A method of soldering includes providing a substrate having a first metal joining surface, providing a semiconductor die having a second metal joining surface, providing a solder preform having a first interface surface and a second interface surface, arranging the solder preform between the substrate and the semiconductor die such that the first interface surface faces the first metal joining surface and such that the second interface surface faces the second metal joining surface, and performing a mechanical pressure-free diffusion soldering process that forms a soldered joint between the substrate and the semiconductor die by melting the solder preform and forming intermetallic phases in the solder. One or both of the first interface surface and the second interface surface has a varying surface profile that creates voids between the solder preform and one or both of the substrate and the semiconductor die before the melting of the solder preform.

A semiconductor device, including a substrate having an insulating plate and a conductive plate formed on the insulating plate, a semiconductor chip formed on the conductive plate, a contact part arranged on the conductive plate with a bonding member therebetween, a rod-shaped external connection terminal having a lower end portion thereof fitted into the contact part, and a lid plate having a front surface and a back surface facing the substrate. An insertion hole pierces the lid plate, forming an entrance and exit respectively on the back and front surfaces of the lid plate. The external connection terminal is inserted in the insertion hole. The semiconductor device has at least one of a guide portion with an inclined surface, fixed to a portion of the external connection terminal located in the insertion hole, or an inclined inner wall of the insertion hole.

A semiconductor device, including a substrate having an insulating plate and a conductive plate formed on the insulating plate, a semiconductor chip formed on the conductive plate, a contact part arranged on the conductive plate with a bonding member therebetween, a rod-shaped external connection terminal having a lower end portion thereof fitted into the contact part, and a lid plate having a front surface and a back surface facing the substrate. An insertion hole pierces the lid plate, forming an entrance and exit respectively on the back and front surfaces of the lid plate. The external connection terminal is inserted in the insertion hole. The semiconductor device has at least one of a guide portion with an inclined surface, fixed to a portion of the external connection terminal located in the insertion hole, or an inclined inner wall of the insertion hole.

In a semiconductor device according to the present disclosure, one end and the other end of a plurality of insulation covering wires are joined to a connection region in an upper electrode of a DBC substrate over a semiconductor element while an insulation covering portion in a center region has contact with a surface of the semiconductor element. The plurality of insulation covering wires are provided along an X direction in the same manner as the plurality of metal wires. The plurality of insulation covering wires are provided with no loosening, thus have press force of pressing the semiconductor element in a direction of the solder joint portion.

A display panel includes a pixel array substrate, a plurality of vertical light emitting devices and a flip-chip light emitting device. The pixel array substrate has a first pixel area and a second pixel area. The vertical light emitting devices are disposed in the first pixel area and the second pixel area and electrically connected to the pixel array substrate. The flip-chip light emitting device is disposed in the second pixel area and electrically connected to the pixel array substrate. A color of an emitted light beam of the flip-chip light emitting device and a color of an emitted light beam of one of the vertical light emitting devices located in the first pixel area are identical.

A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes preparing a semiconductor chip and a conductive plate having a front surface that includes a disposition area on which the semiconductor chip is to be disposed, forming a supporting portion in a periphery of the disposition area of the conductive plate such that the supporting portion protrudes from a bottom of the disposition area in an upward direction orthogonal to the front surface of the conductive plate, bonding the semiconductor chip to the disposition area via bonding material applied to the disposition area, coating the front surface of the conductive plate, including the semiconductor chip and the supporting portion, with a coating layer, and after the coating, sealing the front surface of the conductive plate, including the semiconductor chip and the supporting portion, with sealing material.

An SiC semiconductor device includes an SiC semiconductor layer including an SiC monocrystal and having a first main surface as an element forming surface, a second main surface at a side opposite to the first main surface, and a plurality of side surfaces connecting the first main surface and the second main surface, and a plurality of modified lines formed one layer each at the respective side surfaces of the SiC semiconductor layer and each extending in a band shape along a tangential direction to the first main surface of the SiC semiconductor layer and modified to be of a property differing from the SiC monocrystal.

An SiC semiconductor device includes an SiC semiconductor layer including an SiC monocrystal and having a first main surface as an element forming surface, a second main surface at a side opposite to the first main surface, and a plurality of side surfaces connecting the first main surface and the second main surface, and a plurality of modified lines formed one layer each at the respective side surfaces of the SiC semiconductor layer and each extending in a band shape along a tangential direction to the first main surface of the SiC semiconductor layer and modified to be of a property differing from the SiC monocrystal.

A method of joining a semiconductor die to a substrate includes: applying a solder preform to a metal region of the semiconductor die or to a metal region of the substrate, the solder preform having a maximum thickness of 30 μm and a lower melting point than both metal regions; forming a soldered joint between the metal region of the semiconductor die and the metal region of the substrate via a diffusion soldering process and without applying pressure directly to the die; and setting a soldering temperature of the diffusion soldering process so that the solder preform melts and fully reacts with the metal region of the semiconductor die and the metal region of the substrate to form one or more intermetallic phases throughout the entire soldered joint, each intermetallic phase having a melting point above the melting point of the preform and the soldering temperature.

A method of joining a semiconductor die to a substrate includes: applying a solder preform to a metal region of the semiconductor die or to a metal region of the substrate, the solder preform having a maximum thickness of 30 μm and a lower melting point than both metal regions; forming a soldered joint between the metal region of the semiconductor die and the metal region of the substrate via a diffusion soldering process and without applying pressure directly to the die; and setting a soldering temperature of the diffusion soldering process so that the solder preform melts and fully reacts with the metal region of the semiconductor die and the metal region of the substrate to form one or more intermetallic phases throughout the entire soldered joint, each intermetallic phase having a melting point above the melting point of the preform and the soldering temperature.