A package structure and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The package structure includes an electronic device, a heat spreader, an intermediate layer and an encapsulant. The electronic device includes a plurality of electrical contacts. The intermediate layer is interposed between the electronic device and the heat spreader. The intermediate layer includes a sintered material. The encapsulant encapsulates the electronic device. A surface of the encapsulant is substantially coplanar with a plurality of surfaces of the electrical contacts.

An electronic component includes a lead frame; a semiconductor chip arranged above the lead frame; and a connection layer sequence arranged between the lead frame and the semiconductor chip, wherein the connection layer sequence includes a first intermetallic layer including gold and indium or gold, indium and tin, a second intermetallic layer including indium and a titanium compound, indium and nickel, indium and platinum or indium and titanium, and a third intermetallic layer including indium and gold.

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 method of forming a chip assembly may include forming a plurality of cavities in a carrier; The method may further include arranging a die attach liquid in each of the cavities; arranging a plurality of chips on the die attach liquid, each chip comprising a rear side metallization and a rear side interconnect material disposed over the rear side metallization, wherein the rear side interconnect material faces the carrier; evaporating the die attach liquid; and after the evaporating the die attach liquid, fixing the plurality of chips to the carrier.

A method of forming a chip assembly may include forming a plurality of cavities in a carrier; The method may further include arranging a die attach liquid in each of the cavities; arranging a plurality of chips on the die attach liquid, each chip comprising a rear side metallization and a rear side interconnect material disposed over the rear side metallization, wherein the rear side interconnect material faces the carrier; evaporating the die attach liquid; and after the evaporating the die attach liquid, fixing the plurality of chips to the carrier.

A solder material is provided. The solder material may include a first amount of particles having particle sizes forming a first size distribution, a second amount of particles having particle sizes forming a second size distribution, the particle sizes of the second size distribution being larger than the particle sizes of the first size distribution, and a solder base material in which the first amount of particles and the second amount of particles is distributed. The first amount of particles and the second amount of particles consist of or essentially consist of a metal of a first group of metals. The first group of metals includes copper, silver, gold, palladium, platinum, iron, cobalt, and aluminum. The solder base material includes a metal of a second group of metals. The second group of metals includes tin, indium, zinc, gallium, germanium, antimony, and bismuth.

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 die having a metal region; a substrate having a metal region; and a soldered joint between the metal region of the semiconductor die and the metal region of the substrate. One or more intermetallic phases are present throughout the entire soldered joint, each of the one or more intermetallic phases formed from a solder preform diffused into the metal region of the semiconductor die and the metal region of the substrate. The soldered joint has the same length-to-width aspect ratio as the semiconductor die.

A method for the transfer of components from a sender substrate to a receiver substrate includes provision and/or production of the components on the sender substrate, transfer of the components of the sender substrate to the transfer substrate, and transfer of the components from the transfer substrate to the receiver substrate.The components can be transferred selectively by means of bonding means and/or debonding means.

A method for the transfer of components from a sender substrate to a receiver substrate includes provision and/or production of the components on the sender substrate, transfer of the components of the sender substrate to the transfer substrate, and transfer of the components from the transfer substrate to the receiver substrate.The components can be transferred selectively by means of bonding means and/or debonding means.