A method includes removing an oxide layer from select areas of a surface of a metal structure of a lead frame to create openings that extend through the oxide layer to expose portions of the surface of the metal structure. The method further includes attaching a semiconductor die to the lead frame, performing an electrical connection process that electrically couples an exposed portion of the surface of the metal structure to a conductive feature of the semiconductor die, enclosing the semiconductor die in a package structure, and separating the electronic device from the lead frame. In one example, the openings are created by a laser ablation process. In another example, the openings are created by a chemical etch process using a mask. In another example, the openings are created by a plasma process.

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with an attached battery is provided. The method includes affixing a semiconductor die to a die pad region of a first battery lead of a leadframe. The first battery lead of the leadframe is separated from a second battery lead of the leadframe. An encapsulant encapsulates the semiconductor die and portions of the first and second battery leads of the leadframe. The battery is affixed to an exposed portion of the first battery lead of the leadframe such that a first terminal of the battery is conductively connected to the first battery lead. An exposed portion of the second battery lead of the leadframe is bent to overlap a top surface portion of the battery such that a second terminal of the battery conductively connected to the second battery lead.

A method of forming one or more semiconductor packages includes mounting one or more semiconductor dies on the metal strip such that the one or more semiconductor dies are in a flip chip arrangement whereby terminals of the one or more semiconductor dies face the upper surface of the metal strip, forming an electrically insulating encapsulant material on the upper surface of the metal strip that encapsulates the one or more semiconductor dies, and forming package terminals that are electrically connected with the terminals of the one or more semiconductor dies, wherein the package terminals are formed from the metal strip or from metal that is deposited after removing the metal strip.

An electronic device includes a non-conductive die attach film on a side of a conductive lead, a semiconductor die having a first side and a lateral side, the first side on the non-conductive die attach film, and the lateral side including striations, and a package structure enclosing the semiconductor die and a portion of the conductive lead. A method includes singulating portions of a non-conductive die attach film on a carrier, attaching a backside of a wafer to the singulated portions of the non-conductive die attach film, and singulating semiconductor dies of the wafer while the backside of the wafer is attached to the singulated portions of the non-conductive die attach film.

In one example, an electronic device comprises a substrate comprising a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the substrate comprises a first groove at the second side of the substrate, a first electronic component over the first side of the substrate, and a resin in the first groove. The substrate comprises a floating pad at the first side of the substrate, a second groove at the first side of the substrate, and a third groove at the first side of the substrate, wherein the floating pad is between the second groove and the third groove. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

The present disclosure discloses a method of fabricating a semiconductor integrated circuits package with solder wettable plating and relates to a semiconductor package substrate with side wettable flank (SWF) features and a method of manufacturing thereof. In particular, the disclosure relates to leadless semiconductor devices and an associated method of manufacturing such devices. An object of the present disclosure is to provide a manufacturing technique allowing full plating of the side flanks by conventional electro-plating with an external conductive media.

A semiconductor package contains a first semiconductor die, electrically coupled to a plurality of leads around a perimeter of the semiconductor package via a molded interconnect. The molded interconnect comprises a plurality of embedded interconnects in a first mold compound which electrically couple the plurality of bond pads of the first semiconductor die to the plurality of leads of the semiconductor package. The molded interconnect may have a greater cross-sectional area at a given pitch compared to a similar wire bonded semiconductor package and allow advantageous thermal management of the semiconductor package compared to other electrical coupling techniques. The molded interconnect may allow small high-power integrated circuits to be packaged with a package footprint which is smaller than would otherwise be available.

A semiconductor device includes a leadframe, a first semiconductor chip arranged above a mounting surface of the leadframe, and a heatsink arranged above a top surface of the first semiconductor chip facing away from the mounting surface of the leadframe. At least one first lead of the leadframe extends towards a bottom surface of the heatsink facing the mounting surface of the leadframe. The at least one first lead is mechanically coupled to the bottom surface of the heatsink.

An electronic device has a molded package (e.g., a quad flat no leads package) with attached connectors. The molded package includes one or more semiconductor dies and is pretested prior to attachment of the connectors. Along these lines, such molded packages may be pretested in parallel at high volume due to their relatively small form factor (e.g., at numbers several times greater than those for testing leaded socket assemblies). Following such pretesting, the connectors are attached to the pretested molded package (e.g., by directly fusing the connectors to metallic pads on surfaces of the packaged integrated circuit via laser welding or soldering). Such electronic devices may be further tested if desired (e.g., opens/shorts tested) and encased within housings to form larger modules (e.g., accelerometers, pressure sensors, etc.).

A variety of footed and leadless semiconductor packages, with either exposed or isolated die pads, are described. Some of the packages have leads with highly coplanar feet that protrude from a plastic body, facilitating mounting the packages on printed circuit boards using wave-soldering techniques.