Patents by Inventor Martin Hierholzer

Martin Hierholzer 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: 7708584
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit arrangement is disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor module is attached to a board using a screw, with a mechanical and electrical contact being made between module contacts on the semiconductor module and associated board contacts on the board at the same time by attachment using the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Martin Hierholzer, Patrick Baginski, Michael Hornkamp, Uwe Jansen
  • Patent number: 7579682
    Abstract: A power semiconductor module has a ceramic substrate (9) which has on at least one side a patterned metallization (50) with a fineness of pattern of smaller than or equal to 800 ?m, a first semiconductor chip (10) which has a power semiconductor component and which is arranged on the patterned metallization (50), and a second semiconductor chip (30) which has drive electronics for driving the first semiconductor chip (10) and which is arranged on the patterned metallization (50). Furthermore, at least one thin-wire bond (2, 3) with a bonding-wire diameter (d2, d3) of smaller than or equal to 75 ?m is provided which is formed between the patterned metallization (50) and the second semiconductor chip (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Martin Hierholzer
  • Publication number: 20070278669
    Abstract: A semiconductor circuit arrangement is disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor module is attached to a board using a screw, with a mechanical and electrical contact being made between module contacts on the semiconductor module and associated board contacts on the board at the same time by attachment using the screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Martin Hierholzer, Patrick Baginski, Michael Hornkamp, Uwe Jansen
  • Publication number: 20070158859
    Abstract: A power semiconductor module has a ceramic substrate (9) which has on at least one side a patterned metallization (50) with a fineness of pattern of smaller than or equal to 800 ?m, a first semiconductor chip (10) which has a power semiconductor component and which is arranged on the patterned metallization (50), and a second semiconductor chip (30) which has drive electronics for driving the first semiconductor chip (10) and which is arranged on the patterned metallization (50). Furthermore, at least one thin-wire bond (2, 3) with a bonding-wire diameter (d2, d3) of smaller than or equal to 75 ?m is provided which is formed between the patterned metallization (50) and the second semiconductor chip (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventor: Martin Hierholzer
  • Patent number: 6809411
    Abstract: In order to obtain a minimal leakage inductance in a semiconductor component, it is necessary to provide at least two adjacent switching elements whose load current connection elements which are adjacent on one housing side to have different polarities. A multiplicity of even-numbered switching elements are advantageously disposed next to one another on an alignment line. The leads between the load current connection elements and the load current connections of the switching elements that are disposed next to one another advantageously run approximately orthogonally with respect to the alignment line. The assigned load current connection elements then alternately have the first and the second supply potential and this minimizes the leakage inductance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: EUPEC Europaeische Gesellschaft fuer Leitungshalbleiter mbH
    Inventor: Martin Hierholzer
  • Publication number: 20020089046
    Abstract: In order to obtain a minimal leakage inductance in a semiconductor component, it is necessary to provide at least two adjacent switching elements whose load current connection elements which are adjacent on one housing side to have different polarities. A multiplicity of even-numbered switching elements are advantageously disposed next to one another on an alignment line. The leads between the load current connection elements and the load current connections of the switching elements that are disposed next to one another advantageously run approximately orthogonally with respect to the alignment line. The assigned load current connection elements then alternately have the first and the second supply potential and this minimizes the leakage inductance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventor: Martin Hierholzer