A semiconductor device, includes a die pad that has a first main surface and a second main surface located on the opposite side of the first main surface; a lead arranged next to the die pad; a semiconductor chip that has a surface, a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the surface, and a reverse side located on the opposite side of the surface, and is mounted on a chip mounting area of the first main of the die pad; a first wire that electrically couples the first electrode of the semiconductor chip and the lead; a second wire that electrically couples the second electrode of the semiconductor chip and the die pad; and a sealed body that seals the semiconductor chip, the first wire, and the second wire.

A semiconductor device, includes a die pad that has a first main surface and a second main surface located on the opposite side of the first main surface; a lead arranged next to the die pad; a semiconductor chip that has a surface, a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the surface, and a reverse side located on the opposite side of the surface, and is mounted on a chip mounting area of the first main of the die pad; a first wire that electrically couples the first electrode of the semiconductor chip and the lead; a second wire that electrically couples the second electrode of the semiconductor chip and the die pad; and a sealed body that seals the semiconductor chip, the first wire, and the second wire.

A stacked integrated circuit (IC) system including a substrate, a contour support, and a first and second IC dies. The contour support including a first support frame attached to the substrate defining a first lateral contact surface substantially orthogonal to the substrate, a support plate on the first support frame substantially parallel to the substrate, and a second support frame on the support plate defining a second lateral contact surface substantially orthogonal to the substrate, with the first and second lateral contact surfaces laterally offset from each other. The first integrated circuit die with a side abutting the first lateral contact surface, the second integrated circuit die with a side abutting the second lateral contact surface such that at least a portion of the support plate is between the first and second integrated circuit dies.

A stacked integrated circuit (IC) system including a substrate, a contour support, and a first and second IC dies. The contour support including a first support frame attached to the substrate defining a first lateral contact surface substantially orthogonal to the substrate, a support plate on the first support frame substantially parallel to the substrate, and a second support frame on the support plate defining a second lateral contact surface substantially orthogonal to the substrate, with the first and second lateral contact surfaces laterally offset from each other. The first integrated circuit die with a side abutting the first lateral contact surface, the second integrated circuit die with a side abutting the second lateral contact surface such that at least a portion of the support plate is between the first and second integrated circuit dies.

A semiconductor device (4a-4d) and a wiring device (5) are provided on a main surface of a base plate (1). A first wire (11a-11e) connects an external electrode (7a-7e) and a first relay pad (8a-8e) of the wiring device (5). A second wire (12a-12e) connects a pad (13a-13e) of the semiconductor device (4a-4d) and the second relay pad (9a-9e) of the wiring device (5). Resin (15) seals the semiconductor device (4a-4d), the wiring device (5) and the first and second wires (11a-11e,12a-12e). The second wire (12a-12e) is thinner than the first wire (11a-11e). The pad (13a-13e) is smaller than the first relay pad (8a-8e).

In one example, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate having substrate terminals and providing a component having a first component terminal and a second component terminal adjacent to a first major side of the component. The method includes providing a clip structure having a first clip, a second clip, and a clip connector coupling the first clip to the second clip. The method includes coupling the first clip to the first component terminal and a first substrate terminal and coupling the second clip to a second substrate terminal. The method includes encapsulating the component, portions of the substrate, and portions of the clip structure. the method includes removing a sacrificial portion of the clip connector while leaving a first portion of the clip connector attached to the first clip and leaving a second portion of the clip connector attached to the second clip. In some examples, the first portion of the clip connector includes a first portion surface, the second portion of the clip connector includes a second portion surface, and the first portion surface and the second portion surface are exposed from a top side of the encapsulant after the removing. Other examples and related structures are also disclosed herein.

A multi-chip package may include a package substrate including a first substrate pad and a second substrate pad, first semiconductor chips stacked on the package substrate in a steplike shape along a first direction, second semiconductor chips stacked on the first semiconductor chips in a steplike shape along a second direction opposite the first direction, first pad wires electrically connecting first bonding pads of the first semiconductor chips with each other, second pad wires electrically connecting second bonding pads of the second semiconductor chips with each other, a first substrate wire electrically connecting the first substrate pad with a first bonding pad of any one among the first semiconductor chips except for a lowermost first semiconductor chip, and a second substrate wire electrically connecting the second substrate pad with a second bonding pad of any one among the second semiconductor chips except for a lowermost second semiconductor chip.

An electronic package device and a carrier structure thereof are provided. The carrier structure includes a die attach paddle, a ground frame, a pin assembly, and a ground wing portion. The ground frame surrounds the die attach paddle. The pin assembly includes a plurality of pins that are spaced apart from one another. The pins extend radially outward and are arranged to surround the ground frame. The ground wing portion is connected to the ground frame and located in a space under the pin assembly. The ground wing portion includes an extending part and a joint part, the extending part extends away from the die attach paddle, and a top end of the extending part is located at a position above where a bottom surface of the die attach paddle is located.

A noble metal-coated silver bonding wire suppresses corrosion at the bonding interface under severe conditions of high temperature and high humidity, and the noble metal-coated silver bonding wire can be ball-bonded in the air. The noble metal-coated silver wire for ball bonding is a noble metal-coated silver wire including a noble metal coating layer on a core material made of pure silver or a silver alloy, wherein the wire contains at least one sulfur group element, the noble metal coating layer includes a palladium intermediate layer and a gold skin layer, the palladium content relative to the entire wire is 0.01 mass % or more and 5.0 mass % or less, the gold content relative to the entire wire is 1.0 mass % or more and 6.0 mass % or less, and the sulfur group element content relative to the entire wire is 0.1 mass ppm or more and 100 mass ppm or less.

Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes forming a contact pad over a semiconductor device. A passivation material is formed over the contact pad. The passivation material has a thickness and is a type of material such that an electrical connection may be made to the contact pad through the passivation material.