H01L2924/13064

MANUFACTURABLE GALLIUM CONTAINING ELECTRONIC DEVICES

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.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A MOLECULAR BONDING LAYER FOR BONDING OF ELEMENTS
20170301615 · 2017-10-19 ·

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having a terminal thereon, a lead frame for connection to an external device, a bonding wire connecting the terminal of the semiconductor chip and the lead frame. A mold resin layer encloses the semiconductor chip and the bonding wire, such that a portion of the lead frame extends out of the mold resin layer. A molecular bonding layer has a portion on a surface of the bonding wire and includes a first molecular portion covalently bonded to a material of the bonding wire and a material of the mold resin layer.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A MOLECULAR BONDING LAYER FOR BONDING ELEMENTS
20170294394 · 2017-10-12 ·

A semiconductor device includes a substrate including, on a surface thereof, a first conductive pad and a first insulating layer formed around the first conductive pad, a semiconductor chip including, on a surface thereof, a second conductive pad and a second insulating layer around the second conductive pad, an intermediate layer formed between the substrate and the semiconductor chip, and including a conductive portion between the first and second conductive pads, and an insulating portion between the first and second insulating layers, and a molecular bonding layer formed between the substrate and the intermediate layer, and including at least one of a first molecular portion covalently bonded to a material of the first conductive pad and a material of the conductive portion, and a second molecular portion covalently bonded to a material of the first insulating layer and a material of the insulating portion.

Semiconductor assembly and method to form the same

A semiconductor device having a composite pad including a primary portion and a subsidiary portion is disclosed. The primary portion is provided for electrical connection to an internal circuit of the semiconductor device. The subsidiary portion is provided for probing, in particular, for testing high frequency performance of the semiconductor device by probing with a RF-probe. Because the subsidiary portion is independent from the primary portion, the subsidiary portion does not affect the electrical performance of the semiconductor device. Also, the subsidiary portion has a narrowed contact area with respect to the RF-probe to lessen adherence of metal flakes from the pad onto the probe.

Packaging solutions for devices and systems comprising lateral GaN power transistors

Packaging solutions for devices and systems comprising lateral GaN power transistors are disclosed, including components of a packaging assembly, a semiconductor device structure, and a method of fabrication thereof. In the packaging assembly, a GaN die, comprising one or more lateral GaN power transistors, is sandwiched between first and second leadframe layers, and interconnected using low inductance interconnections, without wirebonding. For thermal dissipation, the dual leadframe package assembly can be configured for either front-side or back-side cooling. Preferred embodiments facilitate alignment and registration of high current/low inductance interconnects for lateral GaN devices, in which contact areas or pads for source, drain and gate contacts are provided on the front-side of the GaN die. By eliminating wirebonding, and using low inductance interconnections with high electrical and thermal conductivity, PQFN technology can be adapted for packaging GaN die comprising one or more lateral GaN power transistors.

Power semiconductor package having reduced form factor and increased current carrying capability
09780018 · 2017-10-03 · ·

A power semiconductor package is disclosed. The power semiconductor package includes a leadframe having partially etched segments and at least one non-etched segment, a first semiconductor die having a first power transistor and a driver integrated circuit (IC) monolithically formed thereon, a second semiconductor die having a second power transistor, wherein the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die are configured for attachment to the partially etched segments, and wherein the partially etched segments and the at least one non-etched segment enable the first semiconductor die to be coupled to the second semiconductor die by a legless conductive clip.

Power semiconductor package having reduced form factor and increased current carrying capability
09780018 · 2017-10-03 · ·

A power semiconductor package is disclosed. The power semiconductor package includes a leadframe having partially etched segments and at least one non-etched segment, a first semiconductor die having a first power transistor and a driver integrated circuit (IC) monolithically formed thereon, a second semiconductor die having a second power transistor, wherein the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die are configured for attachment to the partially etched segments, and wherein the partially etched segments and the at least one non-etched segment enable the first semiconductor die to be coupled to the second semiconductor die by a legless conductive clip.

SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
20170248590 · 2017-08-31 ·

Provided is a manufacturing method of a sensor including the following steps. A mold having a cavity is provided. At least one chip is disposed in the cavity. The chip has an active surface and a back surface opposite to each other. The active surface faces toward a bottom surface of the cavity. A polymer material is filled in the cavity to cover the back surface of the chip. A heat treatment is performed, such that the polymer material is solidified to form a polymer substrate. A mold release treatment is performed to isolate the polymer substrate from the cavity. A plurality of conductive lines are formed on a first surface of the polymer substrate. The conductive lines are electrically connected with the chip.

Active Gate-Source Capacitance Clamp for Normally-Off HEMT
20170244407 · 2017-08-24 ·

A semiconductor assembly includes a first FET integrated within the semiconductor assembly and comprising gate, source and drain terminals. The semiconductor assembly further includes a low voltage switching device integrated within the semiconductor assembly and being configured to electrically short a gate-source capacitance of the first FET responsive to a control signal.

Semiconductor Device
20170236793 · 2017-08-17 ·

A semiconductor device according to an embodiment comprises a substrate, an epitaxial layer on the substrate, and a cluster including a plurality of particles disposed on the epitaxial layer, the particles being disposed to be apart from each other, and contacting the epitaxial layer.