IP Library Granted Patent US 12707988
Granted Patent B2
US 12707988 · App. 18/462,109 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Yoshiki Endo (Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP); Taiji Takahashi (Fukaya Saitama, JP)
Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
H10W70/424H10W70/481H10W72/07354H10W72/347H10W72/352H10W90/736
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Patent No.
US 12707988
App. No.
18/462,109
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a pellet; a first conductor and a second conductor between which the pellet is interposed in a first direction; a first bonding material that bonds the pellet and the first conductor; and a second bonding material that bonds the pellet and the second conductor. A first surface of the first conductor facing the pellet has a depression.

Claims (45)

1 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a pellet;

a first conductor and a second conductor between which the pellet is interposed in a first direction;

a first bonding material that bonds the pellet and the first conductor; and

a second bonding material that bonds the pellet and the second conductor,

wherein

a first surface of the first conductor facing the pellet has a depression, and

a distance between the first surface and a center portion of the pellet is larger than a distance between the first surface and a peripheral portion of the pellet.

2 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the depression overlaps the pellet and is smaller than the pellet when viewed in the first direction.

3 . The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first surface of the first conductor has a projection in a region outside the depression in a region that overlaps the pellet when viewed in the first direction.

4 . The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first surface of the first conductor has a groove extending from a side surface of the depression toward a region that does not overlap the pellet when viewed in the first direction.

5 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

when viewed in the first direction, the depression is larger than the pellet, and includes a first region that overlaps the center portion of the pellet and a second region that overlaps the peripheral portion of the pellet and an outer side of the pellet, and

a depth of the depression is deeper in the first region than in the second region.

6 . The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein

the first surface of the first conductor has a projection in a region that overlaps the pellet in the second region when viewed in the first direction.

7 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first bonding material and the second bonding material include solder.

8 . The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein

the first bonding material includes spherical nickel.

9 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

in a region that overlaps the depression when viewed in the first direction, a thickness of the first bonding material is 100 μm or greater.

10 . The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein

a height of the projection is less than 100 μm.

11 . The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein

a height of the projection is less than 100 μm.

12 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first conductor is larger than the pellet when viewed in the first direction.

13 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first conductor is smaller than the pellet when viewed in the first direction.

14 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the pellet includes a chip of a power semiconductor.

15 . The semiconductor device according to claim 14 , wherein

the pellet includes an insulated gate bipolar transistor.

16 . The semiconductor device according to claim 15 , wherein

the first conductor includes a collector electrode, and

the second conductor includes an emitter electrode.

17 . The semiconductor device according to claim 14 , wherein

the pellet includes a metal-oxide-silicon field-effect transistor using silicon carbide.

18 . The semiconductor device according to claim 17 , wherein

the first conductor includes a drain electrode, and

the second conductor includes a source electrode.