Amplifier module with enhanced heat dissipating function and semiconductor device
An amplifier module having a surface-mounting carrier with a base and lid is disclosed. The base in a top surface thereof provides a die pad on which a transistor is mounted, and a back surface thereof provides a back pad electrically and thermally connected to the die pad. The back pad has an area wider than the area of the die pad. The heat conduction from the transistor to the host board on which the amplifier module is mounted is effectively enhanced.
1. An amplifier module, comprising:
a base providing a die pad on a top surface thereof and a back pad on a back surface thereof, the die pad being electrically and thermally connected to the back pad;
a transistor mounted on the die pad; and
a lid configured to form a cavity where the transistor and the die pad are enclosed therein,
wherein the back pad in the back surface has an area elongated to edges of the base opposite to each other,
wherein the back pad extends in an area of the back surface corresponding to an area of the top surface where the lid is fixed to the base, and
wherein the area where the lid is attached to the base coincides with the periphery of the base.
2. The amplifier module of claim 1 ,
wherein the back pad extends to an edge of the base.
3. The amplifier module of claim 1 ,
wherein the lid has plane dimensions coinciding with plane dimensions of the base.
4. An amplifier module, comprising:
a base providing a die pad on a top surface thereof and a back pad on a back surface thereof, the die pad being electrically and thermally connected to the back pad;
a transistor mounted on the die pad; and
a lid configured to form a cavity where the transistor and the die pad are enclosed therein,
wherein the back pad in the back surface has an area elongated to edges of the base opposite to each other,
wherein the back pad extends in an area of the back surface corresponding to an area of the top surface where the lid is fixed to the base, and
wherein the die pad provides an input matching circuit thereon, and the back pad provides a portion overlapping with an area of the die pad on which the input matching circuit is mounted.
5. An amplifier module, comprising:
a base providing a die pad on a top surface thereof and a back pad on a back surface thereof, the die pad being electrically and thermally connected to the back pad;
a transistor mounted on the die pad; and
a lid configured to form a cavity where the transistor and the die pad are enclosed therein,
wherein the back pad in the back surface has an area elongated to edges of the base opposite to each other,
wherein the back pad extends in an area of the back surface corresponding to an area of the top surface where the lid is fixed to the base, and
wherein the die pad provides an output matching circuit thereon, and the back pad provides a portion overlapping with an area of the die pad on which the output matching circuit is mounted.
6. The amplifier module of claim 1 ,
wherein the base is made of ceramics.
7. The amplifier module of claim 4 ,
wherein the back pad extends to an edge of the base.
8. The amplifier module of claim 4 ,
wherein the lid has plane dimensions coinciding with plane dimensions of the base.
9. The amplifier module of claim 4 ,
wherein the base is made of ceramics.
10. The amplifier module of claim 5 ,
wherein the back pad extends to an edge of the base.
11. The amplifier module of claim 5 ,
wherein the lid has plane dimensions coinciding with plane dimensions of the base.
12. The amplifier module of claim 5 ,
wherein the base is made of ceramics.