Having Power Distribution Means (e.g., Bus Structure) Patents (Class 257/691)
  • Patent number: 12046505
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device including a device substrate, a thinned device die with a device region over the device substrate, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The device region includes an isolation portion, a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion, and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion with a contact layer and an active section. The contact layer resides over the BEOL portion, the active section resides over the contact layer, and the isolation portion resides over the contact layer to encapsulate the active section. The first mold compound resides over the device substrate, surrounds the thinned device die, and extends vertically beyond the thinned device die to define an opening over the thinned device die and within the first mold compound. The second mold compound fills the opening and directly connects the isolation portion of the thinned device die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
  • Patent number: 12046570
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device that includes a mold device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the mold device die. The mold device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes an active layer formed from a strained silicon epitaxial layer, in which a lattice constant is greater than 5.461 at a temperature of 300K. The first mold compound resides over the active layer. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist between the first mold compound and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the mold device die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Qorvo US, INC.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
  • Patent number: 12040031
    Abstract: A memory die assembly, comprising a non-volatile memory structure, performs autonomous testing of the memory die assembly by repeatedly performing a group of tests for multiple cycles such that the group of tests includes programming, erasing and reading the non-volatile memory structure. Failure events from the tests are recorded by storing error data for each recorded failure event including a location in the non-volatile memory structure of the failure event, a type of test that failed and a cycle during which the failure event occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Liang Li, Yan Li, Wenkai Liu
  • Patent number: 12041755
    Abstract: A method for producing a power semiconductor module arrangement includes: arranging at least one semiconductor substrate in a housing, each semiconductor substrate including a first metallization layer attached to a dielectric insulation layer, the housing including a through hole extending through a component of the housing; inserting a fastener into the through hole such that an upper portion of the fastener is not inserted into the through hole; arranging a printed circuit board on the housing; arranging the housing on a mounting surface, the mounting surface comprising a hole, wherein the housing is arranged on the mounting surface such that the through hole is aligned with the hole in the mounting surface; and exerting a force on the printed circuit board such that the force causes the fastener to be pressed into the hole in the mounting surface so as to secure the housing to the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Regina Nottelmann, Andre Arens, Michael Ebli, Alexander Herbrandt, Ulrich Michael Georg Schwarzer, Alparslan Takkac
  • Patent number: 12040265
    Abstract: In examples, a semiconductor package comprises a ceramic substrate and a horizontal metal layer covered by the ceramic substrate. The metal layer is configured to carry signals in the 5 GHz to 38 GHz frequency range. The package also includes a vertical castellation on an outer surface of the ceramic substrate, the castellation coupled to the metal layer and having a height ranging from 0.10 mm to 0.65 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yiqi Tang, Rajen Manicon Murugan, Li Jiang
  • Patent number: 12032021
    Abstract: A method for testing a stacked integrated circuit device comprising a first die and a second die, the method comprising: sending from testing logic of the first die, first testing control signals to first testing apparatus on the first die; in response to the first testing control signals, the first testing apparatus running a first one or more tests for testing functional logic or memory of the first die; sending from the testing logic of the first die, second testing control signals to the second die via through silicon vias formed in a substrate of the first die; and in dependence upon the second testing control signals from the first die, running a second one or more tests for testing the stacked integrated circuit device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Graphcore Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Felix, Phillip Horsfield
  • Patent number: 12021138
    Abstract: A power control switch assembly. The assembly may include a thyristor device, where the thyristor device includes a first device terminal, a second device terminal, and a gate terminal> The assembly may include a negative temperature coefficient (NTC) device, electrically coupled to the gate terminal of the thyristor device on a first end, and electrically coupled to the first device terminal of the thyristor device on a second end, wherein the NTC device is thermally coupled to the thyristor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.
    Inventor: Koichiro Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 12014992
    Abstract: A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die, a stack of polymer layers, redistribution elements and a passive filter. The polymer layers cover a front surface of the semiconductor die. The redistribution elements and the passive filter are disposed in the stack of polymer layers. The passive filter includes a ground plane and conductive patches. The ground plane is overlapped with the conductive patches, and the conductive patches are laterally separated from one another. The ground plane is electrically coupled to a reference voltage. The conductive patches are electrically connected to the ground plane, electrically floated, or electrically coupled to a direct current (DC) voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sen-Kuei Hsu, Hsin-Yu Pan, Chien-Chang Lin
  • Patent number: 12009251
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device including a device substrate, a thinned device die with a device region over the device substrate, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The device region includes an isolation portion, a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion, and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion with a contact layer and an active section. The contact layer resides over the BEOL portion, the active section resides over the contact layer, and the isolation portion resides over the contact layer to encapsulate the active section. The first mold compound resides over the device substrate, surrounds the thinned device die, and extends vertically beyond the thinned device die to define an opening over the thinned device die and within the first mold compound. The second mold compound fills the opening and directly connects the isolation portion of the thinned device die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
  • Patent number: 12009330
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device that includes a mold device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the mold device die. The mold device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes an active layer formed from a strained silicon epitaxial layer, in which a lattice constant is greater than 5.461 at a temperature of 300K. The first mold compound resides over the active layer. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist between the first mold compound and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the mold device die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Qorvo US, INC.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
  • Patent number: 12008101
    Abstract: Methods and systems for protecting a secure computing system. Aspects include connecting a pluggable security card to a motherboard of the secure computing system. Aspects also include activating a detection circuit to monitor a physical connection between the pluggable security card and the motherboard. Based on detecting that the physical connection between the pluggable security card and the motherboard has been interrupted, aspects include setting a tamper event flag, wherein the secure computing system is prevented from being operated when the tamper event flag is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Charles Erickson, Clinton William Erie, Shawn Matthew Johnston, Michael John MacPherson, Ryan Paske
  • Patent number: 12003185
    Abstract: A modular switching cell of a high voltage direct current power converter has a modular switching cell that includes a base module, which has: a first switching unit; a second switching unit; a first capacitor; and a second capacitor. The first switching unit, the second switching unit, the first capacitor, and the second capacitor are mounted on a chassis. The base module is configured to receive at least three different busbar sets, each of the busbar sets having a plurality of busbars for interconnecting the first switching unit, the second switching unit, the first capacitor, and the second capacitor to form one of: two parallel half bridge circuits between a first cell terminal and a second cell terminal; two serial half bridge circuits between the first cell terminal and the second cell terminal; or a full bridge circuit between the first cell terminal and the second cell terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH
    Inventor: Angus Bryant
  • Patent number: 11997786
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein can include multi-layer circuits within a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) material to define a 3-D interconnect structure that connects the microelectronics features, devices, components and electrical interfaces. In addition, mechanical functions can be embedded in a fashion and proximity such that the embedded electronics can interface and interact with each other as well as introduced conditions relevant to the function of the device and the outside world or environment it is exposed to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Inventor: James Rathburn
  • Patent number: 11996351
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices including lids having liquid-cooled channels and methods of forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first integrated circuit die; a lid coupled to the first integrated circuit die, the lid including a plurality of channels in a surface of the lid opposite the first integrated circuit die; a cooling cover coupled to the lid opposite the first integrated circuit die; and a heat transfer unit coupled to the cooling cover through a pipe fitting, the heat transfer unit being configured to supply a liquid coolant to the plurality of channels through the cooling cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Tsung Hsiao, Jen Yu Wang, Chung-Jung Wu, Tung-Liang Shao, Chih-Hang Tung
  • Patent number: 11983139
    Abstract: A multi-chip module (MCM includes a substrate and first and second integrated circuit chips disposed on the substrate. The second IC chip includes transceiver circuitry configured to communicate with the first IC chip. The transceiver circuitry includes transmit circuitry having an inverter circuit to generate a first signal for transmission to the first IC chip along a signaling link. The signaling link includes a line termination impedance. Receiver circuitry includes a receiver circuit to receive a second signal from the first IC chip along the signaling link concurrently with transmission of the first signal along the signaling link. Hybrid circuitry is coupled to the transmit circuitry and to the receiver circuitry. The hybrid circuitry is configured to cancel a received component of the first signal. The hybrid circuitry includes a replica termination impedance that is configured in an open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ramin Farjadrad
  • Patent number: 11979096
    Abstract: A multiphase inverter apparatus includes: an insulating substrate; at least one low voltage bus and at least one high voltage bus on a first surface of the insulating substrate; a plurality of half-bridge circuits, each half-bridge circuit being electrically coupled between a respective one of the at least one low voltage bus and a respective one of the at least one high voltage bus; and a phase output lead for each half-bridge circuit. For each half bridge circuit, the phase output lead is arranged on and electrically coupled to at least one packaged low side switch and at least one packaged high side switch of the half bridge circuit such that each packaged low side switch and each packaged high side switch is arranged vertically between the phase output lead and the first surface of the insulating substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Tomasz Naeve, Elvir Kahrimanovic, Petteri Palm
  • Patent number: 11978787
    Abstract: A power control switch assembly. The assembly may include a thyristor device, where the thyristor device includes a first device terminal, a second device terminal, and a gate terminal> The assembly may include a negative temperature coefficient (NTC) device, electrically coupled to the gate terminal of the thyristor device on a first end, and electrically coupled to the first device terminal of the thyristor device on a second end, wherein the NTC device is thermally coupled to the thyristor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.
    Inventor: Koichiro Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 11978659
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device including a device substrate, a thinned device die with a device region over the device substrate, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The device region includes an isolation portion, a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion, and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion with a contact layer and an active section. The contact layer resides over the BEOL portion, the active section resides over the contact layer, and the isolation portion resides over the contact layer to encapsulate the active section. The first mold compound resides over the device substrate, surrounds the thinned device die, and extends vertically beyond the thinned device die to define an opening over the thinned device die and within the first mold compound. The second mold compound fills the opening and directly connects the isolation portion of the thinned device die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
  • Patent number: 11966264
    Abstract: A system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard includes: a first power supply, located on the mainboard, and being configured to receive a first voltage and to provide a second voltage; and a second power supply and a third power supply, located on the mainboard and disposed at different sides of the chip, each of the second power supply and the third power supply is electrically connected to the first power supply to receive the second voltage, the second power supply provides a third voltage to the chip, the third power supply provides a fourth voltage to the chip, and ZBUS_2?5*(ZPS2_2+ZPDN_2), ZBUS_2 is bus impedance between the first power supply and the third power supply, ZPS2_2 is equivalent output impedance of the third power supply, and ZPDN_2 is transmission impedance between the third power supply and the chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Haoyi Ye, Jianhong Zeng, Xiaoni Xin
  • Patent number: 11961813
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device that includes a mold device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the mold device die. The mold device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes an active layer formed from a strained silicon epitaxial layer, in which a lattice constant is greater than 5.461 at a temperature of 300K. The first mold compound resides over the active layer. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist between the first mold compound and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the mold device die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
  • Patent number: 11955445
    Abstract: Representative techniques and devices including process steps may be employed to mitigate the potential for delamination of bonded microelectronic substrates due to metal expansion at a bonding interface. For example, a metal pad having a larger diameter or surface area (e.g., oversized for the application) may be used when a contact pad is positioned over a TSV in one or both substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR BONDING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Guilian Gao, Bongsub Lee, Gaius Gillman Fountain, Jr., Cyprian Emeka Uzoh, Laura Wills Mirkarimi, Belgacem Haba, Rajesh Katkar
  • Patent number: 11955404
    Abstract: An electronic package includes an electronic component and a heat dissipation structure, wherein the heat dissipation structure has a plurality of bonding pillars, and a metal layer is formed on the bonding pillars, so as to stably dispose the heat dissipation structure on the electronic component via the bonding pillars and the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AURAS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian-Dih Jeng, Chien-Yu Chen, Wei-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11955906
    Abstract: A board main body part has a multilayer structure with even-numbered layers including a first layer formed on a surface part on one side and a second layer formed on a surface part on the other side. On both of the first layer and the second layer, a low voltage region in which a low voltage circuit is disposed, a high voltage region in which high voltage circuits are disposed, and an insulating region in which the low voltage region is electrically isolated from the high voltage region are formed. At least a part of a first high voltage circuit is disposed in a first-layer high voltage region formed on the first layer, and at least a part of a second high voltage circuit is disposed in a second-layer high voltage region formed on the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Ito
  • Patent number: 11955418
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for a ball grid array with non-linear conductive routing are described herein. Such a ball grid array may include a plurality of solder balls that are electrically coupled by a non-linear conductive routing. The non-linear conductive routing may include a plurality of routing sections where each of the plurality of routing sections is disposed at an angle to adjacent routing sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Chenxi Huang, Yung Chen
  • Patent number: 11948830
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device including a device substrate, a thinned device die with a device region over the device substrate, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The device region includes an isolation portion, a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion, and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion with a contact layer and an active section. The contact layer resides over the BEOL portion, the active section resides over the contact layer, and the isolation portion resides over the contact layer to encapsulate the active section. The first mold compound resides over the device substrate, surrounds the thinned device die, and extends vertically beyond the thinned device die to define an opening over the thinned device die and within the first mold compound. The second mold compound fills the opening and directly connects the isolation portion of the thinned device die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
  • Patent number: 11949295
    Abstract: A power tool that includes a motor and a printed circuit board (“PCB”). The motor includes a rotor and a stator. The stator includes a plurality of stator terminals. The PCB is electrically connected to the stator. The PCB includes a switch and an embedded busbar. A first end of the embedded busbar is electrically connected to the switch. The embedded busbar extends away from the PCB. A second end of the embedded busbar electrically connects to a stator terminal of the plurality of stator terminals for providing power to the motor using the switch. The embedded bus bar is embedded between two layers of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Lucas A. Rutowski, Maxwell L Merget, Douglas R. Fieldbinder
  • Patent number: 11950363
    Abstract: An example sensor interposer employing castellated through-vias formed in a PCB includes a planar substrate defining a plurality of castellated through-vias; a first electrical contact formed on the planar substrate and electrically coupled to a first castellated through-via; a second electrical contact formed on the planar substrate and electrically coupled to a second castellated through-via, the second castellated through-via electrically isolated from the first castellated through-via; and a guard trace formed on the planar substrate, the guard trace having a first portion formed on a first surface of the planar substrate and electrically coupling a third castellated through-via to a fourth castellated through-via, the guard trace having a second portion formed on a second surface of the planar substrate and electrically coupling the third castellated through-via to the fourth castellated through-via, the guard trace formed between the first and second electrical contacts to provide electrical isolation b
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Frick, Louis Jung, David Lari
  • Patent number: 11935866
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of conductive pillars between the first and second substrates. The plurality of conductive pillars includes a first conductive pillar having a first width, wherein the first width is substantially uniform along an entire first height of the first conductive pillar, a second conductive pillar having a second width, wherein the second width is substantially uniform along an entire second height of the second conductive pillar, the first width is different from the second width, and the entire first height is equal to the entire second height, and a third conductive pillar having a third width, wherein the third width is substantially uniform along an entire third height of the third conductive pillar, and the third conductive pillar is between the first conductive pillar and the second conductive pillar in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jing-Cheng Lin, Po-Hao Tsai
  • Patent number: 11929687
    Abstract: Provided is a power converter that allows a reduction in EMC noise current flowing through a control circuit board. A power converter 1 includes a semiconductor module 52, a capacitor 51, a control circuit board 45a, positive and negative-side bus bars 41, 42 connecting the semiconductor module 52 and the capacitor 51, a base 33 electrically connected to a ground of the control circuit board 45a, the control circuit board 45a being placed on the base 33, and an electrical conductor 35 electrically connected to the base 33 and extending in a stacking direction in which the base 33 and the control circuit board 45a are stacked. The positive and negative-side bus bars 41, 42 extend around the electrical conductor 35 and are connected to the semiconductor module 52.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Youhei Nishizawa, Akihiro Goto, Yusaku Katsube
  • Patent number: 11907791
    Abstract: Smartcards with metal layers manufactured according to various techniques disclosed herein. One or more metal layers of a smartcard stackup may be provided with slits overlapping at least a portion of a module antenna in an associated transponder chip module disposed in the smartcard so that the metal layer functions as a coupling frame. One or more metal layers may be pre-laminated with plastic layers to form a metal core or clad subassembly for a smartcard, and outer printed and/or overlay plastic layers may be laminated to the front and/or back of the metal core. Front and back overlays may be provided. Various constructions of and manufacturing techniques (including temperature, time, and pressure regimes for laminating) for smartcards are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Amatech Group Lijited
    Inventors: Mustafa Lotya, David Finn, Darren Molloy
  • Patent number: 11901348
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a mold substrate, at least one first semiconductor chip in the mold substrate and including chip pads, wiring bonding pads formed at a first surface of the mold substrate and connected to the chip pads by bonding wires, and a redistribution wiring layer covering the first surface of the mold substrate and including redistribution wirings connected to the wiring bonding wirings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Ho Kang, Bo-Seong Kim
  • Patent number: 11901344
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor package is provided as follows. A semiconductor die is provided, wherein the semiconductor die comprises a semiconductor substrate, an interconnection layer and a through semiconductor via, the interconnection layer is disposed on an active surface of the semiconductor substrate, the through semiconductor via penetrates the semiconductor substrate from a back surface of the semiconductor substrate to the active surface of the semiconductor substrate. An encapsulant is provided to laterally encapsulate the semiconductor die. A through encapsulant via penetrating through the encapsulant is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shing-Yih Shih
  • Patent number: 11887953
    Abstract: A package for power electronics includes a power substrate, a number of power semiconductor die, and a Kelvin connection contact. Each one of the power semiconductor die are on the power substrate and include a first power switching pad, a second power switching pad, a control pad, a semiconductor structure, and a Kelvin connection pad. The semiconductor structure is between the first power switching pad, the second power switching pad, and the control pad, and is configured such that a resistance of a power switching path between the first power switching pad and the second power switching pad is based on a control signal provided at the control pad. The Kelvin connection pad is coupled to the power switching path. The Kelvin connection contact is coupled to the Kelvin connection pad of each one of the power semiconductor die via a Kelvin conductive trace on the power substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Wolfspeed, Inc.
    Inventors: Brice McPherson, Daniel Martin, Jennifer Stabach
  • Patent number: 11880321
    Abstract: A master integrated circuit (IC) chip includes transmit circuitry and receiver circuitry. The transmit circuitry includes a timing signal generation circuit to generate a first timing signal, and a driver to transmit first data in response to the first timing signal. A timing signal path routes the first timing signal in a source synchronous manner with the first data. The receiver circuitry includes a receiver to receive second data from a slave IC chip, and sampling circuitry to sample the second data in response to a second timing signal that is derived from the first timing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ramin Farjadrad
  • Patent number: 11881248
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor module, a semiconductor member, and a method for manufacturing the same that make it possible to improve heat dissipation efficiency. This semiconductor module 1 comprises: a power supply unit 40; a RAM unit 50, which is a RAM module having a facing surface disposed so as to face an exposed surface of a logic chip 20 and an exposed surface of the power supply unit 40, the RAM module being disposed across some of a plurality of logic chip signal terminals 22 and some of a plurality of power supply unit power supply terminals 41; and a support substrate 10 having a power feeding circuit capable of feeding electrical power to the logic chip and to the power supply unit 40, one main surface of the support substrate 10 being disposed adjacent to a heat dissipation surface of the RAM unit 50, which is the surface of the RAM unit 50 opposite the facing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ULTRAMEMORY INC.
    Inventors: Fumitake Okutsu, Takao Adachi
  • Patent number: 11860699
    Abstract: An electrical transmitter (100) is provided that comprises an ethernet connection (118) and a power source. Electronics (112) are configured to receive the ethernet connection (118) and the power source. The electronics (112) comprise logic operable to detect the power source and accept power from either the ethernet connection (118) or a dedicated power connection (116). A remappable power connection terminal (114) with the electronics (112) is operable to accept power when the dedicated power connection (116) is detected, and operable to accept a non-power connection when power from the ethernet connection (118) is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew S. Kravitz, Tonya L. Wyatt, Anthony Gentile
  • Patent number: 11854925
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a plurality of stacked semiconductor chips each of which has a first surface having an electrode formed thereon, a plurality of wires each of which has one end portion connected to each of the electrodes of the plurality of semiconductor chips and extends in a stacking direction of the semiconductor chips, a sealing resin that covers the plurality of semiconductor chips, has a second surface having recesses formed therein, and is formed so that the other end portions of the plurality of wires and the recesses overlap each other when viewed from the stacking direction, and a plurality of terminals that is provided so as to fill the recesses, each of which has one end portion connected to the other end portion of each of the plurality of wires and has the other end portion exposed from the sealing resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 11847852
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor includes a die, a plurality of conductive structures, an encapsulant, a plurality of conductive patterns, a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, and a redistribution structure. The die has an active surface and a rear surface opposite to the active surface. The conductive structures surround the die. The encapsulant encapsulates the die and the conductive structures. The conductive patterns are over the die and are electrically connected to the die and the conductive structures. Top surfaces of the conductive patterns are flat. The first dielectric layer is over the die and the encapsulant. A top surface of the first dielectric layer is coplanar with top surfaces of the conductive patterns. The second dielectric layer covers the first dielectric layer and the conductive patterns. The redistribution structure is over the rear surface of the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsuan Tai, Chih-Hua Chen, Hao-Yi Tsai, Yu-Chih Huang, Chia-Hung Liu, Ting-Ting Kuo, Ying-Cheng Tseng
  • Patent number: 11815546
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose a fixing device and fixing method for chip test and a chip tester. The fixing device for chip test includes: a carrier with a fixing chamber for fixing a chip formed inside, a plurality of adjustors being disposed on sidewalls of the fixing chamber and configured to be extended or retracted to adjust a position of the chip in two orthogonal directions within a horizontal plane; and a top cover configured to cooperate with the carrier to fix the chip in a vertical direction, wherein at least one adjustable pressing cover is disposed at a bottom of the top cover, so as to autonomously adjust a pressing force applied to the chip by the pressing cover in the vertical direction. The present application is suitable for fixing chips with various overall dimensions, and can adaptively adjust a pressing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Jinrong Huang
  • Patent number: 11810833
    Abstract: A packaged semiconductor device and a method and apparatus for forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes bonding a device die to a first surface of a substrate; depositing an adhesive on the first surface of the substrate; depositing a thermal interface material on a surface of the device die opposite the substrate; placing a lid over the device die and the substrate, the lid contacting the adhesive and the thermal interface material; applying a clamping force to the lid and the substrate; and while applying the clamping force, curing the adhesive and the thermal interface material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Wensen Hung, Tsung-Yu Chen, Tsung-Shu Lin, Chen-Hsiang Lao, Wen-Hsin Wei, Hsien-Pin Hu
  • Patent number: 11799503
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including a radio-frequency amplifier circuit and a band selection switch are mounted on or in a module substrate. An output matching circuit includes at least one passive element disposed on or in the module substrate. The output matching circuit is coupled between the radio-frequency amplifier circuit and the band selection switch. The semiconductor device includes a first member having a semiconductor portion made of an elemental semiconductor and a second member joined to the first member in surface contact with the first member. The radio-frequency amplifier circuit including a semiconductor element made of a compound semiconductor is formed at the second member. The semiconductor device is disposed in close proximity to the output matching circuit in plan view. The output matching circuit is disposed in close proximity to the band selection switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Goto, Shunji Yoshimi, Mitsunori Samata
  • Patent number: 11798897
    Abstract: A package structure includes a circuit substrate, a semiconductor device and a ring structure. The circuit substrate has a first region and a second region connected thereto. The circuit substrate includes at least one routing layer including a dielectric portion and a conductive portion disposed thereon. A first ratio of a total volume of the conductive portion of the routing layer within the first region to a total volume of the dielectric and conductive portions of the routing layer within the first region is less than a second ratio of a total volume of the conductive portion of the routing layer within the second region to a total volume of the dielectric and conductive portions of the routing layer within the second region. The semiconductor device is disposed over the circuit substrate within the first region, and is electrically coupled to the circuit substrate. The ring structure is disposed over the circuit substrate within the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu-Shen Yeh, Po-Yao Lin, Chin-Hua Wang, Chia-Kuei Hsu, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Patent number: 11778730
    Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a dielectric substrate which is formed in a plate-like shape, ground conductor layers which are respectively provided on a top surface and a back surface of the dielectric substrate, a signal line which is provided on a side surface of the dielectric substrate, and transmits a high frequency signal, and a plurality of connection conductors which are provided in the dielectric substrate, connects the ground conductor layer provided on the top surface and the ground conductor layer provided on the back surface, and are aligned and disposed along the signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FCNT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro Shinojima, Hirofumi Sakamoto, Yohei Koga, Manabu Yoshikawa, Fuyuki Hikita
  • Patent number: 11756859
    Abstract: A package which comprises a carrier, electronic components mounted on the carrier, an encapsulant at least partially encapsulating the carrier and the electronic components, a clip connected to upper main surfaces of the electronic components, and an electrically conductive bulk connector which is electrically connected with and mounted above the electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Tomasz Naeve
  • Patent number: 11756857
    Abstract: An electronic circuit has three circuit carriers and two semiconductor components. A first semiconductor component contacts with its upper side an underside of a first circuit carrier, and with its underside an upper side of a second circuit carrier. The first circuit carrier has vias, with a first via connecting the first semiconductor component to a first conducting path and a second via connecting a connection element forming a second conducting path providing an integral connection between the circuit carriers. A second semiconductor component contacts the underside of the first circuit carrier and is electrically connected to the first or second conducting path. An underside of the second semiconductor component contacts an upper side of the third circuit carrier. A lateral thermal expansion coefficient of the first circuit carrier is greater than a lateral thermal expansion coefficient of both the second and the third circuit carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Bigl, Alexander Hensler, Stephan Neugebauer, Stefan Pfefferlein
  • Patent number: 11728318
    Abstract: A method for assembling an LED apparatus using an epitaxial layered structure comprising a first-type doped semiconductor layer, a second-type doped semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the doped semiconductor layers. The method involves depositing a conductive layer adjacent to and in ohmic contact with the first-type doped semiconductor layer. After forming a pattern masked layer on the conductive layer to expose one or more unprotected mask regions, the unprotected mask region(s) are processed to form a micropixellated structure having micropixel contact areas that are electrically isolated from each other. The method further involves placing a first contact pad over the micropixellated structure to overlap the micropixel contact areas and form a first electrode shared by a set of micro-LEDs. The micropixellated structure is also electrically coupled to a second contact pad that forms a second electrode shared by the set of micro-LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Gareth John Valentine
  • Patent number: 11728313
    Abstract: Representative techniques and devices including process steps may be employed to mitigate the potential for delamination of bonded microelectronic substrates due to metal expansion at a bonding interface. For example, a metal pad may be disposed at a bonding surface of at least one of the microelectronic substrates, where the contact pad is positioned offset relative to a TSV in the substrate and electrically coupled to the TSV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR BONDING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Bongsub Lee, Guilian Gao
  • Patent number: 11721633
    Abstract: A circuit pattern, which is a second negative electrode wiring, and a horizontally extending area of a circuit pattern, which is a first negative electrode wiring, are connected electrically and mechanically by a vertically extending area of the circuit pattern and wires, which are an inter-negative-electrode wiring. As a result, N terminals and N1 terminals are equal in potential in a semiconductor device. The N terminals of a converter circuit section and the N1 terminals of an inverter circuit section are electrically connected to make the N terminals and the N1 terminals equal in potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Takahashi, Kousuke Komatsu, Rikihiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11710680
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency device that includes a transfer device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the transfer device die. The transfer device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion and a transfer substrate. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. A top surface of the device region is planarized. The transfer substrate resides over the top surface of the device region. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist within the transfer substrate or between the transfer substrate and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the transfer device die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
  • Patent number: 11710714
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device that includes a mold device die and a multilayer redistribution structure underneath the mold device die. The mold device die includes a device region with a back-end-of-line (BEOL) portion and a front-end-of-line (FEOL) portion over the BEOL portion, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes an active layer formed from a strained silicon epitaxial layer, in which a lattice constant is greater than 5.461 at a temperature of 300K. The first mold compound resides over the active layer. Herein, silicon crystal does not exist between the first mold compound and the active layer. The multilayer redistribution structure includes a number of bump structures, which are at a bottom of the multilayer redistribution structure and electrically coupled to the FEOL portion of the mold device die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll