For High Frequency (e.g., Microwave) Device Patents (Class 257/728)
  • Patent number: 8471377
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit substrate includes a transistor-forming substrate and a circuit-forming substrate. The transistor-forming substrate is a GaN substrate and has a Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) located in its top surface. The bottom surface of the transistor-forming substrate is flat and has contact regions. The circuit-forming substrate is a material other than a compound semiconductor and has no semiconductor active elements. The circuit-forming substrate has a flat top surface, contact regions buried in and exposed at the top surface, and passive circuits. The transistor-forming substrate and the circuit-forming substrate are directly bonded together without any intervening film, such as an insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Kosaka, Hirotaka Amasuga, Kou Kanaya
  • Patent number: 8471382
    Abstract: A package includes: a metal wall disposed on a conductive base plate; a through-hole disposed in input/output portions of the metal wall; a lower layer feed through disposed on the conductive base plate; a wiring pattern disposed on the lower layer feed through; an upper layer feed through disposed on a part of the lower layer feed through and a part of the wiring pattern; and a terminal disposed on the wiring pattern, wherein a width of a part of the lower layer feed through and a width of the upper layer feed through are wider than a width of the through-hole, the lower layer feed through is adhered to a side surface of the metal wall, the upper layer feed through is adhered to the side surface of metal wall, and an air layer is formed between the wiring pattern and an internal wall of the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kazutaka Takagi
  • Patent number: 8450837
    Abstract: In a hybrid integrated circuit device, a circuit board on which an island portion of a lead is fixedly attached and a control board on which a control element and the like are mounted are disposed in an overlapping manner. The circuit board and the control board are integrally encapsulated with an encapsulating resin. A transistor disposed on an upper surface of the circuit board and a control element mounted on an upper surface of the control board are also covered by the encapsulating resin. Thus, a module in which an inverter circuit and a control circuit are integrally encapsulated with resin is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: ON Semiconductor Trading, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Mashimo, Fumio Horiuchi, Kiyoaki Kudo, Akira Sakurai, Yuhki Inagaki
  • Patent number: 8450846
    Abstract: Methods and systems for communicating via flip-chip die and package waveguides are disclosed and may include communicating one or more signals between sections of an integrated circuit via one or more waveguides integrated in a multi-layer package. The integrated circuit may be bonded to the multi-layer package. The waveguides may be configured via switches in the integrated circuit or by MEMS switches integrated in the multi-layer package. The signals may include a microwave signal and a low frequency control signal that may configure the microwave signal. The low frequency control signal may include a digital signal. The waveguides may comprise metal and/or semiconductor layers deposited on and/or embedded within the multi-layer package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 8441115
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a print circuit part, a lower chip, an upper chip, a thermal conductivity part, and an encapsulation resin. The lower chip and the upper chip are mounted on the print circuit part through wire bonding connection. The thermal conductivity part efficiently dissipates heat from the chips to the outside of the package. The encapsulation resin entirely seals the package while exposing the thermal conductivity part. A adhesive sheet is hardened to form a bonding layer between the thermal conductivity part and the upper chip, a bonding layer between the semiconductor chips, and a bonding layer between the semiconductor chip and the wired component. The configuration contributes to miniaturization, high integration, and heat resistance reduction of a semiconductor package using high-heat-generating ICs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chihiro Mochizuki, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Yoichiro Kobayashi, Yasuo Shima
  • Patent number: 8436466
    Abstract: Methods and systems for configuring one or more electrical waveguides in an integrated circuit by adjusting a geometry of the one or more electrical waveguides, and communicating one or more electrical signals between components within the integrated circuit via the one or more electrical waveguides. The geometry of the one or more electrical waveguides may be configured by adjusting a length of the one or more electrical waveguides utilizing switches in the integrated circuit. The switches may include CMOS transistors. The one or more signals may include a microwave signal and a low frequency digital control signal that configures the microwave signal. The electrical waveguides may include metal and/or semiconductor layers deposited on and/or embedded within the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 8436450
    Abstract: In wireless communication devices, internally matching impedance in millimeter wave packaging enables better signal retention at high frequencies in the range of 15 GHz and above. Through the use of differential wire bond signal transmission, the inherent inductance of a millimeter wave package can be matched by the capacitance of the package wire bonds if the capacitance is tailored. The capacitance can be tailored by calculating a suitable distance between wire bonds and tuning the dielectric constant of the over-mold material. A differential set of wire bonds act like a differential transmission line whose characteristic impedance can be tuned by configuring the dielectric constant of the over-mold of the millimeter wave package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: ViaSat, Inc.
    Inventor: Gaurav Menon
  • Patent number: 8432022
    Abstract: A shielded embedded electronic component substrate includes a core dielectric layer having a die opening. An electrically conductive die shield lines the die opening. An electronic component is mounted within the die opening and to the die shield, where the die shield shields the electronic component. By mounting the electronic component within the die opening, the shielded embedded electronic component substrate is made relatively thin. Further, heat generated by the electronic component is dissipated to the die shield and to the ambient environment. Accordingly, the shielded embedded electronic component substrate is well suited for use when the electronic component generates a significant amount of heat, e.g., in high power applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Amkor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Patrick Huemoeller, Brett Dunlap, David Jon Hiner
  • Patent number: 8426980
    Abstract: A chip-to-chip multi-signaling communication system with common conductive layer, which comprises a first chip, a second chip, and a common conductive layer, is disclosed. The first chip has at least a first metal pad and a second metal pad. The second chip has at least a first metal pad and a second metal pad. The common conductive layer is to a conductive material and glued directly to the first chip and the second chip. Wherein, the first metal pad of the second chip is aligned with the first metal pad of the first chip for receiving the signal from the first metal pad of the first chip through the common conductive layer. The interference generated by other pads of the first and the second chips is suppressed by the design of the pads and the common conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Chau-Chin Su, Ying-Chieh Ho, Po-Hsiang Huang
  • Patent number: 8415803
    Abstract: A method and a system for routing electrical connections are disclosed. A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip and a routing plane having a plurality of routing lines. A first connecting line is electrically coupled to the first semiconductor chip and one of the plurality of routing lines and a second connecting line is electrically coupled to the one of the plurality of routing lines and to one of a second semiconductor chip or a first external contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Meyer, Gottfried Beer, Christian Geissler, Thomas Ort, Klaus Pressel, Bernd Waidhas, Andreas Wolter
  • Patent number: 8410601
    Abstract: An RF package includes a substrate mountable on a base plate, a non-conductive cover overlying the substrate, and quasi-serpentine stepped source leads attached to an upper surface of the substrate and extending from at least one of a pair of opposite sides of the upper surface of the substrate to tapered lower surfaces of the cover. The cover includes a recess to receive the substrate. The recess includes stress distribution surface areas to engage and press outer edge portions of opposite sides of the substrate against a base plate or heat sink. The tapered lower surfaces of the cover engage with and press against the stepped source leads when securing the RF package to the base plate or heat sink using one or more fasteners or bolts. The cover includes structural features to improve preferential deformation when a mounting force is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Microsemi Corporation
    Inventor: Benjamin A. Samples
  • Patent number: 8399992
    Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor package and a method for fabricating the same. The semiconductor package includes a lower package comprising a lower substrate, a lower semiconductor chip mounted on the lower substrate and comprising a redistribution, and a molding layer molding the lower semiconductor chip, an upper package comprising an upper substrate and an upper semiconductor chip mounted on the upper substrate, with the upper package being stacked on the lower package. The semiconductor package further includes an electrical interconnector extending from the upper substrate into the molding layer and connected to the redistribution to electrically connect the upper and lower packages to each other, and a dummy interconnector extending from the upper substrate into the molding layer to physically couple the upper and lower packages to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Kyu Park, Tae-Sung Park, Kyung-Man Kim, Hye-Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 8395256
    Abstract: Microwave or millimeter wave system packaging having a system with a baseplate, transition board and cover. The baseplate includes microwave or millimeter wave components attached thereto. The transition board includes a first connector attached to a first side thereof and operatively connected to the components, and a second connector attached to a second side thereof and operatively connected to the components through the board. The cover and baseplate form a cavity containing the board and components, and the second connector may be operatively connected to a third connector such as a printed circuit board disposed outside of the cavity and on a higher level assembly. The transition board may further include a fourth connector operatively connected to the components for providing a signal to an external component or device or receiving a signal from an external component or device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Harris Stratex Networks Operating Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald D. Boesch, Edwin John Nealis, Costel Nicolae
  • Patent number: 8390109
    Abstract: In a chip package, semiconductor dies in a vertical stack of semiconductor dies or chips (which is referred to as a ‘plank stack’) are separated by a mechanical spacer (such as a filler material or an adhesive). Moreover, the chip package includes a substrate at a right angle to the plank stack, which is electrically coupled to the semiconductor dies along an edge of the plank stack. In particular, electrical pads proximate to a surface of the substrate (which are along a stacking direction of the plank stack) are electrically coupled to pads that are proximate to edges of the semiconductor dies by an intervening conductive material, such as: solder, stud bumps, plated traces, wire bonds, spring connectors, a conductive adhesive and/or an anisotropic conducting film. Note that the chip package may facilitate high-bandwidth communication of signals between the semiconductor dies and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: Darko R. Popovic, Matthew D. Giere, Bruce M. Guenin, Theresa Y. Sze, Ivan Shubin, John A. Harada, David C. Douglas, Jing Shi
  • Patent number: 8378473
    Abstract: In inlets used for ID tags and the like, a defective connection between an integrated circuit part and an antenna is suppressed by improvement of tolerance for a bending or a pressing pressure. The integrated circuit part includes a semiconductor chip and a multilayer substrate having a concave portion. The semiconductor chip is mounted on the bottom of the concave portion. The multilayer substrate includes a connection electrode at the top surface and a connection electrode connected to the semiconductor chip on the bottom of the concave portion. The connection electrode on the bottom of the concave portion is connected to the connection electrode at the top surface by a penetration electrode inside a multilayer substrate. By such a configuration, the semiconductor chip is connected to the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yasuyuki Arai
  • Patent number: 8378482
    Abstract: A wiring board between which and a chip to be mounted a resin is filled includes: a substrate body on which a conductor portion to be connected to an electrode terminal of the chip is formed; and an insulating protection film formed on the substrate body and having an opening portion formed therein to expose the conductor portion. The opening portion is formed in such a manner that the edge thereof is positioned along and outside the outer shape of the chip except for a specific corner portion, and that the edge in the specific corner portion is positioned on a side of or inside the outer shape of the chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 8378470
    Abstract: A first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip are overlapped with each other in a direction in which a first multilayer interconnect layer and a second multilayer interconnect layer are opposed to each other. When seen in a plan view, a first inductor and a second inductor are overlapped. The first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip have non-opposed areas which are not opposed to each other. The first multilayer interconnect layer has a first external connection terminal in the non-opposed area, and the second multilayer interconnect layer has a second external connection terminal in the non-opposed area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutaka Nakashiba, Kenta Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8373280
    Abstract: An assembly component and a technique for assembling a chip package using the assembly component are described. This chip package includes a set of semiconductor dies that are arranged in a stack in a vertical direction, which are offset from each other in a horizontal direction to define a stepped terraced at one side of the vertical stack. Moreover, the chip package may be assembled using the assembly component. In particular, the assembly component may include a housing having another stepped terrace. This other stepped terrace may include a sequence of steps in the vertical direction, which are offset from each other in the horizontal direction. Furthermore, the housing may be configured to mate with the set of semiconductor dies such that the set of semiconductor dies are arranged in the stack in the vertical direction. For example, the other stepped terrace may approximately be a mirror image of the stepped terrace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Harada, Robert J. Drost, David C. Douglas
  • Patent number: 8368216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a semiconductor package having at least one first layer chip, a plurality of first metal bumps, at least one second layer chip and a package body. The first layer chip includes a first active surface upon which the first metal bumps are disposed and a plurality of first signal coupling pads disposed adjacent to the first active surface. The second layer chip is electrically connected to the first layer chip, and includes a second active surface that faces the first active surface and a plurality of second signal coupling pads. The second signal coupling pads are capacitively coupled to the first signal coupling pads so as to provide proximity communication between the first layer chip and the second layer chip. The package body encapsulates the first layer chip, the first metal bumps, and the second layer chip, and the first metal bumps are partially exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Shao Lai, Tsung-Yueh Tsai, Ming-Kun Chen, Hsiao-Chuan Chang, Ming-Hsiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 8362597
    Abstract: A shielded package includes a shield assembly having a shield fence, a shield lid, and a shield lid adhesive electrically coupling the shield lid to the shield fence. The shield fence includes a porous sidewall through which molding compound passes during molding of the shielded package. Further, the shield fence includes a central aperture through which an electronic component is die attached and wire bonded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Amkor Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Craig Foster
  • Patent number: 8362608
    Abstract: An ultra wideband hermetically sealed surface mount package for a microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) is provided including: an integrated circuit; a package body being mounted with the integrated circuit and comprising a plurality of first dielectrics formed in a multilayer, a first line unit mounted to a circuit substrate and is electrically connected with an external circuit, a second line unit upwardly extended from the first line unit and is electrically connected with the first line unit, a third line unit extended to the right angle from the second line unit and is electrically connected with the second line unit, and a bonding unit that electrically connects the third line unit and the mounted integrated circuit; and a package cover being formed on the package body to seal the integrated circuit and comprising a plurality of second dielectrics formed in a multilayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: In Kwon Ju, In Bok Yom
  • Patent number: 8358005
    Abstract: The invention provides semiconductor material (e.g., gallium nitride material) devices (e.g., transistors) and methods associated with the same. The devices may be supported within a package that is formed, in part, of a polymeric material. In other embodiments, the devices may be mounted to a support (e.g., circuit board) and a polymeric material may encapsulate a portion of the device extending from the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: International Rectifier Corporation
    Inventors: Isik C. Kizilyalli, Robert J. Therrien, David M. Boulin, Apurva D. Chaudhari
  • Patent number: 8350381
    Abstract: A device includes a first semiconductor chip and a first encapsulant that encapsulates the first semiconductor chip and that includes a cavity. A carrier and an electrical component are mounted on the carrier. The carrier is arranged such that the electrical component is enclosed by the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Horst Theuss
  • Patent number: 8344503
    Abstract: 3-D ICs (18, 18?, 90) with integrated passive devices (IPDs) (38) having reduced cross-talk and high packing density are provided by stacking separately prefabricated substrates (20, 30, 34) coupled by through-substrate-vias (TSVs) (40). An active device (AD) substrate (20) has contacts on its upper portion (26). An isolator substrate (30) is bonded to the AD substrate (20) so that TSVs (4030) in the isolator substrate (30) are coupled to the contacts (26) on the AD substrate (20), and desirably has an interconnect zone (44) on its upper surface. An IPD substrate (34) is bonded to the isolator substrate (30) so that TSVs (4034) therein are coupled to the interconnect zone (44) on the isolator substrate (30) and/or TSVs (4030) therein. The IPDs (38) are formed on its upper surface and coupled by TSVs (4034, 4030) in the IPD (34) and isolator (30) substrates to devices (26) in the AD substrate (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul W. Sanders, Robert E. Jones, Michael F. Petras, Chandrasekaram Ramiah
  • Patent number: 8344430
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the disclosure, a method includes providing a carrier substrate, forming a first region over an upper surface of the substrate, creating an electrical component using a planar process, embedding the electrical component in the dielectric layer, and removing a substrate portion of the electrical component. The first region includes a dielectric layer and may be made of any material that electrically isolates the electrical component from the carrier substrate. The electrical component may be created using a planar process thereby having an epitaxial surface that is embedded in the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Premjeet Chahal
  • Patent number: 8345434
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is a high frequency circuit having a multi-chip module structure, including a semiconductor substrate set formed with discrete transistors connected in series, a first dielectric substrate set formed with capacitors, and a second dielectric substrate set formed with strip lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kazutaka Takagi
  • Patent number: 8334586
    Abstract: Stacked semiconductor chips. One embodiment provides a device having a first body. A first power semiconductor chip and first external contact elements is provides. A second body includes a second semiconductor chip and second external contact elements. The second body is placed over the first body. The first external contact elements and the second external contact elements define a first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ralf Otremba, Josef Hoeglauer, Xaver Schloegel, Soon Hock Tong, Kwai Hong Wong
  • Patent number: 8334593
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package is provided. The semiconductor device package includes a laminate comprising a first metal layer disposed on a dielectric film; a plurality of vias extending through the laminate according to a predetermined pattern; one or more semiconductor devices attached to the dielectric film such that the semiconductor device contacts one or more vias; a patterned interconnect layer disposed on dielectric film, said patterned interconnect layer comprising one or more patterned regions of the first metal layer and an electrically conductive layer, wherein a portion of the patterned interconnect layer extends through one or more vias to form an electrical contact with the semiconductor device. The patterned interconnect layer comprises a top interconnect region and a via interconnect region, wherein the package interconnect region has a thickness greater than a thickness of the via interconnect region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul Alan McConnelee, Arun Virupaksha Gowda
  • Patent number: 8325047
    Abstract: Encapsulated radio frequency identification (RFID) articles having enhanced break strength and/or temperature resistance and methods of making these articles. The RFID articles include an RFID tag embedded within a thermoplastic substrate to form the RFID article. In one embodiment, the RFID article includes an over-molded barrier material that enables the RFID article to have enhanced temperature resistance such that the articles are able to sustain repeated exposure to high temperatures and/or sterilization procedures, thereby enabling the RFID articles to be utilized in applications heretofore unavailable. In other embodiments, the RFID articles are made using an injection molding process that provides very thin encapsulated RFID tags that also exhibit an increased level of temperature resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Sudhakar Ramamoorthy Marur, Theethira Kushalappa Poovanna, Venkatesha Narayanaswamy
  • Patent number: 8324729
    Abstract: A stacked die package for an electromechanical resonator system includes a chip that contains an electromechanical resonator bonded onto the control chip for the electromechanical resonator by a thermally and/or electrically conductive epoxy. In various embodiments, the electromechanical resonator can be a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) resonator or a nano-electromechanical system (NEMS) resonator. Packaging configurations that may include the chip that contains the electromechanical resonator and the control chip include chip-on-lead (COL), chip-on-paddle (COP), and chip-on-tape (COT) packages. The stacked die package provides small package footprint and/or low package thickness, as well as low thermal resistance and a robust conductive path between the chip that contains the electromechanical resonator and the control chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: SiTime Corporation
    Inventors: Pavan Gupta, Aaron Partridge, Markus Lutz
  • Patent number: 8324720
    Abstract: A power semiconductor module assembly is disclosed including a power semiconductor module comprising a load terminal electrically conductively joined to a contact conductor. Part of the heat materializing during operation of the power semiconductor module in the load terminal is dissipated by using a heat dissipating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Martin Schulz
  • Patent number: 8324728
    Abstract: A semiconductor packaged device, and method of packaging that incorporates the formation of cavities about electronic devices during the packaging process. In one example, the device package includes a first substrate having a first recess formed therein, a second substrate having a second recess formed therein, and an electronic device mounted in the first recess. The first and second substrates are joined together with the first and second recesses substantially overlying one another so as to form a cavity around the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Behnam Tabrizi
  • Patent number: 8326344
    Abstract: A high-frequency device having high-frequency-signal-treating circuits in and on a laminate substrate comprising pluralities of dielectric layers having conductor patterns, the high-frequency-signal-treating circuits having amplifier circuits and switch circuits; terminals including input and output terminals of high-frequency signals, the power supply terminals of the amplifier circuits and the power supply terminals of the switch circuits being formed on one main surface of the laminate substrate; power supply lines each having one end connected to each of the power supply terminals of the amplifier circuits and power supply lines each having one end connected to each of the power supply terminals of the switch circuits being formed on one dielectric layer to constitute a power supply line layer; a first ground electrode being arranged on the side of the main surface with respect to the power supply line layer, the first ground electrode overlapping at least part of the power supply lines in a lamination di
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Kemmochi, Keisuke Fukamachi, Kazuhiro Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 8319318
    Abstract: Methods of forming a microelectronic packaging structure and associated structures formed thereby are described. Those methods may include forming a cavity in a carrier material, attaching a die in the cavity, wherein a backside of the die comprises a metal filled DBF, forming a dielectric material adjacent the die and on a bottom side of the carrier material, forming a coreless substrate by building up layers on the dielectric material, and removing the carrier material from the coreless substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ravi K Nalla, Drew Delaney
  • Patent number: 8288845
    Abstract: Embodiments of a microelectronic package are generally described herein. A microelectronic package may include a die having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, a flange coupled to the first side of the die, and a lead frame proximately positioned relative to the die and coupled to the second side of the die. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Bartlow, William McCalpin, Michael Lincoln
  • Patent number: 8288864
    Abstract: In a microwave module with at least one semiconductor chip, which provides on its upper side a connecting-line structure formed in particular as a coplanar line, which is connected to at least one adjacent incoming and/or outgoing line structure formed on the upper side of the substrate, the chip is glued with its underside and all lateral surfaces, on which no high-frequency connecting lines lead to the chip, within a recess of a metal part with good thermal conduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Perndl, Thomas Reichel
  • Patent number: 8283766
    Abstract: A ramp-stack chip package is described. This chip package includes a vertical stack of semiconductor dies or chips that are offset from each other in a horizontal direction, thereby defining a terrace with exposed pads. A high-bandwidth ramp component, which is positioned approximately parallel to the terrace, is electrically and mechanically coupled to the exposed pads. For example, the ramp component may be coupled to the semiconductor dies using: solder, microsprings and/or an anisotropic conducting film. Furthermore, each of the semiconductor dies includes a static bend so that an end segment of each of the semiconductor dies is parallel to the direction and is mechanically coupled to the ramp component. These end segments may facilitate high-bandwidth communication of signals between the chips and the ramp component, for example, via proximity communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc
    Inventors: John A. Harada, David C. Douglas, Robert J. Drost
  • Patent number: 8278749
    Abstract: A semiconductor module comprises components in one wafer level package. The module comprises an integrated circuit (IC) chip embedded within a package molding compound. The package comprises a molding compound package layer coupled to an interface layer for integrating an antenna structure and a bonding interconnect structure to the IC chip. The bonding interconnect structure comprises three dimensional interconnects. The antenna structure and bonding interconnect structure are coupled to the IC chip and integrated within the interface layer in the same wafer fabrication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Lachner, Linus Maurer, Maciej Wojnowski
  • Patent number: 8279025
    Abstract: An integrated circuit structure includes an interconnect structure over a semiconductor substrate and a coaxial transmission line. The coaxial transmission line includes a signal line, a top plate over the signal line and electrically insulated from the signal line, and a bottom plate under the signal line and electrically insulated from the signal line. At least one of the top plate and the bottom plate includes metal strip shields and dielectric strips, with each of the dielectric strips being between two of the metal strip shields. The integrated circuit structure further includes a ground conductor electrically connecting the top plate and the bottom plate. The ground conductor is insulated from the signal line by a dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shu-Ying Cho
  • Patent number: 8278746
    Abstract: Described herein are wafer-level semiconductor device packages with stacking functionality and related stacked package assemblies and methods. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device package includes a set of connecting elements disposed adjacent to a periphery of a set of stacked semiconductor devices. At least one of the connecting elements is wire-bonded to an active surface of an upper one of the stacked semiconductor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Chuan Ding, Chia-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 8274159
    Abstract: A circuit substrate has one or more active components and a plurality of passive circuit elements on a first surface. An active semiconductor device has a substrate with layers of material and a plurality of terminals. The active semiconductor device is flip-chip mounted on the circuit substrate and at least one of the terminals of the device is electrically connected to an active component on the circuit substrate. The active components on the substrate and the flip-chip mounted active semiconductor device, in combination with passive circuit elements, form preamplifiers and an output amplifier respectively. In a power switching configuration, the circuit substrate has logic control circuits on a first surface. A semiconductor transistor flip-chip mounted on the circuit substrate is electrically connected to the control circuits on the first surface to thereby control the on and off switching of the flip-chip mounted device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Umesh Mishra, Primit Parikh, Yifeng Wu
  • Patent number: 8274147
    Abstract: Methods and systems for intra-printed circuit board communication via waveguides are disclosed and may include communicating one or more signals between or among a plurality of integrated circuits via one or more waveguides integrated on a printed circuit board. The integrated circuits may be bonded to the printed circuit board. The waveguides may be configured via switches integrated within each of the plurality of integrated circuits. The one or more signals may include microwave signals. The one or more waveguides may be configured for communicating microwave signals with a frequency of 60 GHz or greater. The communication of the one or more signals may be configured via a low frequency control signal, which may include a digital signal. The one or more waveguides may include metal and/or semiconductor layers deposited on and/or embedded within the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 8274149
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device package includes a substrate, a buffer structure, two active chips and a bridge chip. The substrate has a cavity, a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The cavity is extended from the first surface toward the second surface, and the buffer structure is disposed in the cavity. The active chips are disposed on and electrically connected to the first surface and around the cavity. The active chips both have a first active surface. The bridge chip is disposed in the cavity and above the buffer structure. The bridge chip has a second active surface, the second active surface faces the first active surfaces and is partially overlapped with the first active surfaces, the bridge chip is used for providing a proximity communication between the active chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Chuan Chang, Tsung-Yueh Tsai, Yi-Shao Lai, Ming-Hsiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 8269344
    Abstract: Methods and systems for inter-chip communication via integrated circuit package waveguides are disclosed and may include communicating one or more signals between or among a plurality of integrated circuits via one or more waveguides integrated in a multi-layer package. The integrated circuits may be bonded to the multi-layer package. The waveguides may be configured via switches in the integrated circuits or by MEMS switches integrated in the multi-layer package. The signals may include a microwave signal and a low frequency control signal that may configure the microwave signal. The low frequency control signal may include a digital signal. The waveguides may comprise metal and/or semiconductor layers deposited on and/or embedded within the multi-layer package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 8253245
    Abstract: A communication device according to an embodiment includes an antenna transmitting/receiving a high frequency signal, a semiconductor chip having four corners and four sides processing the high frequency signal, and a substrate on which a first wiring connected to ground, a second wiring supplying power to the semiconductor chip, a third wiring connected to a protection element or circuit of the semiconductor chip, and fourth wirings transmitting a signal from the semiconductor chip are formed by plating, and the semiconductor chip is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoko Ono, Toshiya Mitomo
  • Patent number: 8222726
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The semiconductor device package includes a substrate, a first chip, a jumper chip, a plurality of first bonding wires and a plurality of second bonding wires. The substrate has a plurality of contact pads. The first chip is disposed and electrically connected to the substrate via the first bonding wires. The jumper chip is disposed on the first chip and has a plurality of metal pads. Each of the metal pads is electrically connected to two contact pads of the substrate via two second bonding wires, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Chuan Chang, Tsung-Yueh Tsai, Yi-Shao Lai, Jiunn Chen, Ming-Hsiang Cheng
  • Patent number: 8222735
    Abstract: With respect to a semiconductor device which communicates data by wireless communication, an object of the present invention is to improve sensitivity of an antenna and to protect a chip from noise without increasing the size of the device. A coiled antenna and a semiconductor integrated circuit which is electrically connected to the coiled antenna are included. The semiconductor integrated circuit is arranged so as to overlap with the coiled antenna. In this manner, arrangement of the coiled antenna and the semiconductor integrated circuit in the semiconductor device is devised, so that sensitivity of the antenna can be improved and power enough to operate the semiconductor integrated circuit can be obtained without increasing the size of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yutaka Shionoiri
  • Patent number: 8217502
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a pillar ball; mounting an interposer having a first functional side and a second functional side over the pillar ball and a semiconductor chip; encapsulating the interposer, the pillar ball, and the semiconductor chip with an encapsulation; forming a via through the first functional side and the second functional side of the interposer, and through the encapsulation to expose a portion of the pillar ball; and filling the via with a pillar post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventor: ChanHoon Ko
  • Patent number: 8212361
    Abstract: A semiconductor die package capable of being mounted to a motherboard is disclosed. The semiconductor die package includes a substrate, and a first semiconductor die mounted on the substrate, where the first semiconductor die includes a first vertical device comprising a first input region and a first output region at opposite surfaces of the first semiconductor die. The semiconductor die package includes a second semiconductor die mounted on the substrate, where second semiconductor die comprises a second vertical device comprising a second input region and a second output region at opposite surfaces of the second semiconductor die. A substantially planar conductive node clip electrically communicates the first output region in the first semiconductor die and the second input region in the second semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die are between the substrate and the conductive node clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Rajeev Joshi, Venkat Iyer, Jonathan Klein
  • Patent number: RE43720
    Abstract: A multi-chip device which includes a plurality of integrated circuit die disposed one over another. Each integrated circuit die includes one or a plurality of bond pads. One or a plurality of conductors are disposed to electrically couple the bond pads of vertically adjacent integrated circuit die. Each conductor is designed, calculated, specified and/or predetermined to have a length so as to behave as a segment in a multi-drop transmission line. The multi-drop transmission line may be terminated at one end or utilized in a flow-through approach. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit die may be horizontally offset with respect to a vertically adjacent integrated circuit die to expose the periphery region. In another embodiment, each integrated circuit die may be stacked and aligned in a vertical column. In this embodiment, a spacer such as a thermally conductive spacer is disposed between each integrated circuit die in the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Donald V. Perino, Sayeh Khalili