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Granted Patent B2
US 12,225,659 · App. 17/797,000 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Electronic control device

Inventors: Miki Hiraoka (Tokyo, JP); Yoshio Kawai (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
H05K1/0224H05K1/0206H05K7/2039H05K7/205H05K2201/066
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Patent No.
US 12,225,659
App. No.
17/797,000
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic control device includes a board including a heat sink on which a heat generation element is mounted, and a housing that is in contact with the board and dissipates heat of the heat generation element to the outside. A potential of the housing is a ground, and a potential of the heat sink is a non-ground. The board includes a first layer including a first non-ground wiring that is in direct contact with the heat sink, and a second layer including a second ground wiring that is in electrical and thermal contact with the housing. The first non-ground wiring and the second ground wiring overlap each other in plan view from a thickness direction of the board.

Claims (16)

1. An electronic control device comprising:

a housing that dissipates heat of a heat generation element; and

a board that is in contact with the housing wherein the board includes

a heat sink on which the heat generation element is mounted,

a via that penetrates the board in a thickness direction, wherein the via is in thermal contact with the housing via an insulating heat transfer portion that is an insulator,

a first layer formed on a first surface of the board that includes a first non-ground wiring that is in direct contact with the heat sink, and

a second layer that is a layer closest to the first layer in the board, wherein the second layer includes a second ground wiring that is in electrical and thermal contact with the housing,

a fourth layer formed on a second surface of the board, wherein the fourth layer includes a fourth ground wiring that is not in direct contact with the via but is in electrical and thermal contact with the housing and

a third layer that is an inner layer closest to the fourth layer, wherein the third layer includes a third non-ground wiring that is in direct contact with the via;

wherein:

a potential of the housing is a ground,

a potential of the heat sink is a non-ground,

the first non-ground wiring and the second ground wiring overlap each other in plan view from the thickness direction of the board, and

the third non-ground wiring and the fourth ground wiring overlap each other in the plan view from the thickness direction of the board.

2. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is made of resin.

3. The electronic control device according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of an area in which the first non-ground wiring and the second ground wiring overlap each other in the plan view with respect to a distance between the first non-ground wiring and the second ground wiring in the thickness direction of the board is greater than 80 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2022
From: HIRAOKA, MIKI; KAWAI, YOSHIO
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060699/0855 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-024134 · Feb 17, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230054252A1 · Feb 23, 2023
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