摘要:
A fuse, having reduced blow-current requirements thereby minimizing the power supply voltage and chip area required for the driver transistors, has a geometry which is characterized by an essentially uniform width dimension throughout the primary axis of the fuse link but having at least one approximately right angle bend in the fuse link. The fuse can be blown open with approximately 10% of the input current density required for a straight fuse of equal cross-sectional area. The reason for this is that, due to current crowding, the current density is accentuated at the inside corner of the bend. As the input current to the fuse is increased, a current density is reached at the inside corner which causes the fuse material to melt. A notch forms at the inside corner. The fuse geometry altered by the notching causes even more severe current crowding at the notches, and this in turn makes the melting propagate across the width of the fuse. The predictability of the point of fuse blow out allows even greater circuit densities while minimizing the possibility of accidental damage to adjacent devices.
摘要:
Multiple, single conductor, tape automated bonding (TAB) tapes (36, 37, 38) are sequentially applied to a semiconductor device (31) by the bonding of a first, etched, single layer TAB tape to an outer row of bonding pads (32, 33, 34) on a semiconductor chip and to selected contacts on a lead frame followed by the laying down of at least one additional etched, single layer TAB tape which is then bonded to an inner row of bonding pads on the semiconductor chip and to different selected lead frame contacts. If desired the subsequent TAB tape may be adhered to the preceding TAB tape to increase the mechanical strength of all the tapes and improve the electrical characteristics of the tapes. The application of one or more ground planes to the assembly is also shown.
摘要:
Multiple, single conductor, tape automated bonding (TAB) tapes (36, 37, 38) are sequentially applied to a semiconductor device (31) by the bonding of a first, etched, single layer TAB tape to an outer row of bonding pads (32, 33, 34) on a semiconductor chip and to selected contacts on a lead frame followed by the laying down of at least one additional etched, single layer TAB tape which is then bonded to an inner row of bonding pads on the semiconductor chip and to different selected lead frame contacts. If desired the subsequent TAB tape may be adhered to the preceding TAB tape to increase the mechanical strength of all the tapes and improve the electrical characteristics of the tapes. The application of one or more ground planes to the assembly is also shown.