Patents by Inventor Tze-Yang Yeh

Tze-Yang Yeh 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: 11510342
    Abstract: An immersion heat dissipation structure is provided. The immersion heat dissipation structure includes a porous metal heat dissipation material, an integrated heat spreader, and a thermal interface material. The porous metal heat dissipation material has a porosity greater than 8%. The porous metal heat dissipation material and the integrated heat spreader have the thermal interface material arranged therebetween so that a thermal connection is formed therebetween. A super-wetting layer is formed on a connection surface between the porous metal heat dissipation material and the thermal interface material, and the super-wetting layer has a wetting angle of less than 10 degrees to water. Alternatively, a super-hydrophobic layer is formed on the connection surface between the porous metal heat dissipation material and the thermal interface material, and the super-hydrophobic layer has a wetting angle of greater than 120 degrees to water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: AMULAIRE THERMAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Ming Yang, Cheng-Shu Peng, Tze-Yang Yeh
  • Patent number: 11506458
    Abstract: An enclosed heat sink with a side wall structure is provided. The side wall structure includes a welding body having a first welding plane and a side wall structure having a second welding plane. The first welding plane and the second welding plane are pressured and welded to each other, such that the welding body and the side wall structure encapsulate a cavity. A width of the second welding plane is smaller than a width between two side surfaces of the side wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: AMULAIRE THERMAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Ming Yang, Reui-Jen Yang, Tze-Yang Yeh
  • Patent number: 11508642
    Abstract: A power module package structure includes, from top to bottom, a layer of power chips, an upper bonding layer, a thermally-conductive and electrically-insulating composite layer, and a heat dissipation layer. The thermally-conductive and electrically-insulating composite layer contains an insulating layer and an upper copper layer that is formed on the insulating layer. One or more layers of upper packaging materials are covered over the layer of power chips and the upper bonding layer and are in contact with an upper surface of the upper copper layer. One or more layers of lower packaging materials are in contact with the insulating layer and are in contact with sidewalls of the upper copper layer. The lower packaging material has a higher rigidity than the upper packaging material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: AMULAIRE THERMAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Tze-Yang Yeh, Tzu-Hsuan Wang, Ching-Ming Yang
  • Patent number: 11469154
    Abstract: An IGBT module with a heat dissipation structure having a specific layer thickness ratio includes a layer of IGBT chips, an upper bonding layer, a circuit layer, an insulating layer, and a heat dissipation layer. The insulating layer is disposed on the heat dissipation layer, the circuit layer is disposed on the insulating layer, the upper bonding layer is disposed on the circuit layer, and the layer of IGBT chips is disposed on the upper bonding layer. A thickness of the insulating layer is less than 0.2 mm, a thickness of the circuit layer is between 1.5 mm and 3 mm, and a thickness ratio of the circuit layer to the insulating layer is greater than or equal to 7.5:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: AMULAIRE THERMAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Hsi Tai, Tze-Yang Yeh
  • Publication number: 20220307779
    Abstract: A heat dissipation substrate for increasing solderability is provided. The heat dissipation substrate for increasing solderability includes a heat dissipation layer serving as a base layer, a plating layer formed on the heat dissipation layer, and a protective layer formed on the plating layer. The protective layer is made of one of tin and tin alloy, and the protective layer is capable of being melted in a subsequent process, such that the protective layer is a meltable protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Min-Horng LIU, Tze-Yang YEH, Kuo-Wei LEE
  • Publication number: 20220304186
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating substrate with a coating structure is provided. The heat-dissipating substrate includes at least two layers. A base layer is a heat dissipation layer, and one or more sputtered layers are formed on the heat dissipation layer. The sputtered layer has a corrosion resistant property, a soldering ability, or a sintering ability. A thickness of the sputtered layer is less than 5000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: MIN-HORNG LIU, TZE-YANG YEH
  • Publication number: 20220251687
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an integrally-formed alloy structure having a brazing surface includes the following steps. Firstly, a magnesium-containing alloy is provided. Next, the magnesium-containing alloy is heat treated to obtain a vacuum heat-treated alloy structure. Then, the top surface of the vacuum heat-treated alloy structure is reduced to expose the brazing surface. Finally, the integrally-formed alloy structure having the brazing surface is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: CHING-MING YANG, TZE-YANG YEH, CHUN-LUNG WU
  • Publication number: 20220246493
    Abstract: A water-cooling device with a composite heat-dissipating structure is provided, which includes a casing, a main heat-dissipating structure and a layered heat-dissipating structure. The casing is used for accommodating a working fluid, and the casing includes a heat-dissipating substrate. The main heat-dissipating structure includes a plurality of heat-dissipating fins arranged vertically and in parallel to each other that are connected to the heat-dissipating substrate. The layered heat-dissipating structure includes a plurality of horizontal heat-dissipating bodies arranged horizontally and in parallel to each other that are connected to the plurality of heat-dissipating fins arranged vertically and in parallel to each other, and a distance between the plurality of horizontal heat-dissipating bodies arranged horizontally and in parallel to each other is greater than or equal to a distance between the plurality of heat-dissipating fins arranged vertically and in parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: CHENG-SHU PENG, TZE-YANG YEH, CHIH-HUNG SHIH
  • Publication number: 20220227106
    Abstract: A thermally conductive and electrically insulating substrate structure and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The thermally conductive and electrically insulating substrate structure includes an insulating layer, a plurality of metal layers and a plurality of function layers. The plurality of metal layers and the plurality of function layers are disposed on the insulating layer. A sidewall of the metal layer is in contact with a corresponding one of the function layers, and two of the function layers between any two adjacent ones of the metal layers are not in contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: CHING-MING YANG, TZE-YANG YEH
  • Publication number: 20220230932
    Abstract: An IGBT module with a heat dissipation structure having a specific layer thickness ratio includes a layer of IGBT chips, an upper bonding layer, a circuit layer, an insulating layer, and a heat dissipation layer. The insulating layer is disposed on the heat dissipation layer, the circuit layer is disposed on the insulating layer, the upper bonding layer is disposed on the circuit layer, and the layer of IGBT chips is disposed on the upper bonding layer. A thickness of the insulating layer is less than 0.2 mm, a thickness of the circuit layer is between 1.5 mm and 3 mm, and a thickness ratio of the circuit layer to the insulating layer is greater than or equal to 7.5:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: SHIH-HSI TAI, TZE-YANG YEH
  • Patent number: 11388811
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating substrate structure with built-in conductive circuits is provided. The heat-dissipating substrate structure includes an electrically insulating layer, a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a heat-dissipating layer. The first metal layer and the second metal layer are disposed on the heat-dissipating layer at an interval. The electrically insulating layer encloses and is in contact with side walls of the first metal layer and side walls of the second metal layer, such that a top wall of the first metal layer and a top wall of the second metal layer are exposed from the electrically insulating layer, and at least one of the conductive circuits extends through at least one of the side wall of the first metal layer and the side wall of the second metal layer and is embedded in the electrically insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: AMULAIRE THERMAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Hsi Tai, Tze-Yang Yeh
  • Publication number: 20220208641
    Abstract: A power module package structure includes, from top to bottom, a layer of power chips, an upper bonding layer, a thermally-conductive and electrically-insulating composite layer, and a heat dissipation layer. The thermally-conductive and electrically-insulating composite layer contains an insulating layer and an upper copper layer that is formed on the insulating layer. One or more layers of upper packaging materials are covered over the layer of power chips and the upper bonding layer and are in contact with an upper surface of the upper copper layer. One or more layers of lower packaging materials are in contact with the insulating layer and are in contact with sidewalls of the upper copper layer. The lower packaging material has a higher rigidity than the upper packaging material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: TZE-YANG YEH, TZU-HSUAN WANG, CHING-MING YANG
  • Publication number: 20220193828
    Abstract: A lift-off structure for a sprayed thin layer on a substrate surface and a method for the same are provided. The lift-off structure for the sprayed thin layer on the substrate surface includes a base layer and a lifted-off sprayed thin layer. The lifted-off sprayed thin layer is formed on the base layer. The lifted-off sprayed thin layer has at least one ablated new side surface formed thereon, and the at least one ablated new side surface has an inclination angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Cheng-Shu Peng, Tze-Yang Yeh, Chih-Hung Shih
  • Publication number: 20220146216
    Abstract: A copper-alloy heat-dissipation structure with a milled surface includes a heat-dissipation main body. The heat-dissipation main body has a first milled surface and a second milled surface that are opposite to each other, where heat-dissipation fins are formed on the first milled surface, and the maximum height roughness Rz of the second milled surface ranges from 2.5 ?m to 5.4 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: MIN-HORNG LIU, TZE-YANG YEH
  • Patent number: 11302601
    Abstract: An IGBT module with a heat dissipation structure and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The IGBT module with a heat dissipation structure includes a layer of IGBT chips, a bonding layer, a thick copper layer, a thermally-conductive and electrically-insulating layer, and a heat dissipation layer. A portion of the thermally-conductive and electrically-insulating layer is made of a polymer composite material, and a remaining portion of the thermally-conductive and electrically-insulating layer is made of a ceramic material. The thick copper layer is bonded onto the thermally-conductive and electrically-insulating layer by hot pressing. A fillet is formed at a bottom edge of the thick copper layer, and the bottom edge of the thick copper layer is embedded into the thermally-conductive and electrically-insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: AMULAIRE THERMAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Tzu-Hsuan Wang, Tze-Yang Yeh, Chih-Hung Shih
  • Publication number: 20220099380
    Abstract: An enclosed heat sink with a brazed structure is provided. The enclosed heat sink with the brazed structure includes a first brazing plane formed on a top surface of a first brazing body, and a second brazing plane formed on a bottom surface of a second brazing body. The first brazing plane and the second brazing plane are pressed and brazed together, so that the first brazing body and the second brazing body enclose a cavity. A plurality of channels are formed on the first brazing plane, and each of the channels is neither perpendicular nor parallel to the first brazing plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: CHING-MING YANG, REUI-JEN YANG, TZE-YANG YEH
  • Publication number: 20220074682
    Abstract: An enclosed heat sink with a side wall structure is provided. The side wall structure includes a welding body having a first welding plane and a side wall structure having a second welding plane. The first welding plane and the second welding plane are pressured and welded to each other, such that the welding body and the side wall structure encapsulate a cavity. A width of the second welding plane is smaller than a width between two side surfaces of the side wall structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: CHING-MING YANG, REUI-JEN YANG, TZE-YANG YEH
  • Patent number: 11081421
    Abstract: An IGBT module with a heat dissipation structure includes a first layer of chips, a second layer of chips, a first bonding layer, a second bonding layer, a first copper layer, a second copper layer, a first polymer composite layer, a second polymer composite layer, a first ceramic layer, a second ceramic layer, and a heat dissipation layer. The first ceramic layer is partially formed on the heat dissipation layer and corresponds in position and in area to the first layer of chips, and the second ceramic layer is partially formed on the heat dissipation layer and corresponds in position and in area to the second layer of chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: AMULAIRE THERMAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Tzu-Hsuan Wang, Tze-Yang Yeh, Chun-Lung Wu
  • Publication number: 20210180166
    Abstract: An alloy structure having a low magnesium content surface includes an alloy layer having an original magnesium content and a magnesium-deficient layer formed on the alloy layer, and the magnesium-deficient layer has a low magnesium content surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: CHING-MING YANG, TZE-YANG YEH, CHUN-LUNG WU
  • Publication number: 20210183731
    Abstract: An IGBT module with a heat dissipation structure includes a first layer of chips, a second layer of chips, a first bonding layer, a second bonding layer, a first copper layer, a second copper layer, a first polymer composite layer, a second polymer composite layer, a first ceramic layer, a second ceramic layer, and a heat dissipation layer. The first ceramic layer is partially formed on the heat dissipation layer and corresponds in position and in area to the first layer of chips, and the second ceramic layer is partially formed on the heat dissipation layer and corresponds in position and in area to the second layer of chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: TZU-HSUAN WANG, TZE-YANG YEH, CHUN-LUNG WU