Package with Vertical Electronic Components Held Together by a Clip
AssigneeInfineon Technologies Austria AG
InventorsChee Yang Ng, Chee Hong Lee, Kok Yau Chua, Shih Kien Long, Chee Voon Tan, Jayaganasan Narayanasamy
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Abstract
A package includes: a vertically extending first electronic component with at least one exposed electrically conductive first terminal; a vertically extending second electronic component with at least one exposed electrically conductive second terminal; and a clip with an accommodation volume in which the first electronic component and the second electronic component are accommodated and are held together. The at least one first terminal and the at least one second terminal are electrically accessible at a bottom of the clip.
Claims20
A package, comprising:
- a vertically extending first electronic component with at least one exposed electrically conductive first terminal;
- a vertically extending second electronic component with at least one exposed electrically conductive second terminal;
- and
- a clip with an accommodation volume in which the first electronic component and the second electronic component are accommodated and are held together,
- wherein the at least one first terminal and the at least one second terminal are electrically accessible at a bottom of the clip.
A method of manufacturing a package, the method comprising:
- inserting a vertically extending first electronic component with at least one exposed electrically conductive first terminal in an accommodation volume of a clip;
- inserting a vertically extending second electronic component with at least one exposed electrically conductive second terminal in the accommodation volume of the clip;
- holding together the first electronic component and the second electronic component in the accommodation volume by the clip;
- and
- configuring the first electronic component, the second electronic component, and the clip so that the at least one first terminal and the at least one second terminal are electrically accessible at a bottom of the clip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.