IP Library Granted Patent US 9,824,994
Granted Patent B2
US 9,824,994 · App. 14/924,194 · Granted Nov 21, 2017

Semiconductor device in which an electrode of a semiconductor element is joined to a joined member and methods of manufacturing the semiconductor device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,824,994
App. No.
14/924,194
Granted
Nov 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element; a joined member that is joined to the semiconductor element and includes a nickel film; and a joining layer that is joined to the joined member and contains 2.0 wt % or higher of copper, in which the joining layer includes a solder portion and a Cu 6 Sn 5 portion, base metal of the solder portion contains at least tin as a constituent element and contains elemental copper, and the Cu 6 Sn 5 portion is in contact with the nickel film.

Claims (20)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor element;

a joined member that is joined to the semiconductor element and includes a nickel film; and

a joining layer that is joined to the joined member and contains 2.0 wt % or higher of copper,

wherein

the joining layer includes a solder portion and a Cu 6 Sn 5 portion,

base metal of the solder portion contains at least tin as a constituent element and contains elemental copper, and

the Cu 6 Sn 5 portion is in contact with the nickel film.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

a proportion of copper contained in the joining layer is 7.6 wt % or lower.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the base metal is an alloy containing tin and copper as major components.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein

the base metal is an alloy containing Sn-0.7Cu as a major component.

5. A method of manufacturing the semiconductor device of claim 1 , comprising:

joining a semiconductor element to a joined member, which includes a nickel film, through a solder material whose base metal contains at least tin as a constituent element and contains elemental copper in which a proportion of copper is 2.0 wt % or higher.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein

the semiconductor element is joined to the nickel film which is on the joined member through the solder material.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the elemental copper is in the form of particles consisting of copper that are dispersed in the base metal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052285/0419 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2015
From: KADOGUCHI, TAKUYA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 036894/0476 →