In some examples, a direct current (DC)-DC power converter package comprises a controller, a conductive member, and a first field effect transistor (FET) coupled to the controller and having a first source and a first drain, the first FET coupled to a first portion of the conductive member. The package also comprises a second FET coupled to the controller and having a second source and a second drain, the second FET coupled to a second portion of the conductive member, the first and second portions of the conductive member being non-overlapping in a horizontal plane. The first and second FETs are non-overlapping.

A semiconductor device module. The semiconductor device module may include a first substrate; and a semiconductor die assembly, disposed on the first substrate. The semiconductor die assembly may include a first semiconductor die, bonded to the first substrate; a second semiconductor die, disposed over the first semiconductor die; and an electrical connector, disposed between the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die, wherein the semiconductor die assembly comprises an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) die and a freewheeling diode die.

A power semiconductor device in which the size of an insulating substrate is reduced and connection failure can be suppressed includes an insulating substrate, a semiconductor element, and a printed circuit board. The semiconductor element is bonded to one main surface of the insulating substrate. The printed circuit board is bonded to face the semiconductor element. The semiconductor element has a main electrode and a signal electrode. The printed circuit board includes a core member, a first conductor layer, and a second conductor layer. The second conductor layer has a bonding pad. The printed circuit board has a missing portion. A metal column portion is arranged to pass through the inside of the missing portion and reach the insulating substrate. The signal electrode and the bonding pad are connected by a metal wire. The metal column portion and the insulating substrate are bonded.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a joint material, a heat spreader, and a sealing resin. The semiconductor element includes a main surface. The main surface has a first outer periphery. The sealing resin seals the semiconductor element, the joint material, and the heat spreader. The heat spreader includes a main body and a protrusion. The protrusion is joined to the main surface by the joint material. The main surface has an exposed surface. The exposed surface is located between the first outer periphery and the joint material. The first outer periphery and the exposed surface are exposed from the joint material. The first outer periphery and the exposed surface are sealed with the sealing resin.

A semiconductor module includes: a chip carrier having a first side and a second, opposite side; a semiconductor chip arranged on the first side of the chip carrier; an encapsulation body that encapsulates the semiconductor chip; and at least two external contacts made of a metal or an alloy and arranged next to each other, which are electrically and mechanically connected to the first side of the first chip carrier and protrude laterally out of the encapsulation body. At least one of the external contacts has at least one wing arranged within the encapsulation body and located opposite the other external contact. The wing includes one or more cutouts that are filled with the encapsulation material of the encapsulation body.

A power module that includes a semiconductor chip configured to generate heat, a metal layer electrically connected to the semiconductor chip to allow current to flow therethrough, a cooling channel facing the metal layer for dissipating heat out of the semiconductor chip, and a resin layer interposed between the metal layer and the cooling channel and integrally formed in an internal space of the power module.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a conductive member, and solder portions. The semiconductor element includes first main electrodes and a protective film on a first main surface, and a second main electrode on a second main surface. The protective film has an interposed film portion between the first main electrodes. The conductive member has facing portions each facing a corresponding one of the first main electrodes and an interposed conductive portion disposed between the facing portions. The solder portions are disposed between the first main electrodes and the facing portions and separated away from each other by the interposed film portion and the interposed conductive portion to define a space between the solder portions. The interposed film portion and the interposed conductive portion are less likely wetted to the solder portions to avoid the solder portions in liquid phase entering into the space during soldering.

A semiconductor package includes a substrate; a semiconductor chip on a first surface of the substrate; and a plurality of external connection terminals on a second surface of the substrate that is opposite to the first surface. The substrate includes a plurality of wirings configured to electrically connect the semiconductor chip and the plurality of external connection terminals. The plurality of wirings includes a first wiring, and the first wiring includes a first portion and a second portion connected to each other, the second portion overlapping an edge of the semiconductor chip in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the first surface of the substrate. A second width of the second portion is greater than a first width of the first portion.

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 system in package includes a memory-die stack in memory module that is stacked vertically with respect to a processor die. Each memory die in the memory-die stack includes a vertical bond wire that emerges from a matrix for connection. Some configurations include the vertical bond wire emerging orthogonally beginning from a bond-wire pad. The matrix encloses the memory-die stack, the spacer, and at least a portion of the processor die.