A transistor device includes a substrate, a gate contact pad on the substrate, and a transistor die on the substrate adjacent the gate contact pad. The transistor die includes an active region and a gate bond pad adjacent the active region, and the gate bond pad has a side edge adjacent the active region that extends in a first direction. The transistor device includes a bonding wire bonded to the gate contact pad at a first end of the bonding wire and to the gate bond pad at a second end of the bonding wire. The bonding wire extends in a second direction that is oblique to the first direction such that the bonding wire forms an angle relative to the first direction that is less than 90 degrees.

The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first substrate including a center region and an edge region distal from the center region, a first circuit layer positioned on the first substrate, a center power pad positioned in the first circuit layer and above the center region, an edge power pad positioned in the first circuit layer, above the edge region, and electrically coupled to the center power pad, a redistribution power pattern positioned above the first circuit layer and electrically coupled to the center power pad, and an edge power via positioned between the edge power pad and the redistribution power pattern, and electrically connecting the edge power pad and the redistribution power pattern. The first substrate, the center power pad, the edge power pad, the redistribution power pattern, and the edge power via together configure a first semiconductor die.

The present application discloses a semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first substrate including a center region and an edge region distal from the center region, a first circuit layer positioned on the first substrate, a center power pad positioned in the first circuit layer and above the center region, an edge power pad positioned in the first circuit layer, above the edge region, and electrically coupled to the center power pad, a redistribution power pattern positioned above the first circuit layer and electrically coupled to the center power pad, and an edge power via positioned between the edge power pad and the redistribution power pattern, and electrically connecting the edge power pad and the redistribution power pattern. The first substrate, the center power pad, the edge power pad, the redistribution power pattern, and the edge power via together configure a first semiconductor die.

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.

The present invention provides a bonding wire capable of simultaneously satisfying ball bonding reliability and wedge bondability required of bonding wires for memories, the bonding wire including a core material containing one or more of Ga, In, and Sn for a total of 0.1 to 3.0 at % with a balance being made up of Ag and incidental impurities; and a coating layer formed over a surface of the core material, containing one or more of Pd and Pt, or Ag and one or more of Pd and Pt, with a balance being made up of incidental impurities, wherein the coating layer is 0.005 to 0.070 μm in thickness.

The present invention provides a bonding wire capable of simultaneously satisfying ball bonding reliability and wedge bondability required of bonding wires for memories, the bonding wire including a core material containing one or more of Ga, In, and Sn for a total of 0.1 to 3.0 at % with a balance being made up of Ag and incidental impurities; and a coating layer formed over a surface of the core material, containing one or more of Pd and Pt, or Ag and one or more of Pd and Pt, with a balance being made up of incidental impurities, wherein the coating layer is 0.005 to 0.070 μm in thickness.

The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device can improve the mechanical strength of a pad more than before, and suppress the occurrence of a crack. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes: forming a first pad constituted by a first metal layer; forming an insulating layer on the first pad; providing an opening portion in the insulating layer by removing the insulating layer on at least a partial region of the first pad; forming a second pad constituted by a second metal layer in the opening portion of the insulating layer so as to have a film thickness that is smaller than the film thickness of the insulating layer; and forming a third pad constituted by a third metal layer on the second pad.

A floating die package including a cavity formed through sublimation of a sacrificial die encapsulant and sublimation or separation of die attach materials after molding assembly. A pinhole vent in the molding structure is provided as a sublimation path to allow gases to escape, whereby the die or die stack is released from the substrate and suspended in the cavity by the bond wires only.

A method of forming a wire loop in connection with a semiconductor package is provided. The method includes the steps of: (1) providing package data related to the semiconductor package to a wire bonding machine; (2) providing at least one looping control value related to a desired wire loop to the wire bonding machine, the at least one looping control value including at least a loop height value related to the desired wire loop; (3) deriving looping parameters, using an algorithm, for forming the desired wire loop; (4) forming a first wire loop on the wire bonding machine using the looping parameters derived in step (3); (5) measuring actual looping control values of the first wire loop formed in step (4) corresponding to the at least one looping control value; and (6) comparing the actual looping control values measured in step (5) to the at least one looping control value provided in step (2).

A method of forming a wire loop in connection with a semiconductor package is provided. The method includes the steps of: (1) providing package data related to the semiconductor package to a wire bonding machine; (2) providing at least one looping control value related to a desired wire loop to the wire bonding machine, the at least one looping control value including at least a loop height value related to the desired wire loop; (3) deriving looping parameters, using an algorithm, for forming the desired wire loop; (4) forming a first wire loop on the wire bonding machine using the looping parameters derived in step (3); (5) measuring actual looping control values of the first wire loop formed in step (4) corresponding to the at least one looping control value; and (6) comparing the actual looping control values measured in step (5) to the at least one looping control value provided in step (2).