With Particular Lead Geometry Patents (Class 257/692)
  • Patent number: 8766313
    Abstract: A mounting board including a pair of patterned electrodes, a lower surface and an upper surface opposed thereto on which a substrate of an electronic component is to be mounted, a pass-through hole penetrating through the upper surface and the lower surface, and a peripheral side surface that defines the pass-through hole. The pass-through hole includes a plurality of penetrating grooves that are cut into the mounting board and penetrate through the upper and lower surfaces. The plurality of penetrating grooves electrically split the pair of patterned electrodes. The pair of patterned electrodes is partly positioned inside the peripheral side surface, and a connection portion connecting the at least one pair of patterned electrodes and at least one pair of patterned electrodes provided on the upper surface of the substrate of the electronic component is to be disposed inside the peripheral side surface that defines the pass-through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd., Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd., Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kohsuke Kashitani, Koichi Fukasawa, Jun Takashima, Katsuyuki Kiyozumi
  • Publication number: 20140175632
    Abstract: A three-dimensional integrated circuit, including a first adhesive bonding layer, a first chip, a second chip, and an inter-stratum thermal pad, is provided. The first adhesive bonding layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The first chip is disposed on the first surface of the first adhesive bonding layer. The first chip includes a hot zone. The second chip is disposed on the second surface of the first adhesive bonding layer. The inter-stratum thermal pad is embedded in the first adhesive bonding layer and faces to the hot zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: An-Nan Tan, Hung-Ming Chen, Kuan-Neng Chen
  • Patent number: 8759955
    Abstract: Conventional semiconductor devices have a problem that it is difficult to prevent the short circuit between chips and to improve accuracy in temperature detection with the controlling semiconductor chips. In a semiconductor device of the present invention, a first mount region to which a driving semiconductor chip is fixedly attached and a second mount region to which a controlling semiconductor chip is fixedly attached are formed isolated from each other. A projecting area is formed in the first mount region, and the projecting area protrudes into the second mount region. The controlling semiconductor chip is fixedly attached to the top surfaces of the projecting area and the second mount region by use of an insulating adhesive sheet material. This structure prevents the short circuit between the two chips, and improves accuracy in temperature detection with the controlling semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Hideyuki Iwamura, Isao Ochiai
  • Patent number: 8759957
    Abstract: A film for use in manufacturing a semiconductor device having at least one semiconductor element of the present invention is characterized by comprising: a base sheet having one surface; and a bonding layer provided on the one surface of the base sheet, the bonding layer being adapted to be bonded to the semiconductor element in the semiconductor device, the bonding layer being formed of a resin composition comprising a crosslinkable resin and a compound having flux activity. Further, it is preferred that in the film of the present invention, the semiconductor element is of a flip-chip type and has a functional surface, and the bonding layer is adapted to be bonded to the functional surface of the semiconductor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Bakelite Company Limited
    Inventor: Takashi Hirano
  • Patent number: 8759157
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with efficient heat dissipating structures is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip that is flip-chip mounted on a first substrate, a heat absorption portion that is formed between the first semiconductor chip and the first substrate, an outer connection portion that connects the first semiconductor chip to an external device and a heat conduction portion formed between the heat absorption portion and the outer connection portion to dissipate heat generated by the first semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Spansion LLC
    Inventor: Masanori Onodera
  • Publication number: 20140167243
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip package using a chip constraint means is provided in the invention. The root cause for the warpage and stress of a semiconductor chip package under a temperature change is the CTE mismatch between the chip and substrate. The current inventive concept is to reduce the CTE mismatch by using a chip constraint means to constrain the thermal deformation of the chip. In one preferred embodiment, the chip constraint means comprises a chip constraint ring surrounding and bonding to the chip. In another preferred embodiment, the chip constraint means further comprises a chip constraint lid covering and bonding to the chip as well as bonding to the chip constraint ring. The overall CTE of the chip and the chip constraint means is to be relatively high when using a high CTE and high modulus of chip constraint means, reducing the warpage and stress of a flip chip package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventor: Yuci Shen
  • Patent number: 8754516
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of integrated circuit package design and, more particularly, to packages using a bumpless build-up layer (BBUL) designs. Embodiments of the present description relate to the field of fabricating microelectronic packages, wherein a first microelectronic device having through-silicon vias may be stacked with a second microelectronic device and used in a bumpless build-up layer package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Pramod Malatkar
  • Patent number: 8754518
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a package substrate having a plurality of conductive elements, each of the conductive elements including a conductive trace and a bond finger positioned at an end of the conductive trace. The bond fingers can be arranged on the package substrate in at least three groups. A first group of the three groups can include a first number of the bond fingers. A third group of the three groups can include a third number of the bond fingers. A second group of the three groups can include an intermediate number of the bond fingers. The intermediate number is between the first and the third numbers. Spacing between the conductive elements along the length of the conductive elements is approximately the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Burton J. Carpenter, Derek S. Swanson
  • Patent number: 8749042
    Abstract: Multiple devices, including a first device and a second device, have operational circuitry and opposing first and second surfaces. First and second electrical contacts are formed at the first surface, while a third electrical contact is formed at the second surface opposite the first electrical contact. The first electrical contact is electrically connected to the operational circuitry, and the second electrical contact is electrically connected to the third electrical contact. The first device and the second device are subsequently stacked such that the first surface of the second device is located adjacent the second surface of the first device such that the first electrical contact of the second device is aligned with the third electrical contact of the first device. The first electrical contact of the second device is electrically connected to the third electrical contact of the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick A. Ware, Ely K. Tsern, Ian P. Shaeffer
  • Patent number: 8749048
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a semiconductor device package structure with redistribution layer (RDL) and through silicon via (TSV) techniques. The package structure comprises an electronic element which includes an dielectric layer on a backside surface of the electronic element, a plurality of first conductive through vias across through the electronic element and the dielectric layer, and a plurality of conductive pads accompanying with the first conductive through vias on an active surface of the electronic element; a filler material disposed adjacent to the electronic element; a first redistribution layer disposed over the dielectric layer and the filler material, and connected to the first conductive through vias; a first protective layer disposed over the active surface of the electronic element, the conductive pads, and the filler material; and a second protective layer disposed over the redistribution layer, the dielectric layer, and the filler material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: ADL Engineering Inc.
    Inventors: Diann-Fang Lin, Yu-Shan Hu
  • Patent number: 8748230
    Abstract: An integrated electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield for a semiconductor module package. The integrated EMI shield includes a plurality of wirebond springs electrically connected between a ground plane in the substrate of the package and a conductive layer printed on the top of the package mold compound. The wirebond springs have a defined shape that causes a spring effect to provide contact electrical connection between the tops of the wirebond springs and the conductive layer. The wirebond springs can be positioned anywhere in the module package, around all or some of the devices included in the package, to create a complete EMI shield around those devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. Welch, Yifan Guo
  • Patent number: 8742554
    Abstract: A circuit member includes a frame substrate formed, by patterning a rolled copper plate or a rolled copper alloy plate, with a die pad portion for a semiconductor chip to be mounted thereon, and a lead portion for an electrical connection to the semiconductor chip, having rough surfaces formed as roughed surfaces on upsides and lateral wall sides of the die pad portion and the lead portion, and smooth surfaces formed on downsides of the die pad portion and the lead portion, and the die pad portion and the lead portion are buried in a sealing resin, having a downside of the lead portion exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yo Shimazaki, Hiroyuki Saito, Masachika Masuda, Kenji Matsumura, Masaru Fukuchi, Takao Ikezawa
  • Publication number: 20140145323
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lamination layer type semiconductor package, and more particularly, a lamination layer type semiconductor package capable of maintaining a thickness of a package on package structure at a minimum and minimizing a warpage defect by mounting two chips so as to correspond to each other. The lamination layer type semiconductor package includes: an upper package having an upper flip chip mounted on an upper substrate; a lower package having a lower flip chip mounted on a lower substrate and disposed so as to closely adhere the upper flip chip and the lower flip chip to each other; a heat dissipation adhesive member adhesively fixing the upper flip chip and the lower flip chip and dissipating heat generated from the upper flip chip and the lower flip chip; and a molding member molding between the upper substrate and the lower substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Ho LEE, Hyun Bok KWON, Seung Wan WOO, Young Nam HWANG, Suk Jin HAM, Po Chul KIM, So Hyang EUN, Se Jun PARK
  • Patent number: 8736041
    Abstract: A power converter includes a plurality of semiconductor modules that have main body sections, each of the main body sections has a semiconductor element therein, and power terminals projected from the main body sections, and a plurality of bus bars that connect the power terminals of the semiconductor modules. At least one of the plurality of the bus bars are connecting bus bars which have a plurality of terminal connecting sections that connect the power terminals of the plurality of different semiconductor modules, and connecting sections that connect the terminal connecting sections. The entirety of each of the connecting bus bars is formed integrally. The terminal connecting sections and the connecting section of every connecting bus bar are provided alternately in the connecting bus bar, and disposed in substantially the same position in a projecting direction of the power terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Okamura
  • Patent number: 8736066
    Abstract: A microelectronic assembly is provided which includes a first element consisting essentially of at least one of semiconductor or inorganic dielectric material having a surface facing and attached to a major surface of a microelectronic element at which a plurality of conductive pads are exposed, the microelectronic element having active semiconductor devices therein. A first opening extends from an exposed surface of the first element towards the surface attached to the microelectronic element, and a second opening extends from the first opening to a first one of the conductive pads, wherein where the first and second openings meet, interior surfaces of the first and second openings extend at different angles relative to the major surface of the microelectronic element. A conductive element extends within the first and second openings and contacts the at least one conductive pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Tessera, Inc.
    Inventors: Vage Oganesian, Belgacem Haba, Ilyas Mohammed, Craig Mitchell, Piyush Savalia
  • Patent number: 8736042
    Abstract: A semiconductor package configured to attain a thin profile and low moisture sensitivity. Packages of this invention can include a semiconductor die mounted on a die attachment site of a leadframe and further connected with a plurality of elongate I/O leads arranged about the die attach pad and extending in said first direction. The leadframe having an “up-set” bonding pad arranged with a bonding support for supporting a plurality of wire bonds and a large mold flow aperture in the up-set bonding pad. The package encapsulated in a mold material that surrounds the bonding support and flows through the large mold flow aperture to establish well supported wire bonds such that the package has low moisture sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Felix C. Li, Yee Kim Lee, Peng Soon Lim, Terh Kuen Yii, Lee Han Meng@Eugene Lee
  • Publication number: 20140131851
    Abstract: A structure may include a spacer element overlying a first portion of a first surface of a substrate; first terminals at a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface; and second terminals overlying a third surface of the spacer element facing away from the first surface. Traces extend from the second terminals along an edge surface of the spacer element that extends from the third surface towards the first surface, and may be electrically coupled between the second terminals and the first terminals or electrically conductive elements at the first surface. The spacer element may at least partially define a second portion of the first surface, which is other than the first portion and has an area sized to accommodate an entire area of a microelectronic element. Some of the conductive elements are at the second portion and may permit connection with such microelectronic element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: INVENSAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Belgacem Haba, Ilyas Mohammed
  • Patent number: 8723306
    Abstract: Heat radiation surfaces 7b and 8b of electrode lead frames 7 and 8 make thermal contact with heat radiation members 301 via insulation sheets 10 to dissipate heat from a power semiconductor element 5 to the heat radiation members (thick portions 301). Each of exposed areas of the heat radiation surfaces 7b and 8b and a surface 13b of a mold material (sealing material 13) adjacent to the exposed area produce an uneven step from which either one of the exposed area and the surface 13b adjacent to the exposed area projects. The step side surface formed between the convex surface and the concave surface of the uneven step has an inclined surface 7a or 13a so configured that an obtuse angle can be formed by the inclined surface and the convex surface and by the inclined surface and the concave surface for each.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutake Tsuyuno, Hiroshi Hozoji, Toshiaki Ishii, Tokihito Suwa, Kinya Nakatsu, Takeshi Tokuyama, Junpei Kusukawa
  • Patent number: 8716730
    Abstract: An LED module comprises a platform having a recession, wherein the recession presents a center section with a bottom and an enlarged section surrounding the center portion. An LED chip is arranged on the bottom of the center section. A bond wire leads from the LED chip to the bottom of the enlarged section in order to contact a first electrode of the LED chip. In one embodiment the bond wire is electrically connected to the back side of the platform by means of a through contact leading from the bottom of the enlarged section through the platform to the backside of the platform. In another embodiment a first conducting path leads from a first electrode of the LED chip across the side wall of the recession to the surface of the platform and from there across a lateral wall of the platform to the back side of the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Ledon Lighting Jennersdorf GmbH
    Inventors: Yanqi Wang, Hiroaki Kawaguchi, Friedrich Wagner
  • Patent number: 8710675
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package system includes a first integrated circuit die having die pads only adjacent a single edge of the first integrated circuit die, forming first bonding lands adjacent the single edge, connecting the die pads and the first bonding lands, and encapsulating the die pads and a portion of the first bonding lands to form a first package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Cheol Kim, Koo Hong Lee
  • Patent number: 8710644
    Abstract: A semiconductor unit of certain aspects of the invention includes electrically conductive plates in the shape of the letter L, each consisting of a horizontally disposed leg portion and a vertically disposed flat body portion that is perpendicular to a cooling plate adhered to the bottom of the semiconductor unit. A pair of the vertically disposed flat body portions sandwiches a semiconductor chip. Owing to this construction, the heat generated in the semiconductor chip can be conducted away through the both surfaces of the chip, thus improving cooling performance. Since the heat is conducted away through the leg portions of the L-shaped electrically conductive plates a projected planar area occupied by the cooling plate required for cooling the semiconductor unit is reduced. Therefore, the size of the semiconductor unit can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichiro Sato
  • Patent number: 8710681
    Abstract: A device includes a first package component, and a second package component underlying, and bonded to, the first package component. A molding material is disposed under the first package component and molded to the first and the second package components, wherein the molding material and the first package component form an interface. An isolation region includes a first edge, wherein the first edge of the isolation region contacts a first edge of the first package component and a first edge of the molding material. The isolation has a bottom lower than the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Horng Chang, Tin-Hao Kuo, Tsung-Fu Tsai, Min-Feng Ku
  • Patent number: 8710663
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device having a reduced size and thickness while suppressing deterioration in reliability. After a semiconductor wafer is ground at a back surface thereof with a grinding material into a predetermined thickness, the resulting semiconductor wafer is diced along a cutting region to obtain a plurality of semiconductor chips. While leaving grinding grooves on the back surface of each of the semiconductor chips, the semiconductor chip is placed on the upper surface of a die island via a conductive resin paste so as to face the back surface of the semiconductor chip and the upper surface of the die island each other. The die island has, on the upper surface thereof, a concave having a depth of from 3 ?m to 10 ?m from the edge of the concave to the bottom of the concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Ono, Eiji Osugi
  • Publication number: 20140110831
    Abstract: A multi-chip package may include a package substrate, an interposer chip, a first semiconductor chip, a thermal dissipation structure and a second semiconductor chip. The interposer chip may be mounted on the package substrate. The first semiconductor chip may be mounted on the interposer chip. The first semiconductor chip may have a size smaller than that of the interposer chip. The thermal dissipation structure may be arranged on the interposer chip to surround the first semiconductor chip. The thermal dissipation structure may transfer heat in the first semiconductor chip to the interposer chip. The second semiconductor chip may be mounted on the first semiconductor chip. Thus, the heat in the first semiconductor chip may be effectively transferred to the interposer chip through the thermal dissipation line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Un-Byoung KANG, Jong-Joo LEE, Yong-Hoon KIM, Tae-Hong MIN
  • Patent number: 8704352
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a mounting substrate, a semiconductor element provided above said mounting substrate, a package substrate provided above said mounting substrate with said semiconductor element therebetween and electrically connected to said semiconductor element via a primary connecting bump, a liquid cooling module cooling said semiconductor element by a liquid refrigerant, in which a heat receiving section of the liquid cooling module is disposed between said semiconductor element and said mounting substrate, and a plurality of secondary connecting bumps provided between said package substrate and said mounting substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Inventors: Nae Hisano, Shigeo Ohashi, Yasuo Osone, Yasuhiro Naka, Hiroyuki Tenmei, Kunihiko Nishi, Hiroaki Ikeda, Masakazu Ishino, Hideharu Miyake, Shiro Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 8703543
    Abstract: A method to vertically bond a chip to a substrate is provided. The method includes forming a metal bar having a linear aspect on the substrate, forming a solder paste layer over the metal bar to form a solder bar, forming a plurality of metal pads on the substrate, and forming a solder paste layer over the plurality of metal pads to form a plurality of solder pads on the substrate. Each of the plurality of solder pads is offset from a long edge the solder bar by an offset-spacing. The chip to be vertically bonded to the substrate has a vertical-chip thickness fractionally less than the offset-spacing. The chip to be vertically bonded fits between the plurality of solder pads and the solder bar. The solder bar enables alignment of the chip to be vertically bonded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Wan, Ryan W. Rieger, Michael J. Bohlinger
  • Patent number: 8698270
    Abstract: A semiconductor light receiving device includes: a substrate having a rectangular shape with first through fourth corners, a multilayer structure formed on the substrate, a light receiving part having a mesa structure positioned at a first corner side from a center part of the rectangular shape of the substrate, a first electrode pad provided on the semiconductor substrate, and a second electrode pad provided on the semiconductor substrate so as to be close to a second corner diagonally opposite to the first corner, a first minimum distance between the second electrode pad and an edge of the substrate being longer than a second minimum distance between the first electrode pad and the edge of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Ryuji Yamabi
  • Patent number: 8698295
    Abstract: A wafer level package, and a semiconductor wafer, an electronic system, and a memory module that include one or more of the wafer level packages, and methods of fabricating the die packages on a wafer level, and integrated circuit modules that include one or more packages are provided. In one embodiment, the die package comprises a redistribution layer interconnecting two or more dies disposed on a substrate, typically a semiconductor wafer, the redistribution layer including a first trace connecting a bond pad of each of two dies, and a second trace connecting one of the bond pads of the two dies to a ball pad. The die package of the invention can comprise memory devices such as static random access memories (SRAMs), and can be incorporated into a variety of electronic systems as part of memory packages such as single in line memory modules (SIMMs) or dual in line memory modules (DIMMs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Poo Chia, Suan Jeung Boon, Siu Waf Low, Yong Loo Neo, Bok Leng Ser
  • Patent number: 8698302
    Abstract: A structurally robust power switching assembly, that has a power transistor, comprising a thin and delicate layer of metal oxide, and a major surface of the layer of metal oxide being substantially coincident with a major surface of the power transistor, the major surface of the power transistor defining both an emitter and a gate. Also, dielectric material is placed over a portion of the emitter, so that it abuts the gate and a highly conductive pillar is constructed out of a relatively soft material, supported by the gate and the dielectric material, so that it has a larger area than would be possible if it was supported only by the gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Rinehart Motion Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence E. Rinehart, Guillermo L. Romero
  • Patent number: 8698323
    Abstract: A microelectronic assembly tolerant to misplacement of microelectronic elements therein may include a molded structure containing a plurality of microelectronic elements. Each microelectronic element has elements contacts having first and second dimensions in respective first and second directions that are transverse to each other, where the first dimension is at least twice the second dimension. In addition, the assembly may include a conductive redistribution layer including conductive vias extending through a dielectric layer to the element contacts of the respective microelectronic elements, where the conductive vias have a third dimension in a third direction and a fourth dimension in a fourth direction, and where the fourth direction is transverse to the third and first directions and the fourth dimension is greater than the third dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Invensas Corporation
    Inventors: Ilyas Mohammed, Belgacem Haba
  • Patent number: 8692366
    Abstract: A MEMS package includes a substrate having an L-shaped cross-section. The substrate includes a vertical portion having a front surface and a back surface, and a horizontal portion protruding from a lower part of the front surface of the vertical portion, wherein the front surface of the vertical portion includes a mounting region. A MEMS die is mounted on the mounting region such that the MEMS die is oriented substantially parallel to the front surface; a lid attached to the front surface of the substrate while covering the MEMS die; and a plurality of leads formed on a bottom surface of the substrate. The leads can extend substantially parallel to one another, and substantially perpendicular to the front surface. The MEMS die can be oriented substantially perpendicular to a PCB substrate on which the package is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Analog Device, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaojie Xue, Carl Raleigh
  • Patent number: 8692367
    Abstract: A wafer-level packaged semiconductor device is described. In an implementation, the device includes one or more self-assembled resilient leads disposed on an integrated circuit chip. Each of the resilient leads are configured to move from a first position wherein the resilient lead is held adjacent to the chip and a second position wherein the resilient lead is extended away from the chip to interconnect the chip to a printed circuit board. A guard is provided to protect the resilient leads when the resilient leads are in the first position. One or more attachment bumps may also be furnished to facilitate attachment of the device to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Chiung C. Lo, Arkadii V. Samoilov, Reynante T. Alvarado
  • Patent number: 8692361
    Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing an electric device package are disclosed. An embodiment comprises comprising a first carrier contact, a first electric component, the first electric component having a first top surface and a first bottom surface, the first electric component comprising a first component contact disposed on the first top surface, the first bottom surface being connected to the carrier and an connection element comprising a second electric component and an interconnect element, the connection element having a connection element top surface and a connection element bottom surface, wherein the connection element bottom surface comprises a first connection element contact and a second connection element contact, and wherein the first connection element contact is connected to the first component contact and the second connection element contact is connected to the first carrier contact. The packaged device further comprises an encapsulant encapsulating the first electric component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Joachim Mahler, Edward Fuergut, Khalil Hosseini, Georg Meyer-Berg
  • Publication number: 20140091451
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include at least one pad adjacent a top surface of the device, and a metal crack stop structure below the at least one pad. The metal crack structure may have an inner envelope and an outer envelope, and may be configured to be vertically aligned with the at least one pad so that an edge of the at least one pad is between the inner and outer envelopes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
    Inventors: Philippe Delpech, Eric Sabouret, Sebastien Gallois-Garreignot
  • Publication number: 20140084441
    Abstract: Some embodiments described herein include apparatuses and methods of forming such apparatuses. In one such embodiment, an apparatus may include a substrate, a first die, and a second die coupled to the first die and the substrate. The substrate may include an opening. At least a portion of the die may occupy at least a portion of the opening in the substrate. Other embodiments including additional apparatuses and methods are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventor: Chia-Pin Chiu
  • Publication number: 20140084443
    Abstract: An assembly includes a chip including an integrated circuit, a casing including an integrated circuit including plural active elements and having an upper portion formed on a side of the chip and lower portion formed on another side of the chip, plural through-wafer vias (TWVs) for electrically connecting the integrated circuit of the chip and the integrated circuit of the casing, and a card connected to the casing for electrically connecting the casing to a system board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kerry Bernstein, Thomas Brunschwiler, Bruno Michel
  • Publication number: 20140084442
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first package board, a first semiconductor chip arranged on the first package board, a heat transfer layer arranged on the first semiconductor chip, a heat spreader arranged on the heat transfer layer, and a housing having a molding part arranged on the first package board and directly surrounding side surfaces of the first semiconductor chip and a guide wall arranged on the molding part, with the guide wall spaced apart from the heat spreader and surrounding side surfaces of the heat spreader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Jung-Do Lee, Tae-Woo Kang, Dong-Han Kim, Yang-Hoon Ahn, Jang-Woo Lee, Dae-Young Choi
  • Patent number: 8680568
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a lead frame, a semiconductor light-emitting element mounted on the top surface of the bonding region, and a case covering part of the lead frame. The bottom surface of the bonding region is exposed to the outside of the case. The lead frame includes a thin extension extending from the bonding region and having a top surface which is flush with the top surface of the bonding region. The thin extension has a bottom surface which is offset from the bottom surface of the bonding region toward the top surface of the bonding region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiko Kobayakawa
  • Patent number: 8680668
    Abstract: A device including a semiconductor chip and metal foils. One embodiment provides a device including a semiconductor chip having a first electrode on a first face and a second electrode on a second face opposite to the first face. A first metal foil is attached to the first electrode of the semiconductor chip in an electrically conductive manner. A second metal foil is attached to the second electrode of the semiconductor chip in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Georg Meyer-Berg, Andreas Schloegl
  • Patent number: 8681133
    Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit (IC) that stores an output mode of driving circuit control signal in a non-volatile memory and a method of outputting the driving circuit control signal, wherein the display drive IC fixes the driving circuit control signal values using fixation wire disposed on top layers of the display driver IC, and a method of manufacturing the display driver IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-kon Bae, Seong-cheol Kim, Won-sik Kang
  • Publication number: 20140077351
    Abstract: A method of making an assembly includes the steps of applying metallic nanoparticles to exposed surfaces of conductive elements of either of or both of a first component and a second component, juxtaposing the conductive elements of the first component with the conductive elements of the second component with the metallic nanoparticles disposed therebetween, and elevating a temperature at least at interfaces of the juxtaposed conductive elements to a joining temperature at which the metallic nanoparticles cause metallurgical joints to form between the juxtaposed conductive elements. The conductive elements of either of or both of the first component and the second component can include substantially rigid posts having top surfaces projecting a height above the surface of the respective component and edge surfaces extending at substantial angles away from the top surfaces thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Tessera, Inc.
    Inventor: Belgacem Haba
  • Publication number: 20140077349
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for manufacturing a lead frame based thermally enhanced package (9) with exposed heat spreader lid array (96) designed to be optimized for compression mold encapsulation of an integrated circuit die (94) by including a perimeter reservoir regions (97r) in each heat spreader lid (96) for movement of mold compound (98) displaced during the mold compression process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventor: Leo M. HIGGINS, III
  • Publication number: 20140077350
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including a wiring board including a plurality of alternately stacked insulating layers and wiring layers, the wiring layers being connected to each other by via-plugs, a semiconductor chip mounted on the wiring board, a heat-dissipating member that is disposed on a side opposite to the wiring board with the semiconductor chip sandwiched between the wiring board and the heat-dissipating member, and dissipates heat generated in the semiconductor chip, a sealing resin layer that is bonded to the wiring board and the heat-dissipating member between the wiring board and the heat-dissipating member, and seals the semiconductor chip from an outer periphery side, and a heat-conducting material that is bonded to the semiconductor chip and the heat-dissipating member between the semiconductor chip and the heat-dissipating member inside the sealing resin layer and conducts heat generated in the semiconductor chip to the heat-dissipating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hirohisa Yasukawa
  • Patent number: 8674488
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an LED package includes mounting a large panel frame/substrate (LPF/S) having a substantially square shape to a ring. The LPF/S includes a plurality of die pads and a corresponding plurality of leads arranged in a matrix pattern. Each of the die pads includes a planar chip attach surface. An LED chip is attached to the planar chip attach surface of each of the die pads. An encapsulant material is applied overlaying the LED chips and at least a part of the LPF/S. Each die pad and corresponding leads are separated from the LPF/S to form individual LED packages. The steps of attaching the LED chips and applying the encapsulant material are performed while the LPF/S is mounted to the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Carsem (M) SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Yong Lam Wai, Chan Boon Meng, Phang Hon Keat
  • Patent number: 8669653
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a wiring board which includes a first face and a second face and in which a conductor pattern and a through part are provided; an electronic component which includes an electrode pad forming face where an electrode pad is formed and which is housed in the through part so that the electrode pad forming face is provided on the first face side; a seal resin which is provided in the through part and the electrode pad forming face, seals the electronic component and includes a first plane exposing a connection face of the electrode pad; and a wiring pattern which is provided in the first face of the wiring board and the first plane of the seal resin and electrically connects the connection face of the electrode pad with a first connected face of the conductor pattern, and which includes a pad part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Oi
  • Patent number: 8669654
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a package paddle having a single integral structure with a paddle central portion surrounded by a paddle peripheral portion; forming a terminal adjacent the package paddle; mounting an integrated circuit over the paddle central portion; and forming an encapsulation over the integrated circuit and the terminal, the encapsulation free of delamination with the encapsulation directly on the paddle peripheral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Tai Do, Arnel Senosa Trasporto, Linda Pei Ee Chua
  • Patent number: 8669655
    Abstract: A chip package is provided, the chip package including: a chip including at least one contact pad formed on a chip front side; an encapsulation material at least partially surrounding the chip and covering the at least one contact pad; and at least one electrical interconnect formed through the encapsulation material, wherein the at least one electrical interconnect is configured to electrically redirect the at least one contact pad from a chip package first side at the chip front side to at least one solder structure formed over a chip package second side at a chip back side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ottmar Geitner, Walter Hartner, Maciej Wojnowski, Ulrich Wachter, Michael Bauer, Andreas Stueckjuergen
  • Patent number: 8664755
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a power module package including: a first substrate; a second substrate having a pad for connection to the first substrate formed on one side or both sides of one surface thereof and having external connection terminals for connection to the outside formed on the other surface thereof; and a lead frame having one end bonded to the first substrate and the other end bonded to the pad of the second substrate to thereby vertically connect the first and second substrates to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chang Hyun Lim, Young Ki Lee, Kwang Soo Kim, Seog Moon Choi
  • Publication number: 20140054760
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of forming the semiconductor device, the semiconductor device includes a package having at least one first die and at least one second die. The semiconductor device further includes a set of conductive elements electrically connecting the at least one first and the at least one second die to a substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a thermal contact pad between the at least one first die and the at least one second die, to thermally isolate the at least one first die from the at least one second die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
  • Patent number: RE44811
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high power LED package, in which a package body is integrally formed with resin to have a recess for receiving an LED chip. A first sheet metal member is electrically connected with the LED chip, supports the LED chip at its upper partial portion in the recess, is surrounded by the package body extending to the side face of the package body, and has a heat transfer section for transferring heat generated from the LED chip to the metal plate of the board and extending downward from the inside of the package body so that a lower end thereof is exposed at a bottom face of the package body thus to contact the board. A second sheet metal member is electrically connected with the LED chip spaced apart from the first sheet metal member for a predetermined gap, and extends through the inside of the package body to the side face of the package body in a direction opposite to the first sheet metal member. A transparent sealant is sealingly filled up into the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon Goo Lee, Chang Wook Kim, Kyung Taeg Han