IP Library Granted Patent US 7,503,479
Granted Patent B2
US 7,503,479 · App. 11/862,287 · Granted Mar 17, 2009

Semiconductor device and an information management system therefor

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Patent No.
US 7,503,479
App. No.
11/862,287
Granted
Mar 17, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

Individual two-dimensional barcodes are provided for individual chips arrayed on a wafer, individual lead frames to each of which chips are bonded and individual packaged products constituted of resin sealed semiconductor chips based upon chip ID information, to enable information management to be implemented separately for individual chips, individual frames and individual chip products. Thus, a higher degree of efficiency and a higher degree of accuracy in the information management for semiconductor devices are achieved in all processes of semiconductor production including the individual manufacturing processes, the physical distribution process, the shipping process and the claim handling process.

Claims (26)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor chip having connecting electrodes;

a plurality of outer terminals each of which electrically connected to corresponding ones of the electrodes; and

a package fixing the semiconductor chip and the outer terminals, the package having a top surface on which a two-dimensional code pattern and another pattern are marked directly, the two-dimensional code pattern and the another pattern marked by laser marking.

2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the package includes a resin material.

3. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the two-dimensional code pattern includes a plurality of square blocks.

4. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the another pattern includes a plurality of characters.

5. A semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the characters indicate a product name.

6. A semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the top surface of the package has four corner portions and the two-dimensional code pattern is marked near one of the four corner portions.

7. A semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the another pattern is marked in an area near a center of the top surface.

8. A semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the characters indicate a product name.

9. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the top surface of the package has four corner portions and the two-dimensional code pattern is positioned near one of the four corner portions.

10. A semiconductor device according to claim 9 , wherein the another pattern is marked in an area near a center of the top surface.

11. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the another pattern is marked in an area near a center of the top surface.

12. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor chip has a two-dimensional code pattern on a surface thereof.

13. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor chip having connecting electrodes;

a plurality of outer terminals each of which electrically connected to corresponding ones of the electrodes; and

a package fixing the semiconductor chip and the outer terminals, the package having a top surface on which a two-dimensional code pattern and another pattern are marked directly, the two-dimensional code pattern marked by laser marking.

14. A semiconductor device according to claim 13 , wherein the two-dimensional code pattern includes a plurality of square blocks.

15. A semiconductor device according to claim 13 , wherein the another pattern includes a plurality of characters.

16. A semiconductor device according to claim 15 , wherein the characters indicate a product name.

17. A semiconductor device according to claim 15 , wherein the top surface of the package has four corner portions and the two-dimensional code pattern is marked near one of the four corner portions.

18. A semiconductor device according to claim 17 , wherein the characters indicate a product name.

19. A semiconductor device according to claim 13 , wherein the top surface of the package has four corner portions and the two-dimensional code pattern is marked near one of the four corner portions.

20. A semiconductor device according to claim 13 , wherein the semiconductor chip has a two-dimensional code pattern on a surface thereof.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2014
From: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD
To: HPLP TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 034513/0807 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2014
From: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD
To: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032495/0483 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 19, 2009
From: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: OKI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022299/0368 →