Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Ishino
Hiroshi Ishino has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20250246509Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second semiconductor chips, first and second heat sinks, a sealing member, a first wiring portion connected to the first semiconductor chip, a second wiring portion connected to the second semiconductor chip, a third wiring portion connecting the first and second semiconductor chips, and third and fourth heat sinks. The first and second semiconductor chips are configured to be controllable, allowing them to be turned on and off so that current flows in opposite directions in the first wiring portion and the second wiring portion. The first to third wiring portions are disposed on a side opposite to the first to fourth heat sinks with respect to the first and second semiconductor chips. The first and second wiring portions have portions facing each other. The third heat sink faces the first and second wiring portions, and the fourth heat sink faces the third wiring portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2025Publication date: July 31, 2025Inventors: HIROSHI ISHINO, RINTARO ASAI, MASAKI AOSHIMA, KOJI URAMOTO
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Patent number: 12278170Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a resin molded part encapsulating a semiconductor chip, a first terminal having a plate shape, and a second terminal having a plate shape. The first terminal and the second terminal are disposed on top of the other in a thickness direction. The first terminal is exposed from a first surface of the resin molded part, and the second terminal is projected from a second surface of the resin molded part to an outside of the resin molded part, the second surface being different from the first surface from which the first terminal is exposed.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MIRISE Technologies CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Ishino, Hirokazu Sampei, Katsuya Kumagai, Koji Doi
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Publication number: 20240421047Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a first module and a second module. The first module and the second module are connected to each other by connecting terminals thereof. The first module and the second module are disposed to face each other in a thickness direction of the first module, and a direction of a current path in the first module is opposite to a direction of a current path in the second module.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventor: Hiroshi ISHINO
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Publication number: 20240347521Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor module, a wiring substrate, a sealing member, and a thermal diffusion plate. The semiconductor module includes a semiconductor chip in which a semiconductor element is disposed. The wiring substrate is electrically connected to the semiconductor module. The sealing member seals the semiconductor module and the wiring substrate. The thermal diffusion plate is disposed between the semiconductor module and the wiring substrate, and has a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of the sealing member. The thermal diffusion plate has a plate shape and is disposed in the sealing member in a state where a plane direction of the thermal diffusion plate is along a direction intersecting an arrangement direction of the semiconductor module and the wiring substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2024Publication date: October 17, 2024Inventors: Yoshitaka KATO, Takeshi ENDO, Hiroshi ISHINO
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Publication number: 20240304560Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first lead wire connected to a first connection target; a second lead wire connected to a second connection target; and a sealing resin that seals the first connection target, the second connection target, the first lead wire, and the second lead wire. The first lead wire includes a first connection portion connected to the first connection target, a first top portion exposed from the sealing resin, and a first standing portion connecting the first connection portion and the first top portion. The second lead wire includes a second connection portion connected to the second connection target, a second top portion exposed from the sealing resin, and a second standing portion connecting the second connection portion and the second top portion. The first top portion and the second top portion are disposed to face each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2023Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Kazuki KUWATA, Hiroshi ISHINO, Takeshi ENDO, Yoshitaka KATO
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Patent number: 11996344Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element having a first main electrode and a second main electrode; a first heat dissipation member and a second heat dissipation member; and a lead frame including a first main terminal connected to the first heat dissipation member and a second main terminal connected to the second main electrode. The second main terminal includes a connection portion connected with the second main electrode, a facing portion extending from the connection portion and facing the first heat dissipation member, and a non-facing portion. The non-facing portion and the first main terminal are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction. A side surface of the first main terminal and a side surface of the non-facing portion of the second main terminal face each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Shoichiro Omae, Hiroshi Ishino
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Patent number: 11908778Abstract: A semiconductor module includes: a semiconductor element having a first main electrode and a second main electrode; a first conductive member and a second conductive member connected to the first main electrode and the second main electrode, respectively, and placed to sandwich the semiconductor element; and a main terminal including a first main terminal continuous from the first conductive member and a second main terminal continuous from the second conductive member. The main terminal has a facing portion, a non-facing portion, a first connection portion, and a second connection portion. In a width direction, a formation position of the second connection portion overlaps with a formation position of the first connection portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Ishino, Ryota Miwa, Shoichiro Omae, Takuo Nagase
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Publication number: 20230411260Abstract: In a semiconductor module, first and second connection terminals and a control terminal are electrically connected to a semiconductor chip. The second connection terminal extends in a first direction in a resin molded part and projects from a predetermined surface of the resin molded part. An internal terminal of the first connection terminal extends in the resin molded part along the first direction and overlaps with the second connection terminal with a predetermined space therebetween in a second direction, and is exposed from an opening portion of the resin molded part. An external terminal of the first connection terminal is connected to the internal terminal at the opening portion and projects outside the resin molded part. The first connection terminal includes a tie bar remaining portion extending from the internal terminal in a direction that intersects the first direction and the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Kazuki KUWATA, Hiroshi ISHINO, Hirokazu SAMPEI, Masaru NARIKAWA
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Publication number: 20230378031Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a semiconductor chip, a resin molded part, and a connection terminal electrically connected to the semiconductor chip. The connection terminal includes an internal terminal sealed in the resin molded part, an external terminal, and a tie bar remaining portion. The internal terminal is extended in a first direction and exposed from an opening portion of the resin molded part. The external terminal is connected to the internal terminal through the opening portion, and projected outside the resin molded part. The tie bar remaining portion extends from the internal terminal in a second direction intersecting the first direction and projects outside the resin molded part to provide a tie bar projecting portion. The connection terminal has a groove portion covered with the resin molded part, between an exposed portion of the internal terminal and the tie bar projecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Hiroshi ISHINO, Katsuya KUMAGAI, Masaru NARIKAWA
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Patent number: 11817429Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: multiple semiconductor elements each having a one surface and a rear surface in a plate thickness direction; a first member that sandwiches the multiple semiconductor elements and is electrically connected to an electrode on the one surface; a second member electrically connected to an electrode on the rear surface; and multiple terminals that are continuous from the first or second member. An area of the second member is smaller than that of the first member. Semiconductor elements are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the second member. The semiconductor device further includes a first joint portion that electrically connects each semiconductor element and the second member and a second joint portion that electrically connects a terminal and the second member. The multiple solder joint portions are symmetrically placed.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Noriyuki Kakimoto, Hiroshi Ishino, Shinji Hiramitsu
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Publication number: 20220415765Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a resin molded part encapsulating a semiconductor chip, a first terminal having a plate shape, and a second terminal having a plate shape. The first terminal and the second terminal are disposed on top of the other in a thickness direction. The first terminal is exposed from a first surface of the resin molded part, and the second terminal is projected from a second surface of the resin molded part to an outside of the resin molded part, the second surface being different from the first surface from which the first terminal is exposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: HIROSHI ISHINO, HIROKAZU SAMPEI, KATSUYA KUMAGAI, KOJI DOI
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Patent number: 11488895Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a first lead frame and a second lead frame are fixed to a metal conductor base by an organic insulating film made of a polyimide-based material. The organic insulating film satisfies relationships of tpress1>tcast1 and tpress2>tcast1, where tpress1 is a thickness of a portion of the organic insulating film sandwiched between the metal conductor base and the first lead frame, tpress2 is a thickness of a portion of the organic insulating film sandwiched between the metal conductor base and the second lead frame, and tcast1 is a thickness of a portion of the organic insulating film that is not sandwiched between the metal conductor base and the first lead frame and is not sandwiched between the metal conductor base and the second lead frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Ishino, Hirokazu Sampei
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Patent number: 11456238Abstract: A semiconductor device configures one arm of an upper-lower arm circuit, and includes: a semiconductor element that includes a first main electrode and a second main electrode, wherein a main current between the first main electrode and the second main electrode; and multiple main terminals that include a first main terminal connected to the first main electrode and a second main terminal connected to the second main electrode. The first main terminal and the second main terminal are placed adjacent to each other; A lateral surface of the first main terminal and a lateral surface of the second main terminal face each other in one direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the semiconductor element.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke Kamiya, Ryota Tanabe, Tomohisa Sano, Takuo Nagase, Hiroshi Ishino, Shoichiro Omae
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Patent number: 11380656Abstract: The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a first conductive member, a second conductive member, an insulating member, a first main terminal, and a second main terminal. The first main terminal and the second main terminal, respectively, extend from the first conductive member and the second conductive member. The first main terminal and the second main terminal, respectively, have a first projecting portion and a second projecting portion projecting outside of the insulating member. The first projecting portion and the second projecting portion, respectively, have a first facing portion and a second facing portion at which plate surfaces of the first and second projecting portions face each other across a gap, and a first non-facing portion and a second non-facing portion at which the plate surfaces of the first and second projecting portions do not face each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroshi Ishino
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Publication number: 20220068772Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a first lead frame and a second lead frame are fixed to a metal conductor base by an organic insulating film made of a polyimide-based material. The organic insulating film satisfies relationships of tpress1>tcast1 and tpress2>tcast1, where tpress1 is a thickness of a portion of the organic insulating film sandwiched between the metal conductor base and the first lead frame, tpress2 is a thickness of a portion of the organic insulating film sandwiched between the metal conductor base and the second lead frame, and tcast1 is a thickness of a portion of the organic insulating film that is not sandwiched between the metal conductor base and the first lead frame and is not sandwiched between the metal conductor base and the second lead frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Hiroshi ISHINO, Hirokazu SAMPEI
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Publication number: 20210407892Abstract: A semiconductor module includes: a semiconductor element having a first main electrode and a second main electrode; a first conductive member and a second conductive member connected to the first main electrode and the second main electrode, respectively, and placed to sandwich the semiconductor element; and a main terminal including a first main terminal continuous from the first conductive member and a second main terminal continuous from the second conductive member. The main terminal has a facing portion, a non-facing portion, a first connection portion, and a second connection portion. In a width direction, a formation position of the second connection portion overlaps with a formation position of the first connection portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Hiroshi ISHINO, Ryota MIWA, Shoichiro OMAE, Takuo NAGASE
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Publication number: 20210407875Abstract: A semiconductor device includes at least one semiconductor element, a sealing resin body, a first main terminal, and a second main terminal. The at least one semiconductor element has, as main electrodes, a first main electrode and a second main electrode. A main current flows between the first main electrode and the second main electrode. The sealing resin body seals the at least one semiconductor element. The first main terminal is electrically connected to the first main electrode inside the sealing resin body. The second main terminal is electrically connected to the second main electrode inside the sealing resin body. Each of the first main terminal and the second main terminal extends to an outside of the sealing resin body for connecting to an external member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Ryota MIWA, Takuo NAGASE, Hiroshi ISHINO
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Publication number: 20210407881Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element having a first main electrode and a second main electrode; a first heat dissipation member and a second heat dissipation member; and a lead frame including a first main terminal connected to the first heat dissipation member and a second main terminal connected to the second main electrode. The second main terminal includes a connection portion connected with the second main electrode, a facing portion extending from the connection portion and facing the first heat dissipation member, and a non-facing portion. The non-facing portion and the first main terminal are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction. A side surface of the first main terminal and a side surface of the non-facing portion of the second main terminal face each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Shoichiro OMAE, Hiroshi ISHINO
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Publication number: 20210398951Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: multiple semiconductor elements each having a one surface and a rear surface in a plate thickness direction; a first member that sandwiches the multiple semiconductor elements and is electrically connected to an electrode on the one surface; a second member electrically connected to an electrode on the rear surface; and multiple terminals that are continuous from the first or second member. An area of the second member is smaller than that of the first member. Semiconductor elements are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the second member. The semiconductor device further includes a first joint portion that electrically connects each semiconductor element and the second member and a second joint portion that electrically connects a terminal and the second member. The multiple solder joint portions are symmetrically placed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: NORIYUKI KAKIMOTO, HIROSHI ISHINO, SHINJI HIRAMITSU
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Publication number: 20210143088Abstract: A semiconductor device configures one arm of an upper-lower arm circuit, and includes: a semiconductor element that includes a first main electrode and a second main electrode, wherein a main current between the first main electrode and the second main electrode; and multiple main terminals that include a first main terminal connected to the first main electrode and a second main terminal connected to the second main electrode. The first main terminal and the second main terminal are placed adjacent to each other; A lateral surface of the first main terminal and a lateral surface of the second main terminal face each other in one direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the semiconductor element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke KAMIYA, Ryota TANABE, Tomohisa SANO, Takuo NAGASE, Hiroshi ISHINO, Shoichiro OMAE