IPC 6 English version H01L 23/00-H01L 25/18

IPC ⁶ English version

H01L - H01L 21/98

H01L02300-H01L02518

H01L 27/00 - H01L 29/96

SECTION H– ELECTRICITY

H 01

BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

H 01 L

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (conveying systems for semiconductor wafers B 65 G 49/07; use of semiconductor devices for measuring G 01; resistors in general H 01 C; magnets, inductors, transformers H 01 F; capacitors in general H 01 G; electrolytic devices H 01 G 9/00; batteries, accumulators H 01 M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H 01 P; line connectors, current collectors H 01 R; stimulated-emission devices H 01 S; electromechanical resonators H 03 H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H 04 R; electric light sources in general H 05 B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H 05 K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2]

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Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices (H 01 L 25/00 takes precedence) [2,5]

Note

This group does not cover:

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details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes of devices provided for in group H 01 L 29/00, which details are covered by that group;

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details peculiar to devices provided for in a single main group of groups H 01 L 31/00 to H 01 L 49/00, which details are covered by those groups. [5]

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Containers; Seals (H 01 L 23/12, H 01 L 23/34, H 01 L 23/48, H 01 L 23/552 take precedence) [2,5]

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characterised by the shape [2]

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043

the container being a hollow construction and having a conductive base as a mounting as well as a lead for the semiconductor body [5]

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045

the other leads having an insulating passage through the base [5]

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047

the other leads being parallel to the base [5]

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049

the other leads being perpendicular to the base [5]

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051

another lead being formed by a cover plate parallel to the base plate, e.g. sandwich type [5]

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053

the container being a hollow construction and having an insulating base as a mounting for the semiconductor body [5]

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055

the leads having a passage through the base [5]

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057

the leads being parallel to the base [5]

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characterised by the material of the container or its electrical properties [2]

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the material being an electrical insulator, e.g. glass [2]

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characterised by the material or arrangement of seals between parts, e.g. between cap and base of the container or between leads and walls of the container [2]

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Mountings, e.g. non-detachable insulating substrates [2]

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characterised by the shape [5]

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characterised by the material or its electrical properties [2]

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Ceramic or glass substrates [5]

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Fillings or auxiliary members in containers, e.g. centering rings (H 01 L 23/42, H 01 L 23/552 take precedence) [2,5]

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Fillings characterised by the material, its physical or chemical properties, or its arrangement within the complete device [2]

Note

Group H 01 L 23/26 takes precedence over groups H 01 L 23/20 to H 01 L 23/24. [2]

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gaseous at the normal operating temperature of the device [2]

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liquid at the normal operating temperature of the device [2]

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solid or gel, at the normal operating temperature of the device [2]

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including materials for absorbing or reacting with moisture or other undesired substances [2]

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Encapsulation, e.g. encapsulating layers, coatings (H 01 L 23/552 takes precedence) [2,5]

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characterised by the material [5]

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characterised by the arrangement [5]

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Holders for supporting the complete device in operation, i.e. detachable fixtures (H 01 L 23/40 takes precedence; connectors in general H 01 R; for printed circuits H 05 K) [2,5]

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Arrangements for cooling, heating, ventilating or temperature compensation [2,5]

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Selection of materials, or shaping, to facilitate cooling or heating, e.g. heat sinks [2]

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367

Cooling facilitated by shape of device [5]

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373

Cooling facilitated by selection of materials for the device [5]

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Cooling arrangements using the Peltier effect [2]

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Mountings or securing means for detachable cooling or heating arrangements [2]

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Fillings or auxiliary members in containers selected or arranged to facilitate heating or cooling (characterised by selection of materials for the device H 01 L 23/373) [2,5]

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427

Cooling by change of state, e.g. use of heat pipes [5]

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433

Auxiliary members characterised by their shape, e.g. pistons [5]

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the complete device being wholly immersed in a fluid other than air (H 01 L 23/427 takes precedence) [2,5]

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involving the transfer of heat by flowing fluids (H 01 L 23/42, H 01 L 23/44 take precedence) [2]

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467

by flowing gases, e.g. air [5]

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473

by flowing liquids [5]

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Arrangements for conducting electric current to or from the solid state body in operation, e.g. leads, terminal arrangements (in general H 01 R) [2]

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482

consisting of lead-in layers inseparably applied to the semiconductor body [5]

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485

consisting of layered constructions comprising conductive layers and insulating layers, e.g. planar contacts [5]

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488

consisting of soldered constructions [5]

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wire-like [5]

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492

Bases or plates [5]

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495

Lead-frames [5]

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498

Leads on insulating substrates [5]

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for integrated circuit devices (H 01 L 23/482 to H 01 L 23/498 take precedence) [2,5]

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Arrangements for conducting electric current within the device in operation from one component to another [2]

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522

including external interconnections consisting of a multilayer structure of conductive and insulating layers inseparably formed on the semiconductor body [5]

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525

with adaptable interconnections [5]

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528

Layout of the interconnection structure [5]

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532

characterised by the materials [5]

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535

including internal interconnections, e.g. cross-under constructions [5]

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538

the interconnection structure between a plurality of semiconductor chips being formed on, or in, insulating substrates (mountings H 01 L 23/12) [5]

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544

Marks applied to semiconductor devices, e.g. registration marks, test patterns [5]

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552

Protection against radiation, e.g. light [5]

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556

against alpha rays [5]

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Structural electrical arrangements for semiconductor devices not otherwise provided for [5]

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Protection against electrostatic charges or discharges, e.g. Faraday shields (in general H 05 F) [5]

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Protection against overcurrent or overload, e.g. fuses, shunts [5]

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Impedance arrangements [5]

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High-frequency adaptations [5]

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Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid state devices (devices consisting of a plurality of solid state components formed in or on a common substrate H 01 L 27/00; assemblies of photoelectronic cells H 01 L 31/042; generators using solar cells or solar panels H 02 N 6/00; details of complete circuit assemblies provided for in another subclass, e.g. details of television receivers, see the relevant subclass, e.g. H 04 N; details of assemblies of electrical components in general H 05 K) [2,5]

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all the devices being of a type provided for in the same subgroup of groups H 01 L 27/00 to H 01 L 49/00, e.g. assemblies of rectifier diodes [5]

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the devices not having separate containers [2]

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the devices being of a type provided for in group H 01 L 27/00 [5]

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the devices being of a type provided for in group H 01 L 29/00 [5]

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075

the devices being of a type provided for in group H 01 L 33/00 [5]

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the devices having separate containers [2]

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the devices being of a type provided for in group H 01 L 29/00 [5]

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the devices being of a type provided for in group H 01 L 33/00 [5]

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the devices being of types provided for in two or more different main groups of groups H 01 L 27/00 to H 01 L 49/00, e.g. forming hybrid circuits [2]

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the devices being of types provided for in two or more different subgroups of the same main group of groups H 01 L 27/00 to H 01 L 49/00 [5]

H01L - H01L 21/98

H01L 27/00 - H01L 29/96