IP Library Granted Patent US 12,592,502
Granted Patent B1
US 12,592,502 · App. 18/208,532 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Multiwire plate-enclosed ball-isolated single-substrate silicon-carbide-die package

Inventors: Nicholas J. Chiolino (Springdale, AR); A. Matthew Francis (Elkins, AR); Matthew W. Barlow (Springdale, AR); Jacob Kupernik (Bella Vista, AR)
H01R12/53H01R4/305H01R4/36
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Patent No.
US 12,592,502
App. No.
18/208,532
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B1
Abstract

A silicon carbide die package with multiple wire access points utilizing top and bottom enclosure plate clamps housing a silicon carbide die on a printed wiring board with wire contact pads, and a set of set screws providing downward pressure from the top enclosure plate inside the center of a cylindrical isolation housing to an isolation ball positioned above a clamp discs to clamp a wire end between the clamp disc and the wire contact pad.

Claims (39)

1 . An electrical circuit packaging apparatus for connecting a wire with a wire end to a package die, the electrical circuit packaging apparatus comprising:

an enclosure top plate connected to an enclosure bottom plate with a wiring board captured between the enclosure top plate and the enclosure bottom plate;

the wiring board including a wire contact pad;

an adjustable clamping pressure extension connected to the enclosure top plate, the adjustable clamping pressure extension including a pressure end;

a compressive fabric positioned between the pressure end and the wire contact pad; and

an insulating guidance housing with a housing body including an outer housing wall defining a vertical through aperture sized to accept the pressure end and the compressive fabric, the insulating guidance housing positioned above the wire contact pad;

the housing body further defining a side wire aperture to position the wire end between the wire contact pad and the pressure end.

2 . The electrical circuit packaging apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

the enclosure bottom plate defining a bottom support area opposite the adjustable clamping pressure extension.

3 . The electrical circuit packaging apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

the adjustable clamping pressure extension including a wire set screw threadably engaged with the enclosure top plate, the wire set screw including the pressure end.

4 . The electrical circuit packaging apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising:

the enclosure top plate defining a top wire set aperture and top set threads above the wire contact pad.

5 . The electrical circuit packaging apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising:

the enclosure bottom plate defining a bottom support area opposite the top wire set aperture.

6 . An electrical circuit packaging apparatus for connecting a wire with a wire end to a package die, the electrical circuit packaging apparatus comprising:

an enclosure top plate connected to an enclosure bottom plate with a wiring board captured between the enclosure top plate and the enclosure bottom plate;

the wiring board including a wire contact pad;

an adjustable clamping pressure extension connected to the enclosure top plate, the adjustable clamping pressure extension including a pressure end;

an clamp disc;

a compressive fabric;

an insulating guidance housing with a housing body including an outer housing wall defining a vertical through aperture sized to accept the pressure end, the clamp disc, and the compressive fabric, the insulating guidance housing positioned above the wire contact pad;

the housing body further defining a side wire aperture to position the wire end between the wire contact pad and the clamp disc.

7 . The electrical circuit packaging apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising:

the enclosure bottom plate defining a bottom support area opposite the adjustable clamping pressure extension.

8 . The electrical circuit packaging apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising:

the adjustable clamping pressure extension including a wire set screw threadably engaged with the enclosure top plate, the wire set screw including the pressure end.

9 . The electrical circuit packaging apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising:

the enclosure top plate defining a top wire set aperture and top set threads above the wire contact pad.

10 . The electrical circuit packaging apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising:

the enclosure bottom plate defining a bottom support area opposite the top wire set aperture.

11 . An electrical circuit packaging apparatus for connecting a wire with a wire end to a package die, the electrical circuit packaging apparatus comprising:

an enclosure top plate connected to an enclosure bottom plate with a wiring board captured between the enclosure top plate and the enclosure bottom plate;

at least one enclosure post threadably engaging an enclosure nut to connect the enclosure top plate and enclosure bottom plate,

the enclosure post and enclosure nut having a matching coefficient of thermal expansion;

the wiring board including a wire contact pad;

an adjustable clamping pressure extension connected to the enclosure top plate, the adjustable clamping pressure extension including a pressure end;

an insulating guidance housing with a housing body including an outer housing wall defining a vertical through aperture, the insulating guidance housing positioned above the wire contact pad;

the housing body further defining a side wire aperture to position the wire end between the wire contact pad and the pressure end.

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