A high frequency circuit includes a transistor having an input electrode that inputs a high frequency signal and an output electrode that outputs the high frequency signal, a transmission line that is connected to any one of the input electrode and the output electrode, and transmits the high frequency signal, a coupling line electrically separated from the transmission line to an extent that an electromagnetic field coupling is enabled with the transmission line, and a resonance circuit that is connected between a first end of the coupling line and a reference potential, and minimizes an impedance between the first end and the reference potential at a resonance frequency.

A high frequency device includes a semiconductor chip including a semiconductor substrate, and an amplifier provided on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate and amplifying a high frequency signal, a first reference potential layer provided above the semiconductor chip in an upper direction perpendicular to the front surface of the semiconductor substrate, and provided so as to overlap with the semiconductor chip in a plan view from above, and to which a reference potential is supplied, and a resonator provided between the semiconductor chip and the first reference potential layer in the upper direction perpendicular to the front surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein a resonance frequency of the resonator is included in an operating frequency band of the amplifier, and an impedance of the resonator becomes minimal at the resonance frequency.

A semiconductor device includes: a package having a top surface and a bottom surface; a semiconductor element arranged in the package; and a base which is arranged in the package and on which the semiconductor element is mounted. A top surface of the base is exposed to the top surface of the package, and a bottom surface of the base is exposed to the bottom surface of the package.

A package antenna apparatus including a package substrate, wherein an antenna array is disposed on the package substrate, and a transceiver chip coupled to the antenna array, where the transceiver chip is fastened to the package substrate, and the transceiver chip has a first pad and a second pad, and a filter disposed on the package substrate, where the filter comprises an input port and an output port, the input port is coupled to the first pad of the transceiver chip, the output port is coupled to the second pad of the transceiver chip, and the filter is configured to filter a signal of the transceiver chip that is input through the input port, and is further configured to output a filtered signal to the transceiver chip through the output port.

A circuit element is formed on a substrate made of a compound semiconductor. A bonding pad is disposed on the circuit element so as to at least partially overlap the circuit element. The bonding pad includes a first metal film and a second metal film formed on the first metal film. A metal material of the second metal film has a higher Young's modulus than a metal material of the first metal film.

Embodiments of Doherty Power Amplifier (PA) and other PA packages are provided, as are systems including PA packages. In embodiments, the PA package includes a package body having a longitudinal axis, a first group of input-side leads projecting from a first side of the package body and having an intra-group lead spacing, and a first group of output-side leads projecting from a second side of the package body and also having the intra-group lead spacing. A first carrier input lead projects from the first package body side and is spaced from the first group of input-side leads by an input-side isolation gap, which has a width exceeding the intra-group lead spacing. Similarly, a first carrier output lead projects from the second package body side, is laterally aligned with the first carrier input lead, and is separated from the first group of output-side leads by an output-side isolation gap.

A semiconductor package includes a mounting platform including an electrically insulating substrate and structured metallization layers, a semiconductor die mounted on an upper surface of the mounting platform, the semiconductor die including a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal disposed on a second surface of the semiconductor die that faces the mounting platform, the second terminal disposed on a first surface of the semiconductor die that faces away from the mounting platform, and a heat sink integrally formed in the mounting platform. The heat sink is directly underneath the semiconductor die and is thermally coupled to the semiconductor die. The heat sink extends from the upper surface of the mounting platform to a lower surface of the mounting platform. The heat sink includes one or more discrete metal blocks disposed within an opening formed in the electrically insulating substrate.

A radio-frequency module includes a multilayer substrate, a first semiconductor device, a second semiconductor device, a mold layer, and a shield layer. The multilayer substrate includes a plurality of stacked layers, and has a first major face and a second major face. The mold layer seals at least the second semiconductor device. The shield layer 80 covers the mold layer. The first major face includes a first recess. The first semiconductor device is mounted over a bottom face of the first recess. The second semiconductor device is mounted over the first major face so as to overlie the first recess. The first semiconductor device is connected with a metallic via that extends through a portion of the multilayer substrate from the bottom face of the first recess to the second major face. The mold layer does not cover a top face of the second semiconductor device.

A method of forming a flip-chip integrated circuit die that includes a front side including active circuitry formed therein and a plurality of bond pads in electrical communication with the active circuitry, at least two through-wafer vias in electrical communication with the active circuitry and extending at least partially though the die and having portions at a rear side of the die, and a bond wire external to the die and electrically coupling the portions of the at least two through-wafer vias to one another at the rear side of the die.

A transistor device includes a transistor cell comprising a channel region, a gate runner that is electrically connected to a gate electrode on the channel region and physically separated from the gate electrode, and a harmonic termination circuit electrically connected to the gate runner between the gate electrode and an input terminal of the transistor device, the harmonic termination circuit configured to terminate signals at a harmonic frequency of a fundamental operating frequency of the transistor device.