Abstract:
A method of forming an electrical contact is provided. The method may include depositing, by atomic layer deposition, a passivation layer over at least a region of a metal surface, wherein the passivation layer may include aluminum oxide, and electrically contacting the region of the metal surface with a metal contact structure, wherein the metal contact structure may include copper.
Abstract:
A package comprising a carrier, an electronic component mounted on the carrier, and an identifier indicative of an origin of the package and being formed on and/or in the carrier is disclosed.
Abstract:
A lead frame strip having a plurality of unit lead frames is provided. Each of the unit lead frames have a die paddle and a plurality of leads extending away from the die paddle. A first one of the unit lead frames is plated with an adhesion promoter plating material within a package outline area of the first unit lead frame. The package outline area includes one of the die paddles and interior portions of the leads. Wire bond sites are processed in the first unit lead frame before or after the plating of the first lead frame such that, after the plating of the first lead frame. The wire bond sites are substantially devoid of the adhesion promoter plating material. The wire bond sites are disposed within the package outline area at an end of the interior portions of the leads that is closest to the die paddle.
Abstract:
A lead frame strip having a plurality of unit lead frames is provided. Each of the unit lead frames includes a die paddle, a plurality of leads extending away from the die paddle, and a peripheral ring delineating interior portions of the leads from exterior portions of the leads. An adhesion promoter plating material is selectively plated within a package outline area of a first unit lead frame. The die paddle and the interior portions of the leads are disposed within the package outline area and the exterior portions of the leads are disposed outside of the package outline area. Wire bond sides are processed such that, after selectively plating the adhesion promoter plating material, the wire bond sites are substantially devoid of the adhesion promoter plating material. The wire bond sites are disposed within the package outline area and are spaced apart from the peripheral ring.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device is disclosed. One embodiment includes a carrier, a semiconductor chip attached to the carrier, a first conducting line having a first thickness and being deposited over the semiconductor chip and the carrier and a second conducting line having a second thickness and being deposited over the semiconductor chip and the carrier. The first thickness is smaller than the second thickness.
Abstract:
A microphone assembly is provided, wherein the pre-mold comprises a bent leadframe and a mold body, wherein the mold body is mold to at least partially encapsulate the bent leadframe to build the pre-mold comprising a cavity for accommodating a microphone, and wherein the pre-mold comprises a through-hole transmissive for sound waves.
Abstract:
What is proposed is a current sensor comprising a current rail and comprising a magnetic field sensor, wherein the magnetic field sensor is configured to measure a magnetic field induced by a current flowing through the current rail, wherein a first insulation layer and a second insulation layer are arranged between the current rail and the magnetic field sensor, wherein an interface between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer is free of a contact with the current rail and/or is free of a contact with the magnetic field sensor.
Abstract:
A current sensor device may include a routable molded lead frame that includes a molded substrate. The current sensor device may include a conductor and a semiconductor chip mounted to the molded substrate. The semiconductor chip may include a magnetic field sensor that is galvanically isolated from the conductor by the molded substrate and is configured to sense a magnetic field created by current flowing through the conductor. The current sensor device may include one or more leads configured to output a signal generated by the semiconductor chip. The one or more leads may be galvanically isolated from the conductor by the molded substrate.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device includes a die paddle, a plurality of electrically conductive leads extending away from the die paddle, and an adhesion promoter plating material selectively formed on the electrically conductive leads such that outer portions of the leads are covered by the adhesion promoter plating material, and interior portions of the leads that are disposed between the die paddle and the respective outer portions of each lead are substantially devoid of the adhesion promoter plating material.
Abstract:
A semiconductor sensor device includes a substrate including a first main face and a second main face opposite the first main face, a semiconductor element including a sensing region, the semiconductor element on the first main face of the substrate and being electrically coupled to the substrate, a lid on the first main face of the substrate and forming a cavity, wherein the semiconductor element is in the cavity, and a vapor deposited dielectric coating covering the semiconductor element and the first main face of the substrate, the vapor deposited dielectric coating having an opening over the sensing region, wherein the second main face of the substrate is at least partially free of the vapor deposited dielectric layer.