A semiconductor device including a substrate; a chip on which a surface electrode is formed; and a lead. The lead includes a first electrode connecting portion disposed on the surface electrode and electrically connected to the surface electrode of the chip via a conductive bonding material; a second electrode connecting portion electrically connected to an electrode portion of a wiring pattern. A lead connected to the first electrode connecting portion and the second electrode connecting portion. The lead further has a thermal shrinking stress equalizing structure on a portion of an outer periphery of the first electrode connecting portion. The lead is configured to make a thermal shrinking stress applied to a conductive bonding material between the first electrode connecting portion and the surface electrode equal.

A semiconductor device includes a first lead portion and a second lead portion spaced from each other in a first direction. A semiconductor chip is mounted to the first lead portion. A first connector has a first portion contacting a second electrode on the chip and a second portion connected to the second lead portion. A second connector has third portion that contacts the second electrode, but at a position further away than the first portion, and a fourth portion connected to the second portion. At least a part of the second connector overlaps a part of the first connector between the first lead portion and the second lead portion.

A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a semiconductor element that disposed on the upper surface of the substrate; a sealing portion that seals the substrate and the semiconductor element; a first lead frame that has one end in contact with a upper surface of the first conductive layer at an end extending in the side direction of the upper surface of the substrate in the sealing portion, and has the other end exposed from the sealing portion; a first conductive bonding material that bonds between the upper surface of the first conductive layer and the lower surface side of the one end portion of the first lead frame at the end portion of the substrate, and has electrical conductivity.

A semiconductor device includes: a lead frame that has one end in contact with the upper surface of the second terminal of the semiconductor element in the sealing portion, and that has the other end exposed from the sealing portion; and a control conductive bonding material that bonds between the upper surface of the second terminal of the semiconductor element and the one end of the lead frame, and the control conductive bonding material having electric conductivity.

A semiconductor package includes a die pad having a die attach surface, a rear surface opposite the die attach surface, and an outer edge side extending between the die attach surface and the rear surface, the outer edge side having a step-shaped profile, wherein an upper section of the die pad laterally overhangs past a lower section of the die pad, a semiconductor die mounted on the die attach surface and having a first electrical terminal on an upper surface of the semiconductor die, and a first conductive clip that directly electrically contacts the first electrical terminal and wraps around the outer edge side of the die pad such that a section of the first conductive clip is at least partially within an area that is directly below the upper section of the die pad and directly laterally adjacent to the lower section.

A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip; and an Ag fired cap formed so as to cover a source pad electrode formed on the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip is disposed on a first substrate electrode, and one end of a Cu wire is bonded onto the Ag fired cap by means of an ultrasonic wave. There is provided a semiconductor device capable of improving a power cycle capability, and a fabrication method of such a semiconductor device.

A packaged semiconductor device includes a carrier having a die attach surface, a semiconductor die mounted on the die attach surface and comprising first and second conductive terminals disposed on an upper side, a first clip that extends over the semiconductor die and is electrically connected to the first conductive terminal, a second clip that extends over the semiconductor die and is electrically connected to the second conductive terminal, and an electrically insulating encapsulant body that encapsulates the semiconductor die. An outer end of the first clip is exposed from the encapsulant body and provides a point of external electrical contact for the first conductive terminal. An outer end of the second clip is exposed from the same or a different side face of the encapsulant body as the first clip and provides a point of external electrical contact for the second conductive terminal.

A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip; and an Ag fired cap formed so as to cover a source pad electrode formed on the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip is disposed on a first substrate electrode, and one end of a Cu wire is bonded onto the Ag fired cap by means of an ultrasonic wave. There is provided a semiconductor device capable of improving a power cycle capability, and a fabrication method of such a semiconductor device.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip including a semiconductor substrate with a top surface electrode deposited on a top surface of the semiconductor substrate. An insulating film selectively covers edges of a top surface of the top surface electrode, and a plating layer covers the top surface of the top surface electrode exposed to an opening of the insulating film. A metal wiring plate includes a junction part located over the insulating film and the plating layer, and provided with a groove recessed upward from a bottom surface of the junction part. A solder part fills the groove so as to bond the plating layer and the bottom surface of the junction part together. A boundary between the insulating film and the plating layer is encompassed within the groove.

A performance of a semiconductor device is improved. The semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes a wire bonded to one bonding surface at a plurality of parts in an opening formed in an insulating film of a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor device includes also a sealer that seals the semiconductor chip and the wire so that the sealer is in contact with the bonding surface. The bonding surface includes a first region to which a bonding portion of the wire is bonded, a second region to which another bonding portion of the wire is bonded, and a third region between the first region and the second region. A width of the third region is smaller than a width of the first region and a width of the second region.