Patents by Inventor Tomoya Oohiraki

Tomoya Oohiraki 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: 11908768
    Abstract: Forming aluminum circuit layers forming an aluminum circuit layers on one surface of a ceramic substrate and forming copper circuit layers are included. The copper circuit layers are formed by laminating copper boards for the circuit layers on the respective aluminum circuit layers, arranging the laminate between a pair of support boards having a convex curved surface at least on one surface so as to face to each other, moving the support boards in a facing direction to press the laminate in a lamination direction, and heating in this pressing state so that the copper boards for the circuit layers are bonded on the aluminum circuit layers respectively by solid phase diffusion. In the step of forming the copper circuit layers, the support boards are arranged so that either one of the convex curved surface is in contact with the adjacent copper boards for the circuit layers in the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11735434
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing an insulating circuit substrate with a heat sink including an insulating circuit substrate and a heat sink, the insulating circuit substrate including a circuit layer and a metal layer that are formed on an insulating layer, and the heat sink being bonded to the metal layer side. The method includes: an aluminum bonding layer forming step of forming an aluminum bonding layer formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy having a solidus temperature of 650° C. or lower on the metal layer; and a heat sink bonding step of laminating a copper bonding material formed of copper or a copper alloy between the aluminum bonding layer and the heat sink and bonding the aluminum bonding layer, the copper bonding material, and the heat sink to each other by solid phase diffusion bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryouhei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11676882
    Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing power module substrate board at high productivity and a ceramic-copper bonded body in which warps are reduced. In a bonded body-forming step, a circuit layer-forming copper layer consisting of a plurality of first copper layers is formed by arranging and bonding a plurality of first copper boards on a first surface of a ceramic board, and a metal layer-forming copper layer consisting of a second copper layer with a smaller arrangement number than that of the first copper layers is formed by bonding a second copper board having a larger planar area than that of the first copper board and a smaller thickness than that of the first copper board so as to cover at least two of adjacent substrate board-forming areas on a second surface of the ceramic board among the substrate board-forming areas partitioned by the dividing groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kitahara, Tomoya Oohiraki, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11476127
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an electronic-component-mounted module includes a step of forming a laminate of: a ceramic substrate board, a circuit layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy on the ceramic substrate board, a first silver paste layer between the circuit layer and one surface of an electronic component, the electronic component, a lead frame made of copper or copper alloy, and a second silver paste layer between the other surface of the electronic component and the lead frame; and a step of batch-bonding bonding the circuit layer, the electronic component, and the lead frame at one time by heating the laminate to a heating temperature of not less than 180° C. to 350° C. inclusive with adding a pressure of 1 MPa to 20 MPa inclusive in a laminating direction on the laminate, to sinter the first and second silver paste layers and form first and second silver-sintered bonding layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Oohiraki, Sotaro Oi
  • Publication number: 20220223493
    Abstract: An insulated circuit board which is obtained by bonding a circuit layer onto one side of a ceramic substrate, and bonding a metal layer made of copper or copper alloy onto the other side of the ceramic substrate; and a heat sink which is bonded to the metal layer are included; the heat sink has a first metal layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy joined to the metal layer, a ceramic board material joined to the first metal layer at an opposite side to the metal layer, and a second metal layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy joined to the ceramic board material at an opposite side to the first metal layer; a thickness T1 of the first metal layer and a thickness T2 of the second metal layer are 0.8 mm to 3.0 mm inclusive; and a thickness ratio T1/T2 is 1.0 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11355415
    Abstract: A heat sink-attached power module substrate board has a ratio (A1×t1×?1×?1)/{(A2×t2×?2×?2)+(A3×t3×?3×?3)} at 25° C. is not less than 0.70 and not more than 1.30, where A1 (mm2) is a bonding area of a second layer and a first layer composing a circuit layer; t1 (mm) is an equivalent board thickness, ?1 (N/mm2) is yield strength, and ?1 (/K) is a linear expansion coefficient, all of the second layer, where A2 (mm2) is a bonding area of the heat radiation-side bonding material and the metal layer; t2 (mm) is equivalent board thickness, ?2 (N/mm2) is yield strength, and ?2 (/K) is a linear expansion coefficient, all of the heat radiation-side bonding material, and where A3 (mm2) is a bonding area of the heat sink and the heat radiation-side bonding material; t3 (mm) is equivalent board thickness, ?3 (N/mm2) is yield strength, and ?3 (/K) is a linear expansion coefficient, all of the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Oohiraki, Sotaro Oi
  • Publication number: 20220173010
    Abstract: Forming aluminum circuit layers forming an aluminum circuit layers on one surface of a ceramic substrate and forming copper circuit layers are included. The copper circuit layers are formed by laminating copper boards for the circuit layers on the respective aluminum circuit layers, arranging the laminate between a pair of support boards having a convex curved surface at least on one surface so as to face to each other, moving the support boards in a facing direction to press the laminate in a lamination direction, and heating in this pressing state so that the copper boards for the circuit layers are bonded on the aluminum circuit layers respectively by solid phase diffusion. In the step of forming the copper circuit layers, the support boards are arranged so that either one of the convex curved surface is in contact with the adjacent copper boards for the circuit layers in the laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11322424
    Abstract: An insulated circuit board which is obtained by bonding a circuit layer onto one side of a ceramic substrate, and bonding a metal layer made of copper or copper alloy onto the other side of the ceramic substrate; and a heat sink which is bonded to the metal layer are included; the heat sink has a first metal layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy joined to the metal layer, a ceramic board material joined to the first metal layer at an opposite side to the metal layer, and a second metal layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy joined to the ceramic board material at an opposite side to the first metal layer; a thickness T1 of the first metal layer and a thickness T2 of the second metal layer are 0.8 mm to 3.0 mm inclusive; and a thickness ratio T1/T2 is 1.0 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11315868
    Abstract: An electronic-component-mounted module has an electronic component, a first silver-sintered bonding layer bonded on one surface of the electronic component, a circuit layer made of copper or copper alloy and bonded on the first silver-sintered bonding layer, and a ceramic substrate board bonded on the circuit layer, and further has an insulation circuit substrate board with smaller linear expansion coefficient than the electronic component, a second silver-sintered bonding layer bonded on the other surface of the electronic component, and a lead frame with smaller linear expansion coefficient than the electronic component bonded on the second silver-sintered bonding layer; and a difference in the linear expansion coefficient between the insulation circuit substrate board and the lead frame is not more than 5 ppm/° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Oohiraki, Sotaro Oi
  • Patent number: 11289390
    Abstract: Provided with an insulation circuit board in which a circuit layer is joined to one side of a ceramic substrate and a metal layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy is joined to the other side of the ceramic substrate, and a heat sink joined to the metal layer; the heat sink has a first metal layer made of copper joined to the metal layer, a ceramic board material joined to the first metal layer at an opposite side to the metal layer, and a second metal layer made of copper or copper alloy joined to an opposite side of the ceramic board material to the first metal layer; and a thickness T1 of the first metal layer is 0.3 mm to 3.0 mm inclusive and equal to or more than a thickness T2 of the second metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11289400
    Abstract: Forming aluminum circuit layers forming an aluminum circuit layers on one surface of a ceramic substrate and forming copper circuit layers are included. The copper circuit layers are formed by laminating copper boards for the circuit layers on the respective aluminum circuit layers, arranging the laminate between a pair of support boards having a convex curved surface at least on one surface so as to face to each other, moving the support boards in a facing direction to press the laminate in a lamination direction, and heating in this pressing state so that the copper boards for the circuit layers are bonded on the aluminum circuit layers respectively by solid phase diffusion. In the step of forming the copper circuit layers, the support boards are arranged so that either one of the convex curved surface is in contact with the adjacent copper boards for the circuit layers in the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20210134609
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing an insulating circuit substrate with a heat sink including an insulating circuit substrate and a heat sink, the insulating circuit substrate including a circuit layer and a metal layer that are formed on an insulating layer, and the heat sink being bonded to the metal layer side. The method includes: an aluminum bonding layer forming step of forming an aluminum bonding layer formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy having a solidus temperature of 650° C. or lower on the metal layer; and a heat sink bonding step of laminating a copper bonding material formed of copper or a copper alloy between the aluminum bonding layer and the heat sink and bonding the aluminum bonding layer, the copper bonding material, and the heat sink to each other by solid phase diffusion bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Ryouhei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20210118769
    Abstract: An insulated circuit board which is obtained by bonding a circuit layer onto one side of a ceramic substrate, and bonding a metal layer made of copper or copper alloy onto the other side of the ceramic substrate; and a heat sink which is bonded to the metal layer are included; the heat sink has a first metal layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy joined to the metal layer, a ceramic board material joined to the first metal layer at an opposite side to the metal layer, and a second metal layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy joined to the ceramic board material at an opposite side to the first metal layer; a thickness T1 of the first metal layer and a thickness T2 of the second metal layer are 0.8 mm to 3.0 mm inclusive; and a thickness ratio T1/T2 is 1.0 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Ryohei YUMOTO, Tomoya OOHIRAKI, Takeshi KITAHARA, Yoshiyuki NAGATOMO
  • Publication number: 20210074607
    Abstract: A heat sink-attached power module substrate board has a ratio (A1×t1×?1×?1)/{(A2×t2×?2×?2)+(A3×t3×?3×?3)} at 25° C. is not less than 0.70 and not more than 1.30, where A1 (mm2) is a bonding area of a second layer and a first layer composing a circuit layer; t1 (mm) is an equivalent board thickness, ?1 (N/mm2) is yield strength, and ?1 (/K) is a linear expansion coefficient, all of the second layer, where A2 (mm2) is a bonding area of the heat radiation-side bonding material and the metal layer; t2 (mm) is equivalent board thickness, ?2 (N/mm2) is yield strength, and ?2 (/K) is a linear expansion coefficient, all of the heat radiation-side bonding material, and where A3 (mm2) is a bonding area of the heat sink and the heat radiation-side bonding material; t3 (mm) is equivalent board thickness, ?3 (N/mm2) is yield strength, and ?3 (/K) is a linear expansion coefficient, all of the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoya Oohiraki, Sotaro Oi
  • Publication number: 20210050278
    Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing power module substrate board at high productivity and a ceramic-copper bonded body in which warps are reduced. In a bonded body-forming step, a circuit layer-forming copper layer consisting of a plurality of first copper layers is formed by arranging and bonding a plurality of first copper boards on a first surface of a ceramic board, and a metal layer-forming copper layer consisting of a second copper layer with a smaller arrangement number than that of the first copper layers is formed by bonding a second copper board having a larger planar area than that of the first copper board and a smaller thickness than that of the first copper board so as to cover at least two of adjacent substrate board-forming areas on a second surface of the ceramic board among the substrate board-forming areas partitioned by the dividing groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi Kitahara, Tomoya Oohiraki, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20210028086
    Abstract: Forming aluminum circuit layers forming an aluminum circuit layers on one surface of a ceramic substrate and forming copper circuit layers are included. The copper circuit layers are formed by laminating copper boards for the circuit layers on the respective aluminum circuit layers, arranging the laminate between a pair of support boards having a convex curved surface at least on one surface so as to face to each other, moving the support boards in a facing direction to press the laminate in a lamination direction, and heating in this pressing state so that the copper boards for the circuit layers are bonded on the aluminum circuit layers respectively by solid phase diffusion. In the step of forming the copper circuit layers, the support boards are arranged so that either one of the convex curved surface is in contact with the adjacent copper boards for the circuit layers in the laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20210020456
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an electronic-component-mounted module includes a step of forming a laminate of: a ceramic substrate board, a circuit layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy on the ceramic substrate board, a first silver paste layer between the circuit layer and one surface of an electronic component, the electronic component, a lead frame made of copper or copper alloy, and a second silver paste layer between the other surface of the electronic component and the lead frame; and a step of batch-bonding bonding the circuit layer, the electronic component, and the lead frame at one time by heating the laminate to a heating temperature of not less than 180° C. to 350° C. inclusive with adding a pressure of 1 MPa to 20 MPa inclusive in a laminating direction on the laminate, to sinter the first and second silver paste layers and form first and second silver-sintered bonding layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Oohiraki, Sotaro Oi
  • Publication number: 20210020530
    Abstract: Provided with an insulation circuit board in which a circuit layer is joined to one side of a ceramic substrate and a metal layer made of aluminum or aluminum alloy is joined to the other side of the ceramic substrate, and a heat sink joined to the metal layer; the heat sink has a first metal layer made of copper joined to the metal layer, a ceramic board material joined to the first metal layer at an opposite side to the metal layer, and a second metal layer made of copper or copper alloy joined to an opposite side of the ceramic board material to the first metal layer; and a thickness T1 of the first metal layer is 0.3 mm to 3.0 mm inclusive and equal to or more than a thickness T2 of the second metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Yumoto, Tomoya Oohiraki, Takeshi Kitahara, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20210005544
    Abstract: An electronic-component-mounted module has an electronic component, a first silver-sintered bonding layer bonded on one surface of the electronic component, a circuit layer made of copper or copper alloy and bonded on the first silver-sintered bonding layer, and a ceramic substrate board bonded on the circuit layer, and further has an insulation circuit substrate board with smaller linear expansion coefficient than the electronic component, a second silver-sintered bonding layer bonded on the other surface of the electronic component, and a lead frame with smaller linear expansion coefficient than the electronic component bonded on the second silver-sintered bonding layer; and a difference in the linear expansion coefficient between the insulation circuit substrate board and the lead frame is not more than 5 ppm/° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Oohiraki, Sotaro Oi
  • Publication number: 20200413534
    Abstract: Provided is an insulated circuit board including a ceramic substrate, a circuit layer, and a metal layer that is bonded to the other surface of the ceramic substrate, the circuit layer and the metal layer are made of copper or a copper alloy, the circuit layer is formed of a plurality of punched sheets bonded to the ceramic substrate at an interval, the thickness of the circuit layer is 0.4 mm or more and 2.0 mm or less, when the bonding area of the circuit layer is represented by S1, and the bonding area of the metal layer is represented by S2, the area ratio S1/S2 is 0.5 or more and 0.8 or less, and, when the thickness of the circuit layer is represented by T1, and the thickness of the metal layer is represented by T2, the thickness ratio T1/T2 is 1.2 or more and 1.7 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kitahara, Tomoya Oohiraki, Yoshiyuki Nagatomo