Power module package baseplate with step recess design

    公开(公告)号:US12131981B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-29

    申请号:US18357931

    申请日:2023-07-24

    IPC分类号: H01L23/492 H01L21/48

    CPC分类号: H01L23/4924 H01L21/4871

    摘要: Implementations described herein are related to a semiconductor device package having an improved baseplate. In such an improved baseplate, there is a recess cut out of a region of a surface of the baseplate such that the recess has a first sidewall having a first thickness above a recess base and a second sidewall having a second thickness above the recess base. A substrate, e.g., a direct bonded copper (DBC) substrate, may be attached to the baseplate at a recess base using, e.g., a solder layer between the recess base and a surface of the substrate.

    SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES AND RELATED METHODS
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240355638A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18760515

    申请日:2024-07-01

    摘要: Methods of forming semiconductor packages include providing a first insulator layer coupled with a first metallic layer. A recess is formed in the first metallic layer and a semiconductor die is mechanically coupled therein. The die is mechanically coupled with a second metallic layer and the second metallic layer is coupled with a second insulator layer. The die and layers are at least partially encapsulated to form the semiconductor package. The first and/or second metallic layers may be insulator-metal substrates, metal-insulator-metal (MIM) substrates, or may be formed of lead frames. In implementations the package does not include a spacer between the die and the first metallic layer and does not include a spacer between the die and the second metallic layer. In implementations the first insulator layer and the second insulator layer are exposed through the encapsulant or are mechanically coupled with metallic layers exposed through the encapsulant.

    MIPI C-PHY and D-PHY Interface with Shared Driver, Equalization, and Data Path Circuitry

    公开(公告)号:US20240314466A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18182644

    申请日:2023-03-13

    摘要: Imaging circuitry may include half-driver sub-circuits configured to support Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) D-PHY mode and C-PHY mode. Groups of two half-driver sub-circuits can be coupled together in the D-PHY mode, whereas groups of three half-driver sub-circuits can be coupled together in the C-PHY mode. Each half-driver sub-circuit can include one or more pull-up paths and one or more pull-down paths. Each half-driver sub-circuit can include multiple slices, a first portion of which can be operated to pull in a first direction and a second portion of which can be operated to pull in a second direction opposing the first direction to achieve the desired amount of equalization. The half-driver sub-circuits can be employed as the final driver stage of a shared data path architecture supporting both D-PHY and C-PHY modes. The shared data path can include serializers, pre-driver logic, and/or equalization enable blocks.

    CHOPPER-STABILIZED AMPLIFIER
    8.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240313719A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18185441

    申请日:2023-03-17

    IPC分类号: H03F3/393 G01R19/00 H03F3/45

    摘要: A high-voltage chopper-stabilized amplifier can include two paths to compensate for non-ideal electrical parameters. A first path, leading to a primary input of the amplifier, may include a first mux interface circuit to limit voltages at the primary input of the amplifier. A second path, leading to an auxiliary input of the amplifier, may include a chopper amplifier circuit. Despite the first mux interface circuit, a slew condition on the first path may excite a current in the second path that can negatively affect the signal source. Accordingly, the disclosed amplifier further includes a second mux interface circuit that can decouple the second path while a slew condition. The second mux interface circuit is driven by a window floating comparator, which is supplied according to the voltages on primary input. A settling enhancer circuit keeps, during slew condition, certain nodes on the second path at a reference voltage.

    OUTPUT OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION FOR A TOTEM POLE POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CIRCUIT

    公开(公告)号:US20240313643A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18669320

    申请日:2024-05-20

    IPC分类号: H02M1/42 H02M1/32 H02M1/44

    CPC分类号: H02M1/4225 H02M1/32 H02M1/44

    摘要: During a light load (or no-load) operation of a totem pole power factor correction circuit (i.e., PFC), a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller can operate in a skip mode. Further, the PWM controller may disable portions of the PFC to reduce standby power consumption. In this mode, and in this disabled configuration, the output of the PFC may be peak charged over time to a voltage that could be damaging or destructive. This peak charging results from the PFC circuit's inability to fully charge/discharge EMI capacitors between half cycles of the input line voltage. The present disclosure provides circuits and methods to fully charge/discharge the EMI capacitors to prevent peak charging the output.

    POTENTIOSTAT WITH OFFSET CALIBRATION
    10.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240310325A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18668450

    申请日:2024-05-20

    发明人: Moez KANOUN

    摘要: A rail-to-rail potentiostat may require an offset current in order to support a bidirectional work electrode current at a work electrode. This offset current may improve measurements of the work electrode current made a dual-slope analog-to-digital converter, especially when the work electrode current is small, but can also lead to inaccuracies (e.g., due to a temperature coefficient) if it is not properly calibrated. Accordingly, bidirectional potentiostat is disclosed that can be configured in a normal configuration for measurement of a work electrode current or a calibration configuration for measurement (i.e., calibration) of an offset current. The reconfigurability allows calibrations to be taken as needed, on a schedule, or as specified by a user. The reconfigurability can also allow for maintaining a work electrode voltage and a work electrode current during calibration so that an electrochemical experiment using a cell coupled to the bidirectional potentiostat is unaffected by the calibration.