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Method of packaging a semiconductor laser and photosensitive semiconductor device

Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1988-03-30
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Granted: 1989-10-31
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Expires: 2008-03-30
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Abstract

Abstract A method of constructing a semiconductor laser includes producing a lead frame having a central lead which is used as a die pad at its central portion and two outside leads connected to the central lead by tie bars, mounting a semiconductor laser chip and a light receiving chip on the central lead of the lead frame, connecting the semiconductor laser chip and the light receiving chip to respective outside leads with wires, sealing portions of the leads, the wires, and both chips in a transparent package, and cutting the tie bars to disconnect the outside leads from the central lead.

Inventors

  • 👤 Isamu Yamamoto
  • 👤 Jiro Fukushima

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 06:14
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10H; H10H20/00; H10H20/80; H10H20/85; H10H20/857; G; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B7/12; G11B7/22; H01; H01S; H01S5/00; H01S5/02; H01S5/022; H01S5/023; H01S5/0231; H01S5/0232; H01S5/0233; H01S5/06; H01S5/068; H01S5/0683; H10W; H10W72/00; H10W72/50; H10W72/551; H10W72/552; H10W72/5522; H10W74/00; H10W90/00; H10W90/701; H10W90/751; H10W90/756; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49124; Y10T29/4913; Y10T29/49131

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 174 words
A method of packaging a semiconductor laser and photosensitive semiconductor device together comprising: producing a lead frame having a central lead which is used as a die pad at spaced apart first and second regions for a semiconductor laser and a photosensitive semiconductor device, respectively, and first and second outside leads spaced from said central lead and connected by tie bars to said central lead; mounting the semiconductor laser and the photosensitive device on the respective first and second regions of said central lead of said lead frame; bending the first region of said central lead relative to the second region of said central lead so that the first and second regions do not lie in the same plane; electrically connecting the semiconductor laser and the photosensitive device to the respective first and second outside leads with wires; sealing said laser and photosensitive device and portions of said leads and the wires in a transparent package; and cutting said tie bars to electrically disconnect said first and second outside leads from said central lead.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 174 words
A method of packaging a semiconductor laser and photosensitive semiconductor device together comprising: producing a lead frame having a central lead which is used as a die pad at spaced apart first and second regions for a semiconductor laser and a photosensitive semiconductor device, respectively, and first and second outside leads spaced from said central lead and connected by tie bars to said central lead; mounting the semiconductor laser and the photosensitive device on the respective first and second regions of said central lead of said lead frame; bending the first region of said central lead relative to the second region of said central lead so that the first and second regions do not lie in the same plane; electrically connecting the semiconductor laser and the photosensitive device to the respective first and second outside leads with wires; sealing said laser and photosensitive device and portions of said leads and the wires in a transparent package; and cutting said tie bars to electrically disconnect said first and second outside leads from said central lead.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 29 words
The method of claim 1 including forming said transparent package with a concave surface as a lens for at least one of the laser and the photosensitive semiconductor device.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 13 words
The method of claim 1 including forming said transparent package by transfer molding.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 13 words
The method of claim 2 including forming said transparent package by transfer molding.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 12 words
The method of claim 1 including forming said transparent package by potting.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 12 words
The method of claim 2 including forming said transparent package by potting.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 29 words
The method of claim 1 including bending the first region of said central lead relative to the second region of said central lead to form an acute angle therebetween.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 32 words
The method of claim 1 including bending the first region of said central lead relative to the second region of said central lead so that the regions lie in substantially parallel planes.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 36 words
The method of claim 1 including bending the first region of said central lead relative to the second region before mounting the semiconductor laser and the photosensitive device on the respective regions of said central lead.

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