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Granted Patent B2
US 12,500,174 · App. 18/172,336 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Power module

Inventors: Jing-Yao Chang (Hsinchu County, TW); Tai-Jyun Yu (Hsinchu County, TW); Sheng-Tsai Wu (Hsinchu County, TW)
Assignee: PowerX Semiconductor Corporation
H01L23/5381H01L23/3735H01L23/5386H01L24/29H01L24/32H01L24/33H01L24/45H01L24/48H01L24/73H01L25/0655H01L2224/29139H01L2224/29147H01L2224/32227H01L2224/32245H01L2224/3303H01L2224/33181H01L2224/45124H01L2224/45147H01L2224/45624H01L2224/48091H01L2224/48106H01L2224/48227H01L2224/73215H01L2224/73265
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Patent No.
US 12,500,174
App. No.
18/172,336
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power module includes a substrate, chips, supporting pillars, a metal plate and bonding bodies is disclosed. The substrate includes a metallic layer. The chips are on the metallic layer of the substrate, and each of the chips includes a source, a gate, and a drain. The supporting pillars are on the chips. The metal plate is on the supporting pillars and connected with the supporting pillars. The bonding bodies connect the metal plate and the metallic layer.

Claims (50)

1 . A power module, comprising:

a substrate comprising a metallic layer;

a plurality of chips on the metallic layer of the substrate, wherein each of the chips comprises a source, a gate, and a drain;

a plurality of supporting pillars on the chips;

a metal plate on the supporting pillars and connected with the supporting pillars; and

a plurality of bonding bodies connecting the metal plate and the metallic layer.

2 . The power module of claim 1 , wherein a gap is between the chips, and the bonding bodies are on the metal plate and right above the chips and the gap.

3 . The power module of claim 1 , wherein the bonding bodies are a plurality of wires or ribbons.

4 . The power module of claim 1 , wherein the supporting pillar is connected with the source of one of the chips and the metal plate.

5 . The power module of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of wires on the chips and connected with the metallic layer, wherein the metallic layer comprises:

a drain pattern, wherein the chips are disposed on the drain pattern, and the drain of the chip is connected with the drain pattern;

a source pattern adjacent to the drain pattern and is spaced apart from the drain pattern, wherein the bonding bodies connect the source pattern and the metal plate; and

a gate pattern adjacent to the drain pattern and is spaced apart from the drain pattern, wherein the wire is connected with the gate pattern and the gate of the chips.

6 . The power module of claim 5 , further comprising:

a first terminal connected with the source pattern;

a second terminal connected with the drain pattern; and

a fourth terminal connected with the gate pattern.

7 . The power module of claim 1 , wherein the metallic layer comprises:

a source pattern, wherein the chips are disposed on the source pattern, and the source of the chip is connected with the source pattern;

a drain pattern adjacent to the source pattern and is spaced apart from the source pattern, wherein the bonding bodies connect the drain pattern and the metal plate; and

a gate pattern adjacent to the source pattern and is spaced apart from the source pattern, wherein the gate pattern is connected with the gate of the chip.

8 . The power module of claim 1 , wherein the bonding bodies are a plurality of metal pillars or bonding materials.

9 . The power module of claim 1 , wherein the metal plate comprises a recess structure on the supporting pillars.

10 . The power module of claim 1 , wherein the metal plate bends toward the metallic layer, and a bending portion of the metal plate extends along the metallic layer.

11 . A power module, comprising:

a substrate comprising a metallic layer;

a plurality of chips on the metallic layer of the substrate, wherein each of the chips comprises a source, a gate, and a drain;

a plurality of supporting pillars on the chips;

a metal plate on the supporting pillars and connected with the supporting pillars, wherein the metal plate has a plurality of holes; and

a plurality of bonding bodies connecting the metal plate and the metallic layer, wherein the holes of the metal plate do not overlap the bonding bodies.

12 . The power module of claim 11 , wherein the bonding body is electrically connected with the source of chip and the metallic layer.

13 . The power module of claim 11 , further comprising a plurality of wires on the chips and connected with the metallic layer, wherein the metallic layer comprises:

a drain pattern, wherein the chips are disposed on the drain pattern, and the drain of the chip is connected with the drain pattern;

a source pattern adjacent to the drain pattern and is spaced apart from the drain pattern, wherein the bonding bodies connect the source pattern and the metal plate; and

a gate pattern adjacent to the drain pattern and is spaced apart from the drain pattern, wherein the wire is connected with the gate pattern and the gate of the chip.

14 . The power module of claim 13 , further comprising:

a baseplate under the substrate; and

a housing surrounding the baseplate.

15 . The power module of claim 14 , further comprising:

a first terminal connected with the source pattern, wherein the first terminal is on the housing;

a second terminal connected with the drain pattern, wherein the second terminal is on the housing; and

a third terminal on the gate pattern, wherein the third terminal is a pin terminal.

16 . The power module of claim 14 , further comprising:

a first terminal connected with the source pattern, wherein the first terminal is on the housing;

a second terminal connected with the drain pattern, wherein the second terminal is on the housing; and

a fourth terminal connected with the gate pattern.

17 . The power module of claim 11 , wherein the metal plate extends to right above the gate of at least one of the chips.

18 . The power module of claim 11 , wherein the supporting pillars and the chips are electrically connected by bonding materials, and a hardness of the bonding materials is lower than that of the supporting pillars and the chips.

19 . The power module of claim 11 , wherein the supporting pillars and the metal plate are electrically connected by bonding materials, and the bonding materials are solder or silver sintering.

20 . The power module of claim 11 , wherein the supporting pillar is connected with the source of one of the chips and the metal plate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2023
From: XSEMI CORPORATION
To: POWERX SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064615/0447 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2023
From: CHANG, JING-YAO; YU, TAI-JYUN; WU, SHENG-TSAI
To: XSEMI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062773/0586 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 111149285 · Dec 21, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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