Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation

Tomohiro Iguchi

Kazuhito Higuchi

Masako Fukumitsu

Hideo Nishiuchi

Akira Tojo

Tomoyuki Kitani

Tatsuya Hirakawa

Makoto Mizukami

Masayuki Uchida

Taizo Tomioka

Yasuhito Saito

Masayuki Arakawa

Daisuke Hiratsuka

Akihiro Sasaki

Kazuo Shimokawa

Akihiko Happoya

Izuru Komatsu

Kazuki Tateyama

Naruhito Kondo

Michinobu Inoue

Yusaku Asano

Akiya Kimura

Takashi Koyanagawa

Hisashi Ito

Osamu Tsuneoka

Takahiro Sogou

Akihiro Hara

Tetsuro Komatsu

Naotake Watanabe

Kenta Fukatsu

Takahiro Aizawa

Kentaro Suga

Kyoko Kato

Takenori Yamada

Yoshitoshi Fukuchi

Kyoto Kato

A semiconductor device includes first, second, and third metal layers on a surface of the insulating substrate. A first terminal is connected to the first metal layer at a first region. A second terminal is connected to the second metal layer at a second region. An output terminal is connected to the third metal layer. First chips are aligned along a first direction on the first metal layer. Second chips are aligned along the first direction on the third metal layer. A first wire connects a first upper electrode of a first chip to the third metal layer. A second wire connects a second upper electrode of a second chip to the second metal layer. The second chips are between the first chips and the third metal layer in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Available conductive routes between the first and second terminals are made more uniform.

Semiconductor device

A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: an insulating substrate having a first metal layer and a second metal layer on a surface of the insulating substrate; a semiconductor chip including an upper electrode and a lower electrode, the upper electrode being electrically connected to the first metal layer, the lower electrode being electrically connected to the second metal layer; a first main terminal including a first end and a second end, the first end being electrically connected to the first metal layer; a second main terminal including a third end and a fourth end, the third end being electrically connected to the second metal layer; a first detection terminal being electrically connected between the first end and the second end of the first main terminal; and a second detection terminal being electrically connected to the first metal layer.

A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a semiconductor layer, a metal layer, and a bonding layer provided between the semiconductor layer and the metal layer, the bonding layer including a plurality of silver particles, and the bonding layer including a region containing gold existing between the plurality of silver particles.

According to an embodiment, provided is a semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate; a first main terminal; a second main terminal; an output terminal; a first metal layer connected to the first main terminal; a second metal layer connected to the second main terminal; a third metal layer disposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer and connected to the output terminal; a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip provided on the first metal layer; and a third semiconductor chip and a fourth semiconductor chip provided on the third metal layer. The second metal layer includes a first slit. Alternatively, the third metal layer includes a second slit.

A semiconductor device of embodiments includes a first semiconductor chip; a metal plate having a first plane and a second plane facing the first plane and including a first ceramic plate provided between the first plane and the second plane; and a first insulating board provided between the first semiconductor chip and the metal plate and facing the first plane, in which the first ceramic plate does not exist between the first semiconductor chip and the second plane.

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor element, a first element insulating part, and an insulating sealing member. The first semiconductor element includes a first semiconductor chip and a first chip electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip has a first surface crossing a first direction, a second surface crossing the first direction and distant from the first surface, and a third surface between the first and second surfaces. The first chip electrode is disposed on the first surface. The first element insulating part includes a first portion and a second portion continuous to the first portion. The insulating sealing member includes a third portion and a fourth portion continuous to the third portion. The first portion is between the first surface and the third portion, and the second portion is between the third surface and the fourth portion.

Semiconductor device and semiconductor element with improved yield

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor chip according to an embodiment includes forming on a semiconductor substrate a plurality of etching masks each including a protection film to demarcate a plurality of first regions of the substrate protected by the plurality of etching masks and a second region as an exposed region of the substrate, and anisotropically removing the second region by a chemical etching process to form a plurality of grooves each including a side wall at least partially located in the same plane as an end face of the etching mask and a bottom portion reaching a back surface of the substrate, thereby singulating the semiconductor substrate into a plurality of chip main bodies corresponding to the plurality of first regions.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor chip, semiconductor chip, and semiconductor device

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor module includes a first circuit component, a first connection member, and a first wire. The first circuit component includes a first substrate, a first conductive layer, a first switching device, and a first diode. The first substrate has an insulation property. The first connection member is provided on a first electrode of the first switching device and the fourth electrode of the first diode, and has a conductive property. The first wire connects the first conductive layer and the first connection member.

Semiconductor module

According to one embodiment, a metallic particle paste includes a polar solvent and particles dispersed in the polar solvent and containing a first metal. A second metal different from the first metal is dissolved in the polar solvent.

Metallic particle paste, cured product using same, and semiconductor device

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor module includes: a first circuit component: a second circuit component; and a third circuit component. The first circuit component includes: an insulating first substrate; a first conductive layer; a first switching element; and a first diode. The second circuit component includes: an insulating second substrate; a second conductive layer; a second switching element; and a second diode. The second circuit component is disposed between the first circuit component and the third circuit component. The third circuit component includes: an insulating third substrate; a third conductive layer provided on the third substrate and including a third element mounting unit; a third switching element provided on the third element mounting unit; and a third diode provided on the third element mounting unit. A direction from the third switching element toward the third diode is an opposite direction to the first direction.

Semiconductor module and method for manufacturing same

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes, a chip including a first chip electrode on a first surface on one side, and a second chip electrode on a second surface on the other side, an electrically conductive frame provided on a side periphery of the chip, a rewiring configured to electrically connect the second chip electrode and the electrically conductive frame on the other side of the chip, and an insulation side portion provided between the electrically conductive frame and the side periphery of the chip.

Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor device, including a semiconductor chip including a first electrode and a second electrode of a semiconductor element, the first electrode and the second electrode being configured on a first surface and a second surface of the semiconductor chip, an encapsulating material encapsulating the semiconductor chip, the surface portion being other than regions, each of the regions connecting with the first second electrodes, each of inner electrodes being connected with the first or the second electrodes, a thickness of the inner electrode from the first surface or the second surface being the same thickness as the encapsulating material from the first surface or the second surface, respectively, outer electrodes, each of the outer electrodes being formed on the encapsulating material and connected with the inner electrode, a width of the outer electrode being at least wider than a width of the semiconductor chip, and outer plating materials, each of the outer plating materials covering five surfaces of the outer electrode other than one surface of the outer electrode being connected with the inner electrode.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Tomohiro Iguchi