IP Library Granted Patent US 10,103,091
Granted Patent B2
US 10,103,091 · App. 15/868,288 · Granted Oct 16, 2018

Semiconductor device

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Patent No.
US 10,103,091
App. No.
15/868,288
Granted
Oct 16, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device may include: a first and a second semiconductor elements each including electrodes on both surfaces thereof; a first and a second metal plates which interpose the first semiconductor element, the metal plates respectively being bonded to the first semiconductor element via first soldered portions; and a third and a fourth metal plates which interpose the second semiconductor element, the metal plates respectively being bonded to the second semiconductor element via second soldered portions; wherein a first joint is provided at the first metal plate, a second joint is provided at the fourth metal plate, the joints are bonded via a third soldered portion, and a solidifying point of the first soldered portions is higher than a solidifying point of the third soldered portion, and a solidifying point of the second soldered portions is higher than the solidifying point of the third soldered portion.

Claims (17)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first semiconductor element and a second semiconductor element, each of the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element comprising electrodes on both surfaces thereof;

a first metal plate and a second metal plate which interpose the first semiconductor element therebetween, the first metal plate and the second metal plate respectively being bonded to the electrodes of the first semiconductor element via respective first soldered portions;

a third metal plate and a fourth metal plate which interpose the second semiconductor element therebetween, the third metal plate and the fourth metal plate respectively being bonded to the electrodes of the second semiconductor element via respective second soldered portions; and

a resin package sealing the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element, the first metal plate and the third metal plate being exposed at one surface of the resin package, and the second metal plate and the fourth metal plate being exposed at an opposite surface to the one surface of the resin package;

wherein

a first joint is provided at an edge of the first metal plate,

a second joint is provided at an edge of the fourth metal plate,

the first joint overlaps with the second joint as seen along a direction in which the first metal plate and the first semiconductor element are stacked,

the first joint and the second joint are bonded via a third soldered portion, and

a solidifying point of the first soldered portions is higher than a solidifying point of the third soldered portion, and a solidifying point of the second soldered portions is higher than the solidifying point of the third soldered portion.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

in solidification, an estimated shrinkage amount of a total sum of thicknesses of the first soldered portions between the first metal plate and the second metal plate is equal to or less than a thickness of the third soldered portion, and

in solidification, an estimated shrinkage amount of a total sum of thicknesses of the second soldered portions between the third metal plate and the fourth metal plate is equal to or less than the thickness of the third soldered portion.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 2 , wherein

the total sum of the thicknesses of the first soldered portions between the first metal plate and the second metal plate is equal to or less than the thickness of the third soldered portion, and

the total sum of the thicknesses of the second soldered portions between the third metal plate and the fourth metal plate is equal to or less than the thickness of the third soldered portion.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052285/0419 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2018
From: TAKAHAGI, SATOSHI; FUNANO, SYOU; KADOGUCHI, TAKUYA; HANAKI, YUJI; IWASAKI, SHINGO; KAWASHIMA, TAKANORI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 045046/0881 →