IP Library Granted Patent US 8,969,981
Granted Patent B2
US 8,969,981 · App. 14/003,343 · Granted Mar 3, 2015

Sensor package

Inventors: Akinobu Kanai (Kyoto, JP); Yoshitaka Adachi (Kyoto, JP); Masao Shimizu (Shiga, JP); Junichi Tanaka (Kyoto, JP); Sho Sasaki (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: OMRON Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,969,981
App. No.
14/003,343
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sensor package has a semiconductor sensor chip, and a package body that has a semiconductor sensor chip mounting region on which the semiconductor sensor chip is mounted. The package body being a resin injection molded product. A groove is formed in a rear surface on an opposite side to a surface, on which the semiconductor sensor chip is mounted, so as to surround the semiconductor sensor chip mounting region. A coupling section is formed in the rear surface to couple a resin portion inside the groove and a resin portion outside the groove.

Claims (32)

1. A sensor package comprising:

a semiconductor sensor chip; and

a package body that has a semiconductor sensor chip mounting region on which the semiconductor sensor chip is mounted, the package body being a resin injection molded product, wherein

a groove is formed in a rear surface on an opposite side to a surface, on which the semiconductor sensor chip is mounted, so as to surround the semiconductor sensor chip mounting region, and

a coupling section is formed in the rear surface to couple a resin portion inside the groove and a resin portion outside the groove.

2. The sensor package according to claim 1 , wherein

the coupling section is formed as a cross-linking section that cross-links sidewalls constituting the groove.

3. The sensor package according to claim 1 , wherein

the groove is formed into a rectangular shape surrounding the semiconductor sensor chip mounting region, and

the coupling section is formed in the groove of each side of the rectangular shape.

4. The sensor package according to claim 1 , wherein

the coupling section is formed while biased onto a downstream side in a resin injection direction during injection molding from a central portion of the semiconductor sensor chip mounting region.

5. The sensor package according to claim 1 , wherein

a height from a bottom surface of the groove in the coupling section is smaller than a depth of the groove.

6. The sensor package according to claim 1 , wherein

the coupling section is formed such that the height from the bottom surface of the groove increases toward the central portion from both ends in an extending direction of the groove.

7. The sensor package according to claim 1 , wherein

the groove is formed into the rectangular shape surrounding the semiconductor sensor chip mounting region, and the groove extends outward from a corner of the rectangle.

8. The sensor package according to claim 1 , wherein

the groove is formed in a portion except the corner of the rectangle surrounding the semiconductor sensor chip mounting region, a resin portion of the corner in which the groove is not formed constitutes the coupling section.

9. The sensor package according to claim 1 , wherein

the groove is not formed in at least one of four sides of the rectangle surrounding the semiconductor sensor chip mounting region, the groove is formed in the residual sides, and a resin portion of the side in which the groove is not formed constitutes the coupling section.

10. The sensor package according to claim 1 , wherein

the groove is formed so as to pierce a bottom of the package body on which the semiconductor sensor chip is mounted.

11. The sensor package according to claim 1 , wherein

the groove is formed into multiple rectangular shapes surrounding the semiconductor sensor chip mounting region.

12. The sensor package according to claim 11 , wherein

at least one rectangular groove in the multiple rectangular grooves is formed immediately below the semiconductor sensor chip mounting region.

13. The sensor package according to claim 1 , wherein

the groove is formed into a spiral shape surrounding the semiconductor sensor chip mounting region, and a resin portion from an entrance to an exit of the spiral constitutes the coupling section.

14. The sensor package according to claim 1 , wherein

the semiconductor sensor chip is a diaphragm-type sensor chip.

Assignments (3)
DE-MERGER Recorded May 20, 2022
From: OMRON CORPORATION
To: SHIGA SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060132/0451 →
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS Recorded May 20, 2022
From: SHIGA SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
To: MMI SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060132/0466 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2013
From: KANAI, AKINOBU; ADACHI, YOSHITAKA; SHIMIZU, MASAO; TANAKA, JUNICHI; SASAKI, SHO
To: OMRON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031350/0119 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-055972 · Mar 14, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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