With Heat Sink Patents (Class 257/706)
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Patent number: 12199001Abstract: Semiconductor assemblies including thermal management configurations for reducing heat transfer between overlapping devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A semiconductor assembly may comprise a first device and a second device with a thermal management layer disposed between the first and second devices. The thermal management layer may be configured to reduce heat transfer between the first and second devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Chan H. Yoo, Owen R. Fay
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Patent number: 12183654Abstract: An insulating substrate provided between the semiconductor chip and a cooler in the dual-side cooled power module includes: an inner metal layer configured to face the semiconductor chip; an outer metal layer configured to face the cooler; and an insulating layer interposed between the inner metal layer and the outer metal layer, wherein at least one inner thermal spreader of a plurality of inner thermal spreader is inserted into the inner metal layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Hyeon Uk Kim, Jun Hee Park, Sung Won Park
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Patent number: 12131981Abstract: Implementations described herein are related to a semiconductor device package having an improved baseplate. In such an improved baseplate, there is a recess cut out of a region of a surface of the baseplate such that the recess has a first sidewall having a first thickness above a recess base and a second sidewall having a second thickness above the recess base. A substrate, e.g., a direct bonded copper (DBC) substrate, may be attached to the baseplate at a recess base using, e.g., a solder layer between the recess base and a surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Yushuang Yao, Vemmond Jeng Hung Ng
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Patent number: 12119303Abstract: A package structure includes an insulating encapsulation, at least one semiconductor die, a redistribution circuit structure, and first reinforcement structures. The at least one semiconductor die is encapsulated in the insulating encapsulation. The redistribution circuit structure is located on the insulating encapsulation and electrically connected to the at least one semiconductor die. The first reinforcement structures are embedded in the redistribution circuit structure. A shape of the package structure includes a polygonal shape on a vertical projection along a stacking direction of the insulating encapsulation and the redistribution circuit structure, and the first reinforcement structures are located on and extended along diagonal lines of the package structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Chun-Lin Lu, Han-Ping Pu, Kai-Chiang Wu
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Patent number: 12068262Abstract: A semiconductor package includes: a first die; a second die stacked on an upper surface of the first die, the second die including a second semiconductor substrate and a second seal ring structure that extends along a perimeter of the second semiconductor substrate; a third die stacked on the upper surface of the first die, the third die including a third semiconductor substrate and a third seal ring structure that extends along a perimeter of the third semiconductor substrate; and a connection circuit that extends through the second seal ring structure and the third seal ring structure, in a lateral direction perpendicular to the stacking direction of the first die and the second die, to electrically connect the second semiconductor substrate and the third semiconductor substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company LimitedInventors: Jen-Yuan Chang, Chia-Ping Lai
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Patent number: 12055441Abstract: A thermographic sensor is proposed. The thermographic sensor includes a plurality of sensing elements each comprising at least one thermo-couple. The thermographic sensor is integrated on a semiconductor on insulator body that is patterned to define a grid suspended from a substrate; for each sensing element, the grid has a frame with the cold joint of the thermo-couple, a plate with the hot joint of the thermo-couple and one or more arms sustaining the plate from the frame. The frames include one or more conductive layers of thermally conductive material for thermally equalizing the cold joints with the substrate. Moreover, each sensing element may also include a processing circuit for the thermo-couple that is integrated on the corresponding frame. A thermographic device including the thermographic sensor and a corresponding signal processing circuit, and a system including one or more thermographic devices are also proposed.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.Inventors: Maria Eloisa Castagna, Giuseppe Bruno
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Patent number: 12046483Abstract: 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, a thermally conductive film, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. The thermally conductive film, which has a thermal conductivity greater than 10 W/m·K and an electrical resistivity greater than 1E5 Ohm-cm, resides between the active layer and the first mold compound. 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: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll, Philip W. Mason, Merrill Albert Hatcher, Jr.
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Patent number: 12046538Abstract: A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate, an integrated circuit layer on the semiconductor substrate, first to nth metal wiring layers (where n is a positive integer) sequentially stacked on the semiconductor substrate and the integrated circuit layer, a first through via structure extending in a vertical direction toward the semiconductor substrate from a first via connection metal wiring layer, which is one of the second to nth metal wiring layers other than the first metal wiring layer, and passing through the semiconductor substrate, and a second through via structure being apart from the first through via structure, extending in a vertical direction toward the semiconductor substrate from a second via connection metal wiring layer, which is one of the second to nth metal wiring layers other than the first metal wiring layer, and passing through the semiconductor substrate may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sonkwan Hwang, Taeseong Kim, Hoonjoo Na, Kwangjin Moon, Hyungjun Jeon
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Patent number: 12021156Abstract: Windowed wafer assemblies having interposers are described. A described example integrated circuit (IC) package includes first and second dies, where at least one of the first or second dies includes an optical window with a light transmittance wavelength range between 0.1 micrometers and 1.0 millimeter, and an interposer die between the first and second dies, where the interposer die is coupled to the first die at a first surface of the interposer to form a first bonded interface, where the interposer is coupled to the second die at a second surface of the interposer die to form a second bonded interface, where the second surface is opposite the first surface, where the first and second bonded interfaces form a sealed cavity of the IC package that is at least partially formed by the optical window, and where the interposer die includes electrical routing.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventor: Simon Joshua Jacobs
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Patent number: 12002729Abstract: A electronic package and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The electronic package includes an electronic component, a thermal spreading element, and an encapsulant. The electronic component has a first surface. The thermal spreading element is disposed over the electronic component and has a first surface facing the first surface of the electronic component. The encapsulant covers the electronic component and has a first surface closer to the first surface of the thermal spreading element than the first surface of the electronic component.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.Inventors: You-Lung Yen, Bernd Karl Appelt
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Patent number: 11997801Abstract: A printed circuit board includes: a core portion including a cavity in one surface thereof; first and second penetration holes disposed in a bottom surface of the cavity and penetrating through the core portion; an electronic component disposed in the cavity; and an insulating material filling the cavity and each of the first and second penetration holes, wherein a sidewall of the cavity is higher than the electronic component.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Seok Yang, Jae Han Park, Jung Hyun Cho
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Patent number: 11984326Abstract: Provided are a heat dissipating substrate and a preparation method thereof, which can form a precise pattern in a thick electrode metal plate and improve insulating strength and peel strength. heat dissipating substrate for semiconductor may include: an electrode metal plate having a plurality of electrode patterns which are electrically insulated from each other by a pattern space formed therebetween; a metal base disposed under the electrode metal plate, and configured to diffuse heat conducted from the electrode metal plate; an insulating layer formed between the electrode metal plate and the metal base; and an insulating material filled portion configured to fill the pattern space and a peripheral portion outside an electrode pattern group composed of the plurality of electrode patterns, and support the electrode patterns while brought in direct contact with side surfaces of the plurality of electrode patterns.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: IMH INC.Inventor: Jong Eun Lee
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Patent number: 11955348Abstract: 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, a thermally conductive film, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. The thermally conductive film, which has a thermal conductivity greater than 10 W/m·K and an electrical resistivity greater than 1E5 Ohm-cm, resides between the active layer and the first mold compound. 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: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll, Philip W. Mason, Merrill Albert Hatcher, Jr.
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Patent number: 11929303Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device having excellent heat dissipation capacity and electromagnetic wave suppression effect. A semiconductor device 1 includes a semiconductor element 30; a conductive cooling member 40 provided above the semiconductor element 30, a conductive thermally conductive member 10 that is provided between the semiconductor element 30 and the cooling member 40 and contains a cured resin. The conductive thermally conductive member 10 is connected to a ground 60 in the substrate 50 to electrically connect the cooling member 40 and the ground 60.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Dexerials CorporationInventors: Yusuke Kubo, Sergey Bolotov
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Patent number: 11901299Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages. In an embodiment, the electronic package comprises, a package substrate, an interposer on the package substrate, a first die cube and a second die cube on the interposer, wherein the interposer includes conductive traces for electrically coupling the first die cube to the second die cube, a die on the package substrate, and an embedded multi-die interconnect bridge (EMIB) in the package substrate, wherein the EMIB electrically couples the interposer to the die.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Md Altaf Hossain, Ankireddy Nalamalpu, Dheeraj Subbareddy, Robert Sankman, Ravindranath V. Mahajan, Debendra Mallik, Ram S. Viswanath, Sandeep B. Sane, Sriram Srinivasan, Rajat Agarwal, Aravind Dasu, Scott Weber, Ravi Gutala
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Patent number: 11869776Abstract: 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, a thermally conductive film, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. The thermally conductive film, which has a thermal conductivity greater than 10 W/m·K and an electrical resistivity greater than 1E5 Ohm-cm, resides between the active layer and the first mold compound. 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: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll, Philip W. Mason, Merrill Albert Hatcher, Jr.
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Patent number: 11855009Abstract: A chip package is provided. The chip package includes a substrate and a semiconductor chip over the substrate. The chip package also includes an upper plate extending across edges of the semiconductor chip. The chip package further includes a first support structure connecting a first corner portion of the substrate and a first corner of the upper plate. In addition, the chip package includes a second support structure connecting a second corner portion of the substrate and a second corner of the upper plate. The upper plate has a side edge connecting the first support structure and the second support structure, and the side edge extends across opposite edges of the semiconductor chip.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Shu-Shen Yeh, Chin-Hua Wang, Kuang-Chun Lee, Po-Yao Lin, Shyue-Ter Leu, Shin-Puu Jeng
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Patent number: 11829826Abstract: A process for manufacturing a transaction card includes forming an opening in a card body of the transaction card; inserting an electronic component into the opening; and disposing a non-conductive material about the electronic component. A transaction card includes a molded electronic component.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: CompoSecure, LLCInventor: Adam Lowe
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Patent number: 11805223Abstract: Current signals indicative of sensed physical quantities are collected from sensing transistors in an array of sensing transistors. The sensing transistors have respective control nodes and current channel paths therethrough between respective first nodes and a second node common to the sensing transistors. A bias voltage level is applied to the respective first nodes of the sensing transistors in the array and one sensing transistor in the array of sensing transistors is selected. The selected sensing transistor is decoupled from the bias voltage level, while the remaining sensing transistors in the array of sensing transistors maintain coupling to the bias voltage level. The respective first node of the selected sensing transistor in the array of sensing transistors is coupled to an output node, and an output current signal is collected from the output node.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.Inventors: Pierpaolo Lombardo, Michele Vaiana
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Patent number: 11792928Abstract: In one aspect, a PCB is provided. The PCB includes at least one insulating layer, a blind slot, and at least one via. The at least on insulating layer includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The blind slot is plated and formed in the at least one insulating layer, where the blind slot partially extends from the first surface to the second surface, and where the blind slot includes a conductive plating bonded along a major surface of the blind slot. The at least one via is electrically conductive and filled, where the at least one via is coupled with and extends between the conductive plating of the blind slot and the second surface of the at least one insulating layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Acleap Power Inc.Inventors: John Andrew Trelford, Robert Joseph Roessler, Jose Daniel Rogers, Arturo Silva, Alok Lohia
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Patent number: 11784459Abstract: A light emitting element mounting package includes a plate-like substrate and a base that protrudes from a front surface of the substrate and has a mounting surface on which a light emitting element is mounted. A power supply terminal is provided on the front surface of the substrate, and the power supply terminal is arranged in a direction that is opposite to a direction where an emitting surface of the light emitting element is oriented. The light emitting element mounting package further includes a wiring conductor inside the substrate, wherein the wiring conductor extends to a side of the power supply terminal where one end thereof is positioned at a side of the power supply terminal with respect to the emitting surface of the light emitting element and the other end thereof is electrically connected to the power supply terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventors: Sentarou Yamamoto, Youji Furukubo, Masanori Okamoto, Toshifumi Higashi
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Patent number: 11749586Abstract: A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate, an integrated circuit layer on the semiconductor substrate, first to nth metal wiring layers (where n is a positive integer) sequentially stacked on the semiconductor substrate and the integrated circuit layer, a first through via structure extending in a vertical direction toward the semiconductor substrate from a first via connection metal wiring layer, which is one of the second to nth metal wiring layers other than the first metal wiring layer, and passing through the semiconductor substrate, and a second through via structure being apart from the first through via structure, extending in a vertical direction toward the semiconductor substrate from a second via connection metal wiring layer, which is one of the second to nth metal wiring layers other than the first metal wiring layer, and passing through the semiconductor substrate may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sonkwan Hwang, Taeseong Kim, Hoonjoo Na, Kwangjin Moon, Hyungjun Jeon
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Patent number: 11725990Abstract: A thermographic sensor is proposed. The thermographic sensor includes a plurality of sensing elements each comprising at least one thermo-couple. The thermographic sensor is integrated on a semiconductor on insulator body that is patterned to define a grid suspended from a substrate; for each sensing element, the grid has a frame with the cold joint of the thermo-couple, a plate with the hot joint of the thermo-couple and one or more arms sustaining the plate from the frame. The frames include one or more conductive layers of thermally conductive material for thermally equalizing the cold joints with the substrate. Moreover, each sensing element may also include a processing circuit for the thermo-couple that is integrated on the corresponding frame. A thermographic device including the thermographic sensor and a corresponding signal processing circuit, and a system including one or more thermographic devices are also proposed.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.Inventors: Maria Eloisa Castagna, Giuseppe Bruno
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Patent number: 11664241Abstract: 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, a thermally conductive film, and a first mold compound. The FEOL portion includes isolation sections and an active layer surrounded by the isolation sections. The thermally conductive film, which has a thermal conductivity greater than 10 W/m·K and an electrical resistivity greater than 1E5 Ohm-cm, resides between the active layer and the first mold compound. 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: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll, Philip W. Mason, Merrill Albert Hatcher, Jr.
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Patent number: 11616017Abstract: An IC package structure and an IC package unit are disclosed. The IC package includes an array of metal wall grids formed into a panel, each one of the metal wall grids having a continuous and closed metal wall to surround an IC package unit with at least one IC chip/IC die disposed therein. Each IC chip/IC die has a top surface with a plurality of metal pads formed thereon. A panel-shaped metal layer is formed on entire back side of the panel of the array of metal wall grids and bonded to the metal wall of each metal wall grid. A panel-shaped rewiring substrate having a plurality of metal pillars is connected to each IC chip/IC die with each one of the plurality of metal pillars soldered with a corresponding one of the plurality of metal pads.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yingjiang Pu, Hunt Hang Jiang, Xiuhong Guo
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Patent number: 11615998Abstract: An integrated circuit structure may be formed having a substrate, at least one integrated circuit device embedded in and electrically attached to the substrate, and a heat dissipation device in thermal contact with the integrated circuit device, wherein a first portion of the heat dissipation device extends into the substrate and wherein a second portion of the heat dissipation device extends over the substrate. In one embodiment, the heat dissipation device may comprise the first portion of the heat dissipation device formed from metallization within the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Johanna Swan, Feras Eid, Adel Elsherbini
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Patent number: 11587797Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a metal base plate, a case component, and a metal component. The metal component is fixed to the case component. A partial region of the metal component is exposed from the case component. The partial region is bonded to the base plate in a bonding portion. In the bonding portion, a surface of the partial region and a surface of the base plate are in direct contact with each other and integrated.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Masayuki Mafune
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Patent number: 11557541Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include electronic packages. In an embodiment, the electronic package comprises, a package substrate, an interposer on the package substrate, a first die cube and a second die cube on the interposer, wherein the interposer includes conductive traces for electrically coupling the first die cube to the second die cube, a die on the package substrate, and an embedded multi-die interconnect bridge (EMIB) in the package substrate, wherein the EMIB electrically couples the interposer to the die.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Md Altaf Hossain, Ankireddy Nalamalpu, Dheeraj Subbareddy, Robert Sankman, Ravindranath V. Mahajan, Debendra Mallik, Ram S. Viswanath, Sandeep B. Sane, Sriram Srinivasan, Rajat Agarwal, Aravind Dasu, Scott Weber, Ravi Gutala
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Patent number: 11502020Abstract: An electronic device includes a chip package module which includes a chip carrier substrate, a chip, a thermal conductive unit, and an encapsulant laver. The chip is electrically connected to the chip carrier substrate. The thermal conductive unit has a first thermal conductive surface connected to the chip, and a second thermal conductive surface opposite to the first thermal conductive surface. The thermal conductive unit has a thermal conductivity greater than that of the chip. The encapsulant layer covers the chip and partially covers the thermal conductive unit in such a manner that the second thermal conductive surface is exposed from the encapsulant layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: TONG HSING ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Chia-Shuai Chang
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Patent number: 11488883Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a substrate, a heat-generating component positioned on a surface of the substrate, and an encapsulant at least partially covering the heat-generating component and having an outer surface. A first heat-conducting layer is disposed between the encapsulant and the first heat-generating component. One or more pillars are in contact with the first heat-conducting layer and extend to the outer surface of the encapsulant and contact a second heat-conducting layer disposed on the outer surface of the encapsulant.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yazhou Zhang, Jiandi Du, Hope Chiu, Cong Zhang, Fen Yu, Ada Shen, Gary Zheng, Honny Chen
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Patent number: 11462476Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. In an embodiment an electronic device includes at least one first carrier and at least one semiconductor chip, wherein the first carrier has a cavity in which the semiconductor chip is arranged.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: TDK ELECTRONICS AGInventors: Thomas Feichtinger, Johann Pichler, Nele Reimer, Markus Koini, Manfred Schweinzger
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Patent number: 11437296Abstract: A semiconductor package in an aspect of the present invention includes a metal board, a first frame, a second frame, and a bond. The metal board has an upper surface including a mount on which a semiconductor device is mountable. The first frame has a side surface facing a side surface of the metal board and has a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than the metal board. The second frame is on upper surfaces of the metal board and the first frame and surrounds the mount, and has a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than the metal board. The bond is between the metal board and the first frame, between the metal board and the second frame, and between the first frame and the second frame. The semiconductor package includes an alloy layer between the metal board and the bond.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Matsumoto, Hiroki Ito, Takashi Kimura
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Patent number: 11417630Abstract: Semiconductor packages including passive support wafers, and methods of fabricating such semiconductor packages, are described. In an example, a semiconductor package includes a passive support wafer mounted on several active dies. The active dies may be attached to an active die wafer, and the passive support wafer may include a monolithic form to stabilize the active dies and active die wafer during processing and use. Furthermore, the passive support wafer may include a monolith of non-polymeric material to transfer and uniformly distribute heat generated by the active dies.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Debendra Mallik, Digvijay A. Raorane, Ravindranath Vithal Mahajan, Mitul Bharat Modi
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Patent number: 11404346Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip on a substrate, a barrier layer on the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip, the barrier layer having an opening through which at least a part of the first semiconductor chip is exposed, and a heat transfer part on the barrier layer, the heat transfer part extending along an upper face of the barrier layer and filling the opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong Kyu Kim, Jung-Ho Park, Jong Youn Kim, Yeon Ho Jang, Jae Gwon Jang
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Patent number: 11398414Abstract: Heat dissipation techniques include using metal features having one or more slanted or otherwise laterally-extending aspects. The metal features include, for example, tilted metal pillars, or metal bodies or fillets having an angled or sloping sidewall, or other metal features that extend both vertically and laterally. Such metal features increase the effective heat transfer area significantly by spreading heat in the in-plane (lateral) direction, in addition to the vertical direction. In some embodiments, slanted trenches are formed in photoresist/mold material deposited over a lower die, using photolithography and a multi-angle lens, or by laser drilling mold material deposited over the lower die. The trenches are then filled with metal. In other embodiments, metal features are printed on the lower die, and then molding material is deposited over the printed features. In any such cases, heat is conducted from a lower die to an upper die and/or an integrated heat spreader.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Zhimin Wan, Chia-Pin Chiu, Pooya Tadayon, Joe F. Walczyk, Chandra Mohan Jha, Weihua Tang, Shrenik Kothari, Shankar Devasenathipathy
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Patent number: 11367669Abstract: A power module (PM) includes: an insulating substrate; a semiconductor device disposed on the insulating substrate, the semiconductor device including electrodes on a front surface side and a back surface side thereof; and a graphite plate having an anisotropic thermal conductivity, the graphite plate of which one end is connected to the front surface side of the semiconductor device and the other end is connected to the insulating substrate, wherein heat of the front surface side of the semiconductor device is transferred to the insulating substrate through the graphite plate. There is provide an inexpensive power module capable of reducing a stress and capable of exhibiting cooling performance not inferior to that of the double-sided cooling structures.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Maiko Hatano, Takukazu Otsuka, Hirotaka Otake, Tatsuya Miyazaki
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Patent number: 11330706Abstract: A component carrier includes a stack having at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure; a component embedded in the stack so that a gap of less than 100 ?m, in particular less than 60 ?m, remains between at least one sidewall of the component and a sidewall of an adjacent one of the layer structures or a further component embedded in the stack; and a filler medium including filler particles, wherein the filler medium at least partially fills the gap. In addition, a method of manufacturing a component carrier is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: AT&S (China) Co. Ltd.Inventors: Seok Kim Tay, Mikael Tuominen
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Patent number: 11302597Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided with a heat dissipating face side skirt portion, which is a frame-form projection, on a heat dissipating face of a lead frame. Because of this, creepage distance increases with a small increase in an amount of resin, and insulating properties improve. Also, the heat dissipating face side skirt portion is molded via two transfer molding steps, wettability of the second molding resin with respect to a first molding resin and the lead frame increases, and adhesion improves. Furthermore, an end face of an inner lead is exposed in an element sealing portion on a mounting face side, and covered with a second thin molded portion molded using the second molding resin, whereby heat generated in a semiconductor element can efficiently be caused to escape from faces of both a first thin molded portion and the second thin molded portion, because of which heat dissipation improves.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Takanobu Kajihara, Katsuhiko Omae, Takashi Nagao, Masayuki Funakoshi, Norio Emi, Atsuki Fujita, Yuki Okabe
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Patent number: 11297727Abstract: A power electronic component including a surface adapted to be attached to a heatsink, the surface forming a bottom surface of the power electronic component, one or more power electronic semiconductor chips mounted on a substrate above the bottom surface, and a housing enclosing the one or more power electronic semiconductor chips. The power electronic component includes a thermal insulator disposed above the one or more power electronic semiconductor chips, such that the bottom surface and the thermal insulator are on the opposite sides of the one or more power electronic semiconductor chips.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Jorma Manninen, Mika Silvennoinen, Joni Pakarinen
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Patent number: 11289398Abstract: A package structure including a substrate, a semiconductor device, a heat spreader, and an adhesive layer is provided. The semiconductor device is bonded onto the substrate, wherein an angle ? is formed between one sidewall of the semiconductor device and one sidewall of the substrate, 0°<?<90°. The heat spreader is disposed over the substrate, wherein the semiconductor device is disposed between the heat spreader and the substrate. The adhesive layer is surrounding the semiconductor device and attaching the heat spreader onto the substrate, wherein the adhesive layer has a first opening misaligned with one of corners of the semiconductor device closest to the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Shih-Hui Wang, Der-Chyang Yeh, Shih-Peng Tai, Tsung-Shu Lin, Yi-Chung Huang
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Patent number: 11276628Abstract: One or more embodiments are directed to semiconductor packages and methods in which one or more electrical components are positioned between a semiconductor die and a surface of a substrate. In one embodiment, a semiconductor package includes a substrate having a first surface. One or more electrical components are electrically coupled to electrical contacts on the first surface of the substrate. A semiconductor die is positioned on the one or more electrical components, and the semiconductor die has an active surface that faces away from the substrate. An adhesive layer is on the first surface of the substrate and on the one or more electrical components, and the semiconductor die is spaced apart from the one or more electrical components by the adhesive layer. Wire bonds are provided that electrically couples the active surface of the semiconductor die to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.Inventor: Cristina Somma
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Patent number: 11264301Abstract: A reliability cover that is disposed over at least one of an integrated circuit package and a Si die of the integrated circuit package is disclosed. The integrated circuit package is mountable to a printed circuit board via a plurality of solder balls. The reliability cover is configured to reduce a difference in a coefficient of thermal expansion between the integrated circuit package and the printed circuit board, and between the Si die and a substrate of the integrated circuit package by a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Lee Kong Yu, Sungjun Im, Chun Sean Lau, Yoong Tatt Chin, Paramjeet Singh Gill, Weng-Hong Teh
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Patent number: 11264304Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure is disclosed. The method includes: providing a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of dies thereon; dispensing an underfill material and a molding compound to fill spaces beneath and between the dies; disposing a temporary carrier over the dies; thinning a thickness of the semiconductor substrate; performing back side metallization upon the thinned semiconductor substrate; removing the temporary carrier; and attaching a plate over the dies. An associated semiconductor structure is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Chin-Liang Chen, Chi-Yang Yu, Kuan-Lin Ho, Yu-Min Liang
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Patent number: 11258270Abstract: A charger comprises a housing, a first multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB), a second multi-layer PCB, and a third multi-layer PCB. The first PCB comprises at least a portion of a primary side circuit. The second PCB comprises at least a portion of a secondary side circuit. The third PCB is perpendicular to the first PCB and the second PCB. An isolation coupling element is disposed on the third PCB. The isolation coupling element comprises a multi-layer PCB. The first PCB comprises a high voltage (HV) semiconductor package. A surface of a die paddle of the HV semiconductor package is exposed from a molding encapsulation of the HV semiconductor package.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: ALPHA AND OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR (CAYMAN) LTD.Inventors: Pei-Lun Huang, Yu-Ming Chen, Tien-Chi Lin, Jung-Pei Cheng, Yueh-Ping Yu, Zhi-Qiang Niu, Xiaotian Zhang, Long-Ching Wang
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Patent number: 11244875Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a case enclosing a region where a semiconductor element as a component of an electric circuit exists. A resin part is fixed to an inside of the case in contact with the region. The resin part is provided with a conductive film, which is a part of the electric circuit. The conductive film is provided in the resin part so that the conductive film comes into contact with the region.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Yasutaka Shimizu
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Patent number: 11239182Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) package incorporating controlled induced warping is disclosed. The IC package includes an electronic substrate having an active side upon which semiconducting dies and functional circuits have been lithographed or otherwise fabricated, leading to an inherent warping in the direction of the active side. One or more corrective layers may be deposited to the opposing, or inactive, side of the semiconducting die via thin film deposition (TFD) instrumentation and techniques in order to induce corrective warping of the electronic substrate back toward the horizontal (e.g., in the direction of the inactive side) to a desired degree.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Richard Korneisel, Nathaniel P. Wyckoff, Brandon C. Hamilton, Jacob R. Mauermann, Carlen R. Welty
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Patent number: 11239224Abstract: A power conversion device provided with a switching circuit unit including a plurality of upper-arm switching elements connected to positive electrode wiring and a plurality of lower-arm switching elements connected to negative electrode wiring. The power conversion device includes a first semiconductor module incorporating a plurality of the upper-arm switching elements connected together in parallel, a second semiconductor module incorporating a plurality of the lower-arm switching elements connected together in parallel, and a third semiconductor module incorporating the upper-arm switching elements connected together in series and the lower-arm switching elements connected together in series.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuma Fukushima, Yuu Yamahira, Ryota Tanabe, Tetsuya Matsuoka, Kosuke Kamiya, Taijiro Momose
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Patent number: 11201130Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a base plate; a metal plate above the base plate; a bonding material between the base plate and metal plate, bonding the metal plate to the base plate; an insulating plate on the metal plate; a circuit member on the insulating plate; a semiconductor element mounted on the circuit member; and a sealing material to seal a space on the base plate. The metal plate includes a bottom surface area along a periphery, exposed from the bonding material. The base plate includes a groove-shaped first recess formed along the periphery of the metal plate and faces the bottom surface area. The base plate also includes a groove-shaped second recess that is spaced apart from the first recess and that is formed on the inner side relative to the first recess. The bonding material is disposed in at least a part of the second recess.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka Oomori, Takashi Tsuno
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Patent number: 11195740Abstract: An assembly comprising a device wafer received in a recess of a carrier wafer. A device wafer comprising a protrusion terminating at an active surface bearing integrated circuitry, the protrusion surrounded by a peripheral flat extending to an outer periphery of the device wafer. A method of wafer thinning using the previously described carrier wafer and device wafer. Various implementations of a carrier wafer having a recess are also disclosed, as are methods of fabrication.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Andrew M. Bayless, Kyle K. Kirby
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Patent number: 11177189Abstract: A module includes a substrate, a first component on a first main surface of the substrate and from which heat is to be dissipated, a sealing resin layer that encloses the first component, and a heat-dissipating member that includes a first and a second heat-dissipating portions. The first heat-dissipating portion is disposed in the sealing resin layer, spaced apart from an upper surfaces of the first component, and includes a first overlap portion that overlaps an upper surfaces of the first component when viewed in plan in a direction perpendicular to the first main surface. The second heat-dissipating portion extends from an undersurface of the first overlap portion to the upper surface of the first component. An area of the second heat-dissipating portion on a surface of the first overlap portion including the undersurface is smaller than an area of the first overlap portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihito Otsubo, Yoshitaka Matsukawa