A packaged electronic device includes a package structure with opposite first and second sides spaced apart from one another along a first direction, and opposite third and fourth sides spaced apart from one another along a second direction, as well as first and second leads. The first lead includes a first portion that extends outward from the third side of the package structure and extends downward toward a plane of the first side and away from a plane of the second side. The second lead includes a first portion that extends outward from the third side of the package structure, and the second lead extends upward toward the plane of the second side and away from the plane of the first side to allow connection to another circuit or component, such as a second packaged electronic device, a passive circuit component, a printed circuit board, etc.

A semiconductor device includes a composite chip mounted over the a wiring substrate, the composite chip including a first area and a second area that is provided independently from the first area, the first area including a first circuit formed in the first area, and the second area including a second circuit formed in the second area.

A submount for connecting a semiconductor device to an external circuit, the submount comprising: a planar substrate formed from an insulating material and having relatively narrow edge surfaces and first and second relatively large face surfaces; at least one recess formed along an edge surface; a layer of a conducting material formed on a surface of each of the at least one recess; a first plurality of soldering pads on the first face surface configured to make electrical contact with a semiconductor device; and electrically conducting connections each of which electrically connects a soldering pad in the first plurality of soldering pads to the layer of conducting material of a recess of the at least one recess.

An inventive semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip including an integrated circuit; a plurality of electrode pads provided on the semiconductor chip and connected to the integrated circuit; a rewiring to which the electrode pads are electrically connected together, the rewiring being exposed on an outermost surface of the semiconductor chip and having an exposed surface area greater than the total area of the electrode pads; and a resin package which seals the semiconductor chip.

An electronic package structure and a chip thereof are provided. The electronic package structure includes a substrate, a chip, a plurality of signal wires, and a core ground wire. The chip disposed on and electrically connected to the substrate has a core wiring region and an input and output pad region located at a top surface thereof. The input and output pad region is located between the core wiring region and an edge of the chip. The chip includes a plurality of signal pads in the input and output region and a core ground pad adjacent to one of the signal pads. The core ground pad located in the core wiring region. The signal wires are respectively connected to the signal pads. The core ground wire connected to the core ground pad is adjacent to and shields one of the signal wires.

A power semiconductor package device and a method of preparation the device are disclosed. The package device includes a die paddle, a first pin, a second pin, and a semiconductor chip attached to the die paddle. A first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode of the semiconductor chip are connected to the first pin, the second pin and the die paddle respectively. A plastic package body covers the semiconductor chip, the die paddle, the first pin and the second pin. The first pin and the second pin are located near two adjacent corners of the plastic package body. The bottom surface and two side surfaces of each of the first pin and the second pin are exposed from the plastic package body. Locking mechanisms are constructed to prevent the first pin and the second pin from falling off the power semiconductor package device during a manufacturing cutting process. Portions of the first pin, portions of the second pin, and portions of the plastic package body can be cut off. Therefore, the size of the power semiconductor package device is reduced.

A power semiconductor package device and a method of preparation the device are disclosed. The package device includes a die paddle, a first pin, a second pin, and a semiconductor chip attached to the die paddle. A first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode of the semiconductor chip are connected to the first pin, the second pin and the die paddle respectively. A plastic package body covers the semiconductor chip, the die paddle, the first pin and the second pin. The first pin and the second pin are located near two adjacent corners of the plastic package body. The bottom surface and two side surfaces of each of the first pin and the second pin are exposed from the plastic package body. Locking mechanisms are constructed to prevent the first pin and the second pin from falling off the power semiconductor package device during a manufacturing cutting process. Portions of the first pin, portions of the second pin, and portions of the plastic package body can be cut off. Therefore, the size of the power semiconductor package device is reduced.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body of a wide-bandgap semiconductor material. A plurality of first bond areas is connected to a first load terminal of the semiconductor device. First gate fingers are arranged between the first bond areas. The first gate fingers extend in a first lateral direction and branch off from at least one of a first gate line portion and a second gate line portion. Second gate fingers extend in the first lateral direction. A first length of any of the first gate fingers along the first lateral direction is greater than a second length of any of the second gate fingers along the first lateral direction. A sum of the first length and the second length is equal to or greater than a lateral distance between the first gate line portion and the second gate line portion along the first lateral direction.

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an interlayer insulating film over a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, forming a first conductive film pattern for a first pad and a second conductive film pattern for a second pad over the interlayer insulating film, forming an insulating film over the interlayer insulating film such that the insulating film covers the first and the second conductive film patterns, forming a first opening portion for the first pad, the first opening portion exposing a portion of the first conductive film pattern, and a second opening portion for the second pad, the second opening portion exposing a portion of the second conductive film pattern, in the insulating film, and forming a first plated layer by plating over the portion of the first conductive film pattern exposed in the first opening portion, and a second plated layer.

A signal transmission apparatus includes: a first lead frame; a second lead frame spaced from the first lead frame; a primary semiconductor chip electrically connected to the first lead frame; a secondary semiconductor chip electrically connected to the second lead frame; and a signal isolator through which a signal is isolatedly transmitted from the primary semiconductor chip to the secondary semiconductor chip, the signal isolator having a first main surface that is bonded to both the first lead frame and the second lead frame.