Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Ishii

Toshiaki Ishii 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: 9591789
    Abstract: An insulation film that strongly adheres to a power semiconductor module having a resin sealer and a conductor plate and has high thermal conductivity is provided. An insulation layer 700 is provided between a power semiconductor module 302 and a heat dissipation portion 307B. The power semiconductor module 302 includes a resin sealer 348, which covers a circumferential side surface of a conductor plate 315, and a plurality of recesses 348D are provided in the resin sealer 348. The insulation layer 700 is formed of a spray coated film 710, an insulation film 720, and a resin layer 730, and the spray coated film 710 is formed on the surface of the resin sealer 348 including recesses 348D to form a seamless flat surface. The planar size of each of the recesses 348D is greater than the planar size of each flat portion 711, which forms the spray coated film 710.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichi Ide, Eiji Nishioka, Toshiaki Ishii, Junpei Kusukawa, Kinya Nakatsu, Nobutake Tsuyuno, Toshiya Satoh, Masahiko Asano
  • Publication number: 20160343636
    Abstract: A waterproof electronic device includes: an electronic component module having an electronic component including a semiconductor element, a heat dissipating member provided on the electronic component in a thermally conductive manner, and an insulating material that surrounds the electronic component in such a manner that one surface of the heat dissipating member is exposed; and a waterproof film that is formed at least on whole surfaces in regions of the electronic component module that are to be immersed in a coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TEMMEI, Mina AMO, Nobutake TSUYUNO, Eiichi IDE, Takeshi TOKUYAMA, Toshiya SATOH, Toshiaki ISHII, Kazuaki NAOE
  • Publication number: 20160309600
    Abstract: There is a problem that contact resistance increases due to formation of an oxide film on a contact interface or biting of abrasion powder caused by micro-sliding when a contact connecting portion of a connection terminal including non-noble metal members is exposed to high temperature environment or a repetitious temperature cycle. An object of the present invention is to provide an in-vehicle electronic module that has connection reliability equivalent to that of the conventional in-vehicle electronic module even when being placed in the environment of an engine compartment and can achieve cost reduction by reducing the number of parts and assembly steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Ryouichi KAJIWARA, Masaru KAMOSHIDA, Toshiaki ISHII
  • Patent number: 9439332
    Abstract: A power module includes a sealed body in which a semiconductor chip-mounted conductor plate is sealed by a resin in such a manner that a heat dissipating surface of the conductor plate is exposed, a heat dissipating member that is arranged to face the heat dissipating surface, and an insulation layer that is arranged between the sealed body and the heat dissipating member. The insulation layer has a laminated body that is made by laminating an impregnation resin-impregnated ceramic thermal spray film and a bonding resin layer in which a filler having good thermal conductivity is mixed, and that is provided to be in contact with the heat dissipating member and at least the entirety of the heat dissipating surface, and a stress relief resin portion that is provided in a gap between the heat dissipating member and the sealed body to cover an entire circumferential end portion of the laminated body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichi Ide, Eiji Nishioka, Toshiaki Ishii, Junpei Kusukawa, Kinya Nakatsu, Tokihito Suwa
  • Patent number: 9326425
    Abstract: Provided is a power conversion device including an insulating member manufactured such that a thickness di (mm) of the insulating member made from a resin, provided between a heat dissipating surface of a conductor plate bonded to a power semiconductor device and a heat dissipating plate that dissipates the heat of the power semiconductor device satisfies a relation of di>(1.36×10-8×Vt2+3.4×10-5×Vt?0.015)×?r, where a relative permittivity of the insulating member is ?r and a surge voltage generated between the conductor plate and the heat dissipating plate accompanied by an ON/OFF switching operation of the power semiconductor device is Vt (V). The conductor plate of the power semiconductor device, the insulating member, and the heat dissipating plate are bonded by thermocompression bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tokihito Suwa, Yujiro Kaneko, Masashi Yura, Nobutake Tsuyuno, Toshiaki Ishii, Junpei Kusukawa
  • Publication number: 20160106010
    Abstract: Provided is a box-type vehicle-mounted control device that effectively increases the amount of heat transfer from electronic components and a circuit board to a casing (base and cover) and that accordingly has achieved excellent heat dissipation property. The box-type vehicle-mounted control device includes a circuit board 12, a base 13, and a cover 14. In addition, a first heat radiating coating layer 31 is formed on at least one surface of the circuit board 12, and a second heat radiating coating layer 32 is formed on an inner surface of one or both of the base 13 and the cover 14 facing the first heat radiating coating layer 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Maki ITO, Toshiaki ISHII, Masaru KAMOSHIDA, Hideto YOSHINARI, Masato SAITO, Akitoyo KONNO
  • Publication number: 20150366086
    Abstract: There is provided an on-vehicle electronic module that includes an external connecting function and environment resistant reliability similar to a previous on-vehicle electronic module and that simultaneously achieves downsizing without a male connector housing component and cost reduction due to reduction of the number of components and assembly man-hours. There are included a circuit board 1 including a mounting region 2 and a terminal forming region 3, and a case housing the mounting region 2 of the circuit board 1. Electronic components 9 and 10 are mounted on the mounting region 2. A board terminal is formed in the terminal forming region 3. The case includes a case member 13 integrally formed with a wall surface and a male connector housing 13a. The wall surface forms a case internal space 21 that houses the mounting region 2. A female connector is mounted to the male connector housing 13a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Ryoichi KAJIWARA, Toshiaki ISHII, Masaru KAMOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150223435
    Abstract: An egg settlement inducing substrate for shellfish includes: an iron member containing metallic iron; and a carbon member constituting an egg settlement inducing portion, wherein the carbon member is provided on an outer periphery of the iron member so that the carbon member and the metallic iron in the iron member are at least partly in contact with each other. This egg settlement inducing substrate has high and stable seed collection efficiency, and also the time for installing the egg settlement inducing substrate does not depend on the time of spawning and emergence of larvae in the settlement period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ISHII CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Kojima, Masao Fujishige, Toshiaki Ishii
  • Patent number: 9076780
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a power module and a lead frame for the power module which can enhance adhesion between a heat sink and an insulating resin sheet while maintaining heat radiation properties. The power module includes: the lead frame including a conductor plate formed from Cu or a Cu alloy, and an Al film formed at least on the other side, opposite to one side on which to mount a semiconductor device, of the conductor plate; the semiconductor device mounted on the one side of the conductor plate; a sealing resin which seals at least the semiconductor device and the conductor plate; and an insulating resin sheet adhered to the conductor plate through the Al film therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Negishi, Hiroshi Nakano, Eiichi Ide, Haruo Akahoshi, Motoko Harada, Toshiaki Ishii
  • Publication number: 20150003019
    Abstract: An insulation film that strongly adheres to a power semiconductor module having a resin sealer and a conductor plate and has high thermal conductivity is provided. An insulation layer 700 is provided between a power semiconductor module 302 and a heat dissipation portion 307B. The power semiconductor module 302 includes a resin sealer 348, which covers a circumferential side surface of a conductor plate 315, and a plurality of recesses 348D are provided in the resin sealer 348. The insulation layer 700 is formed of a spray coated film 710, an insulation film 720, and a resin layer 730, and the spray coated film 710 is formed on the surface of the resin sealer 348 including recesses 348D to form a seamless flat surface. The planar size of each of the recesses 348D is greater than the planar size of each flat portion 711, which forms the spray coated film 710.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Eiichi Ide, Eiji Nishioka, Toshiaki Ishii, Junpei Kusukawa, Kinya Nakatsu, Nobutake Tsuyuno, Toshiya Satoh, Masahiko Asano
  • Patent number: 8821676
    Abstract: A bonding material comprising metal particles coated with an organic substance having carbon atoms of 2 to 8, wherein the metal particles comprises first portion of 100 nm or less, and a second portion larger than 100 nm but not larger than 100 ?m, each of the portions having at least peak of a particle distribution, based on a volumetric base. The disclosure is further concerned with a bonding method using the bonding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yasuda, Toshiaki Morita, Eiichi Ide, Hiroshi Hozoji, Toshiaki Ishii
  • Patent number: 8821768
    Abstract: It is an object of this invention to provide a bonding material capable of realizing bonding by metallic bonding at a bonding interface at a lower temperature compared to a bonding material using a metal particle having an average particle diameter of not more than 100 nm and a bonding method. There is provided a bonding material including a metal particle precursor being at least one selected from the group consisting of a particle of a metal oxide, a particle of a metal carbonate, and a particle of a metal carboxylate and having an average particle diameter of 1 nm to 50 ?m and a reducing agent composed of an organic substance, wherein the content of the metal particle precursor is more than 50 parts by mass and not more than 99 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the bonding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yasuda, Toshiaki Morita, Eiichi Ide, Hiroshi Hozoji, Toshiaki Ishii
  • Publication number: 20140168901
    Abstract: A power module includes a sealed body in which a semiconductor chip-mounted conductor plate is sealed by a resin in such a manner that a heat dissipating surface of the conductor plate is exposed, a heat dissipating member that is arranged to face the heat dissipating surface, and an insulation layer that is arranged between the sealed body and the heat dissipating member. The insulation layer has a laminated body that is made by laminating an impregnation resin-impregnated ceramic thermal spray film and a bonding resin layer in which a filler having good thermal conductivity is mixed, and that is provided to be in contact with the heat dissipating member and at least the entirety of the heat dissipating surface, and a stress relief resin portion that is provided in a gap between the heat dissipating member and the sealed body to cover an entire circumferential end portion of the laminated body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiichi Ide, Eiji Nishioka, Toshiaki Ishii, Junpei Kusukawa, Kinya Nakatsu, Tokihito Suwa
  • Patent number: 8723306
    Abstract: Heat radiation surfaces 7b and 8b of electrode lead frames 7 and 8 make thermal contact with heat radiation members 301 via insulation sheets 10 to dissipate heat from a power semiconductor element 5 to the heat radiation members (thick portions 301). Each of exposed areas of the heat radiation surfaces 7b and 8b and a surface 13b of a mold material (sealing material 13) adjacent to the exposed area produce an uneven step from which either one of the exposed area and the surface 13b adjacent to the exposed area projects. The step side surface formed between the convex surface and the concave surface of the uneven step has an inclined surface 7a or 13a so configured that an obtuse angle can be formed by the inclined surface and the convex surface and by the inclined surface and the concave surface for each.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutake Tsuyuno, Hiroshi Hozoji, Toshiaki Ishii, Tokihito Suwa, Kinya Nakatsu, Takeshi Tokuyama, Junpei Kusukawa
  • Publication number: 20130279230
    Abstract: Provided is a power conversion device including an insulating member manufactured such that a thickness di (mm) of the insulating member made from a resin, provided between a heat dissipating surface of a conductor plate bonded to a power semiconductor device and a heat dissipating plate that dissipates the heat of the power semiconductor device satisfies a relation of di>(1.36×10-8×Vt2+3.4×10-5×Vt?0.015)×?r, where a relative permittivity of the insulating member is Er and a surge voltage generated between the conductor plate and the heat dissipating plate accompanied by an ON/OFF switching operation of the power semiconductor device is Vt (V). The conductor plate of the power semiconductor device, the insulating member, and the heat dissipating plate are bonded by thermocompression bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tokihito Suwa, Yujiro Kaneko, Masashi Yura, Nobutake Tsuyuno, Toshiaki Ishii, Junpei Kusukawa
  • Publication number: 20130270684
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a power module and a lead frame for the power module which can enhance adhesion between a heat sink and an insulating resin sheet while maintaining heat radiation properties. The power module includes: the lead frame including a conductor plate formed from Cu or a Cu alloy, and an Al film formed at least on the other side, opposite to one side on which to mount a semiconductor device, of the conductor plate; the semiconductor device mounted on the one side of the conductor plate; a sealing resin which seals at least the semiconductor device and the conductor plate; and an insulating resin sheet adhered to the conductor plate through the Al film therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Negishi, Hiroshi Nakano, Eiichi Ide, Haruo Akahoshi, Motoko Harada, Toshiaki Ishii
  • Patent number: 8492202
    Abstract: In a structure of a semiconductor device, a Si chip and a metal leadframe are jointed by metallic bond via a porous joint layer made of high conductive metal, having a three-dimensional network structure and using Ag as a bonding material, and a film containing Zn oxide or Al oxide is formed on a surface of a semiconductor assembly contacting to a polymer resin. In this manner, by the joint with the joint layer having the porous structure mainly made of Ag, thermal stress load of the Si chip can be reduced, and fatigue life of the joint layer itself can be improved. Besides, since adhesion of the polymer resin to the film can be enhanced by the anchor effect, occurrence of cracks in a bonding portion can be prevented, so that a highly-reliable Pb-free semiconductor device can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Kajiwara, Shigehisa Motowaki, Kazutoshi Ito, Toshiaki Ishii, Katsuo Arai, Takuya Nakajo, Hidemasa Kagii
  • Publication number: 20130119525
    Abstract: Heat radiation surfaces 7b and 8b of electrode lead frames 7 and 8 make thermal contact with heat radiation members 301 via insulation sheets 10 to dissipate heat from a power semiconductor element 5 to the heat radiation members (thick portions 301). Each of exposed areas of the heat radiation surfaces 7b and 8b and a surface 13b of a mold material (sealing material 13) adjacent to the exposed area produce an uneven step from which either one of the exposed area and the surface 13b adjacent to the exposed area projects. The step side surface formed between the convex surface and the concave surface of the uneven step has an inclined surface 7a or 13a so configured that an obtuse angle can be formed by the inclined surface and the convex surface and by the inclined surface and the concave surface for each.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutake Tsuyuno, Hiroshi Hozoji, Toshiaki Ishii, Tokihito Suwa, Kinya Nakatsu, Takeshi Tokuyama, Junpei Kusukawa
  • Patent number: 8339795
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a mechanically and electrically integrated type electronic control apparatus which can be embedded in a compact mechanical part, and has a compact structure while having a high wiring freedom, a high heat dissipation and a high reliability. In a mechanically and electrically integrated type electronic control apparatus provided with a control signal generating part, and an angular wiring member connecting the control signal generating part and a controlled part controlled by a control signal of the control signal generating part, installed within a conductive casing, at least the wiring member has a fixed hole, a surface including the fixed hole is coated in an insulative manner, and the fixed hole is fixed to the conductive casing mechanically while keeping an insulating property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutake Tsuyuno, Itaru Tanabe, Toshiaki Ishii, Hiroshi Kameyama
  • Patent number: 8314484
    Abstract: In a structure of a semiconductor device, a Si chip and a metal leadframe are jointed by metallic bond via a porous joint layer made of high conductive metal, having a three-dimensional network structure and using Ag as a bonding material, and a film containing Zn oxide or Al oxide is formed on a surface of a semiconductor assembly contacting to a polymer resin. In this manner, by the joint with the joint layer having the porous structure mainly made of Ag, thermal stress load of the Si chip can be reduced, and fatigue life of the joint layer itself can be improved. Besides, since adhesion of the polymer resin to the film can be enhanced by the anchor effect, occurrence of cracks in a bonding portion can be prevented, so that a highly-reliable Pb-free semiconductor device can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Kajiwara, Shigehisa Motowaki, Kazutoshi Ito, Toshiaki Ishii, Katsuo Arai, Takuya Nakajo, Hidemasa Kagii