In a described example, an apparatus includes: a metal leadframe including a dielectric die support formed in a central portion of the leadframe, and having metal leads extending from the central portion, portions of the metal leads extending into the central portion contacted by the dielectric die support; die attach material over the dielectric die support; a semiconductor die mounted to the dielectric die support by the die attach material, the semiconductor die having bond pads on a device side surface facing away from the dielectric die support; electrical connections extending from the bond pads to metal leads of the leadframe; and mold compound covering the semiconductor die, the electrical connections, the dielectric die support, and portions of the metal leads, the mold compound forming a package body.

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package of stacked semiconductor chips includes forming a reverse wire bond by bonding one end of a reverse wire to a chip pad of the second-highest semiconductor chip of the stacked semiconductor chips and connecting the other end of the reverse wire to a conductive bump on a chip pad of the uppermost semiconductor chip of the stacked semiconductor chips. The method also includes molding the stacked semiconductor chips with the reverse wire bond using a mold layer. The method further includes processing the mold layer to expose the conductive bump and the other end of the reverse wire in the reverse wire bond through an upper surface of the mold layer.

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a package leadframe including a die pad, a first ridge formed at a first outer edge of the die pad, a second ridge formed at a second outer edge of the die pad opposite of the first outer edge and separate from the first ridge, and a plurality of leads surrounding the die pad. A semiconductor die is attached to the die pad by way of a die attach material. The semiconductor die is located on the die pad between the first ridge and the second ridge. An encapsulant encapsulates the semiconductor die and at least a portion of the package leadframe.

A chip includes a semiconductor substrate, integrated circuits with at least portions in the semiconductor substrate, and a surface dielectric layer over the integrated circuits. A plurality of metal pads is distributed substantially uniformly throughout substantially an entirety of a surface of the chip. The plurality of metal pads has top surfaces level with a top surface of the surface dielectric layer. The plurality of metal pads includes active metal pads and dummy metal pads. The active metal pads are electrically coupled to the integrated circuits. The dummy metal pads are electrically decoupled from the integrated circuits.

In a described example, an apparatus includes: a package substrate with conductive leads; a semiconductor die mounted to the package substrate, the semiconductor die having a first thickness; electrical connections coupling bond pads on the semiconductor die to conductive leads on the package substrate; brackets attached to the package substrate spaced from the semiconductor die and extending away from the package substrate to a distance from the package substrate that is greater than the first thickness of the semiconductor die; and mold compound covering the package substrate, the semiconductor die, the brackets, and the semiconductor die to form a semiconductor device package having a board side surface and a top surface opposite the board side surface, and having portions of the brackets exposed from the mold compound on the top surface of the semiconductor device package to form mounts for a passive component.

An electronic component is provided. The component includes: a base member, a Peltier element; a semiconductor element placed on a placement surface of the base member via the Peltier element; and a frame member arranged so as to surround a side surface of the semiconductor element. A first electrode provided in the semiconductor element is connected, via a conductive wire, to a second electrode provided in the frame member, and the base member and the frame member are bonded by a bonding member having a lower thermal conductivity than the base member.

A device comprises a substrate) of a first material with a surface, which is modified by depositing a bi-layer nanoparticle film. The film includes a nanoparticle layer of a second material on top of and in contact with surface, and a nanoparticle layer of a third material on top of and in contact with the nanoparticle layer of the second material. The nanoparticles of the third material adhere to the nanoparticles of the second material. The substrate region adjoining surface comprises an admixture of the second material in the first material. A fourth material contacts and chemically/mechanically bonds to the nanoparticle layer of the third material.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die having a die surface, in which the die surface includes a bond pad. A ball bond has a distal surface and flattened-disk shape extending from the distal surface and terminating in a proximal surface spaced apart from the distal surface. The distal surface is coupled to the bond pad and a channel extends a depth into the proximal surface surrounding a central portion of the proximal surface. A bond wire extending from the central portion of the proximal surface, in which the channel is spaced apart from and surrounds the bond wire.

A semiconductor device including a capacitive HV isolation component and a method of fabrication thereof is disclosed. In one example, the semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate, a bottom capacitor plate over the semiconductor substrate, a top capacitor plate over the bottom capacitor plate, and one or more conductive posts extending between the bottom plate and the top plate.

A semiconductor package may include a package substrate; first semiconductor chips sequentially stacked on an upper surface of the package substrate; a second semiconductor chip on an uppermost first semiconductor chip among the first semiconductor chips, the second semiconductor chip having an overhang region protruding from one side of the uppermost first semiconductor chip and an overlapping region overlapping the uppermost first semiconductor chip, the second chip pads including first bonding pads in the overhang region and second bonding pads in the overlapping region; first conductive bumps respectively on the first bonding pads; second conductive bumps respectively on the second bonding pads; vertical wires extending from the first conductive bumps to substrate pads of the package substrate, respectively; and a molding member covering the first semiconductor chips, the second semiconductor chip, and the vertical wires.