A semiconductor module includes at least two semiconductor elements connected in parallel; a control circuit board placed between the at least two semiconductor elements; a control terminal for external connection; a first wiring member that connects the control terminal and the control circuit board; and a second wiring member that connects a control electrode of one of the at least two semiconductor elements and the control circuit board, wherein the second wiring member is wire-bonded from the control electrode towards the control circuit board, and has a first end on the control electrode and a second end on the control circuit board, the first end having a cut end face facing upward normal to a surface of the control electrode and the second end having a cut end face facing sideways parallel to a surface of the control circuit board.

A semiconductor module includes at least two semiconductor elements connected in parallel; a control circuit board placed between the at least two semiconductor elements; a control terminal for external connection; a first wiring member that connects the control terminal and the control circuit board; and a second wiring member that connects a control electrode of one of the at least two semiconductor elements and the control circuit board, wherein the second wiring member is wire-bonded from the control electrode towards the control circuit board, and has a first end on the control electrode and a second end on the control circuit board, the first end having a cut end face facing upward normal to a surface of the control electrode and the second end having a cut end face facing sideways parallel to a surface of the control circuit board.

Provided is a power semiconductor module that can secure insulating properties. A semiconductor element is mounted on a resin-insulated base plate including a circuit pattern, a resin insulating layer, and a base plate. A case enclosing the resin-insulated base plate is bonded to the resin insulating layer with an adhesive. The resin insulating layer and the case are bonded together with a region enclosed by the resin insulating layer and a tapered portion of the case formed closer to the resin insulating layer being filled with the adhesive made of a material identical to that of the sealing resin. Air bubbles in the adhesive appear in the tapered portion opposite to the resin insulating layer.

Provided is a power semiconductor module that can secure insulating properties. A semiconductor element is mounted on a resin-insulated base plate including a circuit pattern, a resin insulating layer, and a base plate. A case enclosing the resin-insulated base plate is bonded to the resin insulating layer with an adhesive. The resin insulating layer and the case are bonded together with a region enclosed by the resin insulating layer and a tapered portion of the case formed closer to the resin insulating layer being filled with the adhesive made of a material identical to that of the sealing resin. Air bubbles in the adhesive appear in the tapered portion opposite to the resin insulating layer.

A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor chip, an electrode pad made of a metal material containing aluminum and formed on a top surface of the semiconductor chip, an electrode lead disposed at a periphery of the semiconductor chip, a bonding wire having a linearly-extending main body portion and having a pad bond portion and a lead bond portion formed at respective ends of the main body portion and respectively bonded to the electrode pad and the electrode lead, and a resin package sealing the semiconductor chip, the electrode lead, and the bonding wire, the bonding wire is made of copper, and the entire electrode pad and the entire pad bond portion are integrally covered by a water-impermeable film.

A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor chip, an electrode pad made of a metal material containing aluminum and formed on a top surface of the semiconductor chip, an electrode lead disposed at a periphery of the semiconductor chip, a bonding wire having a linearly-extending main body portion and having a pad bond portion and a lead bond portion formed at respective ends of the main body portion and respectively bonded to the electrode pad and the electrode lead, and a resin package sealing the semiconductor chip, the electrode lead, and the bonding wire, the bonding wire is made of copper, and the entire electrode pad and the entire pad bond portion are integrally covered by a water-impermeable film.

In one form, a method of manufacturing a circuit device comprises providing a lead frame comprising a plurality of leads, each comprising an island portion, a bonding portion elevated from the island portion, a slope portion extending obliquely so as to connect the island portion and the bonding portion, and a lead portion extending from the bonding portion. First and second transistors and first and second diodes are mounted upper surfaces of island portions of respective first and second leads, and are connected to the respective leads through wirings that connect the transistors and diodes to the bonding portions of the respective leads. Lower surfaces of the island portions are attached to an upper surface of a circuit board, and the circuit board, the transistors, the diodes, and the lead frame are encapsulated by a resin, so that the lead portions are not covered by the resin.

In one form, a method of manufacturing a circuit device comprises providing a lead frame comprising a plurality of leads, each comprising an island portion, a bonding portion elevated from the island portion, a slope portion extending obliquely so as to connect the island portion and the bonding portion, and a lead portion extending from the bonding portion. First and second transistors and first and second diodes are mounted upper surfaces of island portions of respective first and second leads, and are connected to the respective leads through wirings that connect the transistors and diodes to the bonding portions of the respective leads. Lower surfaces of the island portions are attached to an upper surface of a circuit board, and the circuit board, the transistors, the diodes, and the lead frame are encapsulated by a resin, so that the lead portions are not covered by the resin.

A lead-free solder ball is provided which suppresses interfacial peeling in a bonding interface of a solder ball, fusion defects which develop between the solder ball and solder paste, and which can be used both with Ni electrodes plated with Au or the like and Cu electrodes having a water-soluble preflux applied atop Cu. The lead-free solder ball for electrodes of BGAs or CSPs consists of 1.6-2.9 mass % of Ag, 0.7-0.8 mass % of Cu, 0.05-0.08 mass % of Ni, and a remainder of Sn. It has excellent resistance to thermal fatigue and to drop impacts regardless of the type of electrodes of a printed circuit board to which it is bonded, which are Cu electrodes or Ni electrodes having Au plating or Au/Pd plating as surface treatment.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a package assembly having a bump on a first substrate. A molding compound is on the first substrate and contacts sidewalls of the bump. A no-flow underfill layer is on a conductive region of a second substrate. The no-flow underfill layer and the conductive region contact the bump. A mask layer is arranged on the second substrate and laterally surrounds the no-flow underfill layer. The no-flow underfill layer contacts the substrate between the conductive region and the mask layer.