Abstract:
An improved wire bonding capillary used in the bonding of wires to the bond pads of a semiconductor device and the leads of a lead frame, the wire bonding capillary having a working tip having a working surface including a flat annular portion surrounding the wire feed aperture in the capillary and a concave surface extending therefrom to the intersection with the radius extending from the external tip diameter of the working tip.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit power distribution system and method is provided. The integrated circuit comprises a semiconductor die that includes at least one pair of bond pads having a single bond wire connected thereto such that each bond pad of the pair of bond pads has only one bond wire end connected thereto. A first bond pad of the pair of bond pads is located in an internal portion of the semiconductor die. A first wire having a first end and a second end is electrically connected between the pair of bond pads.
Abstract:
A leadframe configuration for a semiconductor device that has a die attach paddle with paddle support bars. In addition, clamp tabs extend outwardly from lesser supported locations of the paddle to underlie a conventional lead clamp. The clamp tabs are formed as an integral part of the paddle. Normal clamping during die attach and wire bonding operations prevents paddle movement and enhances integrity of the die bond and wire bonds.
Abstract:
An improved wire bonding capillary used in the bonding of wires to the bond pads of a semiconductor device and the leads of a lead frame, the wire bonding capillary having a working tip having a working surface including a flat annular portion surrounding the wire feed aperture in the capillary and a concave surface extending therefrom to the intersection with the radius extending from the external tip diameter of the working tip.
Abstract:
A probe card is provided for probing a semiconductor wafer with raised contact elements. In particular, the present invention is useful with resilient contact elements, such as springs. A probe card is designed to have terminals to mate with the contact elements on the wafer. In a preferred embodiment, the terminals are posts. In a preferred embodiment the terminals include a contact material suitable for repeated contacts. In one particularly preferred embodiment, a space transformer is prepared with contact posts on one side and terminals on the opposing side. An interposer with spring contacts connects a contact on the opposing side of the space transformer to a corresponding terminal on a probe card, which terminal is in turn connected to a terminal which is connectable to a test device such as a conventional tester.
Abstract:
A semiconductor component includes a waveguide section for guiding optical radiation, a Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) section for wavelength-selecting optical radiation received from the waveguide section and an Electro-absorption Modulator (EAM) section for modulating optical radiation received from the DBR section, in which each section has a waveguide layer for conveying the optical radiation, the sections being monolithically integrated on a common semiconductor substrate, the DBR section lying between the waveguide section and the EAM section with the waveguides of adjacent sections being butt-coupled and aligned so that optical radiation may be conveyed between adjacent sections.
Abstract:
Surface-mount, solder-down sockets are described which permit electronic components such as semiconductor packages to be releasably mounted to a circuit board. Generally, the socket includes resilient contact structures extending from a top surface of a support substrate, and solder-ball (or other suitable) contact structures disposed on a bottom surface of the support substrate. Composite interconnection elements are described for use as the resilient contact structures disposed atop the support substrate. In use, the support substrate is soldered down onto the circuit board, the contact structures on the bottom surface of the support substrate contacting corresponding contact areas on the circuit board. In any suitable manner, selected ones of the resilient contact structures atop the support substrate are connected, via the support substrate, to corresponding ones of the contact structures on the bottom surface of the support substrate.
Abstract:
A semiconductor switching circuit device includes a field effect transistor having a source electrode, a gate electrode and a drain electrode, a first electrode pad connected to the source electrode or the drain electrode, and a second electrode pad connected to the source electrode or the drain electrode which is not connected to the first electrode pad. The device also includes a third electrode pad receiving a DC voltage and applying the DC voltage to the field effect transistor, a first insulating layer covering the field effect transistor, a metal layer disposed above the first insulating layer and connected to the third electrode pad, and a second insulating layer disposed on the metal layer. The third electrode pad may be a control terminal pad, a ground terminal pad or a terminal pad receiving a constant DC power voltage. The metal layer may be a flat sheet, a lattice or a comb-like structure.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device is formed from a die and a lead frame having one or more bus bars. Portions of the bus bars are overlain with an electrically insulative material while leaving bonding areas unobstructed, whereby bond wires which span the bus bar(s) may be bonded with a shorter wire and a lower loop, without the danger of shorting to the bus bar(s). The incidence of harmful wire sweep in the encapsulation step is also reduced.
Abstract:
Contact structures are formed by building a core structure on a substrate and over coating the core structure with a material that is harder or has a greater yield strength than the material of the core structure. The core structure may be formed by attaching a wire to the substrate and spooling the wire out from a spool. While spooling the wire out, the spool may be moved to impart a desired shape to the wire. The wire is severed from the spool and over coated. As an alternative, the wire is not over coated. The substrate may be an electronic device, such as a semiconductor die.