Die Bond Patents (Class 257/782)
  • Patent number: 8736077
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor package substrate including a base substrate, a mounting member mounted on an upper portion of the base substrate, and an adhesive layer formed between the base substrate and the mounting member, wherein the adhesive layer includes a thermally conductive adhesive and a ductile adhesive formed at the outer circumference of the thermally conductive adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Man Kim, Young Hoon Kwak, Kyu Hwan Oh, Seog Moon Choi, Tae Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 8736078
    Abstract: A chip package includes a PCB, a connecting pad fixed on a surface of the PCB and a chip fixed on the connecting pad. The connecting pad includes a first metal film on its surface facing away from the PCB. The chip includes a second metal film formed on its surface opposite to the PCB. The first and the second metal are connected to each other via a eutectic manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kai-Wen Wu
  • Patent number: 8735218
    Abstract: A method of producing an electronic module with at least one electronic component and one carrier. A structure is provided on the carrier so that the electronic component can take a desired target position relative to the structure. The structure is coated with a liquid meniscus suitable for receiving the electronic component. Multiple electronic components are provided at a delivery point for the electronic components. The carrier, with the structure, is moved nearby and opposite to the delivery point, where the delivery point delivers one of the electronic components without contact, while the structure on the carrier is moving near the delivery point, so that after a phase of free movement the electronic component at least partly touches the material, and the carrier, with the structure, is moved to a downstream processing point, while the electronic component aligns itself to the structure on the liquid meniscus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Muehlbauer AG
    Inventors: Michael Max Mueller, Helfried Zabel, Hans-Peter Monser
  • Publication number: 20140138854
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a thermal interface material for integrated circuit package assembly and associated techniques and configurations. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a die and a layer of thermal interface material (TIM) thermally coupled with the die, the TIM including a polymer matrix and carbon filler having anisotropic thermal conductivity disposed in the polymer matrix, the polymer matrix being configured for deposition on the die in liquid form. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventor: Hitesh Arora
  • Patent number: 8728867
    Abstract: A manufacturing of a semiconductor device includes forming one of a layer with a first metal and the layer with a second metal on one of a semiconductor chip mounting area of a support plate and a back surface of the semiconductor chip; forming the other of the layer with the first metal and the layer with the second metal on an area corresponding to a part of the area, in which one of the layer with the first metal and the layer with the second metal, of the other one of the semiconductor chip mounting area and the back surface of the semiconductor chip; and forming a layer which includes an alloy with the first metal and the second metal after positioning the semiconductor chip in the semiconductor chip mounting area to bond the semiconductor chip with the semiconductor chip mounting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kozo Shimizu, Keishiro Okamoto, Nobuhiro Imaizumi, Tadahiro Imada, Keiji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20140131896
    Abstract: A method includes performing an etching step on a package. The package includes a package component, a connector on a top surface of the package component, a die bonded to the top surface of the package component, and a molding material molded over the top surface of the package component. The molding material covers the connector, wherein a portion of the molding material covering the connector is removed by the etching step, and the connector is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Chung-Shi Liu, Chun-Cheng Lin, Meng-Tse Chen, Ming-Da Cheng
  • Publication number: 20140131854
    Abstract: One aspect provides an integrated circuit (IC) multi-chip packaging assembly, comprising a first IC chip having packaging substrate contacts and bridging block contacts, a second IC chip having packaging substrate contacts and bridging block contacts, and a bridging block partially overlapping the first and second IC chips and having interconnected electrical contacts on opposing ends thereof that contact the bridging block contacts of the first IC chip and the second IC chip to thereby electrically connect the first IC chip to the second chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Donald E. Hawk, John W. Osenbach, James C. Parker
  • Patent number: 8723336
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a light emitting body including a semiconductor light emitting layer, a support substrate supporting the light emitting body, and a bonding layer provided between the light emitting body and the support substrate, the bonding layer bonding the light emitting body and the support substrate together. The device also includes a first barrier metal layer provided between the light emitting body and the bonding layer, and an electrode provided between the light emitting body and the first barrier metal layer. The first barrier layer includes a first layer made of nickel and a second layer made of a metal having a smaller linear expansion coefficient than nickel, and the first layer and the second layer are alternately disposed in a multiple-layer structure. The electrode is electrically connected to the light emitting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yasuharu Sugawara
  • Patent number: 8718720
    Abstract: Embodiments include but are not limited to apparatuses and systems including a die or a preform including at least one groove configured to extend from at least one via of the die to an edge of the die. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Shixi Louis Liu, Wenlong Ma, Frank Hin-Fai Chau, Barry Jia-Fu Lin
  • Publication number: 20140117546
    Abstract: The embodiments of diffusion barrier layer described above provide mechanisms for forming a copper diffusion barrier layer to prevent device degradation for hybrid bonding of wafers. The diffusion barrier layer(s) encircles the copper-containing conductive pads used for hybrid bonding. The diffusion barrier layer can be on one of the two bonding wafers or on both bonding wafers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ping-Yin LIU, Szu-Ying CHEN, Chen-Jong WANG, Chih-Hui HUANG, Xin-Hua HUANG, Lan-Lin CHAO, Yeur-Luen TU, Chia-Chiung TSAI, Xiaomeng CHEN
  • Patent number: 8710681
    Abstract: A device includes a first package component, and a second package component underlying, and bonded to, the first package component. A molding material is disposed under the first package component and molded to the first and the second package components, wherein the molding material and the first package component form an interface. An isolation region includes a first edge, wherein the first edge of the isolation region contacts a first edge of the first package component and a first edge of the molding material. The isolation has a bottom lower than the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Horng Chang, Tin-Hao Kuo, Tsung-Fu Tsai, Min-Feng Ku
  • Patent number: 8704384
    Abstract: A stacked die assembly for an IC includes a first interposer; a second interposer; a first integrated circuit die, a second integrated circuit die, and a plurality of components. The first integrated circuit die is interconnected to the first interposer and the second interposer, and the second integrated circuit die is interconnected to the second interposer. The plurality of components interconnect the first integrated circuit die to the first interposer and the second interposer. The plurality of components that interconnect the first integrated circuit die to the first interposer and the second interposer are located outside an interconnect restricted area of the first interposer and the second interposer, and signals are routed between the first integrated circuit die and the second integrated circuit die via the first integrated circuit die avoiding the interconnect restricted area of the first interposer and the second interposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Ephrem C. Wu, Raghunandan Chaware
  • Patent number: 8698165
    Abstract: Graphene-channel based devices and techniques for the fabrication thereof are provided. In one aspect, a semiconductor device includes a first wafer having at least one graphene channel formed on a first substrate, a first oxide layer surrounding the graphene channel and source and drain contacts to the graphene channel that extend through the first oxide layer; and a second wafer having a CMOS device layer formed in a second substrate, a second oxide layer surrounding the CMOS device layer and a plurality of contacts to the CMOS device layer that extend through the second oxide layer, the wafers being bonded together by way of an oxide-to-oxide bond between the oxide layers. One or more of the contacts to the CMOS device layer are in contact with the source and drain contacts. One or more other of the contacts to the CMOS device layer are gate contacts for the graphene channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Phaedon Avouris, Kuan-Neng Chen, Damon Farmer, Yu-Ming Lin
  • Publication number: 20140091482
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semiconductor wafer including a plurality of semiconductor die. An insulating layer is formed over the semiconductor wafer. A portion of the insulating layer is removed by LDA to expose a portion of an active surface of the semiconductor die. A first conductive layer is formed over a contact pad on the active surface of the semiconductor die. The semiconductor wafer is singulated to separate the semiconductor die. The semiconductor die is disposed over a carrier with the active surface of the semiconductor die offset from the carrier. An encapsulant is deposited over the semiconductor die and carrier to cover a side of the semiconductor die and the exposed portion of the active surface. An interconnect structure is formed over the first conductive layer. Alternatively, a MUF material is deposited over a side of the semiconductor die and the exposed portion of the active surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: STATS CHIPPAC, LTD.
    Inventors: Yaojian Lin, Heinz-Peter Wirtz, Seung Wook Yoon, Pandi C. Marimuthu
  • Publication number: 20140091474
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system and methods for localized high density substrate routing are generally described herein. In one or more embodiments an apparatus includes a medium, first and second circuitry elements, an interconnect element, and a dielectric layer. The medium can include low density routing therein. The interconnect element can be embedded in the medium, and can include a plurality of electrically conductive members therein, the electrically conductive member can be electrically coupled to the first circuitry element and the second circuitry element. The interconnect element can include high density routing therein. The dielectric layer can be over the interconnect die, the dielectric layer including the first and second circuitry elements passing therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Starkston, Debendra Mallik, John S. Guzek, Chia-Pin Chiu, Deepak Kulkarni, Ravi V. Mahajan
  • Patent number: 8686556
    Abstract: A process for forming a heat sink on a semiconductor package at the wafer level stage of manufacture is disclosed. A semiconductor component wafer, prior to separation into separate component packages, is covered on one side with a resin metal foil layer. The resin foil layer is patterned by laser ablation to define the heat sink locations, and then a thermal paste is applied over the patterned layer. The thermal conductive paste is hardened to form the heat sinks. The wafer can then be separated into packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: FlipChip International, LLC
    Inventors: David Clark, Theodore G. Tessier
  • Patent number: 8686550
    Abstract: A pressure sensor package is provided that reduces the occurrence of micro gaps between molding material and metal contacts that can store high-pressure air. The present invention provides this capability by reducing or eliminating interfaces between package molding material and metal contacts. In one embodiment, a control die is electrically coupled to a lead frame and then encapsulated in molding material, using a technique that forms a cavity over a portion of the control die. The cavity exposes contacts on the free surface of the control die that can be electrically coupled to a pressure sensor device using, for example, wire bonding techniques. In another embodiment, a region of a substrate can be encapsulated in molding material, using a technique that forms a cavity over a sub-portion of the substrate that includes contacts. A pressure sensor device can be electrically coupled to the exposed contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: William G. McDonald, Alexander M. Arayata, Philip H. Bowles, Stephen R. Hooper
  • Publication number: 20140077394
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a device having an embedded heat spreader and method for forming the same. A carrier substrate may comprise a carrier, an adhesive layer, a base film layer, and a seed layer. A patterned mask is formed with a heat spreader opening and via openings. Vias and a heat spreader may be formed in the pattern mask openings at the same time using a plating process and a die attached to the head spreader by a die attachment layer. A molding compound is applied over the die and heat spreader so that the heat spreader is disposed at the second side of the molded substrate. A first RDL may have a plurality of mounting pads and a plurality of conductive lines is formed on the molded substrate, the mounting pads may have a bond pitch greater than the bond pitch of the die contact pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Sen Chang, Tsung-Hsien Chiang, Yen-Chang Hu, Ching-Wen Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8674520
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes placing a sheet containing a fibrous material having at least one outer surface having a metal on a semiconductor chip-mounting region of a substrate; forming a bonding layer containing a fusible metal on the semiconductor chip-mounting region; placing a semiconductor chip on the semiconductor chip-mounting region; and bonding the semiconductor chip to the semiconductor chip-mounting region with the fusible metal-containing bonding layer by heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Imaizumi, Keishiro Okamoto, Keiji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8674521
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package is provided. The semiconductor device package includes a package body; a plurality of electrodes including a first electrode on the package body; a paste member on the first electrode and including inorganic fillers and metal powder; and a semiconductor device die-bonded on the paste member, wherein a die-bonding region of the first electrode includes a paste groove having a predetermined depth and the paste member is formed in the paste groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Choong Youl Kim
  • Patent number: 8669652
    Abstract: To provide an inexpensive lead component which can be easily connected to a semiconductor chip and which has satisfactory connectability. There is provided a lead component including a base material having a connection part for connecting to a semiconductor chip, comprising: a solder part having a Zn layer made of a Zn-bonding material rolled and clad-bonded on the base material, and an Al layer made of an Al-bonding material rolled and clad-bonded on the Zn layer, in a prescribed region including the connection part on the base material; and the solder part further comprising a metal thin film composed of one kind or two kinds or more of Au, Ag, Cu, Ni, Pd, and Pt covering a surface of the Al layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shohei Hata, Yuichi Oda, Kazuma Kuroki, Hiromitsu Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20140061952
    Abstract: A method and system for uniquely identifying each semiconductor device die from a wafer is provided. Identifying features are associated with device die bond pads. In one embodiment, one or more tab features are patterned and associated with each of one or more device die bond pads. These features can represent a code (e.g., binary or ternary) that uniquely identifies each device die on the wafer. Each tab feature can be the same shape or different shapes, depending upon the nature of coding desired. Alternatively, portions of the one or more device die bond pads can be omitted as a mechanism for providing coded information, rather than adding portions to the device die bond pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Colby G. Rampley, Lawrence S. Klingbeil
  • Publication number: 20140061954
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to a semiconductor device and method of making the semiconductor device by pressing an electrical contact of a chip into a bonding layer on a carrier. The bonding layer is cured and coupled, at least in part, to the electrical contact. A molding layer is applied in contact with the chip and a first major surface of the bonding layer. Distribution circuitry is coupled to the electrical contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: Chuan Hu
  • Publication number: 20140061953
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device having suspension leads with less distortion. In QFN having a plurality of external terminal portions at the periphery of the bottom surface of a sealing body, a plurality of leads is linked to a plurality of long suspension leads of the QFN at an intermediate portion thereof or at between the intermediate portion and a position near the die pad. These long suspension leads are each supported by these leads, making it possible to suppress distortion of each of the suspension leads in a wire bonding step or molding step in the fabrication of the QFN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi FUJISAWA
  • Patent number: 8664083
    Abstract: InP epitaxial material is directly bonded onto a Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) wafer having Vertical Outgassing Channels (VOCs) between the bonding surface and the insulator (buried oxide, or BOX) layer. H2O and other molecules near the bonding surface migrate to the closest VOC and are quenched in the buried oxide (BOX) layer quickly by combining with bridging oxygen ions and forming pairs of stable nonbridging hydroxyl groups (Si—OH). Various sizes and spacings of channels are envisioned for various devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Di Liang
  • Publication number: 20140054800
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal pad structure of a die is provided, the method including: forming a metal pad between encapsulation material of the die, wherein the metal pad and the encapsulation material are separated from each other by a gap; and forming additional material in the gap to narrow at least a part of the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Johann Gatterbauer, Bernhard Weidgans, Joerg Busch
  • Publication number: 20140048958
    Abstract: A method of making contact pad sidewall spacer and pad sidewall spacers are disclosed. An embodiment includes forming a plurality of contact pads on a substrate, each contact pad having sidewalls, forming a first photoresist over the substrate, and removing the first photoresist from the substrate thereby forming sidewall spacers along the sidewalls of the plurality of the contact pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventor: Johann Gatterbauer
  • Publication number: 20140048959
    Abstract: A microelectronic package having an encapsulated substrate comprising a plurality of microelectronic devices encapsulated within an encapsulation material, wherein the encapsulated structure may have an active surface proximate the active surfaces of the plurality of microelectronic devices, and wherein at least one of the plurality of microelectronic devices may have a height greater than another of the plurality of microelectronic devices (e.g. non-coplanar), The microelectronic package further includes a bumpless build-up layer structure formed proximate the encapsulated structure active surface. The microelectronic package may also have an active surface microelectronic device positioned proximate the encapsulated structure active surface and in electrical contact with at least one of the plurality of microelectronic devices of the encapsulated substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventor: Chuan Hu
  • Patent number: 8653660
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having an upper surface, a lower surface, a first side and a second side, wherein the lower surface has a slope so that the first side is thicker than the second side, and a circuit pattern including a bonding pad on the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Jin Ho Bae
  • Patent number: 8653673
    Abstract: A package and method for packaging a semiconductor device formed in a surface portion of a semiconductor wafer. The package includes: a dielectric layer disposed on the surface portion of the semiconductor wafer having a device exposing opening to expose one of the devices and an electrical contacts pad opening to expose an electrical contact pad; and a porous material in the device exposing opening over said one of the devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Robert B. Hallock, William J. Davis, Yiwen Zhang, Ward G. Fillmore, Susan C. Trulli, Jason G. Milne
  • Patent number: 8648476
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dicing tape-integrated wafer back surface protective film including: a dicing tape including a base material and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on the base material; and a wafer back surface protective film formed on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the dicing tape, in which the wafer back surface protective film is colored. It is preferable that the colored wafer back surface protective film has a laser marking ability. The dicing tape-integrated wafer back surface protective film can be suitably used for a flip chip-mounted semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Naohide Takamoto, Takeshi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20140035095
    Abstract: The invention provides a semiconductor package and a method for fabricating a base for a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a conductive trace embedded in a base. A semiconductor device is mounted on the conductive trace via a conductive structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Media Tek Inc.
    Inventors: Tzu-Hung LIN, Wen-Sung HSU, Ta-Jen YU, Andrew C. CHANG
  • Publication number: 20140035167
    Abstract: A method produces a bonding pad for thermocompression bonding. The method includes providing a carrier material having semiconductor structures, wherein an outermost edge layer of the carrier material is a wiring metal layer configured to make electrical contact with the semiconductor structures. The method also includes depositing a single-layered bonding metal layer directly on a surface of the wiring metal layer to produce the bonding pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Schelling, David Borowsky
  • Publication number: 20140035168
    Abstract: A bonding pad for thermocompression bonding of a carrier material to a further carrier material includes a base layer and a top layer. The base layer is made of metal, is deformable, and is connected to the carrier material. The metal is nickel-based. The top layer is metallic and is connected directly to the base layer. The top layer is arranged at least on a side of the base layer which faces away from the carrier material. The top layer has a smaller layer thickness than the base layer. In at least one embodiment, the top layer has a greater oxidation resistance than the base layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Schelling, David Borowsky
  • Patent number: 8643189
    Abstract: A packaged semiconductor die has a die support mounting surface mounted to a die support having external connectors. A die connection pad surface opposite to die supporting mount surface has associated die connection pads that are circuit nodes of the semiconductor die. The die connection pad surface also has a power rail pad. The power rail pad has a surface area larger than surface areas of the die connection pads. Bond wires electrically couple the power rail pad to two or more of the die connection pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Boon Yew Low, Navas Khan Oratti Kalandar, Lan Chu Tan
  • Patent number: 8642397
    Abstract: A wafer-level semiconductor package method comprising the step of providing a first wafer comprising a plurality of first dies each having a first, a second and a third electrodes formed on its front surface; attaching a second die having a fourth and a fifth electrodes formed on its front surface and a sixth electrode formed at its back surface onto each of the first die of the first wafer with the sixth electrode at the back surface of the second die attached and electrically connected to the second electrode at the front surface of the first die; and cutting the first wafer to singulate individual semiconductor packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuping Gong, Yan Xun Xue, Ping Huang
  • Patent number: 8638000
    Abstract: A micromechanical assembly for bonding semiconductor substrates includes a semiconductor substrate having a chip pattern having a plurality of semiconductor chips, each having a functional region and an edge region surrounding the functional region. There is a bonding frame made of a bonding alloy made from at least two alloy components in the edge region, spaced apart from the functional region. Within the part of the edge region surrounding the bonding frame between the bonding frame and the functional region, there is at least one stop frame made of at least one of the alloy components, which is configured such that when a melt of the bond alloy contacts the stop frame during bonding, the bonding alloy solidifies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Trautmann, Ralf Reichenbach
  • Patent number: 8633600
    Abstract: A device includes a semiconductor material having a first surface. A first material is applied to the first surface and a fiber material is embedded in the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Manfred Mengel, Joachim Mahler, Khalil Hosseini
  • Patent number: 8633592
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an interconnect structure between an integrated circuit (IC) chip and a substrate comprises a plurality of materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Lee, Chihiro Uchibori
  • Patent number: 8633598
    Abstract: Stacking balls are formed on ball terminals prior to application of an underfill under a flip chip mounted electronic component. The underfill is then applied and directly contacts and at least partially encloses an inner row of the stacking balls closest to and directly adjacent the flip chip mounted electronic component. By forming the stacking balls prior to the application of the underfill, contamination of the ball terminals by the underfill is avoided. This allows the spacing between the ball terminals and the electronic component to be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Inventor: Roger D. St. Amand
  • Patent number: 8633590
    Abstract: To provide a method for manufacturing a large-area semiconductor device, to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with high efficiency, and to provide a highly-reliable semiconductor device in the case of using a large-area substrate including an impurity element. A plurality of single crystal semiconductor substrates are concurrently processed to manufacture an SOI substrate, so that an area of a semiconductor device can be increased and a semiconductor device can be manufactured with improved efficiency. In specific, a series of processes is performed using a tray with which a plurality of semiconductor substrates can be concurrently processed. Here, the tray is provided with at least one depression for holding single crystal semiconductor substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8624362
    Abstract: An IC wafer and the method of making the IC wafer, the IC wafer includes an integrated circuit layer having a plurality of solder pads and an insulated layer arranged thereon, a plurality of through holes cut through the insulated layer corresponding to the solder pads respectively for the implantation of a package layer, and an electromagnetic shielding layer formed on the top surface of the insulated layer and electrically isolated from the solder pads of the integrated circuit layer for electromagnetic sheilding. Thus, the integrated circuit does not require any further shielding mask, simplifying the fabrication. Further, the design of the through holes facilitates further packaging process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Xintec, Inc.
    Inventors: Yao-Hsiang Chen, Tsang-Yu Liu, Yen-Shih Ho, Shu-Ming Chang
  • Publication number: 20140001655
    Abstract: A device comprising a substrate, an integrated circuit (IC) die attached to the substrate on one side, a plurality of contact pads on an active side of the IC die, a plurality of thermally and electrically conductive legs, each of the legs attached to a respective one of the contact pads, and an encapsulating material formed around the substrate, the IC die, and a portion of the legs. A contact end of each of the legs is exposed, and one of the contact ends conducts a signal from a transistor in the IC die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventor: MIN DING
  • Patent number: 8604627
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a semiconductor device capable of reliably preventing a wire bonded to an island from being disconnected due to a thermal shock, a temperature cycle and the like in mounting and capable of preventing remarkable increase in the process time. In the semiconductor device according to the present invention, a semiconductor chip is die-bonded to the surface of an island, one end of a first wire is wire-bonded to an electrode formed on the surface of the semiconductor chip to form a first bonding section and the other end of the first wire is wire-bonded to the island to form a second bonding section, while the semiconductor device is resin-sealed. A double bonding section formed by wire-bonding a second wire is provided on the second bonding section of the first wire wire-bonded onto the island.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Hiromoto, Sadamasa Fujii, Tsunemori Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8604601
    Abstract: A semiconductor device of the invention includes a first wiring layer including a signal wiring line formed therein, and a second wiring layer stacked on the first wiring layer and including a power-supply plane and/or ground plane formed therein, the power-supply plane or the ground plane is not formed at least within a part of the region of the second wiring layer facing the signal wiring line of the first wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Elpida Memory, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Isa, Mitsuaki Katagiri
  • Patent number: 8604618
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same, includes vertically stacked layers on an insulator. Each of the layers includes a first dielectric insulator portion, a first metal conductor embedded within the first dielectric insulator portion, a first nitride cap covering the first metal conductor, a second dielectric insulator portion, a second metal conductor embedded within the second dielectric insulator portion, and a second nitride cap covering the second metal conductor. The first and second metal conductors form first vertically stacked conductor layers and second vertically stacked conductor layers. The first vertically stacked conductor layers are proximate the second vertically stacked conductor layers, and at least one air gap is positioned between the first vertically stacked conductor layers and the second vertically stacked conductor layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edward C. Cooney, III, Jeffrey P. Gambino, Zhong-Xiang He, Xiao Hu Liu, Thomas L. McDevitt, Gary L. Milo, William J. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20130320570
    Abstract: An electronic device for power applications and configured for being mounted on a printed circuit board is disclosed. The electronic device includes a semiconductor chip integrating a power component, and a package. The package comprises an insulating body embedding the semiconductor chip, and exposed electrodes for electrically connecting conductive terminals of the semiconductor chip to external circuitry in the printed circuit board. The electronic device is further configured to be fastened to a heatsink with a back surface of the insulating body in contact with a main surface of the heatsink for removing heat produced by the electronic device during the operation thereof. The insulating body lacks of a fixing portion in which a hole for receiving an insertable fastener element for the fastening of the electronic device to the heatsink is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.I.
    Inventor: Agatino Minotti
  • Publication number: 20130320548
    Abstract: A packaged semiconductor device comprises a package substrate comprising a first package substrate contact and a second package substrate contact, and a semiconductor die over the package substrate. The semiconductor device further includes electrical connections between signal contact pads of the die and the package substrate, and a heat spreader that comprises a first heat spreader portion which is electrically connected to a first signal contact pad and the first package substrate contact and provides an electrical conduction path and a thermal conduction path. A second heat spreader portion provides an electrical conduction path between a second signal contact pad and the second package substrate contact and a thermal conduction path between the die and package substrate. An insulating layer is positioned between the first and second heat spreader portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: BURTON J. CARPENTER, Leo M. Higgins, III
  • Patent number: 8598029
    Abstract: A semiconductor device, which comprises a workpiece with an outline and a plurality of contact pads and further an external part with a plurality of terminal pads. This part is spaced from the workpiece and the terminal pads are aligned with the workpiece contact pads, respectively. A reflow element interconnects each of the contact pads with its respective terminal pad. Thermoplastic material fills the space between the workpiece and the part; this material adheres to the workpiece, the part and the reflow elements. Further, the material has an outline substantially in line with the outline of the workpiece, and fills the space substantially without voids. Due to the thermoplastic character of the filling material, the finished device can be reworked, when the temperature range for reflowing the reflow elements is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Masako Watanabe, Masazumi Amagai
  • Patent number: 8598691
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing and packaging thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit and a plurality of copper pillars coupled to a surface of the integrated circuit. The plurality of copper pillars has an elongated shape. At least 50% of the plurality of copper pillars is arranged in a substantially centripetal orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Yu Wu, Tin-Hao Kuo, Chen-Shien Chen, Ming-Da Cheng