With Means For Controlling Lead Tension Patents (Class 257/674)
  • Patent number: 8188583
    Abstract: To improve the heat dissipation characteristics of a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device has a die pad, a heat dissipating plate in the form of a frame arranged between the die pad and a plurality of leads so as to surround the die pad, a plurality of members that connect the die pad and the inner edge of the heat dissipating plate, and a suspension lead linked to the outer extension of the heat dissipating plate, wherein a semiconductor chip the outer shape of which is larger than the die pad is mounted over the die pad and the members. The top surface of the die pad and the top surface of the members at the part in opposition to the back surface of the semiconductor chip are bonded to the back surface of the semiconductor chip in their entire surfaces with a silver paste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Arita, Kazuko Hanawa, Makoto Nishimura
  • Patent number: 8158460
    Abstract: A leadframe for the assembly of a semiconductor chip has regions (112) with an original smooth surface of glossy appearance and regions (113, 114, 210) of a frosty appearance with rough surface contours. The regions of rough surface contours include two-dimensional arrays of spots (401) comprising a central area (402) below the original surface (400) and a piled ring (403) above the original surface. The piled ring (403) consists of the leadframe material in amorphous configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Donald C Abbott
  • Publication number: 20120086112
    Abstract: A pallet (501) supporting a half-etched leadframe with cantilever-type leads (403) without metallic supports during the step of attaching components (510) to the leads in order to assemble an electronic system. After assembly, the pallet is removed before the molding step that encapsulates (601a) the components on the leadframe and mechanically supports (601b) the cantilever leads. The pallet is machined from metal or inert plastic material, tolerates elevated temperatures during soldering, and is reusable for the next assembly batch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael G. Amaro, Steven A. Kummerl, Taylor R. Efland, Sreenivasan K. Koduri
  • Patent number: 8143707
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a circuit base including an inner lead portion and an outer lead portion. The inner lead portion has a plurality of inner leads. At least part of the inner leads is routed inside a chip mounting area. On both upper and lower surfaces of the circuit base, a first and a second semiconductor chip are mounted. At least part of electrode pads of the first semiconductor chip are electrically connected to electrode pads of the second semiconductor chip via the inner leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Goto
  • Patent number: 8106493
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the use of stamping to form features on a lead frame of a semiconductor device package. In one embodiment, portions of the lead frame such as pins are moved out of the horizontal plane of a diepad by stamping. In certain embodiments, indentations or a complex cross-sectional profile, such as chamfered, may be imparted to portions of the pins and/or diepad by stamping. The complexity offered by such a stamped cross-sectional profile serves to enhance mechanical interlocking of the lead frame within the plastic molding of the package body. Other techniques such as selective electroplating and/or formation of a brown oxide guard band to limit spreading of adhesive material during die attach, may be employed alone or in combination to facilitate fabrication of a package having such stamped features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: GEM Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony C. Tsui, Mohammad Eslamy, Anthony Chia, Hongbo Yang, Ming Zhou, Jian Xu
  • Patent number: 8097496
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a leadframe having first and second level downset lead extensions, a quad flat nonleaded package (QFN) attached to the first level downset lead extension, and a flip chip die attached to the second level downset lead extension. Another embodiment of a semiconductor package includes a leadframe having a lead, a first quad flat nonleaded package (QFN) connected to the lead, and a second quad flat nonleaded package invertly connected to a top surface of the first quad flat nonleaded package, wherein the second quad flat nonleaded package is wirebonded to the lead. A third embodiment of a semiconductor package includes a leadframe having a lead with a first level downset lead extension, a quad flat nonleaded package (QFN) connected to the first level downset lead extension, and a first wirebondable die attached to a top or bottom surface of the quad flat nonleaded package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventors: Emmanuel A. Espiritu, Leo A. Merilo, Rachel L. Abinan, Dario S. Filoteo, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8097935
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a leadframe having first and second level downset lead extensions, a quad flat nonleaded package (QFN) attached to the first level downset lead extension, and a flip chip die attached to the second level downset lead extension. Another embodiment of a semiconductor package includes a leadframe having a lead, a first quad flat nonleaded package (QFN) connected to the lead, and a second quad flat nonleaded package invertly connected to a top surface of the first quad flat nonleaded package, wherein the second quad flat nonleaded package is wirebonded to the lead. A third embodiment of a semiconductor package includes a leadframe having a lead with a first level downset lead extension, a quad flat nonleaded package (QFN) connected to the first level downset lead extension, and a first wirebondable die attached to a top or bottom surface of the quad flat nonleaded package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventors: Emmanuel A. Espiritu, Leo A. Merilo, Rachel L. Abinan, Dario S. Filoteo, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8067779
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element; a first lead including a recess in one end portion, the recess including a first bottom surface with the light emitting element bonded thereto, at least one of a through hole and a notch, and a light shielding portion capable of suppressing leakage of emitted light from the light emitting element from the one of the through hole and the notch; a second lead opposed to the first lead; and a molded body filling the one of the through hole and the notch, covering the light emitting element, embedding at least part of the first lead and at least part of the second lead, and made of a translucent resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Tetsuya Muranaka, Masaki Adachi, Iwao Matsumoto, Kenji Naito, Toshiaki Hosoya
  • Patent number: 8043898
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package is provided, which can improve the quality of plating through reduction of plating deviation, and improve molding and soldering efficiencies in forming a molding compound and packaging the semiconductor package onto a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Col Tech Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ji-Yong Lee, Kwang-Wook Choi
  • Patent number: 8044495
    Abstract: A leadframe for the assembly of a semiconductor chip has regions (112) with an original smooth surface of glossy appearance and regions (113, 114, 210) of a frosty appearance with rough surface contours. The regions of rough surface contours include two-dimensional arrays of spots (401) comprising a central area (402) below the original surface (400) and a piled ring (403) above the original surface. The piled ring (403) consists of the leadframe material in amorphous configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Donald C Abbott
  • Patent number: 8022517
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip package includes a lead frame, an insulation member, a chip, bonding wires and a sealing member. The lead frame includes a plurality of first leads and a plurality of second leads. The second leads have a chip adhesion region. The insulation member fills a space between the second leads in the chip adhesion region. The chip is provided on at least one surface of the insulation member. The chip has single-side bonding pads. The bonding wires electrically connect the leads and the bonding pads. The sealing member covers the lead frame, the insulation member, the chip and the bonding wires. Since the space between the second leads is filled with the insulation member, voids may be prevented from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Hwan Yoon, Sang-Wook Park, Min-Young Son
  • Publication number: 20110215343
    Abstract: By increasing the width of a lead terminal 2 connected to a die pad 1 in the vicinity of the die pad 1 and forming a slit 9 and a projecting plate in the lead terminal in the region where resin 5 is formed, it is possible to ensure the holding strength of the lead terminal by the resin 5, as well as ensuring the strength of the lead terminal during the manufacturing process and achieving a reduction in thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki Ishida
  • Patent number: 7986032
    Abstract: A semiconductor package system is provided. A substrate having a die attach paddle is provided. A first plurality of leads is provided around the die attach paddle having a first plurality of lead tips. A second plurality of leads is provided around the die attach paddle interleaved with the first plurality of leads, at least some of the second plurality of leads having a plurality of depression lead tips. A first die is attached to the die attach paddle. The die is wire bonded to the first plurality of leads and the second plurality of leads. The die is encapsulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Seng Guan Chow, Ming Ying, Ii Kwon Shim, Lip Seng Tan
  • Patent number: 7955901
    Abstract: A method for producing a power semiconductor module having surface mountable flat external contact areas is disclosed. At least one power semiconductor chip is fixed by its rear side on a drain external contact. An insulation layer covers the top side over the side edges of the semiconductor chip as far as the inner housing plane was a leaving free the source and gate contact areas on the top side of the semiconductor chip and also was partly leaving free the top sides of the corresponding external contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Henrik Ewe, Stefan Landau, Klaus Schiess, Robert Bergmann, Alvin Wee Beng Tatt, Soon Lock Goh, Joachim Mahler, Boris Plikat, Reimund Engl
  • Patent number: 7947534
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package system is provided including: forming a plurality of leads with a predetermined thickness and a predetermined interval gap between each of the plurality of leads; configuring each one of the plurality of leads to include first terminal ends disposed adjacent an integrated circuit and second terminal ends disposed along a periphery of a package; and forming the second terminal ends of alternating leads disposed along the periphery of the package to form an etched lead-to-lead gap in excess of the predetermined interval gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Punzalan, Henry D. Bathan, Il Kwon Shim, Keng Kiat Lau
  • Patent number: 7939921
    Abstract: A leadframe including a chip supporting plate, a lead forming plate, and solder points is provided. A notch is formed on an edge of the chip supporting plate. The thickness of the lead forming plate is less than the thickness of the chip supporting plate. The lead forming plate has a main body, inner leads, and a connecting rod. The inner leads and the connecting rod are extended from an edge of the main body. The connecting rod has an end portion fitting the notch. The solder points are located at the boundary between the end portion and the notch for structurally connecting the connecting rod and the chip supporting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Sheng-Tsung Liu
  • Patent number: 7928540
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package system is provided including forming an external interconnect having a lead body and a lead tip, forming a lead protrusion in the lead tip, connecting a device and the external interconnect, and encapsulating the device and the external interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Kwon Shim, Antonio B. Dimaano, Jr., Henry D. Bathan, Jeffrey D. Punzalan
  • Patent number: 7911062
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a semiconductor device including a semiconductor chip having a plurality of electrodes, a plurality of leads electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes of the semiconductor chip by bonding wires, and a resin for implementing the semiconductor chip, wherein the plurality of leads are comprised of two or more kinds of leads having different rigidities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nakatsuka, Koji Serizawa
  • Patent number: 7875963
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a 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. More particularly, the semiconductor package includes a generally planar die pad or die paddle defining multiple peripheral edge segments. In addition, the semiconductor package includes a plurality of leads. Some of these leads include bottom surface portions which, in the completed semiconductor package, are exposed and at least partially circumvent the die pad, with other leads including portions which protrude from respective side surfaces of a package body in the completed semiconductor package. The semiconductor package also includes one or more power bars and/or one or more ground rings which are integral portions of the original leadframe used to fabricate the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Amkor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gi Jeong Kim, Yeon Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 7863737
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package system including providing a plurality of substantially identical package leads formed in a single row, and attaching bond wires having an offset on adjacent locations of the package leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung Wook Jang, Hun Teak Lee, Kwang Soon Hwang
  • Patent number: 7847390
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor module case; a metal terminal externally extending from within the case; a semiconductor element disposed within the case and electrically connected to the metal terminal; and a printed wiring board having a wiring pattern formed on a surface thereof, the printed wiring board being connected to the semiconductor element through the metal terminal; wherein the external portion of the metal terminal includes a joining portion and a resilient portion, the joining portion being in surface contact with an external surface of the case, the resilient portion facing and being spaced from the joining portion; wherein the printed wiring board is inserted between the joining portion and the resilient portion; and wherein the wiring pattern on the printed wiring board is pressure-welded to the joining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Mituharu Tabata
  • Patent number: 7839003
    Abstract: While a semiconductor device is provided with a plurality of element electrodes 5 formed on a semiconductor element 4 and a plurality of lead terminal electrodes 6 formed on a lead frame, the semiconductor device is equipped with a coupling conductor which electrically connects at least one electrode among the above-described element electrodes 5 to at least one electrode among the above-described lead terminal electrodes 6; the above-described coupling conductor is manufactured by a first conductor 1 and a second conductor 2, the major components of which are metals; the first conductor 1 has been electrically connected to the second conductor 2; and the element electrodes 5 and the lead terminal electrodes 6 have been electrically connected to the second conductor 2 respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Hamada, Kouichi Tomita
  • Patent number: 7838339
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the use of stamping to form features on a lead frame of a semiconductor device package. In one embodiment, portions of the lead frame such as pins are moved out of the horizontal plane of a diepad by stamping. In certain embodiments, indentations or a complex cross-sectional profile, such as chamfered, may be imparted to portions of the pins and/or diepad by stamping. The complexity offered by such a stamped cross-sectional profile serves to enhance mechanical interlocking of the lead frame within the plastic molding of the package body. Other techniques such as selective electroplating and/or formation of a brown oxide guard band to limit spreading of adhesive material during die attach, may be employed alone or in combination to facilitate fabrication of a package having such stamped features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: GEM Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony C. Tsui, Mohammad Eslamy, Anthony Chia, Hongbo Yang, Ming Zhou, Jian Xu
  • Patent number: 7821111
    Abstract: A packaged surface-mount semiconductor device has the outer, un-encapsulated lead segments structured in five adjoining portions: The first portion protrudes from the encapsulation about horizontally; the second portion forms a convex bend downwardly; the third portion is approximately straight downwardly; the fourth portion forms a concave bend upwardly; and the fifth portion is straight horizontally. Each segment has across the width a first groove in the third portion, either on the bottom surface or on the top surface. Preferably, the groove is about 2 leadframe thicknesses vertically over the bottom surface of the fifth lead portion. When stamped, the groove may have an angular outline about 5 and 50 ?m deep; when etched, the groove may have an approximately semicircular outline about 50 to 125 ?m deep. A second groove may be located in the second segment portion; a third groove may be located in the transition region from the third to the fourth segment portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: John Tellkamp
  • Patent number: 7820480
    Abstract: A redistributed lead frame for use in a molded plastic semiconductor package (38) is formed from an electrically conductive substrate by a sequential metal removal process. The process includes: (a) patterning a first side of an electrically conductive substrate to form an array of lands separated by channels, (b) disposing a first molding compound (18) within these channels, (c) patterning a second side of the electrically conductive substrate to form an array of chip attach sites (24) and routing circuits (26) electrically interconnecting the array of lands and the array of chip attach sites (24), (d) directly electrically interconnecting input/output pads on the at least one semiconductor device (28) to chip attach site members (24) of the array of chip attach sites (24), and (e) encapsulating the at least one semiconductor device (28), the array of chip attach sites (24) and the routing circuits (26) with a second molding compound (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Unisem (Mauritius) Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Shafidul Islam, Romarico Santos San Antonio, Anang Subagio
  • Patent number: 7812463
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention pertains to a semiconductor package suitable for use in high stress environments, such as ones involving high pressures, temperatures and/or corrosive substances. In this aspect, a die and leadframe are fully encapsulated in a first plastic casing. The first plastic casing is fully encapsulated in turn with a second plastic casing. The two casings have different compositions. The first plastic casing, for example, may be made of a thermoset plastic material and the second plastic casing may be made of a thermoplastic material. The first plastic casing may have recesses, indentations and/or slots suitable for securing it to the second plastic casing. In some embodiments, a corrosion resistant coating is added to the second plastic casing. Methods for forming semiconductor packages suitable for use in high stress environments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Felix C. Li
  • Patent number: 7804159
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed which includes a tab (5) for use in supporting a semiconductor chip (8), a seal section (12) as formed by sealing the semiconductor chip (8) with a resin material, more than one tab suspension lead (4) for support of the tab (5), a plurality of electrical leads (2) which have a to-be-connected portion as exposed to outer periphery on the back surface of the seal section (12) and a thickness reduced portion as formed to be thinner than said to-be-connected portion and which are provided with an inner groove (2e) and outer groove (2f) in a wire bonding surface (2d) as disposed within the seal section (12) of said to-be-connected portion, and wires (10) for electrical connection between the leads (2) and pads (7) of the semiconductor chip (8), wherein said thickness reduced portion of the leads (2) is covered by or coated with a sealing resin material while causing the wires (10) to be contacted with said to-be-connected portion at specified part lying midway between the outer
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation, Hitachi Yonezawa Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Shimanuki
  • Patent number: 7791180
    Abstract: A lead frame made from a metallic thin plate, comprising: at least two stage portions on which a physical quantity sensor chip is mounted, and which have an area smaller than a mounting surface of the physical quantity sensor chip; a rectangular frame portion which encloses the stage portions; a plurality of leads including connecting leads which extend in a direction of the stage portion from the frame portion and are positioned on the periphery of the stage portion, and which connect the frame portion and each of the stage portions; and an easily deformed portion formed on the connecting leads which inclines the stage portion by becoming deformed; and the physical quantity sensor chip is mounted by superimposing the mounting surface on the stage portion and a portion of the plurality of leads in the direction of thickness of the frame portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Shirasaka
  • Patent number: 7791178
    Abstract: A lead frame unit, a semiconductor package having a lead frame unit, a stacked semiconductor package having a semiconductor package, and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. The lead frame unit in a stacked semiconductor package may include a die pad supporting a semiconductor chip, an inner lead electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, an outer lead extending from the inner lead, and a heat-resistant insulation member surrounding the connection portion. The outer lead may include a connection portion connected to the inner lead and a junction portion connected to the connection portion and a circuit board. An external signal may be applied to the junction portion. If the lead frame unit is used in the stacked semiconductor package, the outer lead and a dummy outer lead in the stacked semiconductor package may have substantially the same shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyo-Jae Bang, Heui-Seog Kim, Seong-Chan Han, Jung-Hyeon Kim, Sung-Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 7777309
    Abstract: This invention provides a high frequency power module which is incorporated into a mobile phone and which incorporates high frequency portion analogue signal processing ICs including low noise amplifiers which amplify an extremely weak signal therein. A semiconductor device includes a sealing body which is made of insulation resin, a plurality of leads which are provided inside and outside the sealing body, a tab which is provided inside the sealing body and has a semiconductor element fixing region and a wire connection region on a main surface thereof, a semiconductor element which is fixed to the semiconductor element fixing region and includes electrode terminals on an exposed main surface, conductive wires which connect electrode terminals of the semiconductor element and the leads, and conductive wires which connect electrode terminals of the semiconductor element and the wire connecting region of the tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tadatoshi Danno, Tsutomu Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 7772681
    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: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Rajeev Joshi, Chung-Lin Wu, Venkat Iyer
  • Patent number: 7750448
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor device having a first main surface and a second main surface, a first electrode plate provided on the first main surface, a second electrode plate provided on the second main surface, and a wiring substrate provided between the semiconductor device and the first electrode plate, in which a plurality of opening portions in the side surface of a protruding portion provided on the first electrode plate are engaged respectively with a plurality of engaging portions which face the opening portions and which are provided on the inner side surface of an intrusion opening portion in the wiring substrate into which the protruding portion is intruded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shimpei Yoshioka, Naotake Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7750446
    Abstract: Disclosed are IC package structures comprised of standard IC packages modified with separate circuit interconnection structures and disposed to interconnect either directly to other IC packages or to intermediate pedestal connectors which serve to support and interconnect various circuit elements, thus effectively allowing critical signals to bypass the generally less capable interconnection paths within standard interconnection substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Interconnect Portfolio LLC
    Inventors: Joseph C. Fjelstad, Kevin P. Grundy, Gary Yasumura
  • Patent number: 7745913
    Abstract: A power semiconductor component includes at least one power semiconductor chip and surface-mountable external contacts. The power semiconductor chip includes large-area contact areas on its top side and its rear side, which cover essentially the entire top side and rear side, respectively. The top side also includes, alongside the large-area contact area, a small-area contact area; the areal extent of the small-area contact is at least ten times smaller than the areal extent of the large-area contact areas. The small-area contact area is connected to an individual external contact of the power semiconductor component via a bonding wire connection. The large-area contact area of the top side is connected to external contacts via a bonding tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Khalil Hosseini, Alexander Koenigsberger
  • Patent number: 7714419
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package system comprising: providing an elevated tiebar; forming a die paddle connected to the elevated tiebar; attaching an integrated circuit die over the die paddle adjacent the elevated tiebar; attaching a shield over the elevated tiebar and the integrated circuit die; and forming an encapsulant over a portion of the elevated tiebar, the die paddle, and the integrated circuit die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Zigmund Ramirez Camacho, Lionel Chien Hui Tay, Henry Descalzo Bathan, Guruprasad Badakere Govindaiah
  • Patent number: 7705476
    Abstract: Integrated circuit (IC) packages are described. Each IC package includes a die having an exposed metallic layer deposited on its back surface. Solder joints are arranged to physically and electrically connect I/O pads on the active surface of the die with associated leads. A molding material encapsulates portions of the die, leadframe and solder joint connections while leaving the metallic layer exposed and uncovered by molding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Jaime A. Bayan, Anindya Poddar
  • Patent number: 7691680
    Abstract: The present disclosure suggests various microelectronic component assembly designs and methods for manufacturing microelectronic component assemblies. In one particular implementation, a microelectronic component assembly includes a microelectronic component, at least two leads, and at least two bond wires. Each of the leads may have a reduced-thickness inner length adjacent terminals of the microelectronic component and a body having an outer surface spaced farther from the microelectronic component than a bond surface of the inner length. Each of the bond wires couples the microelectronic component to one of the leads and has a maximum height outwardly from the microelectronic component that is no greater than the height of the outer surface of the lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Micron Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chee Peng Neo, Hock Chuan Tan, Beng Chye Chew, Yih Ming Chai, Kian Shing Tan
  • Patent number: 7687892
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a leadframe having first and second level downset lead extensions, a quad flat nonleaded package (QFN) attached to the first level downset lead extension, and a flip chip die attached to the second level downset lead extension. Another embodiment of a semiconductor package includes a leadframe having a lead, a first quad flat nonleaded package (QFN) connected to the lead, and a second quad flat nonleaded package invertly connected to a top surface of the first quad flat nonleaded package, wherein the second quad flat nonleaded package is wirebonded to the lead. A third embodiment of a semiconductor package includes a leadframe having a lead with a first level downset lead extension, a quad flat nonleaded package (QFN) connected to the first level downset lead extension, and a first wirebondable die attached to a top or bottom surface of the quad flat nonleaded package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventors: Emmanuel A. Espiritu, Leo A. Merilo, Rachel L. Abinan, Dario S. Filoteo, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7678618
    Abstract: An electrical package for an integrated circuit die which comprises a die-attach paddle for mounting the integrated circuit die. The die-attach paddle has at least one down-set area located on a periphery of the die-attach paddle. The down-set area has an upper surface and a lower surface, with the upper surface configured to electrically couple a first end of a first electrically conductive lead wire. A second end of the first electrically conductive lead wire is bonded to the integrated circuit die. The upper surface is further configured to electrically couple a first end of a second electrically conductive lead wire and a second end of the second electrically conductive lead wire is bonded to a lead finger of the electrical package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventor: Ken M. Lam
  • Patent number: 7675155
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for selectively stacking and interconnecting leaded packaged integrated circuit devices with connections between the feet of leads of an upper IC and the upper shoulder of leads of a lower IC while conductive transits that implement stacking-related intra-stack connections between the constituent ICs are implemented in multi-layer interposers or carrier structures oriented along the leaded sides of the stack, with selected ones of the conductive transits electrically interconnected with other selected ones of the conductive transits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Entorian Technologies, LP
    Inventor: Julian Partridge
  • Patent number: 7662672
    Abstract: A manufacturing process of a leadframe-based BGA package is disclosed. A leadless leadframe with an upper layer and a lower layer is provided for the package. The upper layer includes a plurality of ball pads, and the lower layer includes a plurality of sacrificial pads aligning and connecting with the ball pads. A plurality of leads are formed in either the upper layer or the lower layer to interconnect the ball pads or the sacrificial pads. An encapsulant is formed to embed the ball pads after chip attachment and electrical connections. During manufacturing process, a half-etching process is performed after encapsulation to remove the sacrificial pads to make the ball pads electrically isolated and exposed from the encapsulant for solder ball placement where the soldering areas of the ball pads are defined without the need of solder mask(s) to solve the problem of solder bleeding of the solder balls on the leads or the undesired spots during reflow. Moreover, mold flash can easily be detected and removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignees: ChipMos Technologies (Bermuda) Ltd., ChipMos Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Hung-Tsun Lin
  • Patent number: 7635910
    Abstract: A semiconductor package is disclosed. In one embodiment, the semiconductor package includes a leadframe including a chip position and a plurality of leadfingers. Each leadfinger includes a cutout in an inner edge providing a chip recess. The semiconductor package further includes a semiconductor chip located in the chip recess. The semiconductor chip has an active surface with a plurality of chip contact pads on each of which an electrically conductive bump is disposed. The inner portions of the leadfingers protrude into the chip position and are electrically connected to the chip contact pads by electrically conductive bumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Richard Mangapul Sinaga, Najib Khan Surattee, Mohamad Yazid
  • Patent number: 7598599
    Abstract: A semiconductor package system is provided. A substrate having a die attach paddle is provided. A first plurality of leads is provided around the die attach paddle having a first plurality of lead tips. A second plurality of leads is provided around the die attach paddle interleaved with the first plurality of leads, at least some of the second plurality of leads having a plurality of depression lead tips. A first die is attached to the die attach paddle. The die is wire bonded to the first plurality of leads and the second plurality of leads. The die is encapsulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Seng Guan Chow, Ming Ying, Il Kwon Shim, Lip Seng Tan
  • Patent number: 7576656
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for high speed bonding for an RFID device are provided. A first substrate includes an antenna and is coupled to a strap assembly by an adhesive material. The adhesive material is substantially inert thermally for a predetermined temperature range, or it otherwise lacks a heat flow variation greater than 0.05 W/g for the predetermined temperature range. Such an adhesive material provides a reliable bond. In a specific embodiment, the predetermined temperature range is about 30° Celsius to about 85° Celsius. In an alternative embodiment, the adhesive material can be exposed to water or steam to reduce its heat flow variation to less than 0.05 W/g for the temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Alien Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon S. W. Craig, Susan Swindlehurst, Randolph W. Eisenhardt, Ming X. Chan
  • Patent number: 7576418
    Abstract: A lead frame structure comprises a side rail, a first paddle, a second paddle, a plurality of leads, and an downset anchor bar. The first paddle is connected to the side rail via at least one first tie bar, and the second paddle is connected to the side rail via at least one-second tie bar. The first paddle and the second paddle separated from each other are used to define an area to support a chip. These leads set on the side rail expends toward to the chip supporting area. One end of the downset anchor bar is connected to the side rail, and the other end of the downset anchor bar has a protrusion portion which is between the first paddle and the second paddle and is downset from the side rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Orient Semiconductor Electronics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Yu Chen, Ta-Lin Pong, En-Shou Chang, I-Chi Cheng, Chen-Ping Su
  • Publication number: 20090146277
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor module case; a metal terminal externally extending from within the case; a semiconductor element disposed within the case and electrically connected to the metal terminal; and a printed wiring board having a wiring pattern formed on a surface thereof, the printed wiring board being connected to the semiconductor element through the metal terminal; wherein the external portion of the metal terminal includes a joining portion and a resilient portion, the joining portion being in surface contact with an external surface of the case, the resilient portion facing and being spaced from the joining portion; wherein the printed wiring board is inserted between the joining portion and the resilient portion; and wherein the wiring pattern on the printed wiring board is pressure-welded to the joining portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mituharu TABATA
  • Patent number: 7541665
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor is constituted using magnetic sensor chips mounted on stages supported by interconnecting members and a frame having leads in a lead frame. Herein, the stages are inclined upon plastic deformation of the interconnecting members. When the frame is held in a metal mold and the stages are pressed, the interconnecting members are elastically deformed, so that the magnetic sensor chips are bonded onto the stages placed substantially in the same plane and are then wired with the leads. Thereafter, the stages are released from pressure, so that the interconnecting members are restored from the elastically deformed states thereof. When the magnetic sensor chips are combined together to realize three sensing directions, it is possible to accurately measure three-dimensional bearings of magnetism, and the magnetic sensor can be reduced in dimensions and manufactured with a reduced cost therefore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Adachi, Hiroshi Saitoh, Kenichi Shirasaka, Hideki Sato, Masayoshi Omura
  • Patent number: 7538415
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip assembly includes a semiconductor chip that includes a conductive pad, a conductive trace that includes a routing line, a bumped terminal and a filler, a connection joint that electrically connects the routing line and the pad, an encapsulant and an insulative base. The routing line contacts the bumped terminal and the filler and extends laterally beyond the bumped terminal and the filler, the filler contacts the bumped terminal in a cavity that extends into the bumped terminal, and the insulative base contacts the routing line and the bumped terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Bridge Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Charles W. C. Lin, Cheng-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 7525179
    Abstract: A semiconductor die package is disclosed. In one embodiment, the die package includes a semiconductor die including a first surface and a second surface, and a leadframe structure having a die attach region and a plurality of leads extending away from the die attach region. The die attach region includes one or more apertures. A molding material is around at least portions of the die attach region of the leadframe structure and the semiconductor die. The molding material is also within the one or more apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Rajeev Joshi, Chung-Lin Wu
  • Patent number: 7525181
    Abstract: A tape wiring substrate may have dispersion wiring patterns. The dispersion wiring patterns may be provided between input/output wiring pattern groups to compensate for the intervals therebetween. Connecting wiring patterns may be configured to connect the dispersion wiring patterns to a first end of the adjacent input/output wiring pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Han Kim