IP Library Granted Patent US 7,821,125
Granted Patent B2
US 7,821,125 · App. 12/109,417 · Granted Oct 26, 2010

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 7,821,125
App. No.
12/109,417
Granted
Oct 26, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a heat radiating structure which reduces a mechanical stress applied to an electronic part mounted on a printed circuit board including a semiconductor package. The heat radiating structure is constructed by a semiconductor package mounted on a printed circuit board, a thermal conduction sheet arranged on an upper surface of the semiconductor package, and a metal case provided with a heat radiating fin for receiving a heat transmitted form the thermal conduction sheet so as to discharge to an atmospheric air, and the metal case is provided with a concavo-convex structure in a contact portion with the thermal conduction sheet.

Claims (13)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a mounting board;

a semiconductor package mounted on said mounting board;

a metal case accommodating and fixing said mounting board and said semiconductor package in an inner portion; and

a thermal conduction sheet arranged between said semiconductor package and said metal case, coming into contact with said semiconductor package and said metal case, and radiating a heat generated from said semiconductor package,

wherein said thermal conduction sheet has an elasticity by which a stress is relaxed with time with respect to a pressure,

wherein said metal case is provided with a plurality of concave portions and convex portions in a contact portion with said thermal conduction sheet,

wherein said plurality of concave portions are formed at two or more different depths, and

wherein said plurality of convex portions are sharp at acute angles toward said thermal conduction sheet in leading ends of said plurality of convex portions.

2. A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said plurality of convex portions are sharp toward said thermal conduction sheet.

3. A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said plurality of concave portions include a first concave portion having a first depth and a second concave portion having a second depth which is deeper than said first depth, a part or less of said metal case comes into contact with said thermal conduction sheet within said second concave portion, and an air gap is formed between said metal case and said thermal conduction sheet.

4. A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said second concave portion is formed as a groove shape and extends to an outer periphery of said contact portion between said metal case and said thermal conduction sheet, and said air gap is communicated with an external atmospheric air of said contact portion between said metal case and said thermal conduction sheet.

5. A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said first concave portion and said second concave portion are formed along said contact portion between said metal case and said thermal conduction sheet, and said second concave portion is formed at least in one of a bottom portion of said first concave portion and a portion between said two first concave portions.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2025
From: LUMENTUM JAPAN, INC.
To: LUMENTUMRADIANT GMBH
Reel/Frame 073971/0379 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 2, 2019
From: OCLARO JAPAN, INC.
To: LUMENTUM JAPAN, INC.
Reel/Frame 049669/0609 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2014
From: OPNEXT JAPAN, INC.
To: OCLARO JAPAN, INC.
Reel/Frame 034524/0875 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2008
From: TOKITA, SHIGERU; MATSUE, HIROO; MAEDA, FUMIHIDE
To: OPNEXT JAPAN, INC.
Reel/Frame 021148/0471 →