Infineon Technologies Ag

Mohd Afiz Hashim

Thai Kee Gan

Mohd Kahar Bajuri

Joel Feliciano Del Rosario

Mei Fen Hiew

A semiconductor package includes: a semiconductor die attached to a leadframe and having a first bond pad at a side of the semiconductor die facing away from the leadframe; a metal clip having a first bonding region attached to the first bond pad of the semiconductor die by a plurality of first wire bonds which extend through a plurality of first openings in the first bonding region of the metal clip, the plurality of first wire bonds forming a joint between the metal clip and the first bond pad of the semiconductor die; and a joint between the plurality of first wire bonds and the metal clip at a side of the metal clip facing away from the semiconductor die. Additional semiconductor package embodiments and related methods of manufacture are also described.

Semiconductor package with wire bond joints

A method of attaching a metal clip to a semiconductor die includes: aligning a first bonding region of the metal clip with a first bond pad of the semiconductor die; and while the first bonding region of the metal clip is aligned with the first bond pad of the semiconductor die, forming a plurality of first wire bonds to the first bond pad of the semiconductor die through a plurality of openings in the first bonding region of the metal clip, the plurality of first wire bonds forming a joint between the metal clip and the first bond pad of the semiconductor die. Additional methods and related semiconductor packages produced from such methods are also described.

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Shah Alam, Malaysia

Mohd Afiz Hashim