Packaged semiconductor devices and methods of packaging semiconductor devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a packaged semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit die, a molding compound disposed around the integrated circuit die, and an interconnect structure disposed over the integrated circuit die and the molding compound. The molding compound is thicker than the integrated circuit die.

A display device including: a substrate element including a base layer, a circuit layer, and a device layer, the base layer forming a plane defined by a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to each other; an encapsulation element provided on the substrate element to seal the device layer; a sealing element provided along edges of the encapsulation element to connect the encapsulation and substrate elements to each other; an optical element provided on the encapsulation element; a window element provided on the substrate element; an adhesive element provided between the optical and window elements to connect the optical element to the window element; and a filling element provided between the window element and the substrate element, wherein the filling element is spaced apart from the optical element and the adhesive element, and is overlapped with the sealing element when viewed in a direction normal to the plane.

This disclosure describes optoelectronic modules with locking assemblies and methods for manufacturing the same. The locking assemblies, in some instances, can improve mounting steps during manufacturing and can increase the useful lifetime of the optoelectronic modules into which they are incorporated. The locking assemblies can include overmold protrusions, and optical element housing protrusions, as well as locking edges incorporated into overmold housing components.

A semiconductor device includes a plurality of leads, a semiconductor element electrically connected to the leads and supported by one of the leads, and a sealing resin covering the semiconductor element and a part of each lead. The sealing resin includes a first edge, a second edge perpendicular to the first edge, and a center line parallel to the first edge. The reverse surfaces of the respective leads include parts exposed from the sealing resin, and the exposed parts include an outer reverse-surface mount portion and an inner reverse-surface mount portion that are disposed along the second edge of the sealing resin. The inner reverse-surface mount portion is closer to the center line of the sealing resin than is the outer reverse-surface mount portion. The outer reverse-surface mount portion is greater in area than the inner reverse-surface mount portion.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor unit including a semiconductor chip, a cooling plate having a cooling front surface on which the semiconductor unit is disposed, a case disposed along an outer edge of the cooling front surface at the outer edge via an adhesive so as to surround the semiconductor unit, and a sealing member sealing the semiconductor unit disposed on the cooling plate inside the case. The cooling plate has an interlocking portion, the interlocking portion including a recess in the cooling front surface, and an engagement surface disposed inside the recess and being inclined at an acute angle with respect to the cooling front surface.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, an insulated circuit board on which the semiconductor chip is disposed, a cooling plate having a second front surface to which the insulated circuit board is disposed, a bonding member which bonding the insulated circuit board to the cooling plate, a case which surrounds the semiconductor chip and the insulated circuit board and is bonded to the second front surface of the cooling plate with an adhesive therebetween and a sealing member which seals the semiconductor chip and the insulated circuit board over the cooling plate in the case. The cooling plate has a coupling portion which is a projection or a recess at the second front surface of the cooling plate, and the coupling portion has an engaging surface that is inclined to form an acute angle with the second front surface of the cooling plate.

One example described herein includes a method for fabricating integrated circuit (IC) packages. The method includes fabricating a plurality of IC dies and providing a conductive metal material sheet. The method also includes laser-cutting the conductive metal material sheet to form a lead-frame sheet. The lead-frame sheet includes at least one of through-holes and three-dimensional locking features. The method further includes coupling the IC dies to the lead-frame sheet and coupling the lead-frame sheet and the IC dies to packaging material to form an IC package block comprising the IC packages.

A semiconductor die and an electrically conductive ribbon are arranged on a substrate. The electrically conductive ribbon includes a roughened surface. An insulating encapsulation is molded onto the semiconductor die and the electrically conductive ribbon. The roughened surface of the electrically conductive ribbon provides a roughened coupling interface to the insulating encapsulation.

A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes preparing a semiconductor chip and a conductive plate having a front surface that includes a disposition area on which the semiconductor chip is to be disposed, forming a supporting portion in a periphery of the disposition area of the conductive plate such that the supporting portion protrudes from a bottom of the disposition area in an upward direction orthogonal to the front surface of the conductive plate, bonding the semiconductor chip to the disposition area via bonding material applied to the disposition area, coating the front surface of the conductive plate, including the semiconductor chip and the supporting portion, with a coating layer, and after the coating, sealing the front surface of the conductive plate, including the semiconductor chip and the supporting portion, with sealing material.

A polyamideimide resin containing a structural unit (Ia) represented by a formula shown below, and a structural unit (IIa) represented by a formula shown below. In the formula (Ia), each X independently represents a hydrogen atom, or at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of halogen atoms, alkyl groups of 1 to 9 carbon, atoms, and alkoxy groups and hydroxyalkyl groups of 1 to 9 carbon atoms. In the formula (IIa), each R independently represents a hydrogen atom, or at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups of 1 to 9 carbon atoms, alkoxy groups of 1 to 9 carbon atoms and halogen atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 6.

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