IP Library Granted Patent US 7,432,580
Granted Patent B2
US 7,432,580 · App. 11/314,039 · Granted Oct 7, 2008

Semiconductor device with a substrate having a spiral shaped coil

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Patent No.
US 7,432,580
App. No.
11/314,039
Granted
Oct 7, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor apparatus comprises a substrate, a semiconductor chip fixedly secured on one side of the substrate, a spirally shaped coil formed on the other side of the substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, and a conductive pattern formed on a surface of the one side of the substrate facing to the semiconductor chip for stabilizing an inductance characteristic of the coil.

Claims (60)

1. A semiconductor apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

a semiconductor chip fixedly secured on one side of the substrate;

a spirally shaped coil formed on the other side of the substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip; and

a conductive pattern formed on a surface of the one side of the substrate facing to the semiconductor chip for stabilizing an inductance characteristic of the coil by mutual inductance coupling with the coil.

2. The semiconductor apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor chip is fixedly secured to the conductive pattern via an insulating adhesive.

3. The semiconductor apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the conductive pattern includes a plurality of isolated conductive patterns in a predetermined shape spaced apart from one another by predetermined gaps.

4. The semiconductor apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the conductive pattern includes a plurality of isolated conductive patterns in a substantially rectangular shape arranged such that the predetermined gaps extend substantially linearly and cross at angles with each other.

5. The semiconductor apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the semiconductor chip is rectangular, and

wherein the plurality of predetermined gaps crossing substantially linearly are disposed so as to define predetermined angles against an external edge of the semiconductor chip.

6. A semiconductor apparatus comprising:

a first substrate;

a semiconductor chip fixedly secured on one side of the first substrate;

a coil formed in a spiral shape on the other side of the first substrate;

a first through-hole extending between one side and the other side of the first substrate and electrically connecting an electrode of the semiconductor chip and an electrode of the coil;

a conductive pattern formed on a surface of the one side of the first substrate facing to the semiconductor chip for stabilizing an inductance characteristic of the coil by mutual inductance coupling with the coil;

a second through-hole extending between the one side and the other side of the first substrate and electrically connecting another electrode of the semiconductor chip and an electrode formed on the other side of the first substrate; and

an insulating resin covering the one side of the first substrate.

7. A circuit apparatus comprising:

a semiconductor apparatus having a first substrate, a semiconductor chip fixedly secured on one side of the first substrate, a coil formed in a spiral shape on the other side of the first substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, and a conductive pattern formed on a surface of one side of the first substrate facing to the semiconductor chip for stabilizing an inductance characteristic of the coil by mutual inductance coupling with the coil; and

a second substrate mounted with the semiconductor apparatus such that the other side of the first substrate faces to the second substrate.

8. The circuit apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the second substrate is free of conductive patterns facing to the coil formed on the other side of the first substrate.

9. A semiconductor apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

a semiconductor chip fixedly secured on one side of the substrate;

a spirally shaped coil formed on a surface of the one side of the substrate facing to the semiconductor chip and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip; and

a conductive pattern formed on a surface of the other side of the substrate opposite to the coil for stabilizing an inductance characteristic of the coil by mutual inductance coupling with the coil.

10. The semiconductor apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the semiconductor chip is fixedly secured to the substrate via an insulating adhesive.

11. The semiconductor apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising:

an auxiliary conductive pattern intervening between the semiconductor chip on the one side of the substrate and the insulating adhesive for stabilizing an inductance characteristic of the coil.

12. The semiconductor apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising:

a plurality of electrodes for maintaining the conductive pattern formed on a surface of the other side of the substrate at a same potential.

13. The semiconductor apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of electrodes are grounded.

14. The semiconductor apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the coil has an inductance value greater than an inductance value of the case where the conductive pattern is absent.

15. The semiconductor apparatus of claim 9 ,

wherein the coil includes a first coil and a second coil, and

wherein the first coil and the second coil have line-symmetry shapes relative to a boundary dividing a surface of the one side of the substrate facing to the semiconductor chip in two.

16. A semiconductor apparatus comprising:

a first substrate;

a semiconductor chip fixedly secured to one side of the first substrate;

a spirally shaped coil formed on a surface of the one side of the first substrate facing to the semiconductor chip and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip;

a conductive pattern formed on a surface of the other side of the first substrate opposite to the coil for stabilizing an inductance characteristic of the coil by mutual inductance coupling with the coil;

an electrode formed on a surface of the other side of the first substrate;

a through-hole extending between the one side and the other side of the first substrate and electrically connecting an electrode of the semiconductor chip and an electrode formed on a surface of the other side of the first substrate; and

an insulating resin covering the one side of the first substrate.

17. A circuit apparatus comprising:

a semiconductor apparatus having a first substrate, a semiconductor chip fixedly secured to one side of the first substrate, a spirally shaped coil formed on a surface of the one side of the first substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, and a conductive pattern formed on a surface of the other side of the first substrate opposite to the coil for stabilizing an inductance characteristic of the coil by mutual inductance coupling with the coil; and

a second substrate facing to the other side of the first substrate and mounted with the semiconductor apparatus.

18. A semiconductor apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

a semiconductor chip fixedly secured on one side of the substrate;

a spirally shaped coil formed on the other side of the substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip; and

a conductive pattern formed on a surface of the one side of the substrate facing to the semiconductor chip for stabilizing an inductance characteristic of the coil,

the conductive pattern including a plurality of isolated conductive patterns in a substantially rectangular shape spaced apart from one another by predetermined gaps such that the predetermined gaps extend substantially linearly and cross at angles with each other.

19. A semiconductor apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

a semiconductor chip fixedly secured on one side of the substrate;

a first spirally shaped coil and a second spirally shaped coil formed on a surface of the one side of the substrate facing to the semiconductor chip and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip; and

a conductive pattern formed on a surface of the other side of the substrate opposite to the coil for stabilizing an inductance characteristic of the first coil and the second coil,

the first coil and the second coil having line-symmetry shapes relative to a boundary dividing a surface of the one side of the substrate facing to the semiconductor chip in two.

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