Abstract:
A surface mounting device (50) has one body (6) of semiconductor material such as an ASIC, and a package surrounding the body. The package has a base region (15) carrying the body, a cap (20) and contact terminals (3). The base region (15) has a Young's modulus lower than 5 MPa. For forming the device, the body (6) is attached to a supporting frame (1) including contact terminals (3) and a die pad (2), separated by cavities; bonding wires (14) are soldered to the body (6) and to the contact terminals (3); an elastic material is molded so as to surround at least in part lateral sides of the body (6), fill the cavities of the supporting frame (1) and cover the ends of the bonding wires (14) on the contact terminals; and a cap (20) is fixed to the base region (15). The die pad (2) is then etched away.
Abstract:
One or more semiconductor chips are arranged (102) on a first surface of a substrate comprising electrically conductive formations such as an array of electrically conductive leads covered by a masking layer at a second surface opposite the first surface. The semiconductor chip or chips are coupled to electrically conductive leads in the array and an insulating encapsulation is molded on the semiconductor chip or chips arranged on the first surface of the substrate. The masking layer is selectively removed (110), e.g., via laser ablation, from one or more of the electrically conductive formations that are thus left uncovered by the masking layer. Etching (112) is applied to the second surface of the substrate so that the leads left uncovered by the masking layer are removed, thus increasing the creepage distance between those conductive formations that are left in place.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device (10), such as a QFN (Quad-Flat No-lead) package, comprises one or mode semiconductor chips (14) arranged on a surface of a leadframe (12). The semiconductor chip(s) is/are arranged at a die pad (12A) of the leadframe (12) and the leadframe has an array of electrically-conductive leads (12B) around the die pad (12A). The leads in the array have distal ends facing away from the die pad (12A) as well as recessed portions (120B) of the surface of the leadframe (12) at the distal ends of the leads in the array (12B), Resilient material (1200) such as low elasticity modulus material is formed at the recessed portions (120B) at the distal ends of the leads in the array (12B), and an insulating encapsulation (18) is molded onto the semiconductor chip (s) arranged on the leadframe. The resilient material (1200) is sandwiched between the insulating encapsulation (18) and the distal ends of the leads in the array (12B) at the recessed portions (120B) and facilitates flexibility of the leads (12B), making them suited for reliable soldering (110) to an insulated metal substrate (100).
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing a surface-mount electronic device, including the steps of: forming a plurality of preliminary contact regions (30; 60; 90) of a sinterable material on a supporting structure (2); mechanically coupling a die (42; 72; 82) including a semiconductor body (44; 75) to the supporting structure (2); and sintering the sinterable material, in such a way that each preliminary contact region (30; 60; 90) forms a corresponding sintered preliminary contact (36; 66; 96).
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing semiconductor devices such as QFN-mr packages, for instance, comprises arranging (1001) one or more semiconductor chips or dice (2000) at a first surface of a leadframe (1000) and forming (1005) an insulating encapsulation onto the leadframe (1000) having the semiconductor chip(s) arranged thereon at the first surface of the leadframe. Etching (1006) is applied at a second surface of the leadframe (1000) opposed to the first surface in order provide electrical contacts having a distal (bottom) surface as well as well as flanks left uncovered by the insulating encapsulation. Etching at the second surface of the leadframe (1000) is via an etching mask (3000) covering the electrical contacts as well as at least one connecting bar electrically coupling a plurality of electrical contacts. The etching mask is removed (3001) and the electrical contacts (12) and the connecting bar(s) thus exposed are used as electroplating electrodes in (e.g., tin) electroplating (3002) of the distal surface and the flanks of the electrical contacts (12) with the connecting bar(s) finally removed (1009, 1009A) during device singulation, for instance.
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing surface-mount semiconductor devices, in particular of the Quad-Flat No-Leads Multi-Row (QFN_mr) type, comprising providing (110) a metal leadframe, in particular a copper leadframe, which includes a plurality of pads (12a), each of which is designed to receive the body (20; 20') of the device, the pads (12a) being separated from adjacent pads by one or more rows (R1, R2) of wire-bonding contacting areas (12), outermost rows (R2) from among the one or more rows of wire-bonding contacting areas (12) identifying, together with outermost rows corresponding to the adjacent pads, separation regions (23). The process envisages: - depositing (120) in the separation regions (23) beads of conductive soldering material (15) so as to join together wire-bonding contacting areas (12) corresponding to adjacent pads (12a); - fixing (130) the devices (20) to the respective pads (12a); and - carrying out (140) a thermal process designed to sinter or re-flow the beads of conductive soldering material (15) into soldered beads (15s).
Abstract:
A semiconductor device (10), such as a QFN (Quad-Flat No-lead) package, comprises one or mode semiconductor chips (14) arranged on a surface of a leadframe (12). The semiconductor chip(s) is/are arranged at a die pad (12A) of the leadframe (12) and the leadframe has an array of electrically-conductive leads (12B) around the die pad (12A). The leads in the array have distal ends facing away from the die pad (12A) as well as recessed portions (120B) of the surface of the leadframe (12) at the distal ends of the leads in the array (12B), Resilient material (1200) such as low elasticity modulus material is formed at the recessed portions (120B) at the distal ends of the leads in the array (12B), and an insulating encapsulation (18) is molded onto the semiconductor chip (s) arranged on the leadframe. The resilient material (1200) is sandwiched between the insulating encapsulation (18) and the distal ends of the leads in the array (12B) at the recessed portions (120B) and facilitates flexibility of the leads (12B), making them suited for reliable soldering (110) to an insulated metal substrate (100).
Abstract:
A lead frame for an integrated electronic device (700), including: a die pad structure (110; 29,110; 310,450) of a first metallic material, including a die pad (110;310,450) and delimited by a top structure surface (103; 103,103'; 303, 452); and a top coating structure (112; 12',112; 312, 512) formed by a second metallic material and arranged on the top structure surface, the second material having an oxidation rate lower than the first material. The top coating structure leaves exposed a number of corner portions (117S; 217S; 457S) of the top structure surface.