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Granted Patent B2
US 7,132,733 · App. 10/996,783 · Granted Nov 7, 2006

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,132,733
App. No.
10/996,783
Granted
Nov 7, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element; a die pad with the semiconductor element mounted thereon; a plurality of electrode terminals each having a connecting portion electrically connected with the semiconductor element; and a sealing resin for sealing the semiconductor element, the die pad and the electrode terminals so that a surface of each electrode terminal on an opposite side from a surface having the connecting portion is exposed as an external terminal surface. A recess having a planar shape of a circle is formed on the surface of each electrode terminal with the connecting portion, and the recess is arranged between an end portion of the electrode terminal exposed from an outer edge side face of the sealing resin and the connecting portion. While a function of the configuration for suppressing the peeling between the electrode terminal and the sealing resin can be maintained by mitigating an external force applied to the electrode terminal, the semiconductor device can be downsized.

Claims (39)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor element;

a die pad on which the semiconductor element is mounted;

a plurality of electrode terminals, each of which has a connecting portion electrically connected with the semiconductor element; and

a sealing resin for sealing the semiconductor element, the die pad and the electrode terminals so that a surface of each of the plurality of electrode terminals on an opposite side from a surface having the connecting portion is exposed from the sealing resin as an external terminal surface,

wherein a hemispherical recess is formed on the surface of each of the electrode terminals with the connecting portion, the recess being arranged between an end portion of the electrode terminal exposed from an outer edge side face of the sealing resin and the connecting portion, and

a diameter of the recess is about half the thickness of the lead frame.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein an end portion of each electrode terminal has a cross-sectional shape with an inclined or a step shaped end face so that an area of the surface with the connecting portion becomes larger than an area of the external terminal surface.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein electrical connection between the semiconductor element and the electrode terminals is established by thin metal wirings.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein electrical connection between the semiconductor element and the electrode terminals is established by metal bumps.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a planar shape of an end portion of each of the electrode terminals at the surface with the connecting portion is in a form of a circular arc.

6. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor element;

a die pad on which the semiconductor element is mounted;

a plurality of electrode terminals, each of which has a connecting portion electrically connected with the semiconductor element; and

a sealing resin for sealing the semiconductor element, the die pad and the electrode terminals so that a surface of each of the plurality of electrode terminals on an opposite side from a surface having the connecting portion is exposed from the sealing resin as an external terminal surface,

wherein a plurality of recesses each having a planar geometry of a circle are formed on the surface of each of the electrode terminals with the connecting portion, a recess being arranged between an end portion of the electrode terminal exposed from an outer edge side face of the sealing resin and the connecting portion, and a further recess being arranged between the connecting portion and a side of the electrode terminal facing the semiconductor element.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 wherein an end portion of each electrode terminal has a cross-sectional shape with an inclined or a step shaped end face so that an area of the surface with the connecting portion becomes larger than an area of the external terminal surface.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein electrical connection between the semiconductor element and the electrode terminals is established by thin metal wirings.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 wherein electrical connection between the semiconductor element and the electrode terminals is established by metal bumps.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 6 wherein a planar shape of an end portion of each of the electrode terminals at the surface with the connecting portion is in a form of a circular arc.

11. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor element;

a die pad on which the semiconductor element is mounted;

a plurality of electrode terminals, each of which has a connecting portion electrically connected wit the semiconductor element; and

a sealing resin for sealing the semiconductor element, the die pad and the electrode terminals so that a surface of each of the plurality of electrode terminals on an opposite side from a surface having the connecting portion is exposed from the sealing resin as an external terminal surface,

wherein a recess having a planar geometry of a circle is formed on the surface of each of the electrode terminals with the connecting portion, and

an end portion of at least one of the electrode terminals is separated into a plurality of portions to be exposed from an outer edge side face of the sealing resin.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 wherein electrical connection between the semiconductor element and tho electrode terminals is established by thin metal wirings.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 wherein electrical connection between the semiconductor element and the electrode terminals is established by metal bumps.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 11 wherein the recess is arranged between an end portion of the electrode terminal exposed from an outer edge side face of the sealing resin and the connecting portion.

15. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor element;

a die pad on which the semiconductor element is mounted;

a plurality of electrode terminals, each of which has a connecting portion electrically connected with the semiconductor element; and

a sealing resin for sealing the semiconductor element, the die pad and the electrode terminals so that a surface of each of the plurality of electrode terminals on an opposite side from a surface having the connecting portion is exposed from the sealing resin as an external terminal surface,

wherein a recess having a planar geometry of a circle is formed on the surface of each of the electrode terminals with the connecting portion, the recess being arranged between an end portion of the electrode terminal exposed from an outer edge side face of the sealing resin and the connecting portion, and

a plurality of the circular recesses are arranged continuously in a transverse direction of each of the electrode terminals.

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 15 , wherein the circular recesses are arranged so that adjacent recesses partially overlap each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2016
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: MICRO-OPTIMUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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