IP Library Granted Patent US 12,469,755
Granted Patent B2
US 12,469,755 · App. 18/009,760 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Power module and power conversion device using the same

Inventors: Nobutake Tsuyuno (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Araki (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Hirao (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Tokuyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
H01L23/3107H01L25/18H02P27/06H02M7/003H05K7/20927
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Patent No.
US 12,469,755
App. No.
18/009,760
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power module includes a power semiconductor element converting DC power into AC power and outputting the AC power to a motor; a conductor electrically connected to the power semiconductor element; a substrate having a substrate wiring connected to the conductor on a surface; and a resin sealing material sealing the power semiconductor element, the conductor, and the substrate. The substrate has, at a position in contact with an end portion of the resin sealing material, a concave portion formed by a surface of the substrate wiring becoming concave in a continuously curved surface shape.

Claims (32)

1 . A power module comprising:

a power semiconductor element converting DC power into AC power and outputting the AC power to a motor;

a conductor electrically connected to the power semiconductor element;

a substrate having a substrate wiring connected to the conductor on a surface; and

a resin sealing material sealing the power semiconductor element, the conductor, and the substrate,

wherein the substrate has, at a position in contact with an end portion of the resin sealing material, a concave portion formed by a surface of the substrate wiring becoming concave in a continuously curved surface shape, and

wherein the concave portion is formed around an entire circumference of the resin sealing material.

2 . The power module according to claim 1 ,

wherein the concave portion has a constant depth.

3 . The power module according to claim 1 ,

wherein the substrate has another substrate wiring on another surface of the substrate and another concave portion is formed in the another surface of the another substrate wiring.

4 . The power module according to claim 1 ,

wherein the concave portion is formed at a part of a periphery of the resin sealing material.

5 . A power conversion device comprising the power module according to claim 1 , wherein

the power module is hermetically fixed by a case, and

a cooling flow path for cooling the power module is communicated with the case.

6 . A power module comprising:

a power semiconductor element converting DC power into AC power and outputting the AC power to a motor;

a conductor electrically connected to the power semiconductor element;

a substrate having a substrate wiring connected to the conductor on a surface; and

a resin sealing material sealing the power semiconductor element, the conductor, and the substrate,

wherein the substrate has, at a position in contact with an end portion of the resin sealing material, a concave portion formed by a surface of the substrate wiring becoming concave in a continuously curved surface shape,

wherein the substrate has another substrate wiring on another surface of the substrate and another concave portion is formed in the another surface of the another substrate wiring.

7 . The power module according to claim 6 ,

wherein the concave portion has a constant depth.

8 . The power module according to claim 6 ,

wherein the concave portion is formed around an entire circumference of the resin sealing material.

9 . The power module according to claim 6 ,

wherein the concave portion is formed at a part of a periphery of the resin sealing material.

10 . A power conversion device comprising the power module according to claim 6 , wherein

the power module is hermetically fixed by a case, and

a cooling flow path for cooling the power module is communicated with the case.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2022
From: TSUYUNO, NOBUTAKE; ARAKI, TAKAHIRO; HIRAO, TAKASHI; TOKUYAMA, TAKESHI
To: HITACHI, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-109102 · Jun 24, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230283190A1 · Sep 7, 2023
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