Electronic component module
View Patent ↗An electronic component module 1 has a circuit board 2 in which metal plates 5 and 7 are bonded to both surfaces of a ceramic substrate 3 , and an electronic component 9 that is bonded to at least one surface of the metal plate 5 and is operable at least 125° C. The electronic component 9 is bonded to the metal plate 5 via a brazing material layer 8 having a higher melting point than a operating temperature of the electronic component 9.
1. An electronic component module, comprising:
a circuit board including a ceramic substrate having a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposite to the first principal surface, a first metal plate bonded to the first principal surface of the ceramic substrate, and a second metal plate bonded to the second principal surface of the ceramic substrate; and
an electronic component bonded to at least one of the first and the second metal plates via a first brazing material layer, wherein the electronic component is operable at a temperature of at least 125° C.,
wherein the first brazing material layer is formed of a brazing material having a melting point in a range of 575° C. to 730° C., and the melting point is higher than an operating temperature of the electronic component, and
wherein a ratio of a thickness of the first metal plate to a thickness of the second metal plate is 50% or more and 200% or less.
2. The electronic component module according to claim 1 ,
wherein an operation environmental temperature of the electronic component is 300° C. or more.
3. The electronic component module according to claim 2 , wherein the electronic component is an SiC semiconductor element.
4. The electronic component module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic component is bonded to the first metal plate via the first brazing material layer, and
wherein a base plate is bonded to the second metal plate via a second brazing material layer.
5. The electronic component module according to claim 4 ,
wherein the second brazing material layer is formed of the brazing material.
6. The electronic component module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the brazing material is an Ag—Cu based brazing material containing Ag and Cu in a range of 85% or more by mass in total.
7. The electronic component module according to claim 6 ,
wherein the Ag—Cu based brazing material further contains at least one element selected from Ti, Zr and Hf in a range of not less than 1% nor more than 5% by mass and the balance of at least one element selected from Sn and In.
8. The electronic component module according to claim 6 ,
wherein the Ag—Cu based brazing material has a composition of which a rate of Cu is in a range of 10 to 35 parts by mass when a total amount of Ag and Cu is set to be 100 parts by mass.
9. The electronic component module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the brazing material is an Al based brazing material containing Al at 90% or more by mass.
10. The electronic component module according to claim 9 ,
wherein the Al based brazing material further contains at least one element selected from rare-earth elements in a range of not less than 0.1% nor more than 3% by mass and the balance of Si.
11. The electronic component module according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a case accommodating the circuit board to which the electronic component is bonded, an electrode provided in the case, and an insulating substance filled in the case to seal the electronic component and the circuit board.