Semiconductor module

• US 20100232112A1
• Filed: 01/21/2010
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin AW Company Limited (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Aoki, Kazuo, Agata, Hiromichi, Atarashi, Tomoo, Tanae, Masahiro, Uechi, Tatsuyuki
• Application Number:
  US12/656,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20100232112A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/704
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 23/473 by flowing liquids H01L23/4332, H01L23/4338 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/00 Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/0002 Not covered by any one of groups H01L24/00, H01L24/00 and H01L2224/00

Abstract

A semiconductor module includes a base plate whose one surface is formed with a fin region in which a cooling fin is provided; a substrate that is disposed on the other surface of the base plate and provided with a switching device; and a case member having an internal space an opening formed in one wall of the case member so that the opening is smaller than the one surface of the base plate and larger than the fin region.

Claims

1. A semiconductor module, comprising:

a base plate whose one surface is formed with a fin region in which a cooling fin is provided;

a substrate that is disposed on the other surface of the base plate and provided with a switching device; and

a case member having an internal space an opening formed in one wall of the case member so that the opening is smaller than the one surface of the base plate and larger than the fin region, wherein

the fin formed on the base plate protrudes from an internal space side to outside through the opening of the case member, and the one surface of the base plate is hermetically bonded with a surface of the one wall on the internal space side, and

the case member, the substrate, and the base plate are fixed by filling the internal space of the case member with a resin.

2. The semiconductor module according to claim 1, wherein

the case member is made of a resin.

3. The semiconductor module according to claim 2, wherein

the base plate is made of a metal, and

the base plate and the case member are hermetically bonded by a metal-resin adhesive.

4. The semiconductor module according to claim 1, wherein

a metal case is hermetically bonded to a surface of the one wall of the case member on a side opposite to the internal space.

5. The semiconductor module according to claim 4, wherein

a wall surface of the metal case is formed to be uneven, and

the metal case and the case member are hermetically bonded by performing bonding for integrating a resin and a metal by which the injection molded resin and the uneven wall surface are bonded with each other when injection molding the case member.

6. The semiconductor module according to claim 4, wherein

a through hole is provided in the one wall of the case member,

a wedge recess, which communicates with the through hole to form a wedge shape, is provided in a wall surface of the metal case that corresponds to the through hole, and

the case member and the metal case are hermetically bonded by a wedge-shaped joint that is formed by filling the through hole and the wedge recess with a resin.

7. The semiconductor module according to claim 4, wherein

a through hole is provided in the metal case,

a screw hole is provided in a wall surface of the case member that corresponds to the through hole, and

the metal case and the case member are hermetically bonded by a sealant and screw fastening.

8. The semiconductor module according to claim 2, wherein

a metal case is hermetically bonded to a surface of the one wall of the case member on a side opposite to the internal space.

9. The semiconductor module according to claim 8, wherein

a wall surface of the metal case is formed to be uneven, and

the metal case and the case member are hermetically bonded by performing bonding for integrating a resin and a metal by which the injection molded resin and the uneven wall surface are bonded with each other when injection molding the case member.

10. The semiconductor module according to claim 8, wherein

a through hole is provided in the one wall of the case member,

a wedge recess, which communicates with the through hole to form a wedge shape, is provided in a wall surface of the metal case that corresponds to the through hole, and

the case member and the metal case are hermetically bonded by a wedge-shaped joint that is formed by filling the through hole and the wedge recess with a resin.

11. The semiconductor module according to claim 8, wherein

a through hole is provided in the metal case,

a screw hole is provided in a wall surface of the case member that corresponds to the through hole, and

the metal case and the case member are hermetically bonded by a sealant and screw fastening.

12. The semiconductor module according to claim 3, wherein

a metal case is hermetically bonded to a surface of the one wall of the case member on a side opposite to the internal space.

13. The semiconductor module according to claim 12, wherein

a wall surface of the metal case is formed to be uneven, and

the metal case and the case member are hermetically bonded by performing bonding for integrating a resin and a metal by which the injection molded resin and the uneven wall surface are bonded with each other when injection molding the case member.

14. The semiconductor module according to claim 12, wherein

a through hole is provided in the one wall of the case member,

a wedge recess, which communicates with the through hole to form a wedge shape, is provided in a wall surface of the metal case that corresponds to the through hole, and

the case member and the metal case are hermetically bonded by a wedge-shaped joint that is formed by filling the through hole and the wedge recess with a resin.

15. The semiconductor module according to claim 12, wherein

a through hole is provided in the metal case,

a screw hole is provided in a wall surface of the case member that corresponds to the through hole, and

the metal case and the case member are hermetically bonded by a sealant and screw fastening.