfaces of the two of the main tie bars and to upper surfaces of the inner row of the external connector pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Shunan Qiu, Zhigang Bai, Haiyan Liu
  • Patent number: 8637976
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in which a semiconductor chip, a lead frame and metal wires for electrically connecting the lead frame are sealed with sealing resin. The lead frame has a plurality of lead terminal portions, a supporting portion for supporting the semiconductor chip, and hanging lead portions supporting the supporting portion. Each of the lead terminal portions adjacent to the hanging lead portion is a chamfered lead terminal portion having, at its head, a chamfered portion formed substantially in parallel with the hanging lead portion so as to avoid interference with the hanging lead portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazutaka Shibata
  • Patent number: 8610253
    Abstract: A lead frame includes a die stage; an inner lead provided near the die stage; and a bus bar provided between the die stage and the inner lead and supported by a hanging lead, wherein the hanging lead is inclined with respect to the inner lead, and a wire connection face of the bus bar is displaced with respect to a wire connection face of the inner lead in a direction of a frame thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Takahiro Yurino, Hiroshi Aoki, Tatsuya Takaku
  • Patent number: 8598693
    Abstract: A rear surface opposite to one plane of a die pad is formed to be exposed from one plane of a sealing resin. In addition, a concave portion disposed to be parallel with at least a first side of an outermost edge of a central structure and a second side adjacent to the first side, respectively, is formed in the one plane of the sealing resin. Here, a depth of the concave portion is equal to or greater than a height of the outermost edge of the central structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 8592691
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board includes forming a metal film on a surface of an insulative board, a plating resist on the metal film, and a plated-metal film on the metal film exposed from the plating resist, covering a portion of the plated-metal film with an etching resist, etching to reduce thickness of the plated-metal film exposed from the etching resist, removing the etching and plating resists, and forming a wiring having a pad for wire-bonding an electrode of an electronic component and a conductive circuit thinner than the pad by removing the metal film exposed after the plating resist is removed, a solder-resist layer on the surface of the board and wiring, an opening in the layer exposing the pad and a portion of the circuit contiguous to the pad, and a metal coating on the pad and portion of the circuit exposed through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Furuta, Kotaro Takagi, Michio Ido, Akihiro Miyata, Fumitaka Takagi
  • Patent number: 8592962
    Abstract: A Quad Flat No Leads (QFN) package includes a lead frame, a chip, an encapsulant, and a protective layer. The lead frame includes a plurality of leads. Each of the leads has a lower surface that is divided into a contact area and a non-contact area. The chip is configured on and electrically connected to the lead frame. The encapsulant encapsulates the chip and the leads and fills spaces between the leads. The contact areas and the non-contact areas of the leads are exposed by the encapsulant. The protective layer covers the non-contact areas of the leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuang-Hsiung Chen, Sheng-Ming Wang, Hsiang-Ming Feng, Yu-Ying Lee, Mei-Lin Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8587098
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit package system includes: providing a leadframe; forming a protruding pad on the leadframe; attaching a die to the leadframe; electrically connecting the die to the leadframe; and encapsulating at least portions of the leadframe, the protruding pad, and the die in an encapsulant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Seng Guan Chow, Ming Ying, Il Kwon Shim, Roger Emigh
  • Patent number: 8586419
    Abstract: The present technology is directed toward semiconductors packaged by electrically coupling a plurality of die to an upper and lower lead frame. The opposite edges of each corresponding set of leads in the upper lead frame are bent. The leads in the upper lead frame are electrically coupled between respective contacts on respective die and respective lower portion of the leads in the lower lead frame. The bent opposite edges of each corresponding set of leads of the upper lead frame support the upper lead frame before encapsulation, for achieving a desired position of the plurality of die between the leads of the upper and lower lead frames in the packaged semiconductor. After the encapsulated die are separated, the upper leads have an L-shape and electrically couple die contacts on upper side of the die to leads on the lower side of the die so that the package contacts are on the same side of the semiconductor package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Vishay-Siliconix
    Inventors: Serge Jaunay, Suresh Belani, Frank Kuo, Sen Mao, Peter Wang
  • Patent number: 8575742
    Abstract: A semiconductor device or semiconductor package (e.g., a QFP package) including a uniquely configured leadframe sized and configured to maximize the available number of exposed leads in the semiconductor package, and further to provide one or more power bars in the semiconductor package. More particularly, the semiconductor package of the present invention includes a generally planar die paddle or die pad defining multiple peripheral edge segments. In addition, the semiconductor package includes a plurality of leads. Some of these leads include exposed bottom surface portions which are provided in at least two concentric rows or rings which at least partially circumvent the die pad, with other leads including portions which protrude from respective side surfaces of a package body of the semiconductor package. Connected to the top surface of the die pad is at least one semiconductor die which is electrically connected to at least some of the leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Amkor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Wan Jong Kim, Young Tak Do, Byong Woo Cho