IP Library Granted Patent US 11,523,493
Granted Patent B2
US 11,523,493 · App. 17/268,849 · Granted Dec 6, 2022

Electronic control unit

Inventors: Miki Hiraoka (Tokyo, JP); Ryosuke Ishida (Hitachinaka, JP); Yoshio Kawai (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
H05K1/0206H05K1/185
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Patent No.
US 11,523,493
App. No.
17/268,849
Granted
Dec 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic control unit includes: a wiring substrate having a first surface on which a conductor wire is formed; a first electronic component that is implemented on the first surface of the wiring substrate, and has a large heat generation amount; a second electronic component that is implemented on the first surface of the wiring substrate, and has a heat generation amount smaller than the first electronic component; and a resin that covers the first electronic component, the second electronic component, and the first surface of the wiring substrate, and a second surface of the wiring substrate that is opposite to the first surface. A distance between an outer surface of the resin immediately below the first electronic component, and the second surface of the wiring substrate is longer than a distance between an outer surface of the resin immediately above the second electronic component, and the first surface of the wiring substrate.

Claims (23)

1. An electronic control unit comprising:

a wiring substrate having a first surface on which a conductor wire is formed;

a first electronic component that is implemented on the first surface of the wiring substrate, and has a large heat generation amount;

a second electronic component that is implemented on the first surface of the wiring substrate, and has a heat generation amount smaller than the first electronic component; and

a resin that covers the first electronic component, the second electronic component, and the first surface of the wiring substrate, and a second surface of the wiring substrate that is opposite to the first surface, wherein

a distance between an outer surface of the resin immediately below the first electronic component, and the second surface of the wiring substrate is longer than a distance between an outer surface of the resin immediately above the second electronic component, and the first surface of the wiring substrate.

2. The electronic control unit according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between an outer surface of the resin immediately above the first electronic component, and the first surface of the wiring substrate is the same as a distance between the outer surface of the resin immediately above the second electronic component, and the first surface of the wiring substrate.

3. The electronic control unit according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between an outer surface of the resin immediately below the second electronic component, and the second surface of the wiring substrate is shorter than a distance between the outer surface of the resin immediately below the first electronic component, and the second surface of the wiring substrate.

4. The electronic control unit according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between an outer surface of the resin immediately above the first electronic component, and the first surface of the wiring substrate is longer than a distance between the outer surface of the resin immediately above the second electronic component, and the first surface of the wiring substrate.

5. The electronic control unit according to claim 4 , wherein a distance between an outer surface of the resin immediately below the second electronic component, and the second surface of the wiring substrate is shorter than a distance between an outer surface of the resin immediately below the first electronic component, and the second surface of the wiring substrate.

6. The electronic control unit according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring substrate has a via that thermally couples the first surface and the second surface.

7. The electronic control unit according to claim 1 , wherein

the wiring substrate is a multilayer lamination substrate having an inner layer conductor, and

a thickness of the inner layer conductor is greater than the conductor wire formed on the first surface of the wiring substrate.

8. The electronic control unit according to claim 1 , wherein

the first electronic component has a semiconductor element, a heat spreader that is thermally coupled to the semiconductor element, and a sealing member, and

one surface of the heat spreader opposite to the semiconductor element is exposed through the sealing member.

9. The electronic control unit according to claim 8 , further comprising a thermally conductive material that thermally couples the heat spreader, and the conductor wire of the wiring substrate.

10. The electronic control unit according to claim 1 , wherein

the wiring substrate has a via that thermally couples the first surface and the second surface,

the wiring substrate is a multilayer lamination substrate having an inner layer conductor thicker than the conductor wire formed on the first surface of the wiring substrate, and

the electronic control unit further comprises a thermally conductive material that thermally couples the second electronic component and the conductor wire of the wiring substrate.

11. The electronic control unit according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between an outer surface of the resin immediately above the first electronic component, and the first surface of the wiring substrate is shorter than a distance between an outer surface of the resin immediately below the first electronic component, and the second surface of the wiring substrate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2022
From: HIRAOKA, MIKI; ISHIDA, RYOSUKE; KAWAI, YOSHIO
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 061579/0167 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058481/0935 →