Aluminum-silicon carbide composite and production method therefor

1. An aluminum-silicon carbide composite comprising a flat-plate-shaped composited portion containing silicon carbide and an aluminum alloy, and aluminum layers containing an aluminum alloy provided on both plate surfaces of the composited portion, wherein a circuit board is mounted on one of the plate surfaces and the other plate surface is used as a heat-dissipating surface, and wherein:

the heat-dissipating-surface-side plate surface of the composited portion has a convex curved shape;

the heat-dissipating-surface-side aluminum layer has a convex curved shape;

a ratio (Ax/B) before a circuit board is mounted between the average (Ax) of the thicknesses at the centers on opposing short sides of outer peripheral surfaces and the thickness (B) at central portions of the plate surfaces satisfies the relationship:

0.91≤Ax/B≤1.00; and

a ratio (Ay/B) before a circuit board is mounted between the average (Ay) of the thicknesses at the centers on opposing long sides of outer peripheral surfaces and the thickness (B) at central portions of the plate surfaces satisfies the relationship:

0.94≤Ay/B≤1.00.

2. The aluminum-silicon carbide composite according to claim 1 , wherein, when a circuit board is mounted, the amount of curvature Cx for every 10 cm in the short-side direction of the outer peripheral surfaces satisfies the relationship:

−10 μm≤Cx≤30 μm; and

the amount of curvature Cy for every 10 cm in the long-side direction of the outer peripheral surfaces satisfies the relationship:

−10 μm≤Cy≤40 μm.

3. The aluminum-silicon carbide composite according to claim 1 , wherein the lengths of the short sides and the long sides of the outer peripheral surfaces are equal; and

a ratio (A/B) between the average (A) of the thicknesses at the centers on opposing sides of outer peripheral surfaces and the thickness (B) at central portions of the plate surfaces satisfies the relationship:

0.91≤A/B≤1.00.

4. The aluminum-silicon carbide composite according to claim 1 , wherein the average thickness of the aluminum layer on the surface on which the circuit board is mounted is 0.1 mm to 0.3 mm, and the thickness difference of the aluminum layer at said surface is 0.1 mm or less.

5. The aluminum-silicon carbide composite according to claim 1 , wherein the difference between the average thickness of the aluminum layer on the surface on which the circuit board is mounted and the average thickness of the aluminum layer on the heat-dissipating surface is 50% or less of the average thickness of the thicker aluminum layer.

6. The aluminum-silicon carbide composite according to claim 1 , having a thermal conductivity at 25° C. of 180 W/mK or more, and a coefficient of thermal expansion at 150° C. of 10×10 −6 /K or less.

7. A method for producing the aluminum-silicon carbide composite according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

forming a flat-plate-shaped silicon carbide porous body;

machining one plate surface of the silicon carbide porous body so as to form a convex curved shape;

impregnating the silicon carbide porous body with an aluminum alloy so as to produce an aluminum-silicon carbide composite comprising a flat-plate-shaped composited portion containing silicon carbide and an aluminum alloy, and aluminum layers, containing an aluminum alloy, provided on both plate surfaces of the composited portion; and

machining the aluminum layer on the side of the silicon carbide porous body having the surface that has been machined to a convex curved shape, so as to form a heat-dissipating surface having a convex curved shape.

8. The aluminum-silicon carbide composite according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness (B) is from 2 mm to 6 mm.