Abstract:
A power-electronic arrangement comprising semiconductor components (102, 103, 107), a heat exchanger (110), and an electrically conductive element (109) is presented. The heat exchanger comprises evaporator channels (111) and condenser channels (112) for working fluid. The electrically conductive element comprises a contact surface providing a thermal contact to outer surfaces of walls of the evaporator channels for transferring heat from the electrically conductive element to the evaporator channels. A main current terminal of each semiconductor component is bonded to the electrically conductive element which thus forms a part of a main current circuitry of a power system. As the main current terminal is directly bonded to the electrically conductive element cooled with the heat exchanger, the temperature gradients inside the semiconductor components can be kept moderate, and thus the temperatures inside the semiconductor components can be limited.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device (509a, b) comprises a semiconductor chip (504a, b) comprising a bottom electrode and a top electrode and a bottom electrode-baseplate (502). The bottom electrode-baseplate (502) is electrically and thermally conductive. The semiconductor device (509a, b) comprises a top electrode-baseplate (508). The top electrode-baseplate (508) is electrically and thermally conductive. The semiconductor device (509a, b) comprises a first preform (506a, b) made of material configured for supporting a creation of an electrically conductive alloy when being melted. In order to provide a semiconductor device having enhanced characteristics, the bottom electrode of the semiconductor chip (504a, b) is thermally and electrically connected to the bottom electrode-baseplate (502) via a first bonding layer (618), the top electrode of the semiconductor chip (504a, b) is thermally and electrically connected to a first side of the first preform (506a, b) via a second bonding layer (620), and the second side of the first preform (506a, b) is thermally and electrically connected to the top electrode-baseplate (508) via a third bonding layer (624).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a power semiconductor module comprising a semiconductor device (12), in particular an insulated gate bipolar transistor, a reverse conductive insulated gate bipolar transistor, or a bi-mode insulated gate transistor, with an emitter electrode and a collector electrode, wherein an electrically conductive upper layer (14) is sintered to the emitter electrode, the upper layer (14) at least partly being capable of forming an eutecticum with the semiconductor of the semiconductor device (12) and at least partly having a coefficient of thermal expansion which differs from the coefficient of thermal expansion of the semiconductor in a range of ≤ 250%, in particular ≤ 50%, and wherein an electrically conductive base plate (20) is sintered to the collector electrode, and wherein the semiconductor module (10) further comprises an electrically conductive area (24) being electrically isolated from the base plate (20) and being connected to the upper layer (14) via a direct electrical connection (22). A semiconductor module according to the invention is easy to prepare, has an improved reliability and exhibits short circuit failure mode capacity.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating an electrical module comprising a first substrate plate (101), a second substrate plate (102), and semiconductor components (103-110) between the first and second substrate plates is presented. Also an electrical module obtainable with the method and an electrical converter device including such electrical modules are presented. In the method, a bond (112) between first sides of the semiconductor components and the first substrate plate is made by sintering and, subsequently, a bond (111) between second sides of the semiconductor components and the second substrate plate is made by soldering. As the sintered bond can withstand high temperatures, a high temperature solder can be used for the soldered bond without damaging the earlier made sintered bond.
Abstract:
A method of connecting elements (102-106) of a plurality of elements (102-106) to one another is described. The method comprises applying solder material (110) on a first element (102) of the plurality of elements (102-106). The solder material (110) comprises a liquidus temperature. The method comprises applying sinter material (108) on a second element (103) of the plurality of elements (102-104). The sinter material (108) comprises a sintering temperature. The method comprises assembling the first element (102) and a third element (104, 504) of the plurality of elements (102-106), assembling the second element (103) and a fourth element (106) of the plurality of elements (102-106), soldering the first element (102) and the third element (104) to one another, and sintering the second element (103) and the fourth element (106) to one another. In order to accomplish short process duration, reduced costs and an increased throughput, the sintering and the soldering are simultaneously executed.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a fixture apparatus (1; 20) for bonding a plurality of elements (7, 9; 21, 22) by sintering a bonding layer (8; 23) sandwiched between the elements (7, 9; 21, 22); comprising a support frame (2; 24); a clamping means (3; 25); a reception region for receiving a stack (4) including the plurality of elements (7, 9; 21, 22) in-between which the bonding layer (8; 23) is arranged, wherein the clamping means (3; 25) is adapted to clamp the stack (4) when loaded into the reception region and to permanently apply a sintering pressure. The fixture apparatus (1; 20) can be applied in a method for bonding a plurality of elements (7, 9; 21, 22) using a sintering process. The method comprises the steps of clamping the stack (4) into the reception region of the fixture apparatus (1; 20), and applying heat to the stack (4) and the bonding layer (8; 23) to perform a sintering process of the bonding layer (8; 23).