IP Library Granted Patent US 10,600,720
Granted Patent B2
US 10,600,720 · App. 16/113,431 · Granted Mar 24, 2020

Semiconductor device

Inventors: Yukihisa Katayama (Nagoya, JP); Ryo Yokozawa (Nisshin, JP); Naoyuki Takahashi (Toyoake, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01L23/3737F28D1/0366F28F3/02F28F21/065H01L23/051H01L23/31H01L23/3672H01L23/44H01L23/473F28D2021/0029F28F3/022F28F2255/06H01L23/3107H01L23/373
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Patent No.
US 10,600,720
App. No.
16/113,431
Granted
Mar 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor device may include: a semiconductor module in which a semiconductor element is sealed in a resin package, and a heat sink is located on at least one surface of the resin package; an insulating sheet covering the heat sink; a cooling plate which is constituted of resin containing heat transfer fillers, the cooling plate having one surface and another surface, wherein the one surface covers the insulating sheet and is bonded to the at least one surface of the resin package, the other surface is provided with fins; and a cooler constituted of resin and configured to flow coolant along the fins, wherein the cooler surrounds the cooling plate in a view along a normal direction of the cooling plate, and is bonded to both ends of the resin package in the view along the normal direction.

Claims (19)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor module comprising a semiconductor element, a resin package sealing the semiconductor element, and a heat sink located at a main surface of the resin package, the resin package comprising a pair of side surfaces each adjacent to the main surface and opposite to each other;

an insulating sheet covering the heat sink;

a cooling plate which is constituted of resin containing heat transfer fillers, the cooling plate having a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface, wherein the first surface covers the insulating sheet and is in direct contact with the main surface of the resin package around the insulating sheet, and the second surface is provided with fins; and

a cooler constituted of resin and at least partly defining a coolant passage configured to flow coolant along the fins, wherein the cooler surrounds the cooling plate in a view along a normal direction of the cooling plate, and is in direct contact with each of the pair of side surfaces of the resin package,

wherein

a peripheral edge of the cooling plate is separated from the cooler by a gap;

the gap extends from the coolant passage to the main surface of the resin package such that the coolant passage is partly defined by the main surface of the resin package;

the cooler directly contacts the main surface of the resin package around the peripheral edge of the cooling plate; and

the cooler comprises an outer cylinder at least partly defining the coolant passage and at least two beams provided in the outer cylinder and being in direct contact with the pair of side surfaces and the main surface of the resin package.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

the heat transfer fillers have an elongated shape, and

the heat transfer fillers in each of the fins are oriented with their longitudinal direction in a direction from a base toward a tip of the fin.

3. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor module comprising a semiconductor element, a resin package sealing the semiconductor element, and a heat sink located at a main surface of the resin package, the resin package comprising a pair of side surfaces each adjacent to the main surface and opposite to each other;

an insulating sheet covering the heat sink;

a cooling plate which is constituted of resin containing heat transfer fillers, the cooling plate having a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface, wherein the first surface covers the insulating sheet and is in direct contact with the main surface of the resin package around the insulating sheet and the second surface is provided with fins; and

a cooler constituted of resin and at least partly defining a coolant passage configured to flow coolant along the fins, wherein the cooler surrounds the cooling plate in a view along a normal direction of the cooling plate, and is in direct contact with the pair of side surfaces of the resin package,

wherein the cooler comprises an outer cylinder at least partly defining the coolant passage and at least two beams provided in the outer cylinder and being in direct contact with the pair of side surfaces and the main surface of the resin package.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052279/0854 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2018
From: KATAYAMA, YUKIHISA; YOKOZAWA, RYO; TAKAHASHI, NAOYUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 046713/0487 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-185098 · Sep 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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