Abstract:
A packaged light emitting device includes a carrier substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, first and second conductive vias extending from the top surface of the substrate to the bottom surface of the substrate, and a bond pad on the top surface of the substrate in electrical contact with the first conductive via. A diode having first and second electrodes is mounted on the bond pad with the first electrode is in electrical contact with the bond pad. A passivation layer is formed on the diode, exposing the second electrode of the diode. A conductive trace is formed on the top surface of the carrier substrate in electrical contact with the second conductive via and the second electrode. The conductive trace is on and extends across the passivation layer to contact the second electrode. Methods of packaging light emitting devices include providing an epiwafer including a growth substrate and an epitaxial structure on the growth substrate, bonding a carrier substrate to the epitaxial structure of the epiwafer, forming a plurality of conductive vias through the carrier substrate, defining a plurality of isolated diodes in the epitaxial structure, and electrically connecting at least one conductive via to respective ones of the plurality of isolated diodes.
Abstract:
An apparatus consisting of a single wire bond silicon sub-mount used to make an LED device which also has built-in ESD protection in the sub-mount. The single wire bond silicon sub-mount uses a pass-through interconnection between the topside of the sub-mount and the underside so that the LED chip mounted thereon is electrically coupled through the sub-mount to the anode.
Abstract:
An integrated circuit ESD protection system comprises: a local power supply bus, a local ground bus, a first local ESD clamp, and ESD ground bus disposed between local power supply and ground busses and coupled to the local power supply bus through the first local ESD clamp, and coupled to the local ground bus through the second ESD clamp. The local power supply bus, the local ground bus, the first ESD clamp, the second ESD clamp and the ESD ground bus are disposed on a substrate. A reduced capacitance bonding pad is disposed on the substrate. A shunting ggNMOS ESD structure triggered by a divider circuit comprises a gate boosting structure disposed in an n-well that is coupled to the bonding pad.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device, e.g. power transistor (1, Fig. 1), has a gate or other electrode (4) connected via a test pad (15B) to a set of parallel fingers (21A-21F) in a first portion of a bond pad (12). An ESD protection device (13) is connected via a test pad (15C) to a set of parallel fingers (22A-22C) in a second portion of the bond pad (12). A voltage clamping protection device (14) is connected via a test pad (15A) to a set of parallel fingers (23A-23C) in a third portion of the bond pad (12). The three sets of fingers overlap in an interdigitated pattern defining a bond pad area (24). The transistor (1) and the protection devices (13, 14) may be independently tested and then connected to a same terminal (7C) by a wire (16) bonded over a rectangular bonded region (25) extending across the bond pad area (24). This arrangement allows for a large misalignment in the bond process while still achieving connection of the three bond pad portions.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a rectifier diode which has a base (2) and which can be pressed into a provided opening of a rectifier arrangement. A platform (3) forming one part with the base is arranged on the base, and a semiconductor chip (4) is secured to said platform and is connected to a head wire (8). According to the invention, a wall (9) surrounding the platform is provided which ensures a low, homogenous level of bending strain on the supporting surface of the chip, and in comparison with a wall-free structure, said wall leads to uncritical centring of the chip during production. Moreover, semiconductor chips which are not that well centred no longer alter the reliability of the rectifier diode.