IP Library Granted Patent US 12,240,218
Granted Patent B2
US 12,240,218 · App. 18/115,182 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Bonded assembly, and ceramic circuit substrate and semiconductor device using the same

Inventors: Shota Yamamoto (Ota Tokyo, JP); Fumihiko Yoshimura (Yokosuka Kanagawa, JP); Seiichi Suenaga (Yokohama Kanagawa, JP); Tomoyuki Oozeki (Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP)
Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
B32B7/12B32B15/04B32B15/20C04B37/023H01L23/3735B32B2250/40B32B2255/205B32B2307/732B32B2457/08C04B2237/125C04B2237/368C04B2237/407C04B2237/704C04B2237/706C04B2237/708C04B2237/74Y10T428/12458
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Patent No.
US 12,240,218
App. No.
18/115,182
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bonded assembly according to the present embodiment, includes a metal plate and a ceramic substrate bonded to each other through a bonding layer containing Ag. In the bonded assembly, in a measurement region that is formed in a cross section formed by a thickness direction of the bonding layer and an orthogonal direction thereto, and that has a size of a length in the thickness direction of the bonding layer×a length of 200 μm in the orthogonal direction, a Ag-rich region having a Ag concentration of 60 at % or more has an area ratio of 70% or less to a Ag-poor region having a Ag concentration of 50 at % or less.

Claims (13)

1. A bonded assembly, comprising a metal plate and a ceramic substrate bonded to each other through a bonding layer containing Ag, wherein

the bonding layer contains Sn or In, and a concentration of Sn or In in a measurement region is in a range of 1 at % or more and 6 at % or less,

the measurement region that is formed in a cross section formed by a thickness direction of the bonding layer and an orthogonal direction thereto, and that has a size of a length in the thickness direction of the bonding layer×a length of 200 μm in the orthogonal direction, comprises a Ag-rich region having a Ag concentration of 60 at % or more that has an area of 70% or less of the area of the measurement region, and Ag-poor regions each having a Ag concentration of 50 at % or less, and

at least one region where the Ag-poor regions are linked to each other in the thickness direction of the bonding layer is present in a triple continuous measurement region where three measurement regions are continuously linked to each other in the orthogonal region.

2. The bonded assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the length in the thickness direction of the bonding layer is in a range of 10 μm or more and 60 μm or less.

3. The bonded assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the ceramic substrate is a silicon nitride substrate, and the metal plate is a copper plate.

4. The bonded assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the ceramic substrate is a silicon nitride substrate having a thickness of 0.4 mm or less, and the metal plate is a copper plate having a thickness of 0.5 mm or more.

5. A ceramic circuit substrate, comprising the bonded assembly according to claim 1 .

6. A semiconductor device, comprising a semiconductor element mounted on the ceramic circuit substrate according to claim 5 .

7. The bonded assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the ceramic substrate is a silicon nitride substrate, and the metal plate is a copper plate.

8. The bonded assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the ceramic substrate is a silicon nitride substrate having a thickness of 0.4 mm or less, and the metal plate is a copper plate having a thickness of 0.5 mm or more.

9. A ceramic circuit substrate, comprising the bonded assembly according to claim 8 .

10. A semiconductor device, comprising a semiconductor element mounted on the ceramic circuit substrate according to claim 9 .

Assignments (4)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 19, 2026
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 074940/0511 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 19, 2026
From: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO. LTD.
To: NITERRA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074941/0803 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 19, 2026
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 074941/0846 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2023
From: YAMAMOTO, SHOTA; YOSHIMURA, FUMIHIKO; SUENAGA, SEIICHI; OOZEKI, TOMOYUKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062825/0279 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-175898 · Oct 20, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021038511 · Oct 19, 2021
Related Publication 20230202137A1 · Jun 29, 2023
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