Semiconductor devices comprising wireless transmitters and/or wireless receivers
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsEduardo SCHITTLER NEVES, Rainer Markus SCHALLER, Matthias EBERL, Franz Michael DARRER
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Abstract
A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor chip and an electrically conductive chip carrier, wherein the semiconductor chip is mounted on the chip carrier. The semiconductor device furthermore comprises an electrically conductive extension element mechanically connected to the chip carrier, wherein the extension element and the chip carrier are formed as an integral single piece. A part of the chip carrier which has the extension element is configured as an antenna.
Claims20
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a semiconductor chip;
- an electrically conductive chip carrier, wherein the semiconductor chip is mounted on the chip carrier;
- and
- an electrically conductive extension element mechanically connected to the chip carrier, wherein the extension element and the chip carrier are formed as an integral single piece, and
- wherein a part of the chip carrier which has the extension element is configured as an antenna.
A method for producing a semiconductor device, wherein the method comprises:
- fabricating an electrically conductive chip carrier;
- mounting a semiconductor chip on a mounting plane of the chip carrier;
- and
- bending a part of the chip carrier out of the mounting plane, wherein at least one section of the chip carrier which has the bent part is configured as an antenna.
A semiconductor device, comprising:
- an electrically conductive chip carrier;
- a semiconductor chip mounted on the chip carrier;
- and
- an encapsulation material, wherein the chip carrier and the semiconductor chip are at least partly encapsulated by the encapsulation material,
- wherein at least one part of the chip carrier is configured as an antenna, and
- wherein the encapsulation material has a dielectric constant of greater than 5.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.