Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi SHIGE

Kazuyoshi SHIGE 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).

  • Patent number: 10096570
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide: a manufacturing method for a highly reliable power semiconductor device which prevents breakage of an conductor pattern and an insulating layer, and has bonding strength higher than that by the conventional bonding between the electrode terminal and the conductor pattern; and that power semiconductor device. Breakage of the conductor pattern and the insulating layer is prevented due to inclusion of: a step of laying an electrode terminal on a protrusion provided on a conductor pattern placed on a circuit-face side of a ceramic board so that a center portion of a surface to be bonded of the electrode terminal makes contact with a head portion of the protrusion; a step of pressurizing and ultrasonically vibrating a surface opposite to the surface to be bonded, of the electrode terminal, using an ultrasonic horn, to thereby bond the electrode terminal to the conductor pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Yoneda, Junji Fujino, Kazuyoshi Shige, Yoichi Hironaka
  • Publication number: 20180151533
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide: a manufacturing method for a highly reliable power semiconductor device which prevents breakage of an conductor pattern and an insulating layer, and has bonding strength higher than that by the conventional bonding between the electrode terminal and the conductor pattern; and that power semiconductor device. Breakage of the conductor pattern and the insulating layer is prevented due to inclusion of: a step of laying an electrode terminal on a protrusion provided on a conductor pattern placed on a circuit-face side of a ceramic board so that a center portion of a surface to be bonded of the electrode terminal makes contact with a head portion of the protrusion; a step of pressurizing and ultrasonically vibrating a surface opposite to the surface to be bonded, of the electrode terminal, using an ultrasonic horn, to thereby bond the electrode terminal to the conductor pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka YONEDA, Junji FUJINO, Kazuyoshi SHIGE, Yoichi HIRONAKA
  • Patent number: 9887142
    Abstract: This invention is provided with: a circuit board which is placed in a package and in which an electric circuit including a power semiconductor element is formed; and a plurality of press-fit terminals each having a wire-bond portion electrically connected in the package to the electric circuit, a press-fit portion for making electrical connection with an apparatus to be connected, and a body portion whose one end portion continuous to the wire bond portion is internally fastened to the package and whose other end portion supports the press-fit portion so as to place the press-fit portion away from the package; wherein in each of the plurality of press-fit terminals, at a portion in the body portion exposed from the package, there is formed a constriction portion that is constricted from both sides in a direction perpendicular to the center line, so as to leave a portion around the center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Egusa, Kazuyoshi Shige
  • Publication number: 20170194223
    Abstract: This invention is provided with: a circuit board which is placed in a package and in which an electric circuit including a power semiconductor element is formed; and a plurality of press-fit terminals each having a wire-bond portion electrically connected in the package to the electric circuit, a press-fit portion for making electrical connection with an apparatus to be connected, and a body portion whose one end portion continuous to the wire bond portion is internally fastened to the package and whose other end portion supports the press-fit portion so as to place the press-fit portion away from the package; wherein in each of the plurality of press-fit terminals, at a portion in the body portion exposed from the package, there is formed a constriction portion that is constricted from both sides in a direction perpendicular to the center line, so as to leave a portion around the center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Egusa, Kazuyoshi Shige
  • Patent number: 9640453
    Abstract: This invention is provided with: a circuit board which is placed in a package and in which an electric circuit including a power semiconductor element is formed; and a plurality of press-fit terminals each having a wire-bond portion electrically connected in the package to the electric circuit, a press-fit portion for making electrical connection with an apparatus to be connected, and a body portion whose one end portion continuous to the wire bond portion is internally fastened to the package and whose other end portion supports the press-fit portion so as to place the press-fit portion away from the package; wherein in each of the plurality of press-fit terminals, at a portion in the body portion exposed from the package, there is formed a constriction portion that is constricted from both sides in a direction perpendicular to the center line, so as to leave a portion around the center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Egusa, Kazuyoshi Shige
  • Publication number: 20160315022
    Abstract: This invention is provided with: a circuit board which is placed in a package and in which an electric circuit including a power semiconductor element is formed; and a plurality of press-fit terminals each having a wire-bond portion electrically connected in the package to the electric circuit, a press-fit portion for making electrical connection with an apparatus to be connected, and a body portion whose one end portion continuous to the wire bond portion is internally fastened to the package and whose other end portion supports the press-fit portion so as to place the press-fit portion away from the package; wherein in each of the plurality of press-fit terminals, at a portion in the body portion exposed from the package, there is formed a constriction portion that is constricted from both sides in a direction perpendicular to the center line, so as to leave a portion around the center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru EGUSA, Kazuyoshi SHIGE