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Vivek Kishorechand Arora

Woochan Kim

Anindya Poddar

Kengo Aoya

Mutsumi Masumoto

Hau Thanh Nguyen

Ken Pham

Makoto Shibuya

Masamitsu Matsuura

Benjamin Allen Samples

Kwang-soo Kim

Thomas Dyer Bonifield

Vikram R Saksena

Seyhan Civanlar

Yi Yan

Hideaki Matsunaga

Agnes C Tow

Larry H Chang

Asif Imran Emon

Fang Luo

Hayden Seth Carlton

David Ryan Huitink

Kwnag-Soo Kim

Masamitsu Matasuura

An electronic device includes a multilevel ceramic body, first, second, and third plates, and first and second semiconductor dies, with the multilevel ceramic body having opposite first and second sides, a first and second openings in the first side, a third opening in the second side, and a ceramic separator structure defining first and second interior portions between the first and second openings. The first plate is attached to the first side and covers the first opening, the second plate is attached to the first side and covers the second opening, the third plate is attached to the second side and covers the third opening, the first semiconductor die is in the first interior portion, and the second semiconductor die is in the second interior portion of the ceramic body.

Half bridge ceramic hermetic package structure

An electronic device includes an embedded die frame having a cavity and a routing structure, a semiconductor die in the cavity with a gallium nitride layer on the routing structure, and a heat spreader having a thermally conductive insulator layer and a metal plate, the thermally conductive insulator layer having a first side that faces the embedded die frame and an opposite second side that faces away from the embedded die frame, with a portion of the first side of the thermally conductive insulator layer extending over a side of a silicon substrate of the semiconductor die, and the metal plate on the second side of the thermally conductive insulator layer.

Thermally enhanced embedded die package

Described herein is a technology or a method for fabricating a flip-chip on lead (FOL) semiconductor package. A lead frame includes an edge on surface that has a geometric shape that provides a radial and uniform distribution of electric fields. By placing the formed geometric shape along an active die of a semiconductor chip, the electric fields that are present in between the lead frame and the semiconductor chip are uniformly concentrated.

High voltage flip-chip on lead (FOL) package

An electronic device includes a substrate having first and second conductive traces, a semiconductor die having a transistor with a first terminal and a second terminal, and first and second metal clips. The first metal clip has a first end portion coupled to the first terminal of the transistor, and a second end portion coupled to the first conductive trace of the substrate. The second metal clip has a first end portion coupled to the second terminal of the transistor and a second end portion coupled to the second conductive trace of the substrate, and a middle portion of the second metal clip is spaced apart from and at least partially overlying a portion of the first metal clip.

Stacked clip design for GaN half bridge IPM

An example semiconductor package comprises a multi-layer substrate having a bottom metal layer, a top metal layer, and a first insulation layer between bottom metal layer and the top metal layer. A plurality of first conductive traces are formed in the top metal layer. A second insulation layer is disposed over the exposed portions of the first insulation layer and over segments of the first conductive traces. A plurality of second conductive traces formed on top of the second insulation layer. One or more semiconductor dies are mounted on the one or more second segments of the conductive traces. One or more bond wires couple the semiconductor dies to one or more of the second conductive traces. A mold compound covers at least a portion of the semiconductor dies, the second insulation layer, the first conductive traces, and the second conductive traces.

Power module with multi-layer substrate and second insulation layer to increase power density

This description relates generally to semiconductor devices and processes. A method for forming a packaged semiconductor package can include attaching a front side of a metal layer to a die pad of a leadframe that includes conductive terminals, so a periphery portion of the metal layer extends beyond a periphery pad surface of the die pad, and a portion of a half-etched cavity on the front side of the metal layer is located near the periphery pad surface of the die pad. The method further includes attaching a semiconductor device to the die pad and encapsulating the semiconductor device, the front side of the metal layer, a portion of a back side of the metal layer, and a portion of the conductive terminals to form a packaged semiconductor device.

Packaged semiconductor device including heat slug

In one example, embedded die package, including a layer having an exposed boundary, wherein at least a portion of the exposed boundary comprises organic material. The package also includes at least one integrated circuit die positioned in the layer and within the exposed boundary. The package also includes a dielectric material positioned in the layer and between the at least one integrated circuit and structure adjacent the at least one integrated circuit.

Frame design in embedded die package

A semiconductor package includes a leadframe including leads and a die attach pad (DAP) inside the leads, and at least one semiconductor die having a top side including circuitry electrically connected to bond pads and a bottom side attached to a bottom side portion of the DAP. The package includes a mold compound and a heat slug having a top side and a bottom side positioned within a cavity defined by sidewalls of the mold compound. The heat slug has an area greater than an area of the DAP is attached by its bottom side with a thermally conductive adhesive material to a top side portion of the DAP. Bondwires are between the leads and the bond pads. Exposed from the mold compound is a bottom side surfaces of the leads and the top side of the heat slug.

Heat slug attached to a die pad for semiconductor package

Packaged electronic devices and integrated circuits include a ceramic material or other thermally conductive, electrically insulating substrate with a patterned electrically conductive feature on a first side, and an electrically conductive layer on a second side. The IC further includes a semiconductor die mounted to the substrate, the semiconductor die including an electrically conductive contact structure, and an electronic component, with an electrically insulating lamination structure enclosing the semiconductor die, the frame and the thermal transfer structure. A redistribution layer with a conductive structure is electrically connected to the electrically conductive contact structure.

Embedded die packaging with integrated ceramic substrate

A power converter package includes a leadframe including first and second die pads, and supports connected to first leads, and second leads. A first semiconductor die including first bond pads is on the first die pad, and a second semiconductor die including second bond pads is on the second die pad. A transformer stack includes a top magnetic sheet and a bottom magnetic sheet on respective sides of a laminate substrate that includes a coil within, and coil contacts. A silicon block is attached to the bottom magnetic sheet and edges of the laminate substrate are attached to the supports. Bond wires are between the first bond pads and the second leads, the second bond pads and the second leads, and the first and second bond pads and the coil contacts. Mold encapsulates the respective semiconductor and the transformer stack. A bottom of the silicon block is exposed from the mold.

Isolated semiconductor package with HV isolator on block

A semiconductor package includes a metallic pad and leads, a semiconductor die attached to the metallic pad, the semiconductor die including an active side with bond pads opposite the metallic pad, a wire bond extending from a respective bond pad of the semiconductor die to a respective lead of the leads, a heat spreader over the active side of the semiconductor die with a gap separating the active side of the semiconductor die from the heat spreader, an electrically insulating material within the gap and in contact with the active side of the semiconductor die and the heat spreader; and mold compound covering the semiconductor die and the wire bond, and partially covering the metallic pad and the heat spreader, with the metallic pad exposed on a first outer surface of the semiconductor package and with the heat spreader exposed on a second outer surface of the semiconductor package.

Semiconductor package with isolated heat spreader

A multi-chip isolation (ISO) device package includes a leadframe including leads, an interposer substrate including a top copper layer and a bottom metal layer, with a dielectric layer in-between. A first IC die and a second IC die include circuitry including a transmitter or a receiver, and first and second bond pads are both attached top side up in the package. A laminate transformer is attached to the top copper layer positioned lateral to the IC die. Bondwires wirebond the first bond pads to first pads on the laminate transformer and to a first group of the leads or the lead terminals, and bondwires wirebond the second bond pads to second pads on the laminate transformer and to a second group of the leads or the lead terminals. A mold compound provides encapsulation.

Multi-chip package with reinforced isolation

An isolated power converter package includes a leadframe including a first and second die pad, first and second supports connected to first leads, second leads. A first semiconductor die is on the first die pad and a second semiconductor die is on the second die pad. The molded transformer includes a top and bottom side magnetic sheet each having a magnetic mold material including magnetic particles in a second dielectric material on respective sides of a laminate substrate including a dielectric material and a first coil and a second coil that each include a coil contact. Edges of the laminate substrate are on the supports. Bond wires are between the first die bond pads and the second leads, between the second die bond pads and the second leads, between the first die bond pads and coil contacts, and between the second die bond pads and the coil contacts.

Isolated power converter package with molded transformer

A packaged electronic device includes a semiconductor die with an electronic component and a contact structure connected to the electronic component, as well as an organic panel frame, a lamination structure that partially embeds the semiconductor die in an opening of the organic panel frame, and a ceramic substrate mounted to a first side of the semiconductor die.

Package panel processing with integrated ceramic isolation

A power conversion module and method of forming the same includes a motherboard having a first surface and a second surface that opposes the first surface. The motherboard includes a first trace that electrically couples a decoupling capacitor mounted on the motherboard to a first pad on the first surface of the motherboard and an output node of a power conversion module. The motherboard includes a via extending through the motherboard that electrically couples a second pad on the first surface of the motherboard and a third pad on the second surface of the motherboard to the output node and a second trace that electrically couples a fourth pad on the second surface of the motherboard and the decoupling capacitor. The power module includes a first daughterboard mounted on the first surface of the motherboard and a second daughterboard mounted on the second surface of the motherboard.

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Vivek Kishorechand Arora