With Contact Or Lead Patents (Class 257/690)
  • Patent number: 11978689
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include semiconductor dies and methods of forming such dies. In an embodiment, the semiconductor die comprises a semiconductor substrate, an active device layer in the semiconductor substrate, where the active device layer comprises one or more transistors, an interconnect layer over a first surface of the active device layer, a first bonding layer over a surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second bonding layer secured to the first bonding layer, and a heat spreader attached to the second bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shrenik Kothari, Chandra Mohan Jha, Weihua Tang, Robert Sankman, Xavier Brun, Pooya Tadayon
  • Patent number: 11961779
    Abstract: A package includes a substrate having a conductive layer, and the conductive layer comprises an exposed portion. A die stack is disposed over the substrate and electrically connected to the conductive layer. A high thermal conductivity material is disposed over the substrate and contacting the exposed portion of the conductive layer. The package further includes a contour ring over and contacting the high thermal conductivity material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TSMC).
    Inventors: Wensen Hung, Szu-Po Huang, Hsiang-Fan Lee, Kim Hong Chen, Chi-Hsi Wu, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Patent number: 11955414
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a conductive substrate, a semiconductor element, a control terminal, and a sealing resin. The conductive substrate has an obverse surface and a reverse surface that are spaced apart from each other in a thickness direction. The semiconductor element is electrically bonded to the obverse surface and has a switching function. The control terminal is configured to control the semiconductor element. The sealing resin has a resin obverse surface and a resin reverse surface, and covers the conductive substrate, the semiconductor element, and a part of the control terminal. The control terminal protrudes from the resin obverse surface, and extends along the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Tanikawa, Kenji Hayashi, Ryosuke Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11955413
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a conductive substrate, a semiconductor element, a control terminal, and a sealing resin. The conductive substrate has an obverse surface and a reverse surface that are spaced apart from each other in a thickness direction. The semiconductor element is electrically bonded to the obverse surface and has a switching function. The control terminal is configured to control the semiconductor element. The sealing resin has a resin obverse surface and a resin reverse surface, and covers the conductive substrate, the semiconductor element, and a part of the control terminal. The control terminal protrudes from the resin obverse surface, and extends along the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Tanikawa, Kenji Hayashi, Ryosuke Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11942430
    Abstract: Stacked die modules for semiconductor device assemblies and methods of manufacturing the modules are disclosed. In some embodiments, the module includes a shingled stack of semiconductor dies, each die having an uncovered porch with bond pads. Further, a dielectric structure partially encapsulates the shingled stack of semiconductor dies. The dielectric structure includes openings corresponding to the bond pads. The module also includes conductive structures disposed on the dielectric structure, where each of the conductive structures extends over at least one porch of the semiconductor dies to connect to at least one bond pad through a corresponding opening. The semiconductor device assembly may include a controller die attached to a package substrate, the controller die carrying one or more stacked die modules, and bonding wires connecting terminals of the modules to package bond pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Jong Sik Paek
  • Patent number: 11929430
    Abstract: A method includes providing a semiconductor body including a plurality of two-dimensional charge carrier gas channels, forming a gate fin by forming a pair of gate trenches in an upper surface of the semiconductor body, the pair of gate trenches exposing each one of two-dimensional charge carrier gas channels, providing source and drain contacts that are electrically connected to each one of the plurality of two-dimensional charge carrier gas channels, providing a gate structure that is configured to control a conductive connection between the source and drain contacts, wherein providing the gate structure includes forming a layer of doped type III-nitride semiconductor material that covers the gate fin and extends into the gate trenches, and forming a conductive gate electrode on top of the layer of doped type III-nitride semiconductor material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Thomas Detzel, Gerhard Prechtl, Oliver Haeberlen
  • Patent number: 11908766
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling system where a semiconductor component including a semiconductor chip and a cooling apparatus are joined, wherein a coolant is supplied to a substrate, on which a semiconductor chip is installed, through an opening member of the cooling apparatus so that a surface of the substrate may be directly cooled by the coolant so as to improve cooling efficiency, and a cooling post structure, which enables the coolant to smoothly flow, is used to further improve cooling efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: JMJ Korea Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yun Hwa Choi
  • Patent number: 11901319
    Abstract: A first protective layer is formed on a first die and a second die, and openings are formed within the first protective layer. The first die and the second die are encapsulated such that the encapsulant is thicker than the first die and the second die, and vias are formed within the openings. A redistribution layer can also be formed to extend over the encapsulant, and the first die may be separated from the second die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hui-Min Huang, Chih-Wei Lin, Tsai-Tsung Tsai, Ming-Da Cheng, Chung-Shi Liu, Chen-Hua Yu
  • Patent number: 11892503
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second chips in a package. A first pad is on the first chip and electrically connected to a node between a power supply pad and a ground pad on the first chip. Second and third pads are on the second chip. An internal wiring connects the first pad to the second pad within the package. A power circuit on the semiconductor chip configured to supply a current to the second pad. A switch is on the second chip between the second pad and the power supply circuit to connect or disconnect the second pad from the power circuit. A control circuit is on the second chip and configured to output a first signal for the switch in response to a test signal supplied to the third pad and a second signal to the power circuit to cause the power circuit to output current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Kusaka, Hirosuke Narai, Kazunori Masuda, Makoto Iwai
  • Patent number: 11894333
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes: a redistribution substrate including a connection via and a redistribution layer electrically connected to each other, and a redistribution pad electrically connected to the redistribution layer by the connection via, a space pattern separating at least some of the redistribution pads from each other, a dummy metal pattern at least partially surrounded by the space pattern, and a degassing opening passing through at least one of the redistribution pad and the dummy metal pattern; a connection bump electrically connected to the redistribution pad; and a semiconductor chip on the redistribution substrate and including a connection pad electrically connected to the redistribution layer, the redistribution pad including a plurality of protrusions protruding from the same plane in directions different from each other and having a corner having a rounded shape, and the dummy metal pattern includes branch patterns each extending in directions different from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dahee Kim, Jeongrim Seo, Gookmi Song
  • Patent number: 11870130
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die comprising a radio frequency (RF) circuit, a first dielectric layer disposed over a first surface of the semiconductor die, an antenna layer disposed over a surface of the first dielectric layer, and an antenna feeding structure coupling the antenna layer to the RF circuit of the semiconductor die, wherein the semiconductor die comprises a via, and the antenna feeding structure comprises a first portion arranged within the opening of the semiconductor die and extending to the first surface of the semiconductor die, and a second portion arranged through the first dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Eung San Cho, Ashutosh Baheti, Saverio Trotta
  • Patent number: 11854958
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining an active feature layer having a first surface bearing one or more active feature areas. A first capacitor plate of a first capacitor is formed on an interior surface of a cap. A second capacitor plate of the first capacitor is formed on an exterior surface of the cap. The first capacitor plate of the first capacitor overlays and is spaced apart from the second capacitor plate of the first capacitor along a direction that is orthogonal to the exterior surface of the cap to form the first capacitor. The cap is coupled with the first surface of the active feature layer such that the second capacitor plate of the first capacitor is in electrical communication with at least a first active feature of the active feature layer. The cap is bonded with the passive layer substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Marco Francesco Aimi, Joseph Alfred Iannotti, Joleyn Eileen Brewer
  • Patent number: 11837523
    Abstract: A transistor package comprising: a substrate; a first transistor in thermal contact with the substrate, wherein the transistor comprises a gate; the substrate sintered to a heat sink through a sintered layer; an encapsulant that at least partially encapsulates the first transistor; and a Kelvin connection to the transistor gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenjun Liu, Robert James Ramm, Alan David Tepe, Colin Kenneth Campbell, Dino Sasaridis
  • Patent number: 11824110
    Abstract: A buffer layer, an etching stop layer, and a channel layer are epitaxially grown in this order on a substrate. The substrate contains InP that has a high resistance by, for example, being doped with Fe. The buffer layer contains a compound semiconductor lattice-matched to InP. The etching stop layer includes InxAl1-xP (0?x?0.75). The channel layer contains InyGa1-y As (0<y?1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11824054
    Abstract: A package structure includes an insulating encapsulation, a semiconductor die, and a filter structure. The semiconductor die is encapsulated in the insulating encapsulation. The filter structure is electrically coupled to the semiconductor die, wherein the filter structure includes a patterned metallization layer with a pattern having a double-spiral having aligned centroids thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sen-Kuei Hsu, Hsin-Yu Pan, Ming-Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 11798883
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit (IC) and an interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate, a contact through the interlayer dielectric layer and electrically connected to the IC, a wiring layer on the interlayer dielectric layer with a wiring line electrically connected to the contact, a first passivation layer on the wiring layer, first and second pads on the first passivation layer, and a through electrode through the substrate, the interlayer dielectric layer, the wiring layer, and the first passivation layer to connect to the first pad. The first pad includes a first head part on the first passivation layer, and a protruding part that extends into the first passivation layer from the first head part, the protruding part surrounding a lateral surface of the through electrode in the first passivation layer, and the second pad is connected to the IC through the wiring line and the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shaofeng Ding, Jeong Hoon Ahn, Yun Ki Choi
  • Patent number: 11791255
    Abstract: A die package and method is disclosed. In one example, the die package includes a die having a first die contact on a first side and a second die contact on a second side opposite the first side, and insulating material laterally adjacent to the die. A metal structure substantially directly contacts the surface of the second die contact, wherein the metal structure is made of the same material as the second die contact. A first pad contact on the first side of the die electrically contacts the first die contact, and a second pad contact on the first side of the die electrically contacts the second die contact via the metal structure. The insulating material electrically insulates the metal structure from the first die contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Petteri Palm
  • Patent number: 11749627
    Abstract: A fan-out wafer level package includes a semiconductor die with a redistribution layer on a sidewall of the semiconductor die. A redistribution layer positioned over the die includes an extended portion that extends along the sidewall. The semiconductor die is encapsulated in a molding compound layer. The molding compound layer is positioned between the extended portion of the redistribution layer and the sidewall of the semiconductor die. Solder contacts, for electrically connecting the semiconductor device to an electronic circuit board, are positioned on the redistribution layer. The solder contacts and the sidewall of the redistribution layer can provide electrical contact on two different locations. Accordingly, the package can be used to improve interconnectivity by providing vertical and horizontal connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS LTD
    Inventors: Endruw Jahja, Cheng-Yang Su
  • Patent number: 11728309
    Abstract: A clip for connecting an electronic component with a carrier in a package is provided. The clip includes a clip body having a component connection portion configured to be connected with the electronic component to be mounted on the carrier, and a carrier connection portion configured to be connected with the carrier. The clip further includes at least one locking recess in a surface portion of the clip body, the surface portion being configured to face the carrier. The at least one locking recess is configured to accommodate material of an encapsulant of the package so as to lock the encapsulant and the clip. A corresponding method of manufacturing the package is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Melvin Levardo, Ryan Ross Agbay Alinea, Markus Dinkel
  • Patent number: 11715867
    Abstract: The embodiments of the application provides an end cover assembly, a battery cell, a battery module and a device, the end cover assembly is used for the battery cell, the end cover assembly includes an end cover; an electrode terminal disposed on the end cover; an insulating member for insulating the electrode terminal and the end cover and disposed to surround the electrode terminal; wherein the insulating member abuts the electrode terminal, at least one of the insulating member and the electrode terminal is provided with a stress relief groove, the stress relief groove is configured to absorb stress generated by the electrode terminal's abutting the insulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Ningsheng Wu, Chengyou Xing, Yuanbao Chen, Peng Wang, Quankun Li
  • Patent number: 11715701
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a wiring board that has a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface, a semiconductor chip provided on the first surface, external connection terminals provided on the second surface, a sealing resin layer provided on the first surface, and a conductive shield layer that covers at least a portion of a side surface of the wiring board and the sealing resin layer. The wiring board includes a first ground wire that is electrically connected to the conductive shield layer, and a second ground wire that is electrically connected to the conductive shield layer and is electrically insulated from the first ground wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yuusuke Takano, Yoshiaki Goto, Takeshi Watanabe, Takashi Imoto
  • Patent number: 11710687
    Abstract: A semiconductor guide pin is disclosed. Specific implementations may include a heatsink, one or more substrates coupled together, one or more pressfit pins coupled to the one or more substrates, and two or more guide pins coupled to the one or more substrates, where the two or more guide pins may have a height greater than the one or more pressfit pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Chee Hiong Chew, Yushuang Yao, Atapol Prajuckamol, Chuncao Niu
  • Patent number: 11679680
    Abstract: A power module (10) for operating an electric vehicle drive includes a current input configured for supplying an input current. The current input includes multiple contact elements (182, 184). Multiple circuit-breakers (142, 144) are configured for generating an output current based on the supplied input current. A current output (192) is configured for outputting the output current at a consumer. A substrate (12) includes a metal layer (122-130) and an insulating layer (121) connected to the metal layer (122-130). The multiple circuit-breakers (142, 144) are arranged on the metal layer (122-130). The multiple contact elements (182, 184) are also arranged on the metal layer (122-130) such that the multiple contact elements (182, 184) extend perpendicular to a surface of the substrate (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 11658131
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first substrate including a circuit pattern and a dummy pattern on an upper face of the first substrate, a solder ball, a second substrate on the first substrate, and an underfill material layer between the first and second substrates. The underfill material layer wraps around the solder ball. The dummy pattern is not electrically connected to the circuit pattern. The first substrate includes a solder resist layer on the circuit pattern and the dummy pattern. The solder resist layer includes a first opening for exposing at least a part of the circuit pattern. The solder ball is in the first opening and electrically insulated from the dummy pattern by the solder resist layer. The second substrate is electrically connected to the first substrate by the solder ball. The second substrate is electrically insulated from the dummy pattern by the solder resist layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Woo Park, Un-Byoung Kang, Jong Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11637049
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, including a semiconductor chip having a first electrode on a rear surface thereof, a laminated substrate including a heat dissipation board laminated on a rear surface of an insulating board, and a case. The case includes a frame surrounding an opening penetrating the case from a front surface to a rear surface thereof, the frame being in contact with a periphery of the laminated substrate covering the opening from the rear surface of the case, and a first terminal penetrating the frame. The first terminal includes a first connection part penetrating the frame and extending out of the frame, and a first wiring part provided in the opening. The first wiring part has a wiring rear surface disposed on a front surface of the insulating board, and a wiring front surface mechanically and electrically connected to the first electrode of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Wakiyama
  • Patent number: 11631608
    Abstract: Disclosed are support substrates, methods of fabricating semiconductor packages using the same, and methods of fabricating electronic devices using the same. The support substrate comprises a main body, and a plurality of first protrusions finely protruding from an upper surface of the main body. The main body and the first protrusions include the same material and are formed as a unitary structure. The first protrusions are spaced apart from each other in first and second directions intersecting each other, when viewed in plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunsil Lee, Seung Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 11600557
    Abstract: A packaged semiconductor device includes a lead frame including plurality of lead terminals each having a plated wettable flank dimple including 2 or more different widths including narrower lead terminals and wider lead terminals. A semiconductor die is attached to the lead frame. A mold material terminates at a saw line of the packaged semiconductor device providing encapsulation except for an exposed bottom contact and an exposed sidewall contact for the plurality of lead terminals. The wider lead terminals have a necked region with a reduced width extending inward a predetermined distance from the saw line, where a terminal region inward beyond the necked region which is wider as compared to the necked region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Robert F. Mortan
  • Patent number: 11594510
    Abstract: In a general aspect, a method for producing a semiconductor device assembly can include defining a cavity in a conductive spacer, and electrically and thermally coupling a semiconductor die with the conductive spacer, such that the semiconductor die is at least partially embedded in the cavity. The semiconductor die can have a first surface having active circuitry included therein, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a plurality of side surfaces each extending between the first surface of the semiconductor die and the second surface of the semiconductor die. The method can also include electrically coupling a direct bonded metal (DBM) substrate with the first surface of the semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Yong Liu, Yusheng Lin, Huibin Chen
  • Patent number: 11557543
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip including a first surface and a second surface, and including a first active layer on a portion adjacent to the first surface; a first redistribution structure on the first surface of the first semiconductor chip, wherein the first redistribution structure includes a first area and a second area next to the first area; a second semiconductor chip mounted in the first area of the first redistribution structure, including a third surface, which faces the first surface, and a fourth surface, and including a second active layer on a portion adjacent to the third surface; a conductive post mounted in the second area of the first redistribution structure; a molding layer at least partially surrounding the second semiconductor chip and the conductive post on the first redistribution structure; and a second redistribution structure disposed on the molding layer and connected to the conductive post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eunkyoung Choi
  • Patent number: 11552045
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices having redistribution structures, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a semiconductor assembly comprises a die stack including a plurality of semiconductor dies, and a routing substrate mounted on the die stack. The routing substrate includes an upper surface having a redistribution structure. The semiconductor assembly also includes a plurality of electrical connectors coupling the redistribution structure to at least some of the semiconductor dies. The semiconductor assembly further includes a controller die mounted on the routing substrate. The controller die includes an active surface that faces the upper surface of the routing substrate and is electrically coupled to the redistribution structure, such that the routing substrate and the semiconductor dies are electrically coupled to the controller die via the redistribution structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Owen R. Fay, Madison E. Wale, James L. Voelz, Dylan W. Southern, Dustin L. Holloway
  • Patent number: 11488921
    Abstract: A multi-chip device is provided. The multi-chip device includes a first chip, a second chip mounted on the first chip, and a hardened printed or sprayed electrically conductive material forming a sintered electrically conductive interface between the first chip and the second chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ali Roshanghias, Alfred Binder, Barbara Eichinger, Stefan Karner, Martin Mischitz, Rainer Pelzer
  • Patent number: 11482480
    Abstract: A package substrate and method of manufacturing a package substrate and a semiconductor device package are provided. The package substrate includes a circuit layer, an optically-cured dielectric layer, a plurality of block layers and a sacrificial layer. The circuit layer includes a plurality of conductive pads. The optically-cured dielectric layer has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface. The optically-cured dielectric layer covers the circuit layer, and first surfaces of the conductive pads are at least partially exposed from the upper surface of the optically-cured dielectric layer. The block layers are respectively disposed on the first surfaces of the conductive pads exposed by the optically-cured dielectric layer. The sacrificial layer is disposed on the optically-cured dielectric layer and covering the block layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: You-Lung Yen
  • Patent number: 11469191
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die and an encapsulant deposited over the semiconductor die. A first conductive layer is formed with an antenna over a first surface of the encapsulant. A second conductive layer is formed with a ground plane over a second surface of the encapsulant with the antenna located within a footprint of the ground plane. A conductive bump is formed on the ground plane. A third conductive layer is formed over the first surface of the encapsulant. A fourth conductive layer is formed over the second surface of the encapsulant. A conductive via is disposed adjacent to the semiconductor die prior to depositing the encapsulant. The antenna is coupled to the semiconductor die through the conductive via. The antenna is formed with the conductive via between the antenna and semiconductor die. A PCB unit is disposed in the encapsulant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Pandi Chelvam Marimuthu, Andy Chang Bum Yong, Aung Kyaw Oo, Yaojian Lin
  • Patent number: 11462446
    Abstract: A power semiconductor module arrangement includes a semiconductor substrate arranged in a housing, at least one semiconductor body being arranged on the semiconductor substrate, and a mounting arrangement including a frame or body, a first terminal element, and a second terminal element. The mounting arrangement is inserted in and coupled to the housing. Each terminal element mechanically and electrically contacts the semiconductor substrate with a first end. A middle part of each terminal element extends through the frame or body. A second end of each terminal element extends outside the housing. The first terminal element is dielectrically insulated from the second terminal element by a portion of the frame or body. The first terminal element is injected into and inextricably coupled to the frame or body. The second terminal element is arranged within a hollow space inside the frame or body and is detachably coupled to the frame or body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Alexander Hoehn
  • Patent number: 11456231
    Abstract: Various heatsink arrangements, and methods for implementing and using such are discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Fortinet, Inc.
    Inventors: Shen Sunny Zhong, Qian Yu, Han Hsu
  • Patent number: 11450644
    Abstract: A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package may include a substrate, a chip stack disposed on the substrate, the chip stack including a plurality of semiconductor chips, a plurality of bonding wires electrically connecting the substrate to the plurality of semiconductor chips, a reinforcement layer disposed on the chip stack, and a molding layer surrounding side surfaces of the chip stack and the bonding wires and contacting side surfaces of the reinforcement layer. The reinforcement layer may include a lower layer including an adhesive, an intermediate layer disposed on the lower layer, and an upper layer disposed on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer may have elongation in a range of 5% to 70%. The upper layer may have elongation less than 5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Su Kim, Byoung Jun Ahn
  • Patent number: 11437359
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional integrated circuit includes attaching a first side of a first die to a first carrier wafer. The method includes preparing a second side of the first die to generate a prepared second side of the first die. The method includes attaching the prepared second side of the first die to a second carrier wafer. The method includes removing the first carrier wafer from the first side of the first die to form a transitional three-dimensional integrated circuit. The method includes attaching a third carrier wafer to a first side of the transitional three-dimensional integrated circuit. The method includes attaching a first side of the second die to a second side of the transitional three-dimensional integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett P. Wilkerson, Milind S. Bhagavat, Rahul Agarwal, Dmitri Yudanov
  • Patent number: 11430720
    Abstract: A lead for a surface mount package for a semiconductor device, and the surface mount package employing the same. In one example, the lead includes a central segment with a first side and a second side, a first extension from a portion of the first side, and a second extension from a portion of the second side. The lead also includes a recess extending through a portion of the central segment, the first extension and the second extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Naweed Anjum, Michael Gerald Amaro, Makarand Ramkrishna Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 11430739
    Abstract: Structures and formation methods of a package structure are provided. The method includes forming a conductive structure over a carrier substrate and disposing a semiconductor die over the carrier substrate. The method also includes pressing a protective substrate against the carrier substrate at an elevated temperature to bond the protective substrate to the conductive structure. The method further includes forming a protective layer to surround the semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Po-Hao Tsai, Hsien-Wen Liu, Shin-Puu Jeng, Meng-Liang Lin, Shih-Yung Peng, Shih-Ting Hung
  • Patent number: 11424180
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with redistribution layers on partial encapsulation is disclosed and may include providing a carrier with a non-photosensitive protection layer, forming a pattern in the non-photosensitive protection layer, providing a semiconductor die with a contact pad on a first surface, and bonding the semiconductor die to the non-photosensitive protection layer such that the contact pad aligns with the pattern formed in the non-photosensitive protection layer. A second surface opposite to the first surface of the semiconductor die, side surfaces between the first and second surfaces of the semiconductor die, and a portion of a first surface of the non-photosensitive protection layer may be encapsulated with an encapsulant. The carrier may be removed leaving the non-photosensitive protection layer bonded to the semiconductor die. A redistribution layer may be formed on the contact pad and a second surface of the non-photosensitive protection layer opposite to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: AMKOR TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE HOLDING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Sik Paek, Jin Young Kim, YoonJoo Kim, Jin Han Kim, SeungJae Lee, Se Woong Cha, SungKyu Kim, Jae Hun Bae, Dong Jin Kim, Doo Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 11417594
    Abstract: A three-Dimensional Integrated Circuit (3DIC) Chip on Wafer on Substrate (CoWoS) packaging structure or system includes a silicon oxide interposer with no metal ingredients, and with electrically conductive TVs and RDLs. The silicon oxide interposer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The electrically conductive TVs penetrate through the silicon oxide interposer. The electrically interconnected RDLs are disposed over the first surface of the silicon oxide interposer, and are electrically coupled or connected to a number of the conductive TVs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen-Shiang Liao
  • Patent number: 11410939
    Abstract: Structures and formation methods of a chip package are provided. The chip package includes a substrate and a semiconductor die over the substrate. The chip package also includes a lid covering a top surface of the semiconductor die. The lid has a first support structure and a second support structure, and the first support structure and the second support structure are positioned at respective corner portions of the substrate. An opening penetrates through the lid to expose a space containing the semiconductor die, and the lid has a side edge extending from an edge of the first support structure to an edge of the second support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shu-Shen Yeh, Chin-Hua Wang, Kuang-Chun Lee, Po-Yao Lin, Shyue-Ter Leu, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Patent number: 11410974
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes first and second memory chips, each including a region of a core circuit, a first area adjacent to a first side of the region in a first direction, a second area adjacent to a second side of the region in a second direction, a third area adjacent to the first area in the first direction and to the second area in the second direction, a first pad in the first area, a second pad in the second area, and third pad in the third area. In each memory chip, a first bonding wire connects the first and third pads. In addition, a second bonding wire connects the second pads of the first and second memory chips. The second memory chip is stacked on the first memory chip to expose the first, second, and third areas of the first memory chip in a third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Yoshihara, Toshikazu Watanabe, Nobuharu Miyata, Yasumitsu Nozawa, Tomohito Kawano, Sachie Fukuda, Akiyoshi Itou, Toshimitsu Iwasawa
  • Patent number: 11398399
    Abstract: A component source wafer comprises printable components having adhesive disposed on a backside of the printable components. A wafer substrate comprises a sacrificial layer having recessed portions and anchors. A component is disposed entirely over each recessed portion. A tether physically connects each component to at least one of the anchors. A layer of adhesive is disposed on a side of the component adjacent to the recessed portion. Each component is suspended over the wafer substrate and the recessed portion defines a gap separating the component from the wafer substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: António José Marques Trindade, Raja Fazan Gul, Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 11387159
    Abstract: A chip package including a lead frame, a first chip, a heat dissipation structure, and an insulating encapsulant is provided. The lead frame includes a chip pad having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and a lead connected to the chip pad. The first chip is disposed on the first surface of the chip pad and electrically connected to the lead of the lead frame and to the outside of the insulating encapsulant via the lead. The head dissipation structure is disposed on the second surface of the chip pad and includes a thermal interface material layer attached to the second surface. The insulating encapsulant encapsulates the first chip, the heat dissipation structure, and a portion of the lead frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kuo-Shu Kao, Tao-Chih Chang, Wen-Chih Chen, Tai-Jyun Yu, Po-Kai Chiu, Yen-Ting Lin, Wei-Kuo Han
  • Patent number: 11377727
    Abstract: A method for preparing a bactericidal film on fiber cloth, comprising cleansing a reel of fiber cloth; placing the reel of fiber cloth into a vacuum chamber; supplying a DC power and a mid-frequency power; introducing argon gas to increase the chamber pressure to 0.3 Pa; position sputtering targets in the following order: silicon target, silicon carbide target, silver target, silicon carbide target, silver target, silicon carbide target and silver target, and then sputtering the targets simultaneously; wherein the silicon targets act as a bonding layer between the bactericidal film and the substrate; stopping the silicon targets, the silicon carbide targets and the silver targets first, and then turning off the argon gas; injecting air into the chamber until the pressure in the chamber and the atmospheric pressure are balanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventor: Fook Chi Mak
  • Patent number: 11367813
    Abstract: Reliable resin packages and semiconductor light-emitting devices using the resin package can include a printed circuit board including a resin layer, metallic layers formed on a top surface of the resin layer and underneath a bottom surface of the resin layer and a frame arranged from a top surface of the printed circuit board toward a bottom surface of the printed circuit board. The semiconductor light-emitting device using the resin package can prevent the printed circuit board from warping toward the frame when forming the frame incorporating the printed circuit board because a total of each thickness of the metallic layers formed on the top surface and underneath the bottom surface of the resin layer can be thicker than a thickness of the resin layer. Thus, the present invention can provide the semiconductor light-emitting devices having high reliability, which can be used as a light source for vehicle lamps, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seishi Watanabe, Daisuke Yoshimi, Kohei Tai
  • Patent number: 11367679
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a lower package, an interposer on the lower package, and an under-fill layer between the interposer and the lower package. The interposer includes a through hole that vertically penetrates the interposer. The under-fill layer includes an extension that fills at least a portion of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hwang Kim, Hyunkyu Kim, Jongbo Shim, Eunhee Jung, Kyoungsei Choi
  • Patent number: 11362071
    Abstract: Stacked semiconductor dies for semiconductor device assemblies and associated methods and systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, the semiconductor die assembly includes a substrate with a first opening in an inner portion and a second opening in an outer portion of the substrate. Further, the semiconductor die assembly can include a master die attached to a front side of the substrate, where the master die includes a first bond pad proximate to the first opening and a second bond pad proximate to the second opening. The first and second bond pads of the master die can be coupled with first and second substrate bond pads on a back side of the substrate, opposite to the front side, using first and second bonding wires extending through the first and second openings, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yeongbeom Ko, Youngik Kwon, Jong Sik Paek, Jungbae Lee
  • Patent number: 11355472
    Abstract: A package structure and a method for connecting components are provided, in which the package includes a first substrate including a first wiring and at least one first contact connecting to the first wiring; a second substrate including a second wiring and at least one second contact connecting to the second wiring, the at least one first contact and the at least one second contact partially physically contacting with each other or partially chemically interface reactive contacting with each other; and at least one third contact surrounding the at least one first contact and the at least one second contact. The first substrate and the second substrate are electrically connected with each other at least through the at least one first contact and the at least one second contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Min Lin, Tao-Chih Chang, Wei-Chung Lo