IP Library Granted Patent US 7,414,321
Granted Patent B2
US 7,414,321 · App. 11/707,338 · Granted Aug 19, 2008

Wiring configuration for semiconductor component

Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,414,321
App. No.
11/707,338
Granted
Aug 19, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a wiring configuration for a semiconductor component, an unused terminal is insulated from a third land via an insulating film, and thus no connecting member (solder) is required for the unused terminal. With this, the third land is not accidentally removed from a circuit board during exchange of the semiconductor component, and the number of defective circuit boards can be reduced. Moreover, the third land for the unused terminal is included in a wiring pattern due to the connection thereof to other lands or other traces for signals and for grounding with a connecting trace. Thus, the widths of lines can be increased, and furthermore, the insusceptibility of transmission lines in high-frequency circuits to noise can be increased.

Claims (13)

1. A wiring configuration for a semiconductor component comprising:

a semiconductor component including a main body and a plurality of terminals provided for the main body; and

a circuit board including a wiring pattern to which the terminals are connected, wherein

the terminals of the semiconductor component include a signal terminal, a ground terminal, and an unused terminal;

the wiring pattern includes a first trace for signals having a first land corresponding to the signal terminal, a second trace for grounding having a second land corresponding to the ground terminal, and a third land corresponding to the unused terminal;

the third land is connected to the first land, the second land, or one of the traces of the wiring pattern by a connecting trace; and

the signal terminal and the ground terminal are connected to the first land and the second land, respectively, using a connecting member while the unused terminal is insulated from the third land using an insulating film.

2. The wiring configuration for a semiconductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the third land is connected to the second trace.

3. The wiring configuration for a semiconductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the third land is connected to the second land that is disposed adjacent to the third land.

4. The wiring configuration for a semiconductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating film is a resist film or a silk film.

5. The wiring configuration for a semiconductor component according to claim 1 , wherein the second trace extends so as to face the lower surface of the main body, and a metallic body disposed on the lower surface of the main body is in contact with the second trace.

6. The wiring configuration for a semiconductor component according to claim 5 , wherein the circuit board disposed under the lower surface of the main body has a thermal via that is connected to the second trace.

7. The wiring configuration for a semiconductor component according to claim 5 , wherein the second trace is connected to a heat-radiating member.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 1, 2019
From: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048208/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2007
From: YAMAMOTO, MASAKI
To: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019018/0176 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-048754 · Feb 24, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070200256A1 · Aug 30, 2007