IP Library Granted Patent US 9,730,310
Granted Patent B2
US 9,730,310 · App. 14/350,661 · Granted Aug 8, 2017

Metal-ceramic substrate

Inventors: Andreas Meyer (Wenzenbach, DE); Christoph Wehe (Wenzenbach, DE); Jürgen Schulz-Harder (Lauf, DE); Karsten Schmidt (Eschenbach, DE)
Assignee: ROGERS GERMANY GMBH
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Patent No.
US 9,730,310
App. No.
14/350,661
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A metal-ceramic substrate having at least one ceramic layer ( 2 ), which is provided on a first surface side ( 2 a ) with at least one first metallization ( 3 ) and on a second surface side ( 2 b ), opposite from the first surface side ( 2 a ), with a second metallization ( 4 ), wherein the first metallization ( 3 ) is formed by a film or layer of copper or a copper alloy and is connected to the first surface side ( 2 a ) of the ceramic layer ( 2 ) with the aid of a “direct copper bonding” process. The second metallization ( 4 ) is formed by a layer of aluminum or an aluminum alloy.

Claims (13)

1. A metal-ceramic substrate comprising: at least one ceramic layer, having at least a first metallization on a first surface side of the at least one ceramic layer, having at least a first metallization on a first surface side of the at least one ceramic layer and a second metallization provided on a second surface side of the at least one ceramic layer lying opposite the first surface side, wherein the first metallization is a foil or layer of copper or a copper alloy, and wherein the first metallization is bonded with the first surface side of the at least one ceramic layer by a direct copper bonding process, and the second metallization is a layer of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, wherein the second metallization has a layer thickness between 0.05 mm and 1.0 mm, and wherein a plurality of recesses of differing depth are introduced into a second surface side of the second metallization and the plurality of recesses of differing depth are provided with cooling elements of differing shape or height protruding outwards from the second surface side of the second metallization, and wherein the plurality of recesses of differing depth are constituted in the form of holes extending to the second surface side of the at least one ceramic layer or are introduced into the second surface side of the at least one ceramic layer directly beside one another or overlapping at least in sections of the second surface side of the at least one ceramic layer.

2. The metal-ceramic substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the second metallization is anodized.

3. The metal-ceramic substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the first metallization has layer thickness between 0.1 mm and 1.0 mm or is structured for the formation of contact or bonding areas.

4. The metal-ceramic substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the second metallization is constituted plate-like, sheet-like or half-shell-shaped.

5. The metal-ceramic substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one ceramic layer is produced from aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, or aluminum oxide with zirconium oxide, or has a layer thickness between 0.2 mm and 1.0 mm.

6. The metal-ceramic substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the recesses are constituted channel-like, slot-like, oval, elongated-hole shaped, circular or diamond-shaped or extend at least in sections over at least a quarter of a layer thickness of the second metallization.

7. The metal-ceramic substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling elements are constituted rib-like, elongated-hole shaped, circular or diamond-shaped or have of a height of 1.0 mm to 10.0 mm.

8. The metal-ceramic substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a third metallization is provided, which is bonded at an edge side with the second metallization in order to form a channel-like accommodation space for conveying of a fluid or gaseous cooling medium.

9. The metal-ceramic substrate according to claim 8 , wherein the third metallization is produced from aluminum, an aluminum alloy, special steel, a magnesium alloy or from chromium-plated or nickel-plated steels.

10. The metal-ceramic substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the second metallization is bonded with the second surface side of the at least one ceramic layer by means of a fourth metallization constituted by a layer of copper or a copper alloy.

11. An arrangement comprising two metal-ceramic substrates according to claim 1 , wherein the second metallization on each of the at least one metal-ceramic substrates is constituted half-shell-shaped and mutually opposite metal-ceramic substrates are bonded together in such a way that at least one tank-like metal enclosure arises.

12. The arrangement according to claim 11 , wherein the second metallization includes a plurality of edge sections which form flange-like bonding regions.

13. The arrangement according to claim 12 , wherein two metal-ceramic substrates are welded or glued to one another or permanently bonded with one another in the flange-like bonding regions.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 17, 2014
From: CURAMIK ELECTRONICS GMBH
To: ROGERS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 033347/0420 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2014
From: MEYER, ANDREAS; WEHE, CHRISTOPH; SCHULZ-HARDER, JURGEN; SCHMIDT, KARSTEN
To: CURAMIK ELECTRONICS GMBH
Reel/Frame 032635/0763 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2012 101 201 · Feb 15, 2012 · national
DE 10 2012 102 611 · Mar 27, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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