An electronic device has a substrate 5, a first electric element 91 provided on a first conductor layer 71, a second electric element 92 provided on the first electric element 91, and a connector 50 having a base end part 45 provided on a second conductor layer 72 and a head part 40 provided on a front surface electrode 92a of the second electric element 92 via a conductive adhesive 75. An area of the base end part 45 placed on the second conductor layer 72 is larger than an area of the head part 40 placed on the second electric element 92. The base end part 45 is located at a side of the substrate 5 compared with the head part 40, and a gravity center position of the connector 50 is at a side of the base end part 45 of the connector 50.

An improved method for forming a semiconductor package is disclosed herein. The method includes forming a multi-layer package substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface. The package substrate comprises a recess region. A semiconductor die is attached to the die region within the recess region. A dam structure is formed within the recess region. The dam structure surrounds the semiconductor die and extends upward to a height below the first major surface of the package substrate. A liquid encapsulant material is dispensed into the recess region. The liquid encapsulant material is surrounded by the dam structure. The liquid encapsulant extends upwardly to a height below the height of the dam structure. A package lid is attached to the package substrate.

To provide a technique capable of reducing the chip size of a semiconductor chip and particularly, a technique capable of reducing the chip size of a semiconductor chip in the form of a rectangle that constitutes an LCD driver by devising a layout arrangement in a short-side direction. In a semiconductor chip that constitutes an LCD driver, input protection circuits are arranged in a lower layer of part of a plurality of input bump electrodes and on the other hand, in a lower layer of the other part of the input bump electrodes, the input protection circuits are not arranged but SRAMs (internal circuits) are arranged.

A semiconductor device includes a board having a solder resist layer with first and second openings on a first surface, and a first electrode on the first surface, a portion thereof exposed in the first opening and electrically connected to the board. A second electrode is located on the first surface having a portion exposed in the second opening and electrically connected to the board. A portion of the second electrode is covered by the solder resist layer. A first solder bump is on the first electrode and covers a side surface. A second solder bump is on the second electrode. A semiconductor chip has a first region and a second region facing the first surface. A third electrode is in the first region and electrically connected to the first solder bump. A fourth electrode is in the second region and electrically connected to the second solder bump.

A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a first nitride semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface; a first source electrode provided on the first surface; a first drain electrode provided on the first surface; a first gate electrode provided on the first surface between the first source electrode and the first drain electrode; a second nitride semiconductor layer having a third surface and a fourth surface, the third surface being provided on the second surface and facing the second surface, and the second nitride semiconductor layer having a smaller band gap than the first nitride semiconductor layer; and a first semiconductor device having a fifth surface provided on the fourth surface and facing the fourth surface with a size equal to or smaller than a size of the fourth surface, the first semiconductor device including a first semiconductor material having a smaller band gap than the second nitride semiconductor layer.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having a passivation film, a stress relieving layer provided on the passivation film, and a groove formed in a periphery of a surface of the semiconductor chip, the groove being provided inside of an edge of the semiconductor chip, wherein the stress relieving layer is partly disposed in the groove.

A wire bonding includes a capillary that extrudes a wire; a wire clamp assembly disposed on the capillary; a support disposed on the wire clamp assembly; a wire contact member; and a slide rail that provides a slide hole. The wire clamp assembly includes: a first member; a second member spaced apart from the first member; a first contact member coupled to the first member; and a second contact member coupled to the second member and spaced apart from the first contact member. The first member includes a first body that extends in a first direction and a first tilting member that extends at an acute angle relative to the first direction. The second member includes a second body that extends in the first direction and is spaced apart from the first body in a second direction a second tilting member.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a main surface, a first insulating film formed on the main surface, a first coil formed on the first insulating film, a second insulating film formed on the first coil and having a first main surface and first side surfaces continuous with the first main surface, a third insulating film formed on the first main surface of the second insulating film and having a second main surface and second side surfaces continuous with the second main surface, and a second coil formed on the second main surface of the third insulating film. The second insulating film and the third insulating film are formed as a laminated insulating film together. A thickness of the second coil is greater than a thickness of the first coil in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate.

An array substrate includes a driver, a glass substrate having a driver mounting section where the driver is mounted, an anisotropic conductive material that is interposed between the driver and driver mounting section so as to electrically connect both and that at least includes a binder made of a thermosetting resin and conductive particles in the binder, and a heat supply part provided on at least the driver mounting section of the glass substrate for supplying heat to the anisotropic conductive material.

A microelectronic package has a microelectronic element overlying or mounted to a first surface of a substrate and substantially rigid conductive posts projecting above the first surface or projecting above a second surface of the substrate remote therefrom. Conductive elements exposed at a surface of the substrate opposite the surface above which the conductive posts project are electrically interconnected with the microelectronic element. An encapsulant overlies at least a portion of the microelectronic element and the surface of the substrate above which the conductive posts project, the encapsulant having a recess or a plurality of openings each permitting at least one electrical connection to be made to at least one conductive post. At least some conductive posts are electrically insulated from one another and adapted to simultaneously carry different electric potentials. In particular embodiments, the openings in the encapsulant at least partially expose conductive masses joined to posts, fully expose top surfaces of posts and partially expose edge surfaces of posts, or may only partially expose top surfaces of posts.