A power module of the invention includes a power semiconductor element mounted on a circuit board, and an adapter connected to a front-surface main electrode of the element, wherein the adapter includes a main-electrode wiring member which is connected to the front-surface main electrode of the element; and wherein the main-electrode wiring member includes: an element connection portion connected to the front-surface main electrode of the element; a board connection portion which is placed outside the element connection portion and connected to the circuit board; and a connector connection portion which is placed outside the element connection portion and connected to an external electrode through a connector.

At least one circuit element may be formed on a front side of a ringed substrate, and the ringed substrate may be mounted on a mounting chuck. The mounting chuck may have an inner raised portion configured to receive the thinned portion of the substrate thereon, and a recessed ring around a perimeter of the mounting chuck configured to receive the outer ring of the ringed substrate therein. At least one solder bump may be formed that is electrically connected to the at least one circuit element, while the ringed wafer is disposed on the mounting chuck.

A semiconductor device including an integrated circuit, a protection layer, and a conductive via is provided. The integrated circuit includes at least one conductive pad. The protection layer covers the integrated circuit. The protection layer includes a contact opening, and the conductive pad is exposed by the contact opening of the protection layer. The conductive via is embedded in the contact opening of the protection layer, and the conductive via is electrically connected to the conductive pad through the contact opening. A method of fabricating the above-mentioned semiconductor device and an integrated fan-out package including the above-mentioned semiconductor device are also provided.

A semiconductor device including an integrated circuit, a protection layer, and a conductive via is provided. The integrated circuit includes at least one conductive pad. The protection layer covers the integrated circuit. The protection layer includes a contact opening, and the conductive pad is exposed by the contact opening of the protection layer. The conductive via is embedded in the contact opening of the protection layer, and the conductive via is electrically connected to the conductive pad through the contact opening. A method of fabricating the above-mentioned semiconductor device and an integrated fan-out package including the above-mentioned semiconductor device are also provided.

A semiconductor device of a double-side cooling structure having a bus bar electrically connected, and coolers independently arranged on both sides of the semiconductor device for cooling is provided. The semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip including an element, and has a first main surface and a second main surface; a sealing resin body having a first surface and a second surface and also having a side surface; a first heatsink arranged facing the first main surface and electrically connected to the first main electrode; and a second heatsink arranged facing the second main surface and electrically connected to the second main electrode. The first heatsink is exposed only to the first surface. The second heatsink is exposed only to the second surface. An exposed surface of a heatsink to be electrically connected to the bus bar has a heat dissipation region, and an electrical connection region.

An integrated circuit device for protecting circuits from transient electrical events is disclosed. An integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor substrate having formed therein a bidirectional semiconductor rectifier (SCR) having a cathode/anode electrically connected to a first terminal and an anode/cathode electrically connected to a second terminal. The integrated circuit device additionally includes a plurality of metallization levels formed above the semiconductor substrate. The integrated circuit device further includes a triggering device formed in the semiconductor substrate on a first side and adjacent to the bidirectional SCR. The triggering device includes one or more of a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) or an avalanche PN diode, where a first device terminal of the triggering device is commonly connected to the T1 with the K/A, and where a second device terminal of the triggering device is electrically connected to a central region of the bidirectional SCR through one or more of the metallization levels.

A package structure includes a first dielectric layer, semiconductor device(s) attached to the first dielectric layer, and an embedding material applied to the first dielectric layer so as to embed the semiconductor device therein, the embedding material comprising one or more additional dielectric layers. Vias are formed through the first dielectric layer to the at least one semiconductor device, with metal interconnects formed in the vias to form electrical interconnections to the semiconductor device. Input/output (I/O) connections are located on one end of the package structure on one or more outward facing surfaces thereof to provide a second level connection to an external circuit. The package structure interfits with a connector on the external circuit to mount the package perpendicular to the external circuit, with the I/O connections being electrically connected to the connector to form the second level connection to the external circuit.

A fan-out wafer level chip package structure and the manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method includes the steps of providing a supporting plate having a removable tape formed on the supporting plate, placing a plurality of chips on the removable tape, applying an adhesive layer on a back surface of each of the chips, providing a conductive cover for covering all chips and isolating the chips from each other by a plurality of partitions, injecting a molding compound into an inside of the conductive cover and curing the molding compound for forming an encapsulation, separating the encapsulation from the supporting plate, forming a connection layer on an active surface of each of the chips to establish electrical connections, and performing a cutting process to divide the encapsulation into a plurality of the package structures.

Electronic devices are formed on donor substrates and transferred to carrier substrates by forming bonding regions on the electronic devices and bonding the bonding regions to a carrier substrate. The transfer process may include forming anchors and removing sacrificial regions.

A semiconductor device includes a lead frame; a circuit board located on the lead frame; a power device that includes a switching element and is mounted on the circuit board via a bump located between the power device and the circuit board; and a heat releasing member connected to the power device. The circuit board may be a multi-layer wiring board. The circuit board may include a capacitor element, a resistor element, an inductor element, a diode element and a switching element.