IP Library Granted Patent US 7,868,612
Granted Patent B2
US 7,868,612 · App. 12/707,263 · Granted Jan 11, 2011

Magnetic sensor module

Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,868,612
App. No.
12/707,263
Granted
Jan 11, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a magnetic sensor module, using die-bond resin as a joining material, a Z-axis magnetic sensor is mounted onto a substrate having a wire formed on its principal surface. The Z-axis magnetic sensor having electrode pads formed on its bottom surface is tilted by 90 degrees and mounted onto the substrate. Therefore, the electrode pads are positioned at a side surface thereof. A joining material accommodation area which the die-bond resin can fill is provided at the surface of the Z-axis magnetic sensor opposing the principal surface of the substrate. This joining material accommodation area has a grooved structure. At the surface of the Z-axis magnetic sensor opposing the principal surface of the substrate, the grooved structure is provided at an end portion near the wire formed on the substrate.

Claims (7)

1. A magnetic sensor module comprising:

a substrate having a wire on a principal surface thereof;

a magnetic sensor having an electrode pad formed on one surface thereof, the magnetic sensor being mounted on the principal surface of the substrate using a first joining material so that another surface thereof orthogonal to the one surface opposes the principal surface of the substrate, the magnetic sensor having a joining material accommodation area that is situated between the electrode pad and the another surface and that is capable of being filled with the first joining material; and

a second joining material electrically connecting the wire and the electrode pad to each other,

wherein the joining material accommodation area has a grooved structure provided at an end portion near the wire.

2. The magnetic sensor module according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic sensor has a sensitivity axis in a direction substantially orthogonal to the principal surface.

3. The magnetic sensor module according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the wire is greater than a length equal to the sum of a distance from the electrode pad to the joining material accommodation area and a thickness of the first joining material.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 1, 2019
From: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048209/0083 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2010
From: KONNO, TOSHIAKI; KITAURA, NAOKI; HAGA, NOBUAKI
To: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023948/0597 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-233820 · Sep 10, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP200806629200 · Sep 10, 2008
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