IP Library Granted Patent US 9,693,482
Granted Patent B2
US 9,693,482 · App. 14/646,444 · Granted Jun 27, 2017

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 9,693,482
App. No.
14/646,444
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor component on a carrier body that includes a ceramic body and a thermistor sensor structure directly connected to the ceramic body. The thermistor sensor structure is integrated into the carrier body and includes a heat sink, on which the carrier body is mounted.

Claims (27)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor component;

a carrier body on which the semiconductor component is mounted, the carrier body comprising a ceramic body and thermistor sensor structures each directly connected to the ceramic body, the thermistor sensor structures being integrated into the carrier body; and

a heat sink, wherein the carrier body is mounted on the heat sink,

wherein the semiconductor device is configured to establish a heat dissipating path between the semiconductor component, the carrier body and the heat sink, wherein one of the thermistor sensor structures is arranged on a side of the carrier body facing the semiconductor component and another of the thermistor sensor structures is arranged on a side of the carrier body facing away from the semiconductor component.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the ceramic body has an electrical resistivity of more than 50 000 ohm·cm.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the thermistor sensor structures have an electrical resistivity of less than 5000 ohm·cm.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the thermistor sensor structures comprise NTC thermistors.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat sink comprises a metallic heat sink.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier body is mounted directly on the heat sink.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier body has a contact structure, the semiconductor component being mounted on the carrier body by way of the contact structure.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier body has a metal structure for redistribution wiring and for electrical connection of the semiconductor component.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier body has an insulator layer between the one thermistor sensor structure that faces the semiconductor component and the semiconductor component.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of carrier bodies and a plurality of semiconductor components, wherein the plurality of carrier bodies are mounted on the heat sink, and wherein each carrier body of the plurality of carrier bodies has a respective semiconductor component of the plurality of semiconductor components mounted thereon.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a discrete protective component disposed on the heat sink.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor component comprises a power semiconductor component.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor component comprises a component selected from the group consisting of a light-emitting diode, a graphics chip, an amplifier chip and a discrete power transistor.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the ceramic body comprises aluminum oxide and/or aluminum nitride.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the thermistor sensor structures comprise PTC thermistors.

16. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor component;

a carrier body on which the semiconductor component is mounted, the carrier body comprising a ceramic body and a thermistor sensor structure directly connected to the ceramic body, the thermistor sensor structure being integrated into the carrier body;

an insulating layer arranged between the thermistor sensor structure and the semiconductor component, the insulating layer being reflective; and

a heat sink, wherein the carrier body is mounted on the heat sink.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein the insulating layer is white.

18. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein the insulating layer comprises aluminum oxide, titanium oxide, silicon oxide or a plastic material.

19. The semiconductor device according to claim 16 , wherein the carrier body has thermal vias that project through the ceramic body and are in thermal contact with the thermistor sensor structure.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 15, 2023
From: EPCOS AG
To: TDK ELECTRONICS AG
Reel/Frame 063101/0709 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2015
From: FEICHTINGER, THOMAS; RINNER, FRANZ, DR.
To: EPCOS AG
Reel/Frame 036351/0950 →