IP Library Granted Patent US 9,035,438
Granted Patent B2
US 9,035,438 · App. 14/159,513 · Granted May 19, 2015

Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same

Inventor: Shoji Hayashi (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
H01L23/34H01L21/56H01L23/28H01L2224/48091H01L2224/49175H01L23/4334H01L23/49513H01L23/4952H01L23/49562H01L23/49568
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Patent No.
US 9,035,438
App. No.
14/159,513
Granted
May 19, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present specification relates to a semiconductor device in which a metal plate is attached onto a surface of a resin package, and provides a structure in which the metal plate is not easy to separate. The semiconductor device disclosed in the present specification includes semiconductor chips (IGBT, diode), a resin package molding the semiconductor chips, and metal plates fixed onto the surface of the resin package. An anchoring member is bridged between two points on a back face of the metal plate. A space between one of the metal plates and the anchoring member is filled with a molding resin of the resin package. The anchoring member firmly bites the resin package, and therefore, the metal plate is difficult to be released from the resin package.

Claims (26)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor chip;

a resin package molding the semiconductor chip;

a metal plate having the semiconductor chip mounted thereon, being, fixed and exposed at a surface of the resin package; and

an anchoring member bridged between two points on a back surface of the metal plate;

wherein a space between the metal plate and the anchoring member is filled with a resin of the resin package and the anchoring member being completely covered by the resin.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a metal wire connecting the semiconductor chip and a terminal within the resin package;

wherein the anchoring member and the metal wire are formed of the same metal material.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

a thermal expansion rate of the anchoring member is lower than a thermal expansion rate of the resin package.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

another semiconductor chip;

wherein the two semiconductor chips are molded in the resin package, and

at least a portion of the anchoring member is positioned between the two semiconductor chips.

5. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to claim 1 , the method comprising the step of:

fixing the anchoring member to the back surface of a metal plate by using a tool for bonding a metal wire connecting the semiconductor chip and a terminal.

6. The method for manufacturing the semiconductor device according to claim 5 , the method further comprising the step of:

connecting the semiconductor chip and the terminal;

wherein the fixing of the anchoring member to the back surface of the metal plate is conducted before the connecting of the semiconductor chip and the terminal.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

at least a part of a front surface of the metal plate is exposed from the resin package.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

another metal plate fixed to an opposite surface of the resin package; and

another anchoring member bridged between two points on a back surface of the other metal plate;

wherein a space between the other metal plate and the anchoring member is filled with the resin of the resin package.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (AKA TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION)
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052280/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2014
From: HAYASHI, SHOJI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 032217/0544 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-008114 · Jan 21, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140203423A1 · Jul 24, 2014