Semiconductor module including a semiconductor and including a shaped metal body that is electrically contacted by the semiconductor, for forming a contact surface for an electrical conductor, wherein the shaped metal body is bent or folded. A method is also described for establishing electrical contacting of an electrical conductor on a semiconductor, said method including the steps of: fastening a bent or folded shaped metal body of a constant thickness to the semiconductor by means of a first fastening method and then fastening the electrical conductor to the shaped metal body by means of a second fastening method.

An electronic component is disclosed. In one example, the electronic component comprises a semiconductor body, an active region in the semiconductor body, at least one metallization structure arranged on or above the active region and comprising a stack. The stack includes a barrier structure, an intermediate structure on the barrier structure and comprising nickel, and a copper and/or aluminium structure on the intermediate structure and comprising copper and/or aluminium. A dielectric structure is connected to a sidewall of the stack.

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes the following structure. A semiconductor chip is provided between first and second conductors. A first connector is provided between the semiconductor chip and the second conductor. The second conductor includes a first plate, a second plate, and a third plate, which are continuously provided. The first plate extends in a first direction along a main surface of the semiconductor chip and is connected to the semiconductor chip via the first connector. The second plate extends from the first plate in a direction intersecting the first direction, and includes a first surface continuous from a surface on which the first connector is provided, and includes a groove provided on the first surface. The third plate extends from the second plate in the first direction.

A semiconductor device includes a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion, a first semiconductor element, a second semiconductor element, two first terminals, a second terminal, a third terminal, a first conductive member, a second conductive member, a plurality of first control terminals, a plurality of second control terminals, and a sealing resin. In a first direction orthogonal to the thickness direction, the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion are spaced apart from each other. The second terminal and the second conductive member form a conduction path located outside the plurality of first control terminals in a second direction orthogonal to the thickness direction and the first direction.

A clip-bonded semiconductor package including: a semiconductor die including a bond pad on a top side of the semiconductor die, the bond pad is arranged to receive a bond clip, the bond clip is also arranged to provide electrical connection to the bond pad via a connection part of the bond clip, the bond clip further includes a buffer layer provided to at least the connection part. A hardness of a material of the buffer layer is lower than a hardness of a material of the bond clip.

An electric circuit body including a power semiconductor element joined to one surface of a conductor plate; a sheet member including an insulating layer joined to the other surface of the conductor plate; a sealing member that integrally seals the sheet member, the conductor plate, and the power semiconductor element in a state where a surface of the sheet member opposite to a surface joined to the conductor plate is exposed; a cooling member that cools heat of the power semiconductor element; and a heat conduction member provided between the opposite surface of the sheet member and the cooling member, where the heat conduction member is provided over a first projection region facing the conductor plate and a second projection region facing the sealing member, and a thickness of the heat conduction member is thicker in the second projection region than in the first projection region.

An object is to provide a technique capable of easily taking out a submodule from a semiconductor device to reuse the submodule. The semiconductor device includes: a submodule in which a conductive plate and a semiconductor element mounted to an upper surface of the conductive plate via a first bonding material are sealed with a first sealing material; an insulating substrate bonded to a lower surface of the submodule via a second bonding material; a case surrounding a periphery of the insulating substrate and the submodule; and a second sealing material sealing a region surrounded by the case so that at least an upper surface of the submodule is exposed.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element having a first electrode and a second electrode, a first conductive member being located on a first side in a thickness direction with respect to the first electrode and having a first reverse surface to face a second side in the thickness direction, a second conductive member being located on the first side in the thickness direction with respect to the second electrode and having a second reverse surface to face the second side in the thickness direction, a first conductive bonding material interposed between the first electrode and the first reverse surface and bonded to the first electrode and the first conductive member, and a second conductive bonding material interposed between the second electrode and the second reverse surface and bonded to the second electrode and the second conductive member. An area of the second reverse surface is smaller than an area of the first reverse surface. A distance between the second electrode and the second reverse surface in the thickness direction is smaller than a distance between the first electrode and the first reverse surface in the thickness direction.

A electrical connection element includes a planar mating surface adapted for mating with a metal bonding surface, a rim that forms an enclosed shape around the planar mating surface, and a plurality of outgassing grooves formed in the planar mating surface, wherein each of the outgassing grooves comprises a proximal end that is spaced apart from the rim and a distal end that intersects the rim, and wherein a cross-sectional area of each of the outgassing grooves increases along a lengthwise direction going from the proximal end to the distal end.

A semiconductor die package includes a semiconductor transistor die having a contact pad on an upper main face. The semiconductor die package also includes an electrical conductor disposed on the contact pad and fabricated by laser-assisted structuring of a metallic material, and an encapsulant covering the semiconductor die and at least a portion of the electrical conductor.