Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a cooling device, an insulating substrate, a semiconductor element, an external connection terminal, and a resin portion. The insulating substrate is brazed to an outer surface of the cooling device. The semiconductor element is brazed to the insulating substrate. The external connection terminal includes a first end, which is electrically connected to the semiconductor element, and an opposite second end. The resin portion is molded to the insulating substrate, the semiconductor element, the first end of the external connection terminal, and at least part of the cooling device.

Abstract: A semiconductor unit includes a cooler having a fluid flow space, an insulating substrate bonded to the cooler through a metal, a semiconductor device soldered to the insulating substrate, an intermediate member interposed between the insulating substrate and the fluid flow space and having a first surface where the insulating substrate is mounted, and a mold resin having a lower coefficient of liner expansion than the intermediate member. The insulating substrate, the semiconductor device and the cooler are molded by the mold resin. The intermediate member has a second surface that extends upward or downward relative to the first surface. The first surface is covered by the mold resin. The second surface is covered by a resin cover.

Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device that includes a circuit board, a semiconductor element mounted to the circuit board, a control signal terminal disposed on the opposite side of the semiconductor element from the circuit board, and a bonding wire connecting the semiconductor element and the control signal terminal.

Abstract: There is provided a motor-driven compressor including a semiconductor device that comprises a compression mechanism, a motor, a housing, a wall, an electronic component, and a resin member. The motor drives the compression mechanism. The housing accommodates therein the compression mechanism and the motor. The wall extends from an outer surface of the housing so as to surround a part thereof and have an opened end and cooperates with the outer surface of the housing to form a casing. The electronic component is accommodated in the casing and includes a semiconductor module that includes a circuit board connected to the outer surface of the housing and a semiconductor element mounted to the circuit board. The resin member seals an entirety of the electronic component in the casing.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a circuit board including an insulation layer, a wiring layer formed on one surface of the insulation layer, and a buffer layer formed on the other surface of the insulation layer, a semiconductor element bonded to the wiring layer, a radiator member bonded to the buffer layer of the circuit board, and a resin member to seal the semiconductor element and an entire surface of the circuit board including an outer peripheral surface of the buffer layer in the circuit board. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor device includes bonding the buffer layer of the circuit board to the radiator member, bonding the semiconductor element to the wiring layer of the circuit board, and sealing the semiconductor element and an entire surface of the circuit board including an outer peripheral surface of the buffer layer in the circuit board with resin after the two bonding steps.

Abstract: A refrigerant inlet header 30 is in communication with a cooling unit 20 in a longitudinal lateral surface 20C of the refrigerant inlet header 30. Cooling fluid is flowed into the cooling unit 20 through the part where the refrigerant inlet header 30 is in communication with the cooling unit 20. A refrigerant outlet header 40 is in communication with the cooling unit 20 in a longitudinal lateral surface 20D of the refrigerant outlet header 40. Cooling fluid is flowed out through the part where the refrigerant outlet header 40 is in communication with the cooling unit 20. In a passage of the cooling unit 20 for cooling fluid, a plurality of pin fins 25 is disposed in a stagger arrangement along the longitudinal direction of the refrigerant inlet and outlet headers 30 and 40.

Abstract: A semiconductor unit includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer electrically insulated from the first conductive layer, a first semiconductor device mounted on the first conductive layer, a second semiconductor device mounted on the second conductive layer, a first bus bar for electrical connection of the second semiconductor device to the first conductive layer, and a second bus bar for electrical connection of the first semiconductor device to one of the positive and negative terminals of a battery. The first bus bar is disposed in overlapping relation to the second bus bar in such a manner that mold resin fills between the first bus bar and the second bus bar.

Abstract: A semiconductor unit includes a base having a surface where a first insulation layer is disposed, a second insulation layer spaced apart from the first insulation layer to form a region therebetween and disposed parallel to the surface of the base where the first insulation layer is disposed, a single conductive layer disposed across the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, and a semiconductor device bonded to the conductive layer.

Abstract: A cooling device includes a base, first and second heat generating parts connected to the base, first and second passages formed in the base and a partition wall disposed in the base. Liquid refrigerant flows through the first and the second passages for cooling the first and the second heat generating parts, respectively. The first and the second passages are stacked one above the other through the partition wall in the base. The partition wall includes a first region opened to allow liquid refrigerant in the first passage to flow into the second passage and a second region located on the side of the first region to allow liquid refrigerant in the first passage to flow toward the downstream end of the first passage. The first region is formed such that an opening area of the first region is greater than an opening area of the first passage.

Abstract: A power conversion device is provided with a plurality of semiconductor modules. Each semiconductor module includes a heat dissipation member, an insulating substrate, a semiconductor element, an external connection terminal, and a resin portion. The insulating substrate is fixed to the heat dissipation member. The semiconductor element is mounted on the insulating substrate. The external connection terminal includes a first end, which is electrically connected to the semiconductor element, and an opposite second end. The resin portion is molded to the insulating substrate, the semiconductor element, the first end, and at least part of the heat dissipation member. The semiconductor modules each form a unit.

Abstract: A semiconductor unit includes an insulation layer, a conductive layer bonded to one side of the insulation layer, a semiconductor device mounted on the conductive layer, a cooler thermally coupled to the other side of the insulation layer, a first bus bar having a bonding surface bonded to the semiconductor device or the conductive layer and a non-bonding surface that is the part of the first bus bar other than the bonding surface, and a second bus bar having a bonding surface bonded to the semiconductor device or the conductive layer and a non-bonding surface that is the part of the second bus bar other than the bonding surface. The second bus bar has a greater ratio of the area of the bonding surface to the area of the non-bonding surface than the first bus bar. The second bus bar has a lower electric resistance than the first bus bar.

Abstract: A semiconductor unit includes an insulating substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first conductive layer bonded to the first surface of the insulating substrate, a second conductive layer bonded to the first surface of the insulating substrate at a position different from that for the first conductive layer, a stress relief layer bonded to the second surface of the insulating substrate, a radiator bonded to the stress relief layer on the side thereof opposite to the insulating substrate, and semiconductor devices electrically bonded to the respective first and second conductive layers. The insulating substrate has a low-rigidity portion provided between the first and second conductive layers and having a lower rigidity than the rest of the insulating substrate, and at least the low-rigidity portion is sealed and covered by a mold resin.

Abstract: A cooling device to which a heating element is joinable includes a base, a plurality of first groups of pin fins and a plurality of second groups of pin fins. The second groups and the first groups are arranged alternately in a flow direction in which a cooling medium flows through a passage of the base. A second outermost pin fin of each second group is more distant from a side surface of the base than a first outermost pin fin of each first group. Width between a side surface of the second outermost pin fin of each second group and the side surface of the base is the same as or larger than width between a side surface of the pin fin of each first group that is adjacent to the first outermost pin fin of the first group and the side surface of the second outermost pin fin.

Abstract: A semiconductor unit includes a base, an insulating substrate bonded to the base, a conductive plate made of a metal of poor solderability, a semiconductor device mounted to the insulating substrate through the conductive plate, and a metal plate interposed between the conductive plate and the semiconductor device and made of a metal of good solderability as compared to the metal used for the conductive plate. The base, the insulating substrate, the conductive plate and the metal plate are brazed together, and the semiconductor device is soldered to the metal plate.

Abstract: A cooling device includes a base and a plurality of radiator fins. The base includes an exterior, an interior, an inlet, and an outlet. A heat generation element is connected to the exterior of the base. The radiator fins are located near the heat generation element in the interior of the base. The radiator fins are arranged from the inlet to the outlet. Each radiator fin has a sidewise cross-section with a dimension in a flow direction of the cooling medium and a dimension in a lateral direction orthogonal to the flow direction of the cooling medium. The dimension in the flow direction is longer than the dimension in the lateral direction. The radiator fins are separated from one another by a predetermined distance in the lateral direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor unit includes an insulation layer, a conductive layer bonded to one side of the insulation layer, a semiconductor device mounted on the conductive layer, a cooler thermally coupled to the other side of the insulation layer, a first bus bar having a bonding surface bonded to the semiconductor device or the conductive layer and a non-bonding surface that is the part of the first bus bar other than the bonding surface, and a second bus bar having a bonding surface bonded to the semiconductor device or the conductive layer and a non-bonding surface that is the part of the second bus bar other than the bonding surface. The second bus bar has a greater ratio of the area of the bonding surface to the area of the non-bonding surface than the first bus bar. The second bus bar has a lower electric resistance than the first bus bar.

Abstract: A semiconductor unit includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer electrically insulated from the first conductive layer, a first semiconductor device mounted on the first conductive layer, a second semiconductor device mounted on the second conductive layer, a first bus bar for electrical connection of the second semiconductor device to the first conductive layer, and a second bus bar for electrical connection of the first semiconductor device to one of the positive and negative terminals of a battery. The first bus bar is disposed in overlapping relation to the second bus bar in such a manner that mold resin fills between the first bus bar and the second bus bar.

Abstract: A semiconductor unit includes a base having a surface where a first insulation layer is disposed, a second insulation layer spaced apart from the first insulation layer to form a region therebetween and disposed parallel to the surface of the base where the first insulation layer is disposed, a single conductive layer disposed across the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, and a semiconductor device bonded to the conductive layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor unit includes a cooler having a fluid flow space, an insulating substrate bonded to the cooler through a metal, a semiconductor device soldered to the insulating substrate, an intermediate member interposed between the insulating substrate and the fluid flow space and having a first surface where the insulating substrate is mounted, and a mold resin having a lower coefficient of liner expansion than the intermediate member. The insulating substrate, the semiconductor device and the cooler are molded by the mold resin. The intermediate member has a second surface that extends upward or downward relative to the first surface. The first surface is covered by the mold resin. The second surface is covered by a resin cover.

Abstract: A cooling device includes a main body, a pipe, and a resin portion. The main body includes a first shell plate and a second shell plate each having a peripheral portion. The first shell plate and the second shell plate are integrated together by brazing the peripheral portions, and the main body includes a coolant passage and a port. The pipe is coupled to the main body and allows for circulation of coolant in the coolant passage through the port. The resin portion is molded on an outer surface of the main body at where the pipe is coupled to the main body to fix the pipe to the main body.