IP Library Granted Patent US 12,532,737
Granted Patent B2
US 12,532,737 · App. 17/742,666 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Semiconductor device package thermally coupled to passive element

Inventors: Kushal Kshirsagar (Warwick, RI); Eung San Cho (Torrance, CA); Arun Kumar Gnanappa (Regensburg, DE); Wenkang Huang (East Greenwich, RI); Angela Kessler (Sinzing, DE); Marcel Rene Mueller (Bendorf, DE); Stephen Pullen (Olympia, WA)
Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
H01L23/3675H01L21/4853H01L21/4871H01L23/49838H01L24/16H01L2224/16227H01L2924/19042H01L2924/19105
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Patent No.
US 12,532,737
App. No.
17/742,666
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor assembly includes a device carrier that includes a dielectric core region and a plurality of contact pads disposed on an upper surface, a semiconductor device package having a plurality of lower surface terminals, a discrete passive element comprising a main body and a pair of leads, and a region of gap filler material, wherein the semiconductor device package is mounted on the device carrier with the lower surface terminals facing and electrically connected to a group of the contact pads, wherein the discrete passive element is mounted on the device carrier with the pair of leads electrically connecting with contact surfaces on the device carrier, and wherein the region of gap filler material is arranged between a lower surface of the main body and the upper surface of the semiconductor device package and thermally couples the semiconductor device package to the discrete passive element.

Claims (16)

1 . A semiconductor assembly, comprising:

a device carrier that comprises a dielectric core region and a plurality of contact pads disposed on an upper surface of the device carrier;

a semiconductor device package comprising a plurality of lower surface terminals,

a discrete passive element comprising a main body and a pair of leads exposed from the main body; and

a region of gap filler material,

wherein the semiconductor device package is mounted on the device carrier with the lower surface terminals facing and electrically connected to a group of the contact pads,

wherein the discrete passive element is mounted on the device carrier with the pair of leads electrically connecting with contact surfaces on the device carrier, and

wherein the region of gap filler material is arranged between a lower surface of the main body and the upper surface of the semiconductor device package and thermally couples the semiconductor device package to the discrete passive element.

2 . The semiconductor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor device package is an embedded package that comprises a power semiconductor die embedded within a laminate package body.

3 . The semiconductor assembly of claim 2 , wherein the discrete passive element is a discrete inductor.

4 . The semiconductor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the pair of leads is electrically connected to a pair of the contact pads that are arranged on opposite sides of the semiconductor device package.

5 . The semiconductor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the device carrier comprises a pair of contact trenches that are arranged on opposite sides of the semiconductor device package, wherein the pair of contact trenches each comprise a solderable plating that lines a bottom surface and sidewall surfaces of the contact trenches, and wherein the pair of leads is electrically connected to the solderable plating from the pair of contact trenches.

6 . The semiconductor assembly of claim 5 , further comprising a flowable electrical connection material disposed within the pair of contact trenches, and wherein the pair of leads is arranged within the contact trenches such that ends of both of the leads are separated from the bottom surfaces of the contact trenches by the flowable electrical connection material.

7 . The semiconductor assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a second device carrier that comprises a dielectric core region and a plurality of contact pads disposed on an upper surface of the second device carrier, wherein the device carrier is mounted on the second device carrier, and wherein the device carrier is an interposer comprising contact pads disposed on a lower surface of the device carrier, and wherein the device carrier electrically connects one or more of the lower surface terminals of the semiconductor device package to the contact pads disposed on the upper surface of the second device carrier.

8 . The semiconductor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the device carrier is a printed circuit board with a plurality of electrical devices mounted thereon.

9 . The semiconductor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the gap filler material is a thermal interface material.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2022
From: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AMERICAS CORP.
To: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
Reel/Frame 060618/0317 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2022
From: GNANAPPA, ARUN KUMAR; KESSLER, ANGELA; MUELLER, MARCEL RENE
To: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
Reel/Frame 059986/0733 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2022
From: KSHIRSAGAR, KUSHAL; CHO, EUNG SAN; HUANG, WENKANG; PULLEN, STEPHEN
To: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AMERICAS CORP.
Reel/Frame 059987/0145 →
Continuity (1)
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