Encapsulation Having Cavity (epo) Patents (Class 257/E23.128)
  • Patent number: 11955345
    Abstract: Encapsulation warpage reduction for semiconductor die assemblies, and associated methods and systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor die assembly includes an interface die, a stack of semiconductor dies attached to a surface of the interface die, where the stack of semiconductor dies has a first height from the surface. The semiconductor die assembly also includes an encapsulant over the surface and surrounding the stack of semiconductor dies, where the encapsulant includes a sidewall with a first portion extending from the surface to a second height less than the first height and a second portion extending from the second height to the first height. Further, the first portion has a first texture and the second portion has a second texture different from the first texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon P. Wirz, Liang Chun Chen
  • Patent number: 11955891
    Abstract: A packaged module and a metal plate. The packaged module may include a bearing structure, at least one metal strip, a circuit element, and a magnetic material. Further, a first surface of the bearing structure may bear the circuit element; two ends of each of the at least one metal strip may be coupled to the bearing structure, and a part of each metal strip other than the two ends is spaced apart from the bearing structure; and the magnetic material may cover a surface of a winding functional region of the at least one metal strip, where the winding functional region may be a part or all of the metal strip to which the winding functional region belongs. The foregoing solution helps simplify a packaging process and reduce losses and manufacturing costs of the packaged module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhiqiang Xiang
  • Patent number: 11942581
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device produced thereby. For example and without limitation, various aspects of this disclosure provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, and a semiconductor device produced thereby, that that comprises a transparent, translucent, non-opaque, or otherwise optically-transmissive, external surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: AMKOR TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE HOLDING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: David Clark, Curtis Zwenger
  • Patent number: 11901308
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to improving EMI shielding to provide more reliable semiconductor packages. The semiconductor package may be, for example, a lead frame including one or multiple dies attached thereto. The semiconductor package may include only wire bonds or a combination of clip bonds and wire bonds. An integrated shielding structure may be disposed in between the package substrate and the encapsulant to shield internal and/or external EMI. For example, a top surface of the integrated shield structure is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: UTAC HEADQUARTERS PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Saravuth Sirinorakul, Il Kwon Shim, Kok Chuen Lock, Roel Adeva Robles, Eakkasit Dumsong
  • Patent number: 11894824
    Abstract: Laser-marked packaged surface acoustic wave devices are provided. The laser-marked packaged surface acoustic wave device may include a package structure encapsulating a surface acoustic wave device on a first side of a piezoelectric substrate. The opposite side of the piezoelectric substrate can be directly marked using a laser. The laser may be a deep ultraviolet laser. By directly marking the piezoelectric substrate itself, the use of a separate marking film can be avoided, making the packaged surface acoustic wave device thinner. When the laser has a wavelength readily absorbed by the piezoelectric substrate, a relatively shallow marking may be made in the piezoelectric substrate. The markings can extend less than 1 micrometer into the piezoelectric substrate, so as not to affect the structural integrity of the piezoelectric substrate or the operation of the packaged surface acoustic wave device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Li Ann Koo, Takashi Inoue, Vivian Sing Zhi Lee, Ping Yi Tan
  • Patent number: 11837516
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device, on a heat dissipation portion of a lead frame opposite to a mounting portion on which a semiconductor element is mounted, a thin molding portion having a thickness of about 0.02 mm to 0.3 mm is formed by a second molding resin which is a high-heat-dissipation resin. A scale-like portion on which scale-shaped projections are consecutively formed is provided over both sides across a resin boundary portion of the heat dissipation portion. The scale-like portion reaches abutting surfaces of an upper die and a lower die of a mold used in a molding process. Thus, the same void inhibition effect as with an air vent is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takanobu Kajihara, Katsuhiko Omae, Takashi Nagao, Atsuki Fujita, Ryosuke Takeshita, Masakazu Hamada
  • Patent number: 11784165
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a first die having a first surface and a second surface, the first die comprising: a first layer formed on the first surface of the first die, and a second layer formed on the second surface of the first die; a second die coupled to the first layer; and a plurality of structures to couple the apparatus to an external component, wherein the plurality of structures is coupled to the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Anup Pancholi, Kimin Jun
  • Patent number: 11696402
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic component including a pad region including a plurality of pads extending along corresponding extension lines and arranged in a first direction, and a signal wire configured to receive a driving signal from the pad region, wherein the plurality of pads include a plurality of first pads arranged continuously and a plurality of second pads arranged continuously, and extension lines of the plurality of first pads substantially converge into a first point and extension lines of the plurality of second pads substantially converge into a second point different from the first point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han-Sung Bae, Wonkyu Kwak, Cheolgeun An
  • Patent number: 11694938
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a case enclosing a region filled with a sealing material. The case is made of resin. An electrode is fixed to the case. A section, which is a part of the electrode, is provided with a cutout that allows a part of the resin making the case to be exposed to the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Mariko Ohara, Masatake Harada, Akira Goto
  • Patent number: 11637051
    Abstract: An assembly comprising a substrate, a first integrated device coupled to the substrate, a second integrated device coupled to the substrate, a frame coupled to the substrate such that the frame at least partially surrounds the first integrated device and the second integrated device, and a step heat sink coupled to the frame, such that the step heat sink is located over the first integrated device and the second integrated device. The assembly may further include a shield coupled to the frame such that the shield is located between the frame and the step heat sink. The shield may include a step shield. The assembly may further include a heat pipe coupled to the step heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hung-Wen Lin, Sin-Shong Wang, Jen-Chun Chang, Ajit Kumar Vallabhaneni, Keith Wang
  • Patent number: 11621739
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module includes a mount board, an electronic component, an external connection terminal, and an acoustic wave filter. The mount board has a first principal surface and a second principal surface facing each other. The electronic component is arranged on the first principal surface of the mount board. The external connection terminal is arranged on the second principal surface of the mount board. The acoustic wave filter is arranged on the second principal surface of the mount board. The acoustic wave filter is a bare-chip acoustic wave filter. The radio-frequency module is suppressed in height along a thickness of the mount board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACIURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Matsumoto, Yoichi Sawada
  • Patent number: 11605237
    Abstract: A smart card fingerprint identification module packaging structure includes a first insulating layer, an insulating protective layer, a shielding layer, a second insulating layer, a fingerprint sensing area and bump pads. A first patterned circuit layer is embedded in the first insulating layer, and part of this layer serves as a first sensing circuit. A second patterned circuit layer is disposed on the second surface of the first insulating layer, and part of this layer serves as a second sensing circuit. A patterned metal layer is disposed on the second insulating layer and covers the outer surface of the second insulating layer as a shielding layer. The shielding layer corresponding to the first and the second sensing circuits is hollowed out to serve as a fingerprint sensing area. The longitudinal projections of the first sensing circuit and the second sensing circuit are staggered from each other without overlapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: PHOENIX PIONEER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Che-Wei Hsu
  • Patent number: 11527471
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is a substrate inserted lead-type semiconductor device to be mounted through insertion of a plurality of lead terminals into a plurality of respective through holes of a substrate. The semiconductor device includes: an energization controller including a semiconductor element and wiring; a sealing resin to cover the energization controller; and the lead terminals each having one end side connected to the energization controller and the other end side protruding from the sealing resin. The lead terminals each have a protrusion formed on a part of the other end side protruding from the sealing resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kota Nakamura, Hiromi Tominaga, Junichi Murakami, Hidenori Shigeoka
  • Patent number: 11451693
    Abstract: The present invention provides a camera module and a molding circuit board assembly, circuit board and application thereof, the circuit board comprising a digital circuit unit, an analog circuit unit and a substrate. The digital circuit nit and the analog circuit unit are respectively formed on the substrate, and the digital circuit unit and the analog circuit unit are conductively connected to each other, wherein at least one part of the analog circuit unit has a safe distance from the digital circuit unit, so as to prevent an electromagnetic wave generated by a circuit of the digital circuit unit from interfering with an electrical signal transmitted and processed by the analog circuit unit, thereby improving the stability and reliability of the transmission and the processing of the electrical signal by the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingzhu Wang, Duanliang Cheng, Fengsheng Xi, Bojie Zhao, Takehiko Tanaka, Zhen Huang, Zhenyu Chen, Nan Guo
  • Patent number: 9337354
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a package encasing a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) device provides a cover having a lid and sidewalls with a port extending through the lid. A first base component is bonded to the sidewalls defining an internal cavity. This first base component further includes an aperture extending therethrough. The MEMS device is inserted through the aperture and bonded to the lid with the MEMS device at least partially overlapping the port. Assembly is completed by bonding a second base component to the first base component to seal the aperture. The package so formed has a cover with a lid, sidewalls and a port extending through the lid. A MEMS device is bonded to the lid and electrically interconnected to electrically conductive features disposed on the first base component. A second base component is bonded to the first base component spanning the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Unisem (M) Berhad
    Inventors: Rob Protheroe, Alan Evans, Timothy Leung, Tang Ming Xiang, Guan JunHua
  • Patent number: 9040352
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package having a cavity formed using film-assisted molding techniques is provided. Through the use of such techniques the cavity can be formed in specific locations in the molded package, such as on top of a device die mounted on the package substrate or a lead frame. In order to overcome cavity wall angular limitations introduced by conformability issues associated with film-assisted molding, a gel reservoir feature is formed so that gel used to protect components in the cavity does not come in contact with a lid covering the cavity or the junction between the lid and the package attachment region. The gel reservoir is used in conjunction with a formed level setting feature that controls the height of gel in the cavity. Benefits include decreased volume of the cavity, thereby decreasing an amount of gel-fill needed and thus reducing production cost of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Shun Meen Kuo, Li Li
  • Patent number: 9018725
    Abstract: An image sensor package includes a crystalline handler having opposing first and second surfaces, and a cavity formed into the first surface. At least one step extends from a sidewall of the cavity, wherein the cavity terminates in an aperture at the second surface. A cover is mounted to the second surface and extends over and covers the aperture. The cover is optically transparent to at least one range of light wavelengths. A sensor chip is disposed in the cavity and mounted to the at least one step. The sensor chip includes a substrate with front and back opposing surfaces, a plurality of photo detectors formed at the front surface, and a plurality of contact pads formed at the front surface which are electrically coupled to the photo detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Optiz, Inc.
    Inventor: Vage Oganesian
  • Patent number: 8999757
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a package encasing a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) device provides a cover having a lid and sidewalls with a port extending through the lid. A first base component is bonded to the sidewalls defining an internal cavity. This first base component further includes an aperture extending therethrough. The MEMS device is inserted through the aperture and bonded said to the lid with the MEMS device at least partially overlapping the port. Assembly is completed by bonding a second base component to the first base component to seal the aperture. The package so formed has a cover with a lid, sidewalls and a port extending through the lid. A MEMS device is bonded to the lid and electrically interconnected to electrically conductive features disposed on the first base component. A second base component is bonded to the first base component spanning the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Unisem (M) Berhad
    Inventors: Rob Protheroe, Alan Evans, Timothy Leung, Ming Xiang Tang, JunHua Guan
  • Patent number: 8999763
    Abstract: Embodiments include but are not limited to apparatuses and systems including semiconductor packages, e.g. memory packages, having an interposer including at least one topological feature, such as a depression in a surface of the interposer, a die coupled to the surface of the interposer, and an encapsulant material formed over the die and the interposer, and disposed in the at least one depression to resist movement of the encapsulant material relative to the interposer. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Eskildsen, Aravind Ramamoorthy
  • Patent number: 8963313
    Abstract: Integrating a semiconductor component with a substrate through a low loss interconnection formed through adaptive patterning includes forming a cavity in the substrate, placing the semiconductor component therein, filling a gap between the semiconductor component and substrate with a fill of same or similar dielectric constant as that of the substrate and adaptively patterning a low loss interconnection on the fill and extending between the contacts of the semiconductor component and the electrical traces on the substrate. The contacts and leads are located and adjoined using an adaptive patterning technique that places and forms a low loss radio frequency transmission line that compensates for any misalignment between the semiconductor component contacts and the substrate leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Sankerlingam Rajendran, Monte R. Sanchez, Susan M. Eshelman, Douglas R. Gentry, Thomas A. Hanft
  • Patent number: 8847372
    Abstract: An exposed die overmolded flip chip package includes a substrate. A die is flip chip mounted to an upper surface of the substrate. The package further includes a mold cap filling a space between an active surface of the die and the upper surface of the substrate. The mold cap includes a principal surface, sidewalls extending from the upper surface of the substrate to the principal surface, an annular surface coplanar with the inactive surface of the die and extending outward from a peripheral edge of the inactive surface of the die, and protruding surfaces extending between the principal surface and the annular surface. The mold cap does not cover the inactive surface of the die such that heat transfer from the die to the ambient environment is maximized and the package thickness is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Francis Darveaux, Michael Barrow, Miguel Angel Jimarez, Jae Dong Kim, Dae Keun Park, Ki Wook Lee, Ju Hoon Yoon
  • Patent number: 8828807
    Abstract: A method of packaging integrated circuits includes providing a molded substrate including a first plurality of functional semiconductor dies and a plurality of placeholders laterally spaced apart from one another and covered by a molding compound. The molding compound is thinned to expose at least some of the placeholders. The exposed placeholders are removed to form cavities in the molded substrate. A second plurality of functional semiconductor dies is inserted in the cavities formed in the molded substrate. Electrical connections are formed to the first plurality and second plurality of functional semiconductor dies at a side of the dies uncovered by the molding compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Wachter, Dominic Maier, Thomas Kilger
  • Patent number: 8791561
    Abstract: A support substrate includes a first surface and a second surface located above the level of the first surface. Chips are mounted on the first surface. A first insulating film is disposed over each chip. First conductive plugs are connected to the chip extending through each first insulating film. Filler material made of resin filling a space between chips. Wirings are disposed over the first insulating film and the filler material for interconnecting different chips. The second surface, an upper surface of the first insulating film and an upper surface of the filler material are located at the same level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadahiro Kishii, Tsuyoshi Kanki, Yoshihiro Nakata, Yasushi Kobayashi, Masato Tanaka, Akio Rokugawa
  • Patent number: 8753926
    Abstract: An electronic package with improved warpage compensation. The electronic package includes a mold cap having a variable thickness. The variable thickness can have a mound or dimple design. In another embodiment, a method is provided for reducing unit warpage of an electronic package by designing the topography of a mold cap to compensate for warpage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher J. Healy, Gopal C. Jha, Vivek Ramadoss
  • Patent number: 8742569
    Abstract: In some examples, a semiconductor package can be configured to electrically couple to a printed circuit board. The semiconductor package can include: (a) a lid having one or more first electrically conductive leads; (b) a base coupled to the lid and having one or more second electrically conductive leads electrically coupled to the one or more first electrically conductive leads; (c) one or more first semiconductor devices mechanically coupled to the lid and electrically coupled to the one or more first electrically conductive leads; and (d) one or more first micro-electrical-mechanical system devices mechanically coupled to the lid and electrically coupled to the one or more first electrically conductive leads. At least one of the lid or the base can have at least one port hole. The one or more first electrically conductive leads can be configured to couple to the printed circuit board. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Ubotic Intellectual Property Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Kwong Lo, Lik Hang Wan, Ming Wa Tam
  • Patent number: 8716744
    Abstract: An LED package includes a light transmissive encapsulation, an LED die, a fluorescent layer, a baffle wall, a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The encapsulation includes a light emitting surface and a bottom surface opposite to the light emitting surface. The LED die, the fluorescent layer and the baffle wall are embedded in the encapsulation from the bottom surface side. The LED die includes a front surface for outputting light outward and a back surface opposite to the front surface. The front surface faces the light emitting surface of the encapsulation, and the back surface is exposed outside. The fluorescent layer is formed on the front surface of the LED die. The baffle wall surrounds the LED die and the fluorescent layer. The positive electrode and negative electrode are electrically connected to the LED die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Optoelectronic Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiun-Wei Chan, Chih-Hsun Ke, Chao-Hsiung Chang
  • Patent number: 8673740
    Abstract: A method is for formation of an electrically conducting through-via within a first semiconductor support having a front face and comprising a silicon substrate. The method may include forming of a first insulating layer on top of the front face of the first semiconductor support, fabricating a handle including, within an additional rigid semiconductor support having an intermediate semiconductor layer, and forming on either side of the intermediate semiconductor layer of a porous region and of an additional insulating layer. The method may also include direct bonding of the first insulating layer and of the additional insulating layer, and thinning of the silicon substrate of the first semiconductor support so as to form a back face opposite to the front face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
    Inventors: Julien Cuzzocrea, Laurent-Luc Chapelon
  • Patent number: 8659128
    Abstract: A flip chip package structure includes a chip placed under a lead frame, a bump on the upper surface of the chip that is electrically connected to the lead of the lead frame, and a backside metal on the lower surface of the chip that is exposed outside an encapsulant encapsulating the chip and a portion of the lead frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Richtek Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Lin Yang, Lih-Ming Doong
  • Patent number: 8652866
    Abstract: A sensor device and method. One embodiment provides a first semiconductor chip having a sensing region. A porous structure element is attached to the first semiconductor chip. A first region of the porous structure element faces the sensing region of the first semiconductor chip. An encapsulation material partially encapsulates the first semiconductor chip and the porous structure element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Klaus Elian, Georg Meyer-Berg, Horst Theuss
  • Patent number: 8614504
    Abstract: A chip package includes a substrate, a pad, a double-sided adhesive tape, a chip, and a sealing member. The pad is arranged on the substrate and has a top surface facing away from the substrate. The double-sided adhesive tape includes a first paste surface and an opposing second paste surface. The first paste surface is attached to the top surface. The chip is attached onto the second paste surface and includes a light emitting surface or a light receiving surface facing away from the second paste surface. The sealing member is formed on the pad and tightly surrounds the chip and the double-sided adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kai-Wen Wu
  • Patent number: 8604599
    Abstract: A semiconductor housing is provided that includes a metal support and a semiconductor body, a bottom side thereof being connected to the metal support. The semiconductor body has metal surfaces that are connected to pins by bond wires and a plastic compound, which completely surrounds the bond wires and partially surrounds the semiconductor body. The plastic compound has an opening on the top side of the semiconductor body, and a barrier is formed on the top side of the semiconductor body. The barrier has a top area and a base area spaced from the edges of the semiconductor body and an internal clearance of the barrier determines a size of the opening. Whereby, a portion of the plastic compound has a height greater than the barrier, and a fixing layer is formed between the base area of the barrier and the top side of the semiconductor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Micronas GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Kolleth, Pascal Stumpf, Christian Joos
  • Patent number: 8586456
    Abstract: In a first aspect, a method of forming an epitaxial film on a substrate is provided. The method includes (a) providing a substrate; (b) exposing the substrate to a silicon source and a carbon source so as to form a carbon-containing silicon epitaxial film; (c) encapsulating the carbon-containing silicon epitaxial film with an encapsulating film; and (d) exposing the substrate to Cl2 so as to etch the encapsulating film. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhiyuan Ye, Yihwan Kim, Xiaowei Li, Ali Zojaji, Nicholas C. Dalida, Jinsong Tang, Xiao Chen, Arkadii V. Samoilov
  • Patent number: 8575740
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is providing a semiconductor device that is capable of improving the reliability of a semiconductor element and enhancing the mechanical strength without suppressing the scale of a circuit. The semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit sandwiched between first and second sealing films, an antenna electrically connected to the integrated circuit, the first sealing film sandwiched between a substrate and the integrated circuit, which includes a plurality of first insulating films and at least one second insulating film sandwiched therebetween, the second sealing film including a plurality of third insulating films and at least one fourth insulating film sandwiched therebetween. The second insulating film has lower stress than the first insulting film and the fourth insulating film has lower stress than the third insulating film. The first and third insulating films are inorganic insulating films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Arai, Yuko Tachimura, Yohei Kanno, Mai Akiba
  • Patent number: 8558371
    Abstract: Provided is a wafer level packaging method and a semiconductor device fabricated using the same. In the method, a substrate comprising a plurality of chips is provided. An adhesive layer is formed on the substrate corresponding to boundaries of the plurality of chips. A cover plate covering an upper portion of the substrate and having at least one opening exposing the adhesive layer or the substrate at the boundaries among the plurality of chips is attached to the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JiSun Hong, Taeje Cho, Un-Byoung Kang, Hyuekjae Lee, Youngbok Kim, Hyung-sun Jang
  • Patent number: 8541260
    Abstract: An exposed die overmolded flip chip package includes a substrate. A die is flip chip mounted to an upper surface of the substrate. The package further includes a mold cap filling a apace between an active surface of the die and the upper surface of the substrate. The mold cap includes a principal surface, sidewalls extending from the upper surface of the substrate to the principal surfaces, an annular surface coplanar with the inactive surface of the die and extending outward from a peripheral edge of the inactive surface of the die, and protruding surfaces extending between the principal surface and the annular surface. The mold cap does not cover the inactive surface of the die such that heat transfer from the die to the ambient environment is maximized and the package thickness is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Amkor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Francis Darveaux, Michael Barrow, Miguel Angel Jimarez, Jae Dong Kim, Dae Keun Park, Ki Wook Lee, Ju Hoon Yoon
  • Patent number: 8541801
    Abstract: A light emitting device package includes: a substrate with a mounting surface; a light emitting device bonded to the mounting surface of the substrate; a light reflecting resin part containing a high reflective material, filled on the substrate around the light emitting device so as to extend in a space between the light emitting device and the substrate; and a packing resin part hermetically sealed to cover the light emitting device and the light reflection resin part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Ha Kim, Masami Nei, Seok Min Hwang, Chung Bae Jeon
  • Patent number: 8531034
    Abstract: A semiconductor package and a package on package are provided. The semiconductor package includes a substrate; a semiconductor chip attached to a surface of the substrate; connecting conductors disposed on the surface of the substrate; a mold formed on the substrate and in which the connecting conductors and the semiconductor chip are provided; and connecting via holes extending through the mold and exposing the connecting conductors. With respect to a first connecting via hole of the connecting via holes, a planar distance between a first connecting conductor exposed by the first connecting via hole and an entrance of the first connecting via hole is not uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hak-Kyoon Byun, Dae-Young Choi, Mi-Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 8518747
    Abstract: Stacked semiconductor devices and assemblies including attached lead frames are disclosed herein. One embodiment of a method of manufacturing a semiconductor assembly includes forming a plurality of first side trenches to a first intermediate depth in a molded portion of a molded wafer having a plurality of dies arranged in rows and columns. The method also includes forming a plurality of lateral contacts at sidewall portions of the trenches and electrically connecting first side bond-sites of the dies with corresponding lateral contacts of the trenches. The method further includes forming a plurality of second side channels to a second intermediate depth in the molded portion such that the channels intersect the trenches. The method also includes singulating and stacking the first and second dies with the channels associated with the first die aligned with channels associated with the second die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Swee Kwang Chua
  • Patent number: 8487426
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a conductive base, a die disposed adjacent to an upper surface of the conductive base, a patterned conductive layer, and a dielectric layer encapsulating the die. The dielectric layer defines an opening through which the patterned conductive layer is electrically connected to the upper surface of the conductive base. The conductive base has a lateral surface including a first portion adjacent to the upper surface of the conductive base and a second portion adjacent to a lower surface of the conductive base, where the second portion is sloped inwardly with respect to the lower surface of the conductive base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Kay Stephan Essig, Bernd Karl Appelt, Ming Chiang Lee
  • Patent number: 8486744
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for fabricating a MEMS device including multiple bonding of substrates. In an embodiment, a method includes providing a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) substrate including a first bonding layer, providing a semiconductor substrate including a second bonding layer, and providing a cap including a third bonding layer. The method further includes bonding the MEMS substrate to the semiconductor substrate at the first and second bonding layers, and bonding the cap to the semiconductor substrate at the second and third bonding layers to hermetically seal the MEMS substrate between the cap and the semiconductor substrate. A MEMS device fabricated by the above method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Hsien Lin, Chia-Hua Chu, Li-Cheng Chu, Yuan-Chih Hsieh, Chun-Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 8482116
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes at least one first component (5) (for example, a first integrated circuit), having a front face provided with electrical connection pads. The first component is embedded in a support layer (2) is a position such that the front face of the first component is not covered and lies parallel to a first face of the support layer. An intermediate layer (8) is formed on the front face of the first component and on the first face of the support layer. An electrical connection network (9) within the intermediate layer selectively connects to the electrical connection pads of the first component. The device further includes at least one second component (11) (for example, a second integrate circuit, having one face placed above the intermediate layer and provided with electrical connection pads selectively connected to the electrical connection network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS, STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Romain Coffy, Remi Brechignac, Carlo Cognetti de Martiis
  • Patent number: 8476748
    Abstract: An exposed die overmolded flip chip package includes a substrate. A die is flip chip mounted to an upper surface of the substrate. The package further includes a mold cap filling a space between an active surface of the die and the upper surface of the substrate. The mold cap includes a principal surface, sidewalls extending from the upper surface of the substrate to the principal surface, an annular surface coplanar with the inactive surface of the die and extending outward from a peripheral edge of the inactive surface of the die, and protruding surfaces extending between the principal surface and the annular surface. The mold cap does not cover the inactive surface of the die such that heat transfer from the die to the ambient environment is maximized and the package thickness is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Amkor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Francis Darveaux, Michael Barrow, Miguel Angel Jimarez, Jae Dong Kim, Dae Keun Park, Ki Wook Lee, Ju Hoon Yoon
  • Patent number: 8471289
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser device includes a Si(100) substrate in which a recess having an opening and a bottom face surrounded by inner wall surfaces is formed, a semiconductor laser element placed on the bottom face, and a translucent sealing glass, mounted on top of the Si(100) substrate, which seals the opening. The laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser element is reflected by a metallic reflective film formed on the inner wall surface and then transmits through the sealing glass so as to be emitted externally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okayama, Yasunori Inoue, Takenori Goto, Kazushi Mori, Yuuki Ota, Naoteru Matsubara
  • Patent number: 8445984
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a micro-optical device includes an electro-optical circuit and an annular frame disposed on a surface of a substrate. The electro-optical circuit has an active region that is encapsulated by a window and an interconnect region adjacent at least one edge of the electro-optical circuit. The annular frame extends around an outer periphery of the window and is separated from the window by a gap, the annular frame and the electro-optical circuit form a cavity for placement of a plurality of bonding wires the interconnect that electro-optical circuit to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignees: Texas Instruments Incorporated, Amkor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Morgan Haskett, John Patrick O'Connor, Mark Myron Miller, Sean Timothy Crowley, Jeffrey Alan Miks, Mark Phillip Popovich
  • Patent number: 8420450
    Abstract: A method of molding a semiconductor package includes coating liquid molding resin or disposing solid molding resin on a top surface of a semiconductor chip arranged on a substrate. The solid molding resin may include powdered molding resin or sheet-type molding resin. In a case where liquid molding resin is coated on the top surface of the semiconductor chip, the substrate is mounted between a lower molding and an upper molding, and then melted molding resin is filled in a space between the lower molding and the upper molding. In a case where the solid molding resin is disposed on the top surface of the semiconductor chip, the substrate is mounted on a lower mold and then the solid molding resin is heated and melts into liquid molding resin having flowability. An upper mold is mounted on the lower mold, and melted molding resin is filled in a space between the lower molding and the upper molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-young Ko, Jae-yong Park, Heui-seog Kim, Ho-geon Song
  • 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: 8378502
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package system includes: an integrated circuit die including an image sensor system having interconnects connected thereto; and a transparent encapsulant on the integrated circuit die with portions of the interconnects exposed and with only the transparent encapsulant over the image sensor system to comprise an image sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: Seng Guan Chow, Heap Hoe Kuan
  • Patent number: 8372695
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a package substrate having a substrate base side and a substrate stack side; mounting an integrated circuit over the substrate stack side; attaching a stack connector to the substrate stack side; forming an encapsulation over the stack connector and the integrated circuit; attaching an external connector to the substrate base side; attaching an adhesive tape to the external connector having spacing between the adhesive tape and the substrate base side; cutting a step portion in the encapsulation to expose the stack connector; cutting a singulation kerf in the package substrate having exit damage on the substrate base side; and removing the adhesive tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Stats Chippac Ltd.
    Inventors: SangMi Park, MinJung Kim
  • Patent number: 8368194
    Abstract: An exposed die overmolded flip chip package includes a substrate. A die is flip chip mounted to an upper surface of the substrate. The package further includes a mold cap filling a space between an active surface of the die and the upper surface of the substrate. The mold cap includes a principal surface, sidewalls extending from the upper surface of the substrate to the principal surface, an annular surface coplanar with the inactive surface of the die and extending outward from a peripheral edge of the inactive surface of the die, and protruding surfaces extending between the principal surface and the annular surface. The mold cap does not cover the inactive surface of the die such that heat transfer from the die to the ambient environment is maximized and the package thickness is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Amkor Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Francis Darveaux, Michael Barrow, Miguel Angel Jimarez, Jae Dong Kim, Dae Keun Park, Ki Wook Lee, Ju Hoon Yoon
  • Patent number: 8318549
    Abstract: An integrated circuit is attached to a package substrate. The integrated circuit is electrically connected to the package substrate using a plurality of bond wires connected between a plurality of bond posts and a plurality of bond pads. A first plurality of the bond pads are along a first side of the integrated circuit and coupled to a first plurality of the bond posts with a first plurality of the bond wires. A second plurality of the bond pads are along a second side of the integrated circuit and coupled to a second plurality of the bond posts with a second plurality of the bond wires. Mold compound is injected through a plurality of openings in the package substrate. A first opening is between the first plurality of bond posts and the first side. A second opening is between the second plurality of bond posts and the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Hess, Chu-Chung Lee