IP Library Granted Patent US 8,786,107
Granted Patent B2
US 8,786,107 · App. 13/613,646 · Granted Jul 22, 2014

Semiconductor module

Inventor: Norimune Orimoto (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,786,107
App. No.
13/613,646
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor module includes a semiconductor having a semiconductor substrate, a first electrode formed on one surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a second electrode formed on an opposite surface of the semiconductor substrate. A first conductive member is in contact with the first electrode. A second conductive member is in contact with the second electrode. A third conductive member is in contact with the second conductive member and extends along the first conductive member. An insulating member provides insulation between the first conductive member and the third conductive member. The third conductive member is fixed to the first conductive member and the second conductive member by being sandwiched between the first conductive member and the second conductive member. The semiconductor device is fixed to the first conductive member and the second conductive member by being sandwiched between the first conductive member and the second conductive member.

Claims (31)

1. A semiconductor module, comprising:

a semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate,

a first electrode formed on one surface of the semiconductor substrate, and

a second electrode formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate opposite to the one surface;

a first conductive member being in contact with the first electrode;

a second conductive member being in contact with the second electrode;

a third conductive member being in contact with the second conductive member and extending along the first conductive member; and

an insulating member insulating between the first conductive member and the third conductive member,

wherein

the third conductive member is fixed to the first conductive member and the second conductive member by being sandwiched between the first conductive member and the second conductive member and extends to outer side of the second conductive member,

the semiconductor module further comprises a cylinder formed of an insulator, encompassing the semiconductor device, fixed to the first conductive member, and having a first thread groove formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof,

the semiconductor device is fixed to the first conductive member and the second conductive member by being sandwiched between the first conductive member and the second conductive member and is disposed at a position inside the cylinder, and

a second thread groove is formed on the second conductive member, and the second conductive member is fixed to the cylinder by an engagement of the first thread groove and the second thread groove.

2. A semiconductor module of claim 1 , wherein

a first engaging portion including at least one of a concavity or a convexity is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder,

the third conductive member comprises a penetrating hole,

a second engaging portion including at least one of a concavity or a convexity is formed on an inner surface of the penetrating hole, and

the cylinder is inserted into the penetrating hole of the third conductive member in a state where the first engaging portion engages with the second engaging portion.

3. A semiconductor module of claim 1 ,

the semiconductor device further comprising a third electrode formed on the one surface of the semiconductor substrate, and through which a smaller current than in the first electrode and the second electrode flows, and

the semiconductor module further comprising a wiring member connected to the third electrode and penetrating the first conductive member in a state of being insulated from the first conductive member.

4. A semiconductor module of claim 3 , wherein

a concave portion is formed on a back surface of the first conductive member which is a surface opposite to a front surface of the first conductive member being in contact with the first electrode,

the wiring member penetrates the first conductive member at a position at which the concave portion is formed and extends along a bottom surface of the concave portion within the concave portion, and

the wiring member within the concave portion is covered with an insulator.

5. A semiconductor module of claim 4 , wherein

a part of the back surface of the first conductive member on which the concave portion is not formed and a surface of the insulator within the concave portion form a consecutive flat plane.

6. A semiconductor module of claim 1 , wherein

the insulating member is directly connected to the cylinder and is directly sandwiched by the first conducting member and the third conducting member,

the third conducting member is directly sandwiched by the insulating member and the second conducting member.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052281/0019 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2012
From: ORIMOTO, NORIMUNE
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 028955/0975 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2011073563 · Oct 13, 2011
Related Publication 20130093095A1 · Apr 18, 2013