International Rectifier Corporation

Arthur Woodworth

Peter R Ewer

Ken Teasdale

Mark Steers

George Pearson

Kevin Smith

Alex Kamara

A lead frame for a high power semiconductor device die has three external lead conductors, the outer two of which are reentrantly bent outwardly from the center of the lead frame. When the lead frame is overmolded, the outer conductors are spaced from a central conductor by an increased creepage distance along the plastic surface of the housing. Further, the lead sequence of the exterior leads is gate, source, drain for a power MOSFET. The post area for wire bonding to the source post is enlarged to permit wire bonding with at least three bond wires. The external conductors can be downwardly bent to form a surface mount device. The cross-sectional area of the external conductors is substantially enlarged, although only a small enlargement of the circuit board hole is needed. The package outline has a long flat area centered over the main die area, with a tapered end surface which allows the package to pry open a mounting spring for surface mounting of the package.

High current capacity semiconductor device package and lead frame with large area connection posts and modified outline

A surface mount semiconductor package includes washing grooves disposed on a bottom surface of a plastic housing. The package also employs locking elements for locking the plastic housing to a metal pad on which a semiconductor device is mounted, where the locking elements include a cross bar between terminals, slots disposed on the metal pad which include barbs and dove-tail grooves disposed on the metal pad. The metal pad includes a waffled surface for improved coupling to a substrate. The package includes terminals having offset portions for providing spaces for the plastic housing material to fill for improved encapsulation of the terminals. The metal pad extends beyond the lateral edges of the plastic housing for improved heat dissipation and for providing a surface to couple to a heatsink.

Surface mount semiconductor package

A plurality of semiconductor die, which may be of diverse size and diverse junction pattern, are fixed to a common lead frame and within a common package. The semiconductor die are mounted on respective main pad areas that are laterally spaced from one another and which have respective heat sinks. The heat sinks extend from the boundary of the device package and form external pins that are available for external connection at the same or at different potentials. Isolated pins are also provided. The device package may be used for high and low side chopper circuits, synchronous regulator circuits, single-mode bridges, and the like.

Plural semiconductor die housed in common package with split heat sink

A surface mount semiconductor package includes a semiconductor device, a metal pad on which the semiconductor device is mounted, and a housing formed of a flowable material which bonds to the metal pad and encapsulates the semiconductor device when cured, where the metal pad includes a waffled surface opposite the surface on which the semiconductor device is mounted for accepting solder between the metal pad and a substrate and for permitting solder wetting therebetween.

Lead frame with waffled front and rear surfaces

A surface-mount semiconductor package comprises a semiconductor which is embedded within a plastic material body. Electrical control connections to the semiconductor package include first and second pads which are spaced apart from each other, making it easier to couple the devices in parallel. Power output is provided by metal pads. The pads may be partially sheared, to step them, thereby allowing a single thickness lead frame to be used in the manufacture of the device. On the lower face of the body there are channels which increase the electrical tracking distance and allow improved washing of residues after the device has been secured to a substrate.

Surface-mount semiconductor package

A surface-mount semiconductor package comprises a semiconductor which is embedded within a plastics material body (10). Electrical control connections to the semiconductor comprise first and second upstanding legs (12,14) which are offset from each other, making it easier to couple the devices in parallel. Power output is provided by metal pads (16,18). The pads may be partially sheared, to step them, thereby allowing a single thickness leadframe to be used in the manufacture of the device. On the lower face of the body (10) there are channels (22,24) which increase the electrical tracking distance and allow improved washing of residues after the device has been secured to a substrate.

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