GB2210200B - Semiconductor contact arrangement - Google Patents

Semiconductor contact arrangement

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GB2210200B
GB2210200B GB8828998A GB8828998A GB2210200B GB 2210200 B GB2210200 B GB 2210200B GB 8828998 A GB8828998 A GB 8828998A GB 8828998 A GB8828998 A GB 8828998A GB 2210200 B GB2210200 B GB 2210200B
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Prior art keywords
contact
wafer
stud
area
contact arrangement
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Expired - Lifetime
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GB8828998A
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GB8828998D0 (en
GB2210200A (en
Inventor
C V H Miles
P L T Bishop
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Siemens Mobility Ltd
Original Assignee
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co Ltd
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Holdings Ltd
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Priority claimed from GB8728878A external-priority patent/GB8728878D0/en
Application filed by Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co Ltd, Westinghouse Brake and Signal Holdings Ltd filed Critical Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co Ltd
Priority to GB8828998A priority Critical patent/GB2210200B/en
Publication of GB8828998D0 publication Critical patent/GB8828998D0/en
Publication of GB2210200A publication Critical patent/GB2210200A/en
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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Die Bonding (AREA)
  • Testing Or Measuring Of Semiconductors Or The Like (AREA)

Abstract

The contact arrangement comprises a semiconductor wafer 1 having on one of its major faces 9 an area 4 of one type of conductivity and an electrical contact 11 in face-to-face engagement with that area, in which the contact is located with respect to that area and is secured to the wafer by a stud 15 welded to the wafer and projecting into a hole 14 extending through the contact. The stud may comprise an aluminium ball which is deformed by welding to secure the contact to the wafer. To prevent a preferential electrical path through the weld, the stud may be surrounded by an insulating sleeve. <IMAGE>
GB8828998A 1987-12-10 1988-12-12 Semiconductor contact arrangement Expired - Lifetime GB2210200B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB8828998A GB2210200B (en) 1987-12-10 1988-12-12 Semiconductor contact arrangement

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB8728878A GB8728878D0 (en) 1987-12-10 1987-12-10 Semiconductor contact arrangement
GB8828998A GB2210200B (en) 1987-12-10 1988-12-12 Semiconductor contact arrangement

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GB8828998D0 GB8828998D0 (en) 1989-01-25
GB2210200A GB2210200A (en) 1989-06-01
GB2210200B true GB2210200B (en) 1990-06-06

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Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1087688A (en) * 1966-09-30 1967-10-18 Standard Telephones Cables Ltd Improved method of semiconductor die soldering
EP0186818A2 (en) * 1984-12-31 1986-07-09 International Business Machines Corporation Chip to pin interconnect method

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1087688A (en) * 1966-09-30 1967-10-18 Standard Telephones Cables Ltd Improved method of semiconductor die soldering
EP0186818A2 (en) * 1984-12-31 1986-07-09 International Business Machines Corporation Chip to pin interconnect method

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GB2210200A (en) 1989-06-01

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