Lead Frame Package Structure for Passive Component Heat Dissipation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional embedded package structures face poor thermal dissipation between passive components and embedded dies due to insulation layers with low thermal conductance, which is particularly problematic in high power chip packages.

Innovation Solution

A semiconductor package structure featuring a lead frame made of rolled annealed (RA) copper with a paddle and leads, where the passive component has an external connector directly contacting the lead frame, eliminating the need for a dielectric layer and enhancing thermal dissipation by matching the pattern of the external connector with the lead frame's leads.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If an insulation layer is used to connect the passive component to the embedded die, then electrical insulation is achieved, but thermal dissipation deteriorates due to poor thermal conductance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical insulationVSAvoidthermal dissipation
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

The connection structure is segmented into distinct functional zones: the insulation layer provides electrical insulation in regions where required, while direct thermal contact paths are maintained in specific areas through the lead frame structure. This segmentation allows simultaneous achievement of electrical insulation and thermal dissipation by separating these two functions spatially within the same connection structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The lead frame serves as an intermediary structure that bridges the passive component and the embedded die. It provides both mechanical support and thermal conduction pathways, while the insulation layer acts as a selective intermediary that blocks electrical current but allows thermal energy transfer through its structure, thus resolving the contradiction between electrical insulation and thermal dissipation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If a dielectric layer is used to insulate connections, then electrical isolation is improved, but thermal conductance deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrical isolationVSAvoidthermal conductance
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The dielectric layer is applied selectively rather than uniformly across the entire connection interface. In regions where thermal dissipation is critical, the dielectric layer is either omitted or applied in thinner sections, allowing superior thermal conductance. In regions where electrical isolation is paramount, the dielectric layer provides full insulation. This local variation in dielectric presence optimizes both electrical isolation and thermal conductance simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The connection structure employs a composite arrangement combining dielectric materials with thermally conductive materials. The dielectric layer is integrated with thermally conductive pathways (such as metal traces or thermal interface materials) to create a composite structure that simultaneously provides electrical insulation through the dielectric portion and thermal conduction through the conductive portion, thus resolving the contradiction between these two opposing requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This configuration improves thermal dissipation, reduces manufacturing costs, and minimizes signal loss by eliminating the dielectric layer, while protecting the lead frame and enhancing electrical performance.

Implementation Method 1

The heat would accumulate between the passive component and the embedded die since an insulation layer surrounding the connections between the passive component and the embedded die has a poor thermal conductance

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermal conduction: Conduction (thermal)

Implementation Method 2

The passive component includes an external connector including a solder layer. The RA copper is connected to the solder layer of the external connector

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectSoldering: Soldering

Data Source

PatentUS12033923B2Semiconductor package structure having a lead frame and a passive component
Publication Date: 2024.07.09 ADVANCED SEMICON ENG INC
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AI summary

A semiconductor package structure is provided. The semiconductor package structure includes a lead frame and passive component. The lead frame includes a paddle and a plurality of leads. The lead frame includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The passive component includes an external connector. A pattern of the external connector is corresponding to a pattern of the plurality of leads of the lead frame.