Patents by Inventor Yuji Imoto

Yuji Imoto 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: 9455215
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a conductive portion having semiconductor elements provided on a substrate, a case housing the conductive portion, and a lead terminal integrated into the case to be directly connected to the semiconductor elements or an interconnection of the substrate. The lead terminal has a stress relief shape for reliving stress generated in the lead terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Imoto, Naoki Yoshimatsu, Junji Fujino
  • Publication number: 20160111379
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element having a lower surface bonded to an insulating substrate side, and a plate-shaped lead terminal bonded to an upper surface of the semiconductor element, and having a horizontally extending portion. The horizontally extending portion in the lead terminal is bonded to the semiconductor element and includes a linearly extending portion in a planar view. The semiconductor device further includes a sealing resin that seals the semiconductor element together with the linearly extending portion in the lead terminal. A linear expansion coefficient of the sealing resin shows a value intermediate between a linear expansion coefficient of the lead terminal and a linear expansion coefficient of the semiconductor element, and the lead terminal includes a recess or a projection to horizontally and partially separate the linearly extending portion into parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke ISHIYAMA, Yuji IMOTO, Junji FUJINO, Shinsuke ASADA, Mikio ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20160111345
    Abstract: A base plate (1) includes a fixed surface and a radiating surface which is a surface opposite to the fixed surface. An insulating substrate (3) is bonded to the fixed surface of the base plate (1). Conductive patterns (4,5) are provided on the insulating substrate (3). Semiconductor chips (7,8) are bonded to the conductive pattern (4). An Al wire (12) connects top surfaces of the semiconductor chip (8) to the conductive pattern (5). The insulating substrate (3), the conductive patterns (4 ,5), the semiconductor chips (7 to 10) and the Al wires (11 to 13) are sealed with resin (16). The base plate (1) includes a metal part (19) and a reinforcing member (20) provided in the metal part (19). A Young's modulus of the reinforcing member (20) is higher than a Youngs modulus of the metal part (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya KAWASE, Noboru MIYAMOTO, Mikio ISHIHARA, Junji FUJINO, Yuji IMOTO, Naoki YOSHIMATSU
  • Publication number: 20160104651
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate, a semiconductor element, a case, and a wiring member. The case forms a container body having a bottom surface defined by a surface of the insulating substrate, to which said semiconductor element is bonded. The wiring member has a bonding portion positioned above an upper surface electrode of the semiconductor element. The bonding portion of the wiring member is provided with a projection portion projecting toward the upper surface electrode of the semiconductor element and bonded to the upper surface electrode with a solder, and a through hole passing through the bonding portion in a thickness direction through the projection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsuke ASADA, Naoki YOSHIMATSU, Yuji IMOTO, Yusuke ISHIYAMA, Junji FUJINO
  • Publication number: 20160099224
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes an insulating substrate having a circuit pattern, semiconductor elements bonded on the circuit pattern with a brazing material, and a wiring terminal bonded with a brazing material on an electrode provided on each of the semiconductor elements on an opposite side of the circuit pattern, in which a part of the wiring terminal is in contact with the insulating substrate, and insulated from the circuit pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki YOSHIMATSU, Yusuke ISHIYAMA, Taketoshi SHIKANO, Yuji IMOTO, Junji FUJINO, Shinsuke ASADA
  • Patent number: 9064846
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a base plate having an upper surface on which the semiconductor element is mounted, a cooling fin disposed on a lower surface of the base plate, a jacket disposed in a sealing manner on the lower surface of the base plate, the jacket surrounding the cooling fin, and a header partition wall formed separately from the jacket and fixed to the jacket on the lower side of the cooling fin in the jacket, the header partition wall forming a header and a flow path for causing a refrigerant flow to the cooling fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Nagai, Yuji Imoto, Osamu Usui
  • Publication number: 20150092379
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a ceramic substrate, a plurality of circuit patterns arranged on a surface of the ceramic substrate, a semiconductor element arranged on an upper surface of at least one circuit pattern, and a sealing resin for sealing the ceramic substrate, the plurality of circuit patterns, and the semiconductor element, in which an undercut part is formed in opposed side surfaces of the circuit patterns adjacent to one another, the undercut part is configured such that an end of an upper surface of the circuit pattern protrudes outside the circuit pattern more than an end of a lower surface of the circuit pattern on the ceramic substrate, and the undercut part is also filled with the sealing resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki YOSHIMATSU, Masayoshi SHINKAI, Taketoshi SHIKANO, Daisuke MURATA, Nobuyoshi KIMOTO, Yuji IMOTO, Mikio ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20150061111
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a base plate having an upper surface on which the semiconductor element is mounted, a cooling fin disposed on a lower surface of the base plate, a jacket disposed in a sealing manner on the lower surface of the base plate, the jacket surrounding the cooling fin, and a header partition wall formed separately from the jacket and fixed to the jacket on the lower side of the cooling fin in the jacket, the header partition wall forming a header and a flow path for causing a refrigerant flow to the cooling fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Miho NAGAI, Yuji IMOTO, Osamu USUI
  • Publication number: 20150061098
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a conductive portion having semiconductor elements provided on a substrate, a case housing the conductive portion, and a lead terminal integrated into the case to be directly connected to the semiconductor elements or an interconnection of the substrate. The lead terminal has a stress relief shape for reliving stress generated in the lead terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji IMOTO, Naoki YOSHIMATSU, Junji FUJINO
  • Patent number: D715747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji Imoto