IP Library Granted Patent US 10,622,281
Granted Patent B2
US 10,622,281 · App. 16/074,713 · Granted Apr 14, 2020

Power module and method for manufacturing power module

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Patent No.
US 10,622,281
App. No.
16/074,713
Granted
Apr 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention concerns a power module comprising a heat sink, a substrate on which a power die is attached, the power module further comprises between the substrate and the heat sink, a first and a second materials, the first material having a thermal conductivity that is higher than the thermal conductivity of the second material, the second material having a first cavity below the power die and the first material is in the first cavity of the second material.

Claims (14)

1. A power module comprising

a heat sink,

a power die,

a substrate on which the power die is attached wherein the power module further comprises between the substrate and the heat sink,

a first material and a second material, the first material having a thermal conductivity that is higher than the thermal conductivity of the second material, the second material having a first cavity below the power die and the first material is in the first cavity of the second material,

wherein the second material is connected to the heat sink via at least one of a screw, nut and bolt, spring, or other mechanical device.

2. The power module according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises thermal vias below the power die.

3. A power module comprising a heat sink, a substrate on which a power die is attached wherein the power module further comprises between the substrate and the heat sink, a first material and a second material, the first material having a thermal conductivity that is higher than the thermal conductivity of the second material, the second material having a first cavity below the power die and the first material is in the first cavity of the second material,

wherein the power module further comprises between the substrate and the second material, a third material, the first material having a thermal conductivity that is higher than the thermal conductivity of the third material, the third material having a second cavity below the thermal vias and the first material is in the second cavity of the third material, the second cavity being prolongated in at least one direction by at least a third cavity.

4. The power module according to claim 3 , wherein the second cavity of the third material is prolongated in four directions by four cavities.

5. The power module according to claim 4 , wherein the substrate further comprises four holes, each hole being placed on one cavity that prolongates the second cavity.

6. The power module according to claim 3 , the first material is a gel and the second and third materials are FR4 pre-preg sheets.

7. The power module according to claim 6 , wherein the second and third materials have each 100 μm thickness.

8. The power module according to claim 3 , wherein the substrate, the second, the third materials and the heat sink are fixed together by nuts and bolts.

Assignments (3)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2018
From: DEGRENNE, NICOLAS
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC R&D CENTRE EUROPE B.V.
Reel/Frame 046538/0284 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC R&D CENTRE EUROPE B.V.
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046538/0351 →