Infineon Technologies Ag

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Markus Dinkel

Ralf Otremba

Josef Hoeglauer

Liu Chen

Toni Salminen

Martin Gruber

Klaus Schiess

Xaver Schloegel

Franz Jost

Stefan Macheiner

Stefan Mieslinger

Jens Oetjen

Giuliano Angelo Babulano

Thorsten Meyer

Markus Zundel

Eung San Cho

Petteri Palm

Rainer Markus Schaller

Thorsten Scharf

Bernd Goller

Teck Sim Lee

Uwe Kirchner

Wae Chet Yong

Uwe Schmalzbauer

Tomasz Naeve

Elvir Kahrimanovic

Fabian Schnoy

Guenther Lohmann

Ulrich Froehler

Boon Kian Lim

Vanessa Capodieci

Ryan Ross Agbay Alinea

Melvin Levardo

Gerhard Noebauer

Dirk Ahlers

Juergen Schaefer

Peter Ossimitz

Erwin Huber

Chooi Mei Chong

Lutz Goergens

Tien Lai Tan

Gilles Delarozee

Marco Puerschel

A method of manufacturing a package includes: connecting an electronic component with a carrier by a clip having at least one locking recess; partially encapsulating the clip by an encapsulant so that at least part of a main surface of the clip remains partially exposed with respect to the encapsulant; and locking the encapsulant and the clip by accommodating material of the encapsulant in the at least one locking recess.

Method of manufacturing a package using a clip having at least one locking recess

A semiconductor device includes: a carrier including an electronic circuit; a plurality of semiconductor chip packages mounted on the carrier, each of the chip packages including an encapsulation encapsulating the semiconductor chip, a plurality of contact structures electrically connecting the semiconductor chip with the electronic circuit, and at least one cooling structure protruding from the encapsulation; and a cooling element thermally conductively connected to at least one cooling structure of each of at least two of the plurality of semiconductor chip packages.

Semiconductor device having a carrier, semiconductor chip packages mounted on the carrier and a cooling element

A method includes: arranging a semiconductor device on a redistribution substrate, the device having a first power electrode and a control electrode on a first surface and a second power electrode on a second surface, the redistribution substrate having an insulating board having a first major surface and a second major surface having solderable contact pads, so that the first power electrode is arranged on a first conductive pad and the control electrode is arranged on a second conductive pad on the first major surface; arranging a contact clip such that a web portion is arranged on the second power electrode and a peripheral rim portion is arranged on a third conductive pad on the first major surface; and electrically coupling the first power electrode, control electrode and peripheral rim portion to the respective conductive pads and electrically coupling the web portion to the second power electrode.

Method of fabricating a semiconductor package

A clip for connecting an electronic component with a carrier in a package is provided. The clip includes a clip body having a component connection portion configured to be connected with the electronic component to be mounted on the carrier, and a carrier connection portion configured to be connected with the carrier. The clip further includes at least one locking recess in a surface portion of the clip body, the surface portion being configured to face the carrier. The at least one locking recess is configured to accommodate material of an encapsulant of the package so as to lock the encapsulant and the clip. A corresponding method of manufacturing the package is also provided.

Clip having locking recess for connecting an electronic component with a carrier in a package

A chip package is provided. The chip package includes a semiconductor chip having on a front side a first connecting pad and a second connecting pad, a carrier having a pad contact area and a recess, encapsulation material encapsulating the conductor chip, a first external connection that is free from or extends out of the encapsulation material, an electrically conductive clip, and a contact structure. The semiconductor chip is arranged with its front side facing the carrier with the first connecting pad over the recess and with the second connecting pad contacting the pad contact area. The clip is arranged over a back side of the semiconductor chip covering the semiconductor chip where it extends over the recess. The electrically conductive contact structure electrically conductively connects the first connecting pad with the first external connection.

Plurality of transistor packages with exposed source and drain contacts mounted on a carrier

A semiconductor device includes a leadframe, a semiconductor die attached to the leadframe, and an encapsulation material encapsulating the semiconductor die and a portion of the leadframe. The leadframe includes a first main face and a second main face opposite to the first main face. The leadframe includes leads wherein each lead includes a fully plated end face extending between an unplated first sidewall and an unplated second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall. The end face and the first and second sidewalls of each lead are perpendicular to the first and second main faces.

Leadframe leads having fully plated end faces

In an embodiment, a semiconductor package includes a package footprint having a plurality of solderable contact pads, a semiconductor device having a first power electrode and a control electrode on a first surface and a second power electrode on a second surface, a redistribution substrate having an insulating board, wherein the first power electrode and the control electrode are mounted on a first major surface of the insulating board and the solderable contact pads of the package footprint are arranged on a second major surface of the insulating board, and a contact clip having a web portion and one or more peripheral rim portions. The web portion is mounted on and electrically coupled to the second power electrode and the peripheral rim portion is mounted on the first major surface of the insulating board.

Semiconductor package and method of fabricating a semiconductor package

A package encloses a power semiconductor die and has a package body with a top side, footprint side and sidewalls. The die has first and second load terminals and blocks a blocking voltage between the load terminals. The package further includes: a lead frame structure for electrically and mechanically coupling the package to a support, the lead frame structure including an outside terminal extending out of the package footprint side and/or out of one of the package sidewalls and electrically connected with the first load terminal; and a top layer arranged at the package top side and electrically connected with the second load terminal. A heat spreader is mounted onto the top layer with a bottom surface facing the top layer. The area of the top surface of the heat spreader is greater than the area of the bottom surface.

Method of producing an SMD package with top side cooling

Electronic module comprising at least one electronic chip, an encapsulation structure in which the at least one electronic chip is at least partially encapsulated, an electrically conductive structure for the electrically conductive contacting of the at least one electronic chip, and an electrically insulating structure which is at least partially formed from a material having a low modulus of elasticity, wherein a variation of the value of the modulus of elasticity is at the most 10 GPa in a temperature range between &#x2212;40&#xb0; C. and +150&#xb0; C.

Electronic module having an electrically insulating structure with material having a low modulus of elasticity

A package encloses a power semiconductor die that has a first load terminal at a die frontside facing a footprint side of the package and a second load terminal arranged at a die backside facing a top side of the package. The package also includes a lead frame configured to electrically and mechanically couple the package to a support. The lead frame has a planar first outside terminal electrically connected with the first load terminal and a planar second outside terminal electrically connected with the second load terminal. The planar first outside terminal is configured to interface with the support by means of a first contact area. The planar second outside terminal is configured to interface with the support by means of a second contact area. The second contact area has a size in a range between 80% and 120% of a size of the first contact area.

SMD package with flat contacts to prevent bottleneck

A package encloses a power semiconductor die and has a package body with a package top side, package footprint side and package sidewalls. The die has first and second load terminals and blocks a blocking voltage between the load terminals. The package further includes: a lead frame structure for electrically and mechanically coupling the package to a support, the lead frame structure including an outside terminal extending out of the package footprint side and/or out of one of the package sidewalls and electrically connected with the first load terminal; a top layer arranged at the package top side and electrically connected with the second load terminal; and a heat spreader arranged external of the package body and in electrical contact with the top layer. A top surface of the heat spreader has an area greater than the area of the bottom surface.

SMD package with top side cooling

An interconnect module includes a metal clip having a first end section, a second end section and a middle section extending between the first and the second end sections. The first end section is configured for external attachment to a bare semiconductor die or packaged semiconductor die attached to a carrier or to a metal region of the carrier. The second end section is configured for external attachment to a different metal region of the carrier or to a different semiconductor die or packaged semiconductor die attached to the carrier. The module further includes a magnetic field sensor secured to the metal clip. The magnetic field sensor is operable to sense a magnetic field produced by current flowing through the metal clip. The interconnect module can be used to form a direct electrical connection between components and/or metal regions of a carrier to which the module is attached.

Multi-functional interconnect module and carrier with multi-functional interconnect module attached thereto

An electronic device having a substrate including a metal layer, an electrically insulating layer disposed above the substrate, a semiconductor module disposed above the electrically insulating layer and a lamination layer disposed above the electrically insulating layer. The lamination layer at least partially embeds the semiconductor module.

Electronic device including a metal substrate and a semiconductor module embedded in a laminate

A semiconductor device includes a planar first lead frame including a die pad, a semiconductor chip coupled to the die pad, and a second lead frame coupled to the first lead frame. The second lead frame includes leads arranged such that the die pad is downset with respect to the leads.

Semiconductor device including lead frames with downset

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