Compact Power Semiconductor Package and Method with Stacked Inductor and Integrated Circuit Die
First Claim
1. A compact power semiconductor package comprising:
- a bonded stack of a bottom power Integrated Circuit (IC) die, a top power inductor and an intervening circuit substrate;
said power inductor further comprises a inductor core with an interior window, in the form of a closed magnetic loop, located atop the circuit substrate;
said circuit substrate further comprises a bottom half-coil forming means constituting a bottom half-coil beneath the inductor core; and
a top half-coil forming means located atop the inductor core and interconnected with the bottom half-coil forming means so as to jointly form an inductive coil enclosing the inductor corewhereby realizing a compact power semiconductor package with high inductance rating while exhibiting a reduced package foot print.
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Abstract
A power semiconductor package is disclosed with high inductance rating while exhibiting a reduced foot print. It has a bonded stack of power IC die at bottom, a power inductor at top and a circuit substrate, made of leadframe or printed circuit board, in the middle. The power inductor has a inductor core of closed magnetic loop. The circuit substrate has a first number of bottom half-coil forming conductive elements beneath the inductor core. A second number of top half-coil forming conductive elements, made of bond wires, three dimensionally formed interconnection plates or upper leadframe leads, are located atop the inductor core with both ends of each element connected to respective bottom half-coil forming conductive elements to jointly form an inductive coil enclosing the inductor core. A top encapsulant protectively encases the inductor core, the top half-coil forming conductive elements, the bottom half-coil forming conductive elements and the circuit substrate.
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1. A compact power semiconductor package comprising:
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a bonded stack of a bottom power Integrated Circuit (IC) die, a top power inductor and an intervening circuit substrate; said power inductor further comprises a inductor core with an interior window, in the form of a closed magnetic loop, located atop the circuit substrate; said circuit substrate further comprises a bottom half-coil forming means constituting a bottom half-coil beneath the inductor core; and a top half-coil forming means located atop the inductor core and interconnected with the bottom half-coil forming means so as to jointly form an inductive coil enclosing the inductor core whereby realizing a compact power semiconductor package with high inductance rating while exhibiting a reduced package foot print. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A multi-package process for making multiple compact power semiconductor package units each comprising:
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a stack of bottom power IC die, top power inductor and an intervening circuit substrate;
the power inductor comprises a inductor core, with an interior window, of closed magnetic loop located atop the circuit substrate;
the circuit substrate comprises a bottom half-coil forming means beneath the inductor core; and
a top half-coil forming means interconnected with the bottom half-coil forming means jointly forming an inductive coil enclosing the inductor core;the method comprises; a) providing a set of multiple circuit substrates with each circuit substrate having the bottom half-coil forming means thereon; b) providing then structuring multiple power IC dies so that each power IC die is ready for a chip bonding process; c) providing multiple inductor cores with interior windows and multiple top half-coil forming means; d) attaching a inductor core to each bottom half-coil forming means; e) at each circuit substrate location along the set, e1) aligning a top half-coil forming means atop the inductor core and interconnecting the top half-coil forming means with the bottom half-coil forming means to form a sub-package unit with an inductive coil about the inductor core; e2) applying a top encapsulant protectively encasing the top of each sub-package unit; and e3) aligning and bonding a power IC die beneath the sub-package unit to form a package unit; and f) separating the package unit from the set. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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