A semiconductor device includes a device carrier, a first semiconductor chip mounted on the device carrier and a second semiconductor chip mounted on the device carrier. Further, the semiconductor device includes a first contact clip bonded to a first electrode of the first semiconductor chip, a second contact clip bonded to a first electrode of the second semiconductor chip and an insulating connector configured to hold the first contact clip and the second contact clip together.

A semiconductor device includes a device carrier, a first semiconductor chip mounted on the device carrier and a second semiconductor chip mounted on the device carrier. Further, the semiconductor device includes a first contact clip bonded to a first electrode of the first semiconductor chip, a second contact clip bonded to a first electrode of the second semiconductor chip and an insulating connector configured to hold the first contact clip and the second contact clip together.

A package comprising a chip carrier, an electronic chip on the chip carrier, a clip on the electronic chip, an encapsulant at least partially encapsulating the electronic chip, and an electrically conductive vertical connection structure provided separately from the clip and electrically connecting the chip carrier with the clip.

A package comprising a chip carrier, an electronic chip on the chip carrier, a clip on the electronic chip, an encapsulant at least partially encapsulating the electronic chip, and an electrically conductive vertical connection structure provided separately from the clip and electrically connecting the chip carrier with the clip.

A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor die, arranging an electrical connector over the semiconductor die, the electrical connector including a conductive core, an absorbing feature arranged on a first side of the conductive core, and a solder layer arranged on a second side of the conductive core, opposite the first side and facing the semiconductor die, and soldering the electrical connector onto the semiconductor die by heating the solder layer with a laser, wherein the laser irradiates the absorbing feature and absorbed energy is transferred from the absorbing feature through the conductive core to the solder layer.

An electronic device includes: a first semiconductor die having a metal region; a substrate having a plurality of metal regions; a first soldered joint between the metal region of the first semiconductor die and a first metal region of the substrate, the first soldered joint having one or more intermetallic phases 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 first semiconductor die and the first metal region of the substrate; and a second semiconductor die soldered to the first or different metal region of the substrate.

A pre-soldered circuit carrier includes a carrier having a metal die attach surface, a plated solder region on the metal die attach surface, wherein a maximum thickness of the plated solder region is at most 50 μm, the plated solder region has a lower melting point than the first bond pad, and the plated solder region forms one or more intermetallic phases with the die attach surface at a soldering temperature that is above the melting point of the plated solder region.

A method of batch soldering includes: forming a soldered joint between a metal region of a first semiconductor die and a metal region of a substrate using a solder preform via a soldering process which does not apply pressure directly to the first semiconductor die, the solder preform having a maximum thickness of 30 μm and a lower melting point than the metal regions; setting a soldering temperature of the soldering process so that the solder preform melts and fully reacts with the metal region of the first semiconductor die and the metal region of the substrate to form one or more intermetallic phases throughout the entire soldered joint, each intermetallic phase having a melting point above the preform melting point and the soldering temperature; and soldering a second semiconductor die to the same or different metal region of the substrate, without applying pressure directly to the second semiconductor die.

A method of batch soldering includes: forming a soldered joint between a metal region of a first semiconductor die and a metal region of a substrate using a solder preform via a soldering process which does not apply pressure directly to the first semiconductor die, the solder preform having a maximum thickness of 30 μm and a lower melting point than the metal regions; setting a soldering temperature of the soldering process so that the solder preform melts and fully reacts with the metal region of the first semiconductor die and the metal region of the substrate to form one or more intermetallic phases throughout the entire soldered joint, each intermetallic phase having a melting point above the preform melting point and the soldering temperature; and soldering a second semiconductor die to the same or different metal region of the substrate, without applying pressure directly to the second semiconductor die.

A package comprising a chip carrier, an electronic chip on the chip carrier, a clip on the electronic chip, an encapsulant at least partially encapsulating the electronic chip, and an electrically conductive vertical connection structure provided separately from the clip and electrically connecting the chip carrier with the clip.