A semiconductor chip is mounted on a leadframe. A first portion of an insulating package for the semiconductor chip is formed from laser direct structuring (LDS) material molded onto the semiconductor chip. A conductive formation (provided by laser-drilling the LDS material and plating) extends between the outer surface of the first portion of insulating package and the semiconductor chip. An electrically conductive clip is applied onto the outer surface of the first portion of the insulating package, with the electrically conductive clip electrically coupled to the conductive formation and the leadframe. A second portion of the insulating package is made from package molding material (epoxy compound) molded onto the electrically conductive clip and applied onto the outer surface of the first portion of the insulating package.

The present disclosure provides a chip package structure having a heat sink and a method making the same. The method includes: bonding a chip to a top surface of a package substrate and forming a heat-conducting lead having an arc-shape and placed on the chip in a vertical direction, a first end of the heat-conducting lead is connected with a surface of the chip, and a second end is connected with a solder ball; forming a plastic package material layer that protects the chip and the heat-conducting lead; forming a heat-conducting adhesive layer on the surface of the plastic package material layer, where the heat-conducting adhesive layer is connected with the solder ball on the second end of the heat-conducting lead; and forming a heat dissipation layer on a surface of the heat-conducting adhesive layer. With the present disclosure, the heat dissipation efficiency of the chip is effectively improved.

A semiconductor module that restrains the occurrence of detachment and an operation failure. The semiconductor module includes a PCB base, a conductive die pad provided on the PCB base, a semiconductor die provided on the conductive die pad, and a conductive die bonding agent that electrically connects the conductive die pad and the semiconductor die. The semiconductor module further includes a wire bonding pad provided on the PCB base, a wire that electrically connects the wire bonding pad and the semiconductor die, and a sealing resin that seals the conductive die pad, the semiconductor die, the conductive die bonding agent, the wire bonding pad, and the wire. In a planar view, the area of the conductive die pad is 5.0 mm.sup.2 or less.

The present disclosure provides a chip package structure having a heat sink and a method making the same. The method includes: bonding a chip to a top surface of a package substrate and forming a heat-conducting lead having an arc-shape and placed on the chip in a vertical direction, a first end of the heat-conducting lead is connected with a surface of the chip, and a second end is connected with a solder ball; forming a plastic package material layer that protects the chip and the heat-conducting lead; forming a heat-conducting adhesive layer on the surface of the plastic package material layer, where the heat-conducting adhesive layer is connected with the solder ball on the second end of the heat-conducting lead; and forming a heat dissipation layer on a surface of the heat-conducting adhesive layer. With the present disclosure, the heat dissipation efficiency of the chip is effectively improved.

A power semiconductor module includes a substrate with a metallization layer and a power semiconductor chip bonded to the metallization layer of the substrate. A metallic plate has a first surface bonded to a surface of the power semiconductor chip opposite to the substrate. The metallic plate has a central part and a border that are both bonded to the power semiconductor chip. The border of the metallic plate is structured in such a way that the metallic plate has less metal material per volume at the border as compared to the central part of the metallic plate. Metallic interconnection elements are bonded to a second surface of the metallic plate at the central part.

A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor element including a first signal electrode; a second semiconductor element, laminated on the first semiconductor element, including a second signal electrode; a sealing body; a first signal terminal connected to the first signal electrode; and a second signal terminal connected to the second signal electrode, wherein: the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal project from the sealing body and extend in a first direction; the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal are distanced from each other in a second direction; the first signal electrode and the second signal electrode are placed at different positions in the second direction; the first signal electrode is provided closer to the first signal terminal than to the second signal terminal; and the second signal electrode is provided closer to the second signal terminal than to the first signal terminal.

A semiconductor package includes a package substrate having substrate pads disposed in a first direction on one surface, a semiconductor chip having chip pads disposed in the first direction, and bonding wires connecting the chip pads and the substrate pads. The bonding wires include first and second bonding wires alternately connected to the substrate pads respectively, in the first direction, the first bonding wires are connected to the substrate pads at a first angle less than a right angle with respect to a direction of the semiconductor chip, the second bonding wires are connected to the substrate pads at a second angle less than the first angle with respect to the direction of the semiconductor chip and a position at which the first bonding wires contact the substrate pads is closer to the semiconductor chip than a position at which the second bonding wires contact the substrate pads is to the semiconductor chip.

In accordance with an embodiment, a semiconductor component includes a support having a side in which a device receiving structure and an interconnect structure are formed and a side from which a plurality of leads extends. A semiconductor device having a control terminal and first and second current carrying terminals and configured from a III-N semiconductor material is mounted to the device receiving structure. A first electrical interconnect is coupled between the first current carrying terminal of the semiconductor device and a first lead. A second electrical interconnect is coupled between the control terminal of the semiconductor device and a second lead.

A semiconductor device includes a chip that includes a mounting surface, a non-mounting surface, and a side wall connecting the mounting surface and the non-mounting surface and has an eaves portion protruding further outward than the mounting surface at the side wall and a metal layer that covers the mounting surface.

A first wire has a first contact connected to a first semiconductor element, and a second contact connected to a second semiconductor element. A second wire has a third contact connected to the first semiconductor element and a fourth contact connected to the second semiconductor element. A first linear portion between the first contact and the second contact of the first wire has an undulation. A second linear portion between the third contact and the fourth contact of the second wire has an undulation. A first top portion of the first linear portion is adjacent to a second top portion of the second linear portion. An interval between the first top portion and the second top portion is narrower than an interval between the first contact and the third contact. The interval between the first top portion and the second top portion is narrower than an interval between the second contact and the fourth contact.