Semiconductor device

Abstract

A semiconductor device has a chip mounting part, a first semiconductor chip, and a second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip is mounted over the chip mounting part in a direction in which its first principal plane faces the chip mounting part. A part of the second semiconductor chip is mounted over the chip mounting part in a direction in which its third principal plane faces the first semiconductor chip. The element mounting part has a notch part. A part of the second semiconductor chip overlaps the notch part. In a region of the third principal plane of the second semiconductor chip that overlaps the notch part, a second electrode pad is provided.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A semiconductor device, comprising:
 a chip mounting part;   a first semiconductor chip that has a first principal plane and a second principal plane being an opposite side plane to the first principal plane and is mounted over the chip mounting part in a direction in which the second principal plane faces the chip mounting part; and   a second semiconductor chip that has a third principal plane and a fourth principal plane being an opposite side plane to the third principal plane and a part of which is mounted over the first semiconductor chip in a direction in which the third principal plane faces the first principal plane,   wherein in plane view, the chip mounting part has a notch part and a part of the second semiconductor chip overlaps the notch part, and further   wherein the semiconductor device comprises:   an electrode pad located in a region of the third principal plane of the second semiconductor chip that overlaps the notch part; and   a bonding wire whose one end couples to the electrode pad.   
     
     
         2 . The semiconductor device according to  claim 1 , comprising;
 a first inductor formed over the first principal plane of the first semiconductor chip; and   a second inductor formed over the third principal plane of the second semiconductor chip,   wherein in plane view, the first inductor and the second inductor overlap each other.   
     
     
         3 . The semiconductor device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein a width of a side of the first semiconductor chip that faces the notch part is wider than a width of the notch part, and   wherein in plane view, a part of the first semiconductor chip overlaps the notch part.   
     
     
         4 . The semiconductor device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein in plane view, a taper is formed in an end on an opening side of the notch part.   
     
     
         5 . The semiconductor device according to  claim 1 , comprising:
 a first lead terminal to which the other end of the bonding wire couples;   two second lead terminals arranged side by side with the first lead terminal;   a terminal coupling part that couples mutually ends on the chip mounting part side of the two second lead terminals; and   a sealing resin that seals the followings: the chip mounting part; the first semiconductor chip; the second semiconductor chip; the bonding wire; a portion of the first lead terminal to which at least the bonding wire couples; a portion of the two second terminals to which at least the terminal coupling part couples; and the terminal coupling part.   
     
     
         6 . The semiconductor device according to  claim 5 , comprising:
 a plurality of sets each comprised of the two second lead terminals and the terminal coupling part; and   having a plurality of the first lead terminals between the first set and the second set.   
     
     
         7 . The semiconductor device according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein an angle of the other end of the bonding wire to the first lead terminal is larger than an angle of the one end of the bonding wire to the second semiconductor chip.   
     
     
         8 . The semiconductor device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the second semiconductor chip is thicker than the first semiconductor chip.   
     
     
         9 . The semiconductor device according to  claim 1 , comprising:
 a protective layer provided over the fourth principal plane of the second semiconductor chip.   
     
     
         10 . The semiconductor device according to  claim 1 , comprising:
 a power controller element formed over the first semiconductor chip.   
     
     
         11 . The semiconductor device according to  claim 1 , comprising:
 a fixed layer located between the third principal plane of the second semiconductor chip and the first principal plane of the first semiconductor chip,   wherein one part of the fixed layer is located over a side face of the second semiconductor chip and the other part of the fixed layer is located over a region of a side face of the first semiconductor chip that overlaps the second semiconductor chip.   
     
     
         12 . The semiconductor device according to  claim 1 , comprising:
 a protrusion formed in either one of the first principal plane of the first semiconductor chip and the third principal plane of the second semiconductor chip; and   an another notch part formed in the other of the first principal plane of the first semiconductor chip and the third principal plane of the second semiconductor chip,   wherein in plane view, an outer shape of the protrusion and an outer shape of the other notch part have the same shape and the protrusion and the other notch part overlap each other.   
     
     
         13 . The semiconductor device according to  claim 1 , wherein the notch is formed at a peripheral edge of the chip mounting part.