A semiconductor device includes a copper structure over a semiconductor body. In a copper oxide layer on a surface of the copper structure, a content of copper is between 60 at % and 75 at % and a content of oxygen is between 25 at % and 40 at %.

A semiconductor module is provided, including: a semiconductor chip having an upper surface electrode and a lower surface electrode opposite to the upper surface electrode; a metal wiring plate electrically connected to the upper surface electrode of the semiconductor chip; and a sheet-like low elastic sheet provided on the metal wiring plate, the low elastic sheet having elastic modulus lower than that of the metal wiring plate. A manufacturing method for a semiconductor module is provided, including: providing a semiconductor chip; solder-bonding a metal wiring plate above said semiconductor chip; and applying a sheet-like low elastic sheet having the elastic modulus lower than that of said metal wiring plate to said metal wiring plate.

An object of the present invention is to suppress a crack in a sealing resin and a warpage in a semiconductor device in a power semiconductor device. A power semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element; a terminal; a chassis; and a sealing resin sealing the semiconductor element and the terminal in the chassis. The sealing resin includes: a first sealing resin covering at least the semiconductor element; and a second sealing resin formed on an upper portion of the first sealing resin, and in an operation temperature of the semiconductor element, the first sealing resin has a smaller linear expansion coefficient than the second sealing resin, and a difference of a linear expansion coefficient between the first sealing resin and the terminal is smaller than a difference of a linear expansion coefficient between the second sealing resin and the terminal.

A semiconductor module is provided with a conductive member having one end, in a longitudinal direction, joined to an electrode of a semiconductor element that is mounted on an insulating substrate, the other end of the conductive member in the longitudinal direction being joined to a component different from the electrode. The conductive member is made up of a metal sheet, and has a bent portion at the one end and at the other end. The bent portion provided at the one end has a cut in a leading end portion, in the longitudinal direction, and an end joining section at which the cut is not present is joined to the electrode of the semiconductor element. As a result, a semiconductor module can be realized that allows combination of increased current capacity with improved reliability.

A semiconductor device includes a copper structure over a semiconductor body. In a copper oxide layer on a surface of the copper structure, a content of copper is between 60 at % and 75 at % and a content of oxygen is between 25 at % and 40 at %.

The invention relates to a method for electrically contacting a component (10) (for example a power component and/or a (semiconductor) component having at least one transistor, preferably an IGBT (insulated-gate bipolar transistor)) having at least one contact (40, 50), at least one open-pored contact piece (60, 70) is galvanically (electrochemically or free of external current) connected to at least one contact (40, 50). In this way, a component module is achieved. The contact (40, 50) is preferably a flat part or has a contact surface, the largest planar extent thereof being greater than an extension of the contact (40, 50) perpendicular to said contact surface. The temperature of the galvanic connection is at most 100 C., preferably at most 60 C., advantageously at most 20 C. and ideally at most 5 C. and/or deviates from the operating temperature of the component by at most 50 C., preferably by at most 20 C., in particular by at most 10 C. and ideally by at most 5 C., preferably by at most 2 C. The component (10) can be contacted by means of the contact piece (60, 70) with a further component, a current conductor and/or a substrate (90). Preferably, a component (10) having two contacts (40, 50) on opposite sides of the component (10) is used, wherein at least one open-pored contact piece (60, 70) is galvanically connected to each contact (40, 50).

A semiconductor device includes a carrier, a chip attached to the carrier, a sealant vapor deposited over the chip and the carrier, and encapsulation material deposited over the sealed chip and the sealed carrier.

An electrode connection structure includes: a first electrode of an electrical circuit; and a second electrode of the electrical circuit that is electrically connected to the first electrode. The first and second electrodes are oppositely disposed in direct or indirect contact with each other. A plated lamination is substantially uniformly formed by plating process from a surface of a contact region and opposed surfaces of the first and second electrodes. A void near the surface of the contact region is filled by formation of the plated lamination. Portions of the plated lamination formed from the opposed surfaces of the first and second electrodes in a region other than the contact region are not joined together.

A method of forming a die package is provided. The method includes attaching a die to a leadframe, attaching a clip to the die, wherein the clip includes a leadframe contact section that is arranged adjacent to a corresponding clip contact section of the leadframe, and deforming the clip contact section of the leadframe and/or the leadframe contact section of the clip to form a fixed electrically conductive contact between the leadframe and the clip.