A sintered member is provided between a semiconductor chip and a terminal. The sintered member is made of a sinter sheet by heating and pressing the same. The semiconductor chip is connected to the terminal via the sintered member. Convex portions are formed at a front-side surface of the semiconductor chip. Concave portions, each of which has such a shape corresponding to that of each convex portion of the semiconductor chip, are formed at a surface of the sintered member facing to the semiconductor chip.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip made of a SiC substrate and having main electrodes on one surface and a rear surface, first and second heat sinks, respectively, disposed adjacent to the one surface and the rear surface, a terminal member interposed between the second heat sink and the semiconductor chip, and a plurality of bonding members disposed between the main electrodes, the first and second heat sinks, and the terminal member. The terminal member includes plural types of metal layers symmetrically layered in the plate thickness direction. The terminal member as a whole has a coefficient of linear expansion at least in a direction orthogonal to the plate thickness direction in a range larger than that of the semiconductor chip and smaller than that of the second heat sink.

A copper paste for pressureless bonding is a copper paste for pressureless bonding, containing: metal particles; and a dispersion medium, in which the metal particles include sub-micro copper particles having a volume average particle diameter of greater than or equal to 0.01 μm and less than or equal to 0.8 μm, and micro copper particles having a volume average particle diameter of greater than or equal to 2.0 μm and less than or equal to 50 μm, and the dispersion medium contains a solvent having a boiling point of higher than or equal to 300° C., and a content of the solvent having a boiling point of higher than or equal to 300° C. is greater than or equal to 2 mass % on the basis of a total mass of the copper paste for pressureless bonding.

A mounting structure is used, which includes: a semiconductor element including an element electrode; a metal member; and a sintered body configured to bond the semiconductor element and the metal member is used, in which the sintered body contains a first metal and a second metal solid-dissolved in the first metal, the second metal is a metal having a diffusion coefficient in the first metal larger than a self-diffusion coefficient of the first metal, and a content ratio of the second metal relative to a total mass of the first metal and the second metal in the sintered body is equal to or lower than a solid solution limit of the second metal to the first metal.

There is provided a bonding material which forms a bonding portion between two objects, which material contains (1) first metal particles comprising a first metal and having a median particle diameter in the range of 20 nm to 1 μm, and (2) second metal particles comprising, as a second metal, at least one alloy of Sn and at least one selected from Bi, In and Zn and having a melting point of not higher than 200° C.

A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes a preparation step and a sinter bonding step. In the preparation step, a sinter-bonding work having a multilayer structure including a substrate, semiconductor chips, and sinter-bonding material layers is prepared. The semiconductor chips are disposed on, and will bond to, one side of the substrate. Each sinter-bonding material layer contains sinterable particles and is disposed between each semiconductor chip and the substrate. In the sinter bonding step, a cushioning sheet having a thickness of 5 to 5000 μm and a tensile elastic modulus of 2 to 150 MPa is placed on the sinter-bonding work, the resulting stack is held between a pair of pressing faces, and, in this state, the sinter-bonding work between the pressing faces undergoes a heating process while being pressurized in its lamination direction, to form a sintered layer from each sinter-bonding material layer.

A method of soldering elements together includes providing a substrate having a metal die attach surface, providing a semiconductor die that is configured as a power semiconductor device and having a semiconductor body, a rear side metallization, and a front side layer stack, the front side layer stack having a front side metallization and a contaminant protection layer, arranging the semiconductor die on the substrate with a region of solder material between the die attach surface and the rear side metallization, and performing a soldering process that reflows the region of solder material to form a soldered joint between the metal die attach surface and the rear side metallization, wherein the soldering process comprises applying mechanical pressure to the front side metallization.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having first and second main electrodes disposed on opposite surfaces of a silicon carbide substrate, first and second heat dissipation members disposed so as to sandwich the semiconductor chip, and joining members disposed between the first main electrode and the first heat dissipation member and between the second main electrode and the second heat dissipation member. At least one of the joining members is made of a lead-free solder having an alloy composition that contains 3.2 to 3.8 mass % Ag, 0.6 to 0.8 mass % Cu, 0.01 to 0.2 mass % Ni, x mass % Sb, y mass % Bi, 0.001 to 0.3 mass % Co, 0.001 to 0.2 mass % P, and a balance of Sn, where x and y satisfy relational expressions of x+2y≤11 mass %, x+14y≤42 mass %, and x≥5.1 mass %.

A problem is to provide a sheet having a pre-sintering layer, the thickness of which following sintering is such as to be capable of relieving stresses. Solution means relate to a sheet comprising a pre-sintering layer. Viscosity at 90° C. of the pre-sintering layer is not less than 0.27 MPa.Math.s. Thickness of the pre-sintering layer is 30 μm to 200 μm.

Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor having a double-sided substrate including preparing a first substrate on which a specific pattern is formed to enable electrical connection, preparing at least one semiconductor chip bonded to a metal post, bonding the at least one semiconductor chip to the first substrate, bonding a second substrate to the metal post, forming a package housing by packaging the first substrate and the second substrate to expose a lead frame, and forming terminal leads toward the outside of the package housing. Accordingly, the semiconductor chip and the metal post are previously joined to each other and are respectively bonded to the first substrate and the second substrate so that damage generated while bonding the semiconductor chip may be minimized and electrical properties and reliability of the semiconductor chip may be improved.