A semiconductor package includes a substrate having thereon a high-frequency chip and a circuit component susceptible to high-frequency signal interference; a ground pad on the and between the high-frequency chip and the circuit component; a metal-post reinforced glue wall on the ground pad; a molding compound surrounding the metal-post reinforced glue wall and surrounding the high-frequency chip and the circuit component; and a conductive layer disposed on the molding compound and in contact with the metal-post reinforced glue wall. The metal-post reinforced glue wall comprises first metal posts and glue attached to the first metal posts. An interface between a base of each of the first metal posts and the ground pad has a root mean square (RMS) roughness that is less than 1.0 micrometer.

An optoelectronic device includes an optical integrated circuit having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The optical integrated circuit has an optical zone of the first surface of the optical integrated circuit. The device includes an electrically insulating material disposed over the optical integrated circuit, where he electrically insulating material partially covers the first surface so as to expose the optical zone.

A semiconductor memory device includes a first chip and a second chip overlaid on the first chip. The second chip includes a memory cell array provided between a second semiconductor substrate and the first chip in a first direction, and first and second wires between the memory cell array and the first chip. The memory cell array includes three or more stacked bodies regularly arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and semiconductor layers extending in the stacked bodies in the first direction. Each of the stacked bodies includes gate electrodes stacked in the first direction. The first and second wires are aligned in the second direction with a gap therebetween.

A semiconductor chip has a first transistor that amplifies a first signal and outputs a second signal, a second transistor that amplifies the second signal and outputs a third signal, and a semiconductor substrate having a main surface parallel to a plane defined by first and second directions and which has the first and second transistors formed thereon. The main surface has thereon a first bump connected to a collector or drain of the first transistor, a second bump connected to an emitter or source of the first transistor, a third bump connected to a collector or drain of the second transistor, and a fourth bump connected to an emitter or source of the second transistor. The first bump is circular, the second through fourth bumps are rectangular or oval, and the area of each of the second through fourth bumps is larger than that of the first bump.

The present invention provides a semiconductor device including an insulating layer, a conductive layer bonded to one main surface of the insulating layer, a semiconductor element arranged such that the upper surface of the semiconductor element faces a direction same as the one main surface of the insulating layer, an upper electrode provided on the upper surface of the semiconductor element, a wiring member that has one end electrically bonded to the upper electrode of the semiconductor element and has another end electrically bonded to the conductive layer, and has a hollow portion, a first sealing material, and a second sealing material, in which the first sealing material seals at least part of the semiconductor element so as to be in contact with the semiconductor element, and the second sealing material seals the wiring member so as to be in contact with the wiring member.

There is provided an optical communication device capable of minimum suppressing inter-signal interference of inductors mounted to enable a transmission signal to be transmitted and received with a high frequency. The optical communication device comprises a sub-package as a subassembly in each of a plurality of signal channels. The sub-package includes a substrate on which an optical semiconductor and an IC are flip-chip connected. The optical semiconductor includes a pair of photodiodes receiving a differential optical signal and outputting a differential current signal. The IC includes a transimpedance amplifier converting the differential current signal from the optical semiconductor to a voltage signal. The optical semiconductor has a pair of inductors formed for each of the pair of photodiodes and a ground wiring formed so as to surround the formed pair of inductors.

A multiple-path amplifier (e.g., a Doherty amplifier) includes a first transistor (e.g., a main amplifier FET), a second transistor (e.g., a peaking amplifier FET), a combining node, and a shunt-inductance circuit. The first and second amplifiers and the combining node structure are integrally-formed with a semiconductor die, and the shunt-inductance circuit is integrated with the die. Outputs of the first and second transistors are electrically coupled to the combining node structure. The shunt-inductance circuit is electrically coupled between the combining node structure and a ground reference node. The shunt-inductance circuit includes a shunt inductance (e.g., including wirebond(s) and/or spiral inductor(s)) that is integrated with the semiconductor die. The multiple-path amplifier also may include an integrated phase shifter/impedance inverter coupled between the outputs of the first and second transistors, and which is configured to impart a 90-degree phase delay between intrinsic drains of the first and second transistors.

The present invention provides a semiconductor device including an insulating layer, a conductive layer bonded to one main surface of the insulating layer, a semiconductor element arranged such that the upper surface of the semiconductor element faces a direction same as the one main surface of the insulating layer, an upper electrode provided on the upper surface of the semiconductor element, a wiring member that has one end electrically bonded to the upper electrode of the semiconductor element and has another end electrically bonded to the conductive layer, and has a hollow portion, a first sealing material, and a second sealing material, in which the first sealing material seals at least part of the semiconductor element so as to be in contact with the semiconductor element, and the second sealing material seals the wiring member so as to be in contact with the wiring member.

A semiconductor chip has a first transistor that amplifies a first signal and outputs a second signal, a second transistor that amplifies the second signal and outputs a third signal, and a semiconductor substrate having a main surface parallel to a plane defined by first and second directions and which has the first and second transistors formed thereon. The main surface has thereon a first bump connected to a collector or drain of the first transistor, a second bump connected to an emitter or source of the first transistor, a third bump connected to a collector or drain of the second transistor, and a fourth bump connected to an emitter or source of the second transistor. The first bump is circular, the second through fourth bumps are rectangular or oval, and the area of each of the second through fourth bumps is larger than that of the first bump.

Electrical current flow in a ball grid array (BGA) package can be measured by an apparatus including an integrated circuit (IC) electrically connected to the BGA package. Solder balls connect the BGA package to a printed circuit board (PCB) and are arranged to provide a contiguous channel for a current sense wire. A subset of solder balls is electrically connected to supply current from the PCB through the BGA package to the IC. The current sense wire is attached to the upper surface of the PCB, within the contiguous channel, and surrounds the subset of solder balls. An amplifier is electrically connected to the current sense wire ends to amplify a voltage induced on the current sense wire by current flow into the BGA package. A sensing analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is electrically connected to convert a voltage at the output of the amplifier into digital output signals.