Stacked die power converter
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsBrian A. Carpenter, Christopher Sanzo, William T. Harrison, Alok Lohia, Matthew D. Romig
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Abstract
A stacked die power converter package includes a lead frame including a die pad and a plurality of package pins, a first die including a first power transistor switch (first power transistor) attached to the die pad, and a first metal clip attached to one side of the first die. The first metal clip is coupled to at least one package pin. A second die including a second power transistor switch (second power transistor) is attached to another side on the first metal clip. A controller is provided by a controller die attached to a non-conductive layer on the second metal clip on one side of the second die.
Claims10
A stacked die power converter package, comprising:
- a lead frame including a die pad and a plurality of package pins;
- a first die including a first power transistor switch (first power transistor) attached to the die pad;
- a first metal clip attached to one side of the first die, the first metal clip coupled to at least one of the plurality of package pins;
- a second die including a second power transistor switch (second power transistor) attached to another side on the first metal clip;
- wherein said first power transistor comprises a low side power transistor (LS power transistor) and said second power transistor comprises a high side power transistor (HS power transistor), and said power converter package comprises a buck converter, and wherein said HS power transistor comprises a second lateral transistor on said second die, said second die including at least one through silicon via (TSV) that couples a non-control node of said second lateral transistor to said first metal clip, and wherein said LS power transistor comprises a first lateral transistor on said first die, said first die including at least one TSV that couples a non-control node of said LS power transistor to said die pad;
- a second metal clip attached to one side of the second die, the first metal clip coupled to at least one of the plurality of package pins;
- a non-conductive layer applied to another side of the second metal clip, wherein the thickness and composition of the non-conductive layer is configured to provide a greater than 30V breakdown voltage of the non-conductive layer;
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- a controller comprising a controller die is attached to the non-conductive layer on the second metal clip wherein the controller is coupled to both a first control node of the first power transistor and a second control node of the second power transistor.
An integrated circuit (IC) package comprising:
- a first die including a first power transistor;
- a first metal clip having a first side attached to an upper side of the first die;
- a second die including a second power transistor, a first side of the second die attached to a second side of the first metal clip, said second die having a smaller surface area than the first die;
- a second metal clip having a first side attached to a second side of the second die;
- a non-conductive layer attached to a second side of the second metal clip;
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- a controller die, attached to the non-conductive layer, and including a direct electrical connection to both a first control node of the first power transistor on the upper side of the first die and a second control node of the second power transistor on the second side of the second die, said controller die having a smaller surface area than that of the second die;
- wherein the first power transistor is a low side power transistor and the second transistor is a high side power transistor of the buck converter, wherein the second die includes a second lateral transistor, and a first through silicon via couples a non-control node of the second lateral transistor to the first metal clip;
- and wherein the first die includes a first lateral transistor, and wherein a second through silicon via couples a non-control node of the low side power transistor to the die pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.