Resin-sealed electrical device

• US 4,042,955 A
• Filed: 03/22/1976
• Issued: 08/16/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd. (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd. (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: Imai, Takeshi, Niwa, Tsutomu, Motani, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): James, Andrew J.
• Application Number:
  US05/668,813
• Time in Patent Office: 512 Days
• Field of Search: 357/72, 357/73, 357/78, 357/79, 174/52 PE
• US Class Current: 257/786
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 2075/027 four
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 61/045 for marine engines
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 21/56 Encapsulations, e.g. encapsulation layers, coatings
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 23/24 solid or gel at the normal operating temperature of the device H01L23/3135 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 23/295 containing a filler H01L23/296 takes 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
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0095 hermetically-sealed

Abstract

Electrical elements constituting an electrical device are embedded into at least one layer of a finely divided insulating material which is formed within a case by filling the case with the insulating material. A low viscosity resin is poured into the case to be impregnated into said at least one layer of the insulating material and to form a cover layer covering the free surface of the top insulating cover layer. The resistances to moisture, vapor, shocks, vibration, cycling temperature change and so on are remarkably improved so that the highly reliable performances of the enclosed electrical device under severe environmental conditions may be ensured.

Claims

1. In a resin sealed electrical device comprising a case, a layer of finely divided insulating material and electrical elements both retained within said case and a resinous cover layer sealing said case,

the improvement of providing a weather-resistant and shock-resistant device comprising using a finely-divided insulating layer having a grain size between about 61 and 4760 microns in size, in combination with a low viscosity resin cover layer which resin is at least partially impregnated into the finely divided insulating layer securing and retaining the insulating layer within said case and forming a weather-resistant cover layer sealing said case and the insulating layer and electrical elements contained therein.

2. A resin-sealed electrical device according to claim 1, wherein said electrical elements are semiconductor parts of an amplifier for a condenser discharge type ignition device, and said resin of low viscosity is an epoxy type resin.

3. The weather-resistant resin-sealed electrical device of claim 1 wherein the case contains a plurality of insulating layers each such layer comprising finely pulverized quartz, magnesium oxide, ferric oxide, lead oxide, hollow borosilicate soda glass, rubber or mixtures thereof.