A semiconductor device, having a substrate including an insulating plate and a circuit board provided on a front surface of the insulating plate. The circuit board has a first disposition area and a second disposition area with a gap therebetween, and a groove portion, of which a longitudinal direction is parallel to the gap, formed in the gap. The semiconductor device further includes a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip located on the circuit board in the first disposition area and the second disposition area, respectively, and a blocking member located in the gap across the groove portion in parallel to the longitudinal direction in a plan view of the semiconductor device.

A semiconductor device, having a substrate including an insulating plate and a circuit board provided on a front surface of the insulating plate. The circuit board has a first disposition area and a second disposition area with a gap therebetween, and a groove portion, of which a longitudinal direction is parallel to the gap, formed in the gap. The semiconductor device further includes a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip located on the circuit board in the first disposition area and the second disposition area, respectively, and a blocking member located in the gap across the groove portion in parallel to the longitudinal direction in a plan view of the semiconductor device.

An electronic component includes a lead frame; a semiconductor chip arranged above the lead frame; and a connection layer sequence arranged between the lead frame and the semiconductor chip, wherein the connection layer sequence includes a first intermetallic layer including gold and indium or gold, indium and tin, a second intermetallic layer including indium and a titanium compound, indium and nickel, indium and platinum or indium and titanium, and a third intermetallic layer including indium and gold.

An electronic component includes a lead frame; a semiconductor chip arranged above the lead frame; and a connection layer sequence arranged between the lead frame and the semiconductor chip, wherein the connection layer sequence includes a first intermetallic layer including gold and indium or gold, indium and tin, a second intermetallic layer including indium and a titanium compound, indium and nickel, indium and platinum or indium and titanium, and a third intermetallic layer including indium and gold.

A method is provided for localised deposition of a material over an element, including deposition of a portion of the material over a portion of a surface of a support; positioning of a portion of the element against the portion of the material; annealing of the material portion increasing, at the end of the treatment, the adhesion force of the material against the portion of the element, the materials of the portion of the element and of the portion of the surface of the support being selected such that the adhesion of the material against the portion of the element is, at the end of the annealing, higher than that of the material against the portion of the surface of the support; and separation of the element and the support at the interface between the material and the portion of the surface of the support, the material remaining secured to the portion of the element.

A method is provided for localised deposition of a material over an element, including deposition of a portion of the material over a portion of a surface of a support; positioning of a portion of the element against the portion of the material; annealing of the material portion increasing, at the end of the treatment, the adhesion force of the material against the portion of the element, the materials of the portion of the element and of the portion of the surface of the support being selected such that the adhesion of the material against the portion of the element is, at the end of the annealing, higher than that of the material against the portion of the surface of the support; and separation of the element and the support at the interface between the material and the portion of the surface of the support, the material remaining secured to the portion of the element.

Provided is an electronic apparatus including a metal wiring. The metal wiring includes a plurality of first regions covered with a solder layer, a second region provided between two first regions of the plurality of first regions, and a third region having a nitrogen amount of 20 atoms % or more. An oxygen amount is largest in the second region, followed by at least one of the plurality of first regions, and then by the third region. The nitrogen amount may be largest in the third region, followed by at least one of the plurality of first regions, and then by the second region.

Provided is an electronic apparatus including a metal wiring. The metal wiring includes a plurality of first regions covered with a solder layer, a second region provided between two first regions of the plurality of first regions, and a third region having a nitrogen amount of 20 atoms % or more. An oxygen amount is largest in the second region, followed by at least one of the plurality of first regions, and then by the third region. The nitrogen amount may be largest in the third region, followed by at least one of the plurality of first regions, and then by the second region.

A semiconductor device includes first and second conductive parts, a first bonding wire connecting the first and second conductive parts and having a non-flat portion between opposite ends thereof so that a portion between the opposite ends is away from the first and second conductive parts, a case having a housing space to accommodate the first and second conductive parts, including a sidewall having first to fourth lateral faces surrounding the housing space to form a rectangular shape in a plan view, and a cover disposed on the sidewall, a sealing member filling the case to seal the first bonding wire, and a first stress relaxer for relieving a stress in the first bonding wire. The first bonding wire extends from the second lateral face toward the fourth lateral face, and the first stress relaxer is positioned between the first bonding wire and the first lateral face.

A semiconductor device includes first and second conductive parts, a first bonding wire connecting the first and second conductive parts and having a non-flat portion between opposite ends thereof so that a portion between the opposite ends is away from the first and second conductive parts, a case having a housing space to accommodate the first and second conductive parts, including a sidewall having first to fourth lateral faces surrounding the housing space to form a rectangular shape in a plan view, and a cover disposed on the sidewall, a sealing member filling the case to seal the first bonding wire, and a first stress relaxer for relieving a stress in the first bonding wire. The first bonding wire extends from the second lateral face toward the fourth lateral face, and the first stress relaxer is positioned between the first bonding wire and the first lateral face.