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US6900551B2
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Semiconductor device with alternate bonding wire arrangement
Assignee: NEC Electronics Corp
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Filing: 2003-05-07
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Granted: 2005-05-31
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Expires: 2023-05-07
Abstract
Abstract A semiconductor device comprising a plurality of wires for electrically connecting a plurality of electrode pads arranged on a main surface of a semiconductor chip along one side of the semiconductor chip to a plurality of connecting portions arranged on the main surface of a wiring substrate along one side of the semiconductor chip, respectively, wherein second wires out of the plural wires consisting of first and second wires adjacent to each other have a larger loop height than the first wires, one end portions of the second wires are connected to the electrode pads at positions farther from one side of the semiconductor chip than the one end portions of the first wires, and the other end portions of the second wires are connected to the connecting portions at positions farther from one side of the semiconductor chip than the other end portions of the first wires.
Inventors
- 👤 Tomoo Matsuzawa
- 👤 Takafumi Nishita
- 👤 Yasuyuki Nakajima
- 👤 Toshiaki Morita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:05
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W72/00; H10W70/00; H10W70/60; H10W70/62; H10W70/65; H10W72/90; H10W90/00; H10W72/01; H10W72/0198; H10W72/071; H10W72/075; H10W72/07531; H10W72/07532; H10W72/07533; H10W72/07551; H10W72/07553; H10W72/07554; H10W72/20; H10W72/29; H10W72/50; H10W72/531; H10W72/536; H10W72/5363; H10W72/5366; H10W72/537; H10W72/541; H10W72/5449; H10W72/547; H10W72/551; H10W72/552; H10W72/5522; H10W72/59; H10W72/851; H10W72/874; H10W72/884; H10W72/931; H10W72/932; H10W72/951; H10W72/952; H10W74/00; H10W90/701; H10W90/731; H10W90/732; H10W90/734; H10W90/751; H10W90/754
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
195 words
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor chip; a wiring substrate having the semiconductor chip mounted on a main surface; a plurality of electrode pads, each having a first connection end and a second connection end, arranged on a main surface of the semiconductor chip along at least one side of the semiconductor chip, the first connection ends being closer to the side of the semiconductor chip than the second connection ends; a plurality of connecting portions arranged in a first row and a second row on the main surface of the wiring substrate between the side of the semiconductor chip and an outer edge of the wiring substrate, the first row being closer to the side of the semiconductor chip than the second row; a plurality of wires, connected to the plurality of electrode pads and the plurality of connecting portions, to connect each of the first row connecting portions to the first connection end of a corresponding electrode pad, and to connect each of the second row connecting portions to the second connection end of a corresponding electrode pad; and a resin sealing body sealing up the semiconductor chip and the plurality of wires.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
195 words
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor chip; a wiring substrate having the semiconductor chip mounted on a main surface; a plurality of electrode pads, each having a first connection end and a second connection end, arranged on a main surface of the semiconductor chip along at least one side of the semiconductor chip, the first connection ends being closer to the side of the semiconductor chip than the second connection ends; a plurality of connecting portions arranged in a first row and a second row on the main surface of the wiring substrate between the side of the semiconductor chip and an outer edge of the wiring substrate, the first row being closer to the side of the semiconductor chip than the second row; a plurality of wires, connected to the plurality of electrode pads and the plurality of connecting portions, to connect each of the first row connecting portions to the first connection end of a corresponding electrode pad, and to connect each of the second row connecting portions to the second connection end of a corresponding electrode pad; and a resin sealing body sealing up the semiconductor chip and the plurality of wires.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of electrode pads has a rectangular form including two long opposite sides extending in a direction away from the side of the semiconductor chip.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of electrode pads are arranged in a single row.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of electrode pads are alternatingly connected to the first and second rows of the connecting portions.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the first and second rows of the connecting portions are arranged in a zigzag manner.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of connecting portions are arranged in a zigzag manner by placing the first row of connecting portions and the second row of connecting portions alternatingly.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the pitch of the plurality of electrode pads is narrower than the pitch of the plurality of connecting portions.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the wires connecting the first row of connecting portions to the plurality of electrode pads are shorter than the wires connecting the second row of connecting portions to the plurality of electrode pads.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of wires are connected to the plurality of electrode pads and the plurality of connecting portions using nail head bonding.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the resin sealing body is formed by transfer molding.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
59 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of electrode pads includes: a rectangular form having two long opposite sides extending in a direction away from the side of the semiconductor chip, and a bonding surface having a probe needle contact mark formed between the first and second connection ends of the electrode pad.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
35 words
The semiconductor device according to claim 11 , wherein the long sides of each of the plurality of electrode pads are longer than a first connection end length and a second connection end length combined.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
39 words
The device according to claim 1 , wherein a loop height of the wires attached to the first row of connecting portions is smaller than a loop height of the wires attached to the second row of connecting portions.
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