Circuit board assembly with bonded conductive posts and method of manufacturing circuit board assembly
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip with an electrode, an insulated circuit board including an insulating board and a circuit pattern formed thereon. The circuit pattern has the semiconductor chip on a front surface thereof. The semiconductor device further includes a plurality of conductive posts, each having a lower end bonded to at least one of the front surface of the circuit pattern or the electrode of the semiconductor chip, and each extending vertically upward with respect to a front surface of the insulated circuit board, a printed circuit board bonded to an upper end side of each conductive post, a spacer disposed between the printed circuit board and the insulated circuit board such that a front surface of the printed circuit board faces the insulated circuit board, and a pressing member disposed above the spacer having the printed circuit board therebetween.
1 . A semiconductor device, comprising:
a semiconductor chip including an electrode on a main surface thereof;
an insulated circuit board including an insulating board and a circuit pattern formed on a front surface of the insulating board, the circuit pattern having the semiconductor chip on a front surface thereof;
a plurality of conductive posts, each conductive post having a lower end and an upper end opposite to each other, the lower end being bonded to at least one of the front surface of the circuit pattern or the electrode of the semiconductor chip, each conductive post extending vertically upward from a front surface of the insulated circuit board;
a printed circuit board bonded to the upper ends of each of the plurality of conductive posts;
a spacer disposed between the printed circuit board and the insulated circuit board, the spacer having an upper end contacting a back surface of the printed circuit board and a lower end contacting the insulated circuit board; and
a pressing member disposed above the spacer with the printed circuit board interposed between the pressing member and the spacer, the pressing member having a lower end contacting a front surface of the printed circuit board.
2 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a support rod that penetrates through the printed circuit board and the spacer, and is bonded to a front surface of the circuit pattern.
3 . The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the support rod further penetrates through the pressing member.
4 . The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein the pressing member is integrally formed on the support rod.
5 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the insulated circuit board has four corners in a plan view of the device, and the spacer is provided as four spacers that are respectively disposed at the four corners of the insulated circuit board.
6 . The semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein the pressing member is provided along a side of the insulated circuit board in the plan view.
7 . The semiconductor device according to claim 6 , wherein the pressing member is provided on each of a pair of sides of the insulated circuit board that face each other in the plan view.
8 . The semiconductor device according to claim 7 , wherein the pressing member is provided along all sides of the insulated circuit board in the plan view so as to surround an entire circumference of the insulated circuit board.
9 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein
an upper surface of the spacer faces a lower surface of the pressing member,
the upper surface of the spacer has one of a convex member or a concave member,
the lower surface of the pressing member has the other of the convex member or the concave member, and
the convex member penetrates through the printed circuit board and fits into the concave member.
10 . A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
preparing a semiconductor chip provided with an electrode on a main surface, an insulated circuit board including an insulating board and a circuit pattern formed on a front surface of the insulating board, a plurality of conductive posts, and a printed circuit board;
placing the printed circuit board above the insulated circuit board via a spacer, the spacer having a lower end contacting the insulated circuit board and an upper end contacting a back surface of the printed circuit board, bonding the plurality of conductive posts to the printed circuit board, and disposing lower end portions of the plurality of conductive posts via solder on at least one of a front surface of the circuit pattern or the electrode of the semiconductor chip;
attaching a pressing member to the spacer with the printed circuit board between the pressing member and the spacer, the pressing member having a lower end contacting a front surface of the printed circuit board; and
bonding the plurality of conductive posts to the circuit pattern by adding heat.
11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein
a convex member that penetrates through the printed circuit board and a concave member into which the convex member fits are respectively formed on different ones of an upper surface of the spacer and a lower surface of the pressing member that faces the upper surface of the spacer,
the disposing the plurality of conductive posts includes, after bonding the plurality of conductive posts to the printed circuit board, disposing the printed circuit board so as to face the insulated circuit board via the spacer, including inserting the convex member through the printed circuit board, and
the attaching of the pressing member includes attaching the pressing member by fitting the convex member into the concave member.
12 . The method according to claim 10 , further comprising removing the spacer and the pressing member, after the bonding the plurality of conductive posts to the circuit pattern.
13 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein
preparing the printed circuit board includes providing a printed circuit board including a single planar insulating substrate, and
placing the printed circuit board above the insulated circuit board includes disposing the spacer along a periphery of the insulating substrate, such that the insulating substrate of the printed circuit board overlaps the insulated circuit board in a plan view of the semiconductor device.
14 . The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the printed circuit board includes a single planar insulating substrate, and the spacer is disposed along a periphery of the insulating substrate, such that the insulating substrate of the printed circuit board overlaps the insulated circuit board in a plan view of the semiconductor device.
15 . A semiconductor device, comprising:
a semiconductor chip including an electrode on a main surface thereof;
an insulated circuit board including an insulating board and a circuit pattern formed on a front surface of the insulating board, the circuit pattern having the semiconductor chip on a front surface thereof;
a plurality of conductive posts, each conductive post having a lower end and an upper end opposite to each other, the lower end being bonded to at least one of the front surface of the circuit pattern or the electrode of the semiconductor chip, each conductive post extending vertically upward from a front surface of the insulated circuit board;
a printed circuit board including a single planar insulating substrate and being bonded to the upper end of each of the plurality of conductive posts;
a spacer disposed between the printed circuit board and the insulated circuit board, around a periphery of the insulating substrate, such that the insulating substrate of the printed circuit board overlaps the insulated circuit board in a plan view of the semiconductor device; and
a pressing member disposed above the spacer with the printed circuit board interposed between the pressing member and the spacer.