Patents by Inventor Thomas Kalich

Thomas Kalich 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: 9630379
    Abstract: Laminated composite (10) comprising at least one electronic substrate (11) and an arrangement of layers (20, 30) made up of at least a first layer (20) of a first metal and/or a first metal alloy and of a second layer (30) of a second metal and/or a second metal alloy adjacent to this first layer (20), wherein the melting temperatures of the first and second layers are different, and wherein, after a thermal treatment of the arrangement of layers (20, 30), a region with at least one intermetallic phase (40) is formed between the first layer and the second layer, wherein the first layer (20) or the second layer (30) is formed by a reaction solder which consists of a mixture of a basic solder with an AgX, CuX or NiX alloy, wherein the component X of the AgX, CuX or NiX alloy is selected from the group consisting of B, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Se, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ag, In, Sn, Sb, Ba, Hf, Ta, W, Au, Bi, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Gd, Dy, Sm, Er, Tb, Eu, Ho, Tm, Yb and Lu and wherein the melti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Kalich, Christiane Frueh, Franz Wetzl, Bernd Hohenberger, Rainer Holz, Andreas Fix, Michael Guyenot, Andrea Feiock, Michael Guenther, Martin Rittner
  • Patent number: 9233436
    Abstract: An assembly having a substrate and at least one component fastened thereon by sintering using a sintering agent, in particular sintering paste. The sintering agent is situated in a recess of the substrate that accommodates at least some areas of the component. A method for producing an assembly having a substrate and at least one component fastened thereon by sintering using a sintering agent, in particular sintering paste. The sintering agent is brought into a recess of the substrate that accommodates at least some areas of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Wolde-Giorgis, Thomas Kalich
  • Publication number: 20140248505
    Abstract: Laminated composite (10) comprising at least one electronic substrate (11) and an arrangement of layers (20, 30) made up of at least a first layer (20) of a first metal and/or a first metal alloy and of a second layer (30) of a second metal and/or a second metal alloy adjacent to this first layer (20), wherein the melting temperatures of the first and second layers are different, and wherein, after a thermal treatment of the arrangement of layers (20, 30), a region with at least one intermetallic phase (40) is formed between the first layer and the second layer, wherein the first layer (20) or the second layer (30) is formed by a reaction solder which consists of a mixture of a basic solder with an AgX, CuX or NiX alloy, wherein the component X of the AgX, CuX or NiX alloy is selected from the group consisting of B, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Se, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ag, In, Sn, Sb, Ba, Hf, Ta, W, Au, Bi, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Gd, Dy, Sm, Er, Tb, Eu, Ho, Tm, Yb and Lu and wherein the melti
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas Kalich, Christiane Frueh, Franz Wetzl, Bernd Hohenberger, Rainer Holz, Andreas Fix, Michael Guyenot, Andrea Feiock, Michael Guenther, Martin Rittner
  • Publication number: 20140234649
    Abstract: The invention relates to a layered composite (10), in particular for connecting electronic components as joining partners, comprising at least one substrate film (11) and a layer assembly (12) applied to the substrate film. The layer assembly comprises at least one sinterable layer (13), which is applied to the substrate film (11) and which contains at least one metal powder, and a solder layer (14) applied to the sinterable layer (13). The invention further relates to a method for forming a layered composite, to a circuit assembly containing a layered composite (10) according to the invention, and to the use of a layered composite (10) in a joining method for electronic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas Kalich, Frank Wetzl, Bernd Hohenberger, Rainer Holz, Christiane Frueh, Andreas Fix, Michael Guyenot, Andrea Feiock, Martin Rittner, Michael Guenther
  • Publication number: 20140001244
    Abstract: An assembly having a substrate and at least one component fastened thereon by sintering using a sintering agent, in particular sintering paste. The sintering agent is situated in a recess of the substrate that accommodates at least some areas of the component. A method for producing an assembly having a substrate and at least one component fastened thereon by sintering using a sintering agent, in particular sintering paste. The sintering agent is brought into a recess of the substrate that accommodates at least some areas of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel WOLDE-GIORGIS, Thomas KALICH
  • Patent number: 8552306
    Abstract: An assembly having a substrate and at least one component fastened thereon by sintering using a sintering agent, in particular sintering paste. The sintering agent is situated in a recess of the substrate that accommodates at least some areas of the component. A method for producing an assembly having a substrate and at least one component fastened thereon by sintering using a sintering agent, in particular sintering paste. The sintering agent is brought into a recess of the substrate that accommodates at least some areas of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Wolde-Giorgis, Thomas Kalich
  • Publication number: 20130251447
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a starting material for producing a sintered connection. In order to avoid the formation of cracks in the joining partners in the case of fluctuating thermal loading, the starting material comprises second particles 20 in addition to metallic first particles 10, wherein the second particles 20 at least proportionately contain a particle core material which has a coefficient of thermal linear expansion ? at 20° C. which is less than the coefficient of thermal linear expansion ? at 20° C. of the metal or of the metals of the first particles in metallic form, and wherein the D50 value of the second particles 20 is greater than or equal to half the D50 value of the first particles 10 and less than or equal to two times the D50 value of the first particles 10. In addition, the present invention relates to a corresponding sintered connection 100?, to an electronic circuit 70 and also to a process for forming a thermally and/or electrically conductive sintered connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Kalich, Daniel Wolde-Giorgis, Andrea Feiock, Robert Kolb
  • Publication number: 20130216848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a starting material for producing a sintered join. In order to avoid the formation of cracks in the case of fluctuating thermal loading, the starting material comprises second particles 20, in addition to metallic first particles 10, which at least proportionately contain elemental silicon and/or silicon dioxide. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of elemental silicon and/or silicon dioxide for reducing the coefficient of thermal linear expansion ? of a starting material 100 of a sintered join 100? or of a sintered join 100?, in particular in a sintered paste, a sintered powder or a sintered material preform. Furthermore, the present invention relates to sintered joins 100?, to electronic circuits 70 and also to processes for forming a thermally and/or electrically conductive sintered join.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Kalich, Daniel Wolde-Giorgis, Andrea Feiock, Robert Kolb
  • Publication number: 20100252312
    Abstract: An assembly having a substrate and at least one component fastened thereon by sintering using a sintering agent, in particular sintering paste. The sintering agent is situated in a recess of the substrate that accommodates at least some areas of the component. A method for producing an assembly having a substrate and at least one component fastened thereon by sintering using a sintering agent, in particular sintering paste. The sintering agent is brought into a recess of the substrate that accommodates at least some areas of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel Wolde-Giorgis, Thomas Kalich