A semiconductor package includes a first lead with first and second ends extending in the same direction as one another. At least one second lead has first and second ends and is partially surrounded by the first lead. A die pad is provided and a die is connected to the die pad. Wires electrically connect the die to the first lead and the at least one second lead. An insulating layer extends over the leads, the die pad, and the die such that the first end of the at least one second lead is exposed from the semiconductor package and the second end of the first lead is encapsulated entirely within the insulating layer.

An electronic device includes a die attach pad with a set of cantilevered first leads for down bond connections, a set of second leads spaced apart from the die attach pad, a semiconductor die mounted to the die attach pad and enclosed by a package structure, a set of first bond wires connected between respective bond pads of the semiconductor die and at least some of the first leads, and a set of second bond wires connected between respective further bond pads of the semiconductor die and at least some of the second leads.

In a described example, an apparatus includes: a package substrate including a die pad configured for mounting a semiconductor die, a first lead connected to the die pad, and a second lead and a third lead; and a semiconductor die including a temperature sensor mounted on the die pad. The semiconductor die includes a first metallization layer being a metallization layer closest to the active surface of the semiconductor die, and successive metallization layers overlying the previous metallization layer, the metallization layers including a respective conductor layer in a dielectric material for the particular metallization layer and conductive vias; and the temperature sensor formed of the conductor layer in an uppermost metallization layer and coupled to the second lead and to the third lead. The semiconductor die includes a high voltage ring formed in the uppermost metallization layer, spaced from and surrounding the temperature sensor.

An in-line power device, a semiconductor assembly, an in-wheel motor driver or a vehicle driver, and a new-energy vehicle are provided. The in-line power device includes: a body including a power chip and a wrapping layer wrapping an outer surface of the power chip; and a plurality of pins provided at a first side of the body at intervals. The plurality of pins includes a power pin, an auxiliary control pin and a control signal pin, and each pin includes a first segment provided inside the wrapping layer and a second segment provided outside the wrapping layer. The second segment of the auxiliary control pin and the second segment of the control signal pin are located in a first plane, the second segment of the power pin and the first side are located in a second plane, and the first plane is not parallel to the second plane.

Provided is a semiconductor device including: a lead frame having an upper surface provided with a concave portion and a lower surface provided with a convex portion; a semiconductor chip fixed to the upper surface of the lead frame; a solder layer provided in the concave portion and fixing the semiconductor chip to the upper surface of the lead frame; and a sealing resin for sealing the semiconductor chip and the lead frame. A thickness of the solder layer is larger than a depth of the concave portion. The sealing resin covers at least a part of the lower surface of the lead frame. At least a part of the convex portion of the lead frame is exposed from the sealing resin.

A bonded assembly includes a first semiconductor die that includes first semiconductor devices, and a first pad-level dielectric layer and embedding first bonding pads; and a second semiconductor die that includes second semiconductor devices, and a second pad-level dielectric layer embedding second bonding pads that includes a respective second pad base portion. Each of the first bonding pads includes a respective first pad base portion and a respective first metal alloy material portion having a higher coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) than the respective first pad base portion. Each of the second bonding pads is bonded to a respective one of the first bonding pads.

An electronic device includes a support member and a mount member mounting on the support member. The support member and the mount member are sealed by a resin member. The support member includes a surface having a laser irradiation mark. The mount member includes a surface having a rough portion with an accumulation of material of the support member.

An integrated circuit (IC) includes semiconductor substrate with a metal stack including a lower, upper and a top metal layer that includes bond pads and a detection bond pad (DBP). A wirebond damage detector (WDD) includes the DBP over a first and second connected structure. The first and second connected structures both include spaced apart top segments of the upper metal layer coupled to spaced apart bottom segments of the lower metal layer. The DBP is coupled to one end of the first connected structure, and ≥1 metal trace is coupled to another end extending beyond the DBP to a first test pad. The second connected structure includes metal traces coupled to respective ends each extending beyond the DBP to a second test pad and to a third test pad.

Lead frames for semiconductor device packages may include lead fingers proximate to a die-attach pad. A convex corner of the lead frame proximate to a geometric center of the lead frame may be rounded to include a radius of curvature of at least two times a greatest thickness of the die-attach pad. The thickness of the die-attach pad may be measured in a direction perpendicular to a major surface of the die-attach pad. A shortest distance between the die-attach pad and each one of the lead fingers having a surface area larger than an average surface area of the lead fingers may be at least two times the greatest thickness of the die-attach pad.

A switching device includes: a switching element; a die pad; a gate terminal; a first power terminal integral with the die pad; and a second power terminal, the gate terminal, the first power terminal, and the second power terminal are located on a side of a first direction of the die pad, the gate terminal, the first power terminal, and the second power terminal are arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction in the following order: the gate terminal, the first power terminal, and the second power terminal or the second power terminal, the first power terminal, and the gate terminal, the switching element includes a first and a second gate pad, the first gate pad is closer to the gate terminal than the second gate pad is, the second gate pad is closer to the second power terminal than the first gate pad is.