IP Library Granted Patent US 7,307,288
Granted Patent B2
US 7,307,288 · App. 10/936,182 · Granted Dec 11, 2007

Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,307,288
App. No.
10/936,182
Granted
Dec 11, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device capable of incorporating an element configured to accept and emit light having a short wavelength and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A semiconductor element is housed in an enclosure which includes a bottom portion and side portions and having an aperture on an upper part thereof. Leads are buried in the bottom portion, and an end of each of the leads is arranged so as to approach the semiconductor element. The semiconductor element is connected to the leads by use of metal wires. The aperture of the enclosure is covered with a lid made of a transparent material for transmitting light accepted or emitted by the semiconductor element.

Claims (15)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

an enclosure including a bottom portion and side portions and having an aperture on an upper part thereof;

a semiconductor element fixed to a surface of the bottom portion and having at least one of a light accepting portion or a light emitting portion;

a plurality of leads buried in the bottom portion and arranged so that a first end thereof approaches the semiconductor element;

conductive wires to connect the semiconductor element to each lead; and

a lid that occludes the aperture and that is transparent to at least one of light received by the light accepting portion or light emitted by the light emitting portion,

wherein each lead includes different first and second convex portions exposed at the bottom portion of the enclosure, and the first and second convex portions are on each lead, wherein the first convex portion of each lead is directly under a region where the conductive wire is connected to the lead and wherein a distance between respective first convex portions is less than a distance between respective second convex portions.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each lead is partially exposed from a rear surface of the bottom portion to form an external electrode.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a concave portion is provided on a surface of the bottom portion of the enclosure, and

the semiconductor element is fixed to the bottom portion by an adhesive on the concave portion.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the lid comprises glass.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 wherein a second end of each lead is exposed at one of the side portions of the enclosure.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 wherein only rear surfaces of the first and second convex portions are exposed from the enclosure.

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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 038620, FRAME 0087 Recorded Jun 22, 2023
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2016
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To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2014
From: KANTO SANYO SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
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To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2011
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
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