Abstract:
There is disclosed a hermetically sealed semiconductor package which is physically thin, allowing mounting within apertures formed in printed circuit boards which are stacked one on top of another in a high density configuration. The hermetic seal is made to a planar surface resulting in high reliability devices in which the leads to the interior of the package are made through ''''cross under'''' regions which are provided with planar top surfaces. The ''''cross under'''' region is a region of extremely low resistivity, high temperature material. Because this material is utilized as part of the lead to the device and because the hermetic seal is made on top of the ''''cross under,'''' higher temperatures, which would ordinarily destroy metal leads, can be applied to the sealing material both on top of the ''''cross unders'''' and on top of the substrate for increasing the reliability of the seal. This package replaces the more fragile prior art hermetically sealed devices which include a number of piece parts. A device packaged in the subject manner is also used as a hermetically sealed substitute for beam lead devices, since the subject devices are thin, have a higher reliability than unsealed beam lead devices and are impervious to welding and other contaminants during mounting.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device is formed by scoring a conductive surface of a substrate and locating a semiconductive element over a portion of the capillary formed by scoring. Solder in molten form is associated with the portion of the capillary remote from the semiconductive element and is drawn by the capillary under the semiconductive element to form a tenacious, low impedance interconnection therewith. The substrate may be a dielectric or a metal heat sink. Leads may be secured to the substrate similarly as the semiconductive element is secured. A dielectric substrate may be similarly secured to a metal heat sink. Multiple interconnecting or parallel capillaries may be employed. The capillaries may be provided with a remote interconnection, an interconnection for solder receipt, or an indicator portion remote from solder receipt. Plural semiconductive elements may be mounted to a single substrate with solder fed to the semiconductive elements simultaneously or sequentially. On a dielectric substrate the semiconductive elements may be electrically isolated by removing a conductive surface portion after soldering. The capillaries may also take the form of apertures.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device comprising a homogeneous semiconductor crystal and two antibarrier contacts, the area of one of which is smaller than that of the other and the diameter is smaller than the distance between the contacts and is limited in absolute value lying within 1 to 100 microns. This device can perform various functions, such as an oscillator, or a currector or a switch.
Abstract:
In a self-sealing semiconductor device of the face-down bonding type, a plurality of electrode bumps are formed on one surface of semiconductor substrate and surrounded by a sealing projection of substantially uniform height.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor wafer, a base electrode soldered to one face of the wafer, a first conductive block secured to the base electrode, a second conductive block being in slidable contact with the other face of the wafer, an annular insulator soldered to the first conductive block, a flexible sheet being so secured to the annular insulator as to seal the wafer off from the atmosphere, and means for compressing the conductive blocks to the wafer, characterized in that a hard and thin metallic film is formed on the surface of the second conductive block, whereby a sticking caused between the second conductive block and the wafer can be prevented.
Abstract:
An avalanche Schottky-barrier photodiode includes a symmetrical metallic grid network deposited over a semiconductor substrate and surrounded by one or more metallic guard rings. When a sufficiently high voltage bias is supplied to the metallic grid network, carriers generated by light impinging upon the semiconductor substrate through the grid network are multiplied by the avalanche gain operation of the photodiode.
Abstract:
In a semiconductor device with a control grid and comprising at least three semiconductor layers of alternately different conductivity types, portions of the second layer are protruded through the first layer to be exposed on the surface of the first layer, second electrode is mounted on the exposed portions in ohmic contact therewith, a third electrode is mounted to insulating cover the second electrode and the exposed portions containing the same, and the third electrode is in ohmic contact with the first layer.
Abstract:
A gate controlled switch has a plurality of cathode regions distributed throughout but electrically isolated from the gate region of the switch. Each cathode region has an integral resistive portion which enables the region to control the last current flow which occurs when the switch is turned off so that each cathode region has two distinct separate regions integral with each other, and each having its own individual function. During normal operation of the switch, substantially all of the forward current flows through essentially all of the cathode except for the integral resistive portion of the region. During turnoff of the switch the last current to flow in the switch is caused to flow through the integral resistive element portion of the cathode region.
Abstract:
A SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKING IT. A SEMICONDUCTIVE ELEMENT IS MOUNTED ON A FLAT STRIP. A PORTION OF THE STRIP IS PARTIALLY SEPARATED FROM, AND RAISED ABOVE THE PLANE OF, THE STRIP. THE RAISED PORTION IS EVENTUALLY COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE STRIP, AND FORMS A TERMINAL MEMBER FOR THE SEMICONDUCTIVE ELEMENT. THE ELEMENT AND CONNECTION TO THE TERMINAL ARE ENCLOSED, PREFERABLY IN A PLASTIC POTTING. MEANS ARE PROVIDED TO INCREASE THE RIGIDITY OF THE STRIP IN THE ENCLOSURE AREA. MEANS ARE ALSO PROVIDED TO ENHANCE ADHESION OF A PLASTIC POTTING TO THE STRIP AND TERMINAL MEMBERS. A PLURALITY OF DEVICES CAN BE SIMULTANEOUSLY OR SUCCESSIVELY FORMED FROM A SINGLE STRIP. MULITPLE TERMINAL DEVICES CAN BE FORMED USING ADJACENT MULTIPLE RAISED PORTIONS ON THE STRIP.
Abstract:
SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING A FUSIBLE LINK FORMED BY A PORTION IN A LEAD STRUCTURE CARRIED BY A SEMICONDUCTER BODY IN WHICH THE PORTION IS CHARACTERIZED IN THAT IT CAN BE FUSED WITH A RELATIVELY PRECISE CURRENT LEVEL, AND A METHOD FOR FORMING THE SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH SUCH A FUSIBLE LINK.