# US 12,015,020 B2 · Semiconductor device and power management IC

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- Number: US 12,015,020 B2
- Document ID: US12015020B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/351,777
- Filed: 2023-07-13
- Published: 2023-11-09
- Granted: 2024-06-18
- Earliest claimed: 2019-11-05
- Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Applicants: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Inventors: Takafumi Betsui
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12015020B2

## CPC

- H02M 3/1586: {switched with a phase shift, i.e. interleaved}
- H10W 90/00: Package configurations
- H02M 1/14: Arrangements for reducing ripples from DC input or output
- H02M 3/003: {Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections}
- H02M 3/155: using semiconductor devices only
- H10W 70/611: {for connecting multiple chips together}
- H10W 70/635: {Through-vias}
- H10W 70/65: Shapes or dispositions of interconnections
- H02M 1/44: Circuits or arrangements for compensating for electromagnetic interference in converters or inverters
- H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P)
- H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10

## Abstract

Semiconductor device has a regulator circuit having an even number of switching regulators that generate output power from an input power supply and a power management IC that controls the output potential generated by the switching regulator. semiconductor device is characterized in that a group of half of the even number of switching regulators is arranged on a first surface of semiconductor device system board, and a group of switching regulators, which is the remaining half, is arranged on a second surface that is in front-back relation with the first surface. This semiconductor device reduces semiconductor device board-area (pattern-resource).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A semiconductor device comprising:
a regulator circuit including:
an even number of switching regulators for generating an output power supply from an input power supply; and
a power management IC for controlling output potentials generated by the even number of switching regulators,
wherein a first switching regulator group including a half of the even number of switching regulators is disposed on a first surface of a system board of the semiconductor device,
wherein a second switching regulator group including a remaining half of the even number of switching regulators is disposed on a second surface of the system board of the semiconductor device, and
wherein the first surface and the second surface of the semiconductor device are arranged to have a front-back relationship,
wherein the power management IC the first switching regulator group and the second switching regulator group such that a first current value generated by the first switching regulator group and a second current value generated by the second switching regulator group are different from each other,
wherein radiators are arranged on a surface of one of the first switching regulator group or the second switching regulator having a higher current value than another.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the first switching regulator group disposed on the first surface and the second switching regulator group disposed on the second surface are arranged so as to overlap in a plan view.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The semiconductor device according to claim 1,
wherein the power management IC shifts a phase of the output power supply generated by the first switching regulator group by 180° each other, and
wherein the power management IC further shifts a phase of the output power supply generated by the second switching regulator group by 180° each other.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The semiconductor device according to claim 3, wherein the power management IC shifts the phase of the output power supply generated by the first switching regulator group and the phase of the output power supply generated by the second switching regulator group are shifted by 90°.

### Claim 5

A semiconductor device comprising: System-On-Chip (SoC); and
a regulator circuit having: an even number of switching regulators for generating an output power supply from an input power supply; and a power management IC for controlling output potentials generated by the even number of switching regulators, wherein a first switching regulator group including a half of the even number of switching regulators is disposed on a first surface of a system board of the semiconductor device, wherein a second switching regulator group including a remaining half of the even number of switching regulators is disposed on a second surface of the system board of the semiconductor device, wherein the first surface and the second surface are arranged to have a front-back relationship with each other, and wherein a first power supply pattern provided in a layer close to the first surface, a second power supply pattern provided in a layer close to the second surface, and the first switching regulator group are electrically connected to power supply terminals of the SoC via the first power supply pattern,
wherein the power management IC the first switching regulator group and the second switching regulator group such that a first current value generated by the first switching regulator group and a second current value generated by the second switching regulator group are different from each other,
wherein radiators are arranged on a surface of one of the first switching regulator group or the second switching regulator having a higher current value than another.

### Claim 6

A power management IC for controlling an even number of switching regulators,
wherein a first switching regulator group including a half of the even number of switching regulators is disposed on a first surface of system board of a semiconductor device,
wherein a second switching regulator group including a remaining half, is disposed on a second surface of the system board, wherein the first surface and the second surface are arranged to have a front-back relationship with each other, and wherein a phase difference between a phase of an output power supply generated by the first switching regulator group and a phase of an output power supply generated by the second switching regulator group have a predetermined value,
wherein the power management IC the first switching regulator group and the second switching regulator group such that a first current value generated by the first switching regulator group and a second current value generated by the second switching regulator group are different from each other,
wherein radiators are arranged on a surface of one of the first switching regulator group or the second switching regulator having a higher current value than another.