IP Library Granted Patent US 10,312,178
Granted Patent B2
US 10,312,178 · App. 15/541,507 · Granted Jun 4, 2019

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 10,312,178
App. No.
15/541,507
Granted
Jun 4, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a semiconductor device, a thinly-molded portion covering a whole of a heat dissipating surface portion of a lead frame and a die pad space filled portion are integrally molded from a second mold resin, because of which adhesion between the thinly-molded portion and lead frame improves owing to the die pad space filled portion adhering to a side surface of the lead frame. Also, as the thinly-molded portion is partially thicker owing to the die pad space filled portion, strength of the thinly-molded portion increases, and a deficiency or cracking is unlikely to occur.

Claims (22)

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor element mounted in a mounting portion of a lead frame;

a first mold resin that seals the mounting portion; and

a second mold resin that seals a heat dissipating portion of the lead frame opposing the mounting portion, wherein

the second mold resin comprises a thinly-molded portion covering the heat dissipating portion of the lead frame, and a lead frame space filled portion disposed in at least one portion of internal open regions between two separate regions of the lead frame distant from an outer edge of the lead frame, where the thinly molded portion and the lead frame space filled portion are integrally molded from the second mold resin, and

at least one portion of the internal open region is filled with the first mold resin, and the first mold resin filling the internal open region has a depressed portion in an interface with the second mold resin.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second mold resin has a gate break mark, which is a trace of resin remaining in a gate of a molding die used in a transfer molding step, and the lead frame space filled portion is disposed adjacent to the gate break mark.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein there is burr on one portion of a side surface of the lead frame in which the lead frame space filled portion is disposed.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a roughened metal plating lead frame coated with a metal plating, whose surface is roughened to surface roughness Ra having a value of 0.06 to 0.2, is used as the lead frame.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the lead frame is covered with a metal plating, and has a scale form portion that causes a surface form of the metal plating to change into a scale form.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the first mold resin has a gate break mark, which is a trace of resin remaining in a gate of a molding die used in a transfer molding step, and the scale form portion is disposed in a place adjacent to the gate break mark of the mounting portion of the lead frame.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the second mold resin has the gate break mark, which is a trace of resin remaining in the gate of the molding die used in a transfer molding step, and the scale form portion is disposed in a place adjacent to the gate break mark of the heat dissipating portion of the lead frame.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the scale form portion is disposed in an outer peripheral portion of either or both of the mounting portion and heat dissipating portion of the lead frame.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a high-heat dissipating resin with a thermal conductivity higher than that of the first mold resin is used for the second mold resin.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a high-heat dissipating resin with a thermal conductivity of 3 W/m·K to 12 W/m·K is used for the first mold resin and second mold resin.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the second mold resin includes a filler with a maximum diameter of 0.02 mm to 0.15 mm, and a thickness of the thinly-molded portion is 0.022 mm to 0.3 mm.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein a heatsink is joined directly to the thinly-molded portion covering the heat dissipating portion of the lead frame.

13. A semiconductor device, comprising:

a semiconductor element mounted in a mounting portion of a lead frame;

a first mold resin that seals the mounting portion;

a second mold resin that seals a heat dissipating portion of the lead frame opposing the mounting portion; and

an electronic part bridge-mounted on the mounting portion so as to straddle two separate regions of the lead frame, wherein a depression is provided in the second mold resin corresponding to a position directly below the electronic part, the depression is filled with the first mold resin, and the second mold resin comprises a thinly-molded portion covering the heat dissipating portion of the lead frame and a lead frame space filled portion disposed in at least one portion between two separate regions of the lead frame, where the thinly molded portion and the lead frame space filled portion are integrally molded from the second mold resin.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2017
From: KAJIHARA, TAKANOBU; OMAE, KATSUHIKO; FUSHIE, SHUNSUKE; MUKUDA, MUNEAKI; NAKASHIMA, DAISUKE; MOTOOKA, MASAHIRO; MIYANISHI, HIROYUKI; NAKAMATSU, YUKI; SUZUKI, JUNYA
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042901/0869 →