The present invention relates to an electronic power chip package and a power module.
In semiconductor materials, an energy gap is one of the important properties. The semiconductor material with larger energy gap can withstand higher voltage and current intensity, so that the energy conversion efficiency is better. Therefore, the industry devotes much effort to develop high power chips which are made of wide band gap (WBG) materials such as gallium nitride (GaN) or silicon carbide (SiC), and apply the high power chips to high-voltage, high-current, and high-wattage products, such as fast charging devices for electric vehicles, vehicle inverters and on board chargers, or high-voltage power systems.
At present, resin materials are used in the industry to package power chips. Since the resin material is used as the main package body in contact with the outside, a heat conduction effect is limited, and heat generated by the high power chip cannot effectively exit. In other words, the packages suitable for traditional silicon power devices and low power devices cannot meet the high-wattage heat dissipation requirements of wide band gap semiconductors such as gallium nitride (GaN), silicon carbide (SiC) or gallium oxide (Ga2O3).
In addition, in the multi-chip module design, in tradition, plural power chips are disposed on a substrate, and then packaged in a chip group in a module. It causes that a heat conduction of the power chip is in difficulty. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a substrate-free power device packaging structure for the variation in module design.
The invention provides a power chip package and a power module to solve the heat dissipation due to high power.
According to the aforementioned objectives, the present invention provides a power chip package. The power chip package includes a metal cover, a power chip and a thermal conductive material. The metal cover includes a recess. The recess is formed on a side surface of the metal cover. The power chip is bonded on the metal cover and is located in the recess. The thermal conductive material fills the recess and surrounds the power chip. At least one first electrode of the power chip is exposed out of the thermal conductive material.
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the power chip includes a substrate and a semiconductor structure layer. The substrate includes a second electrode bonded on the metal cover. The semiconductor structure is disposed on the substrate, and the first electrode is electrically connected to the semiconductor structure layer.
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the substrate is made of one of silicon carbide, silicon, gallium oxide and gallium nitride.
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the power chip includes a silicon substrate and a semiconductor structure layer. The silicon substrate is bonded on an inner side of the metal cover. An outer side of the metal cover is grounded. The semiconductor structure layer is disposed on the silicon substrate. The first electrode is connected to the semiconductor structure layer, and the semiconductor structure layer is located between the first electrode and the silicon substrate.
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the power chip includes a insulation substrate and a semiconductor structure layer. The insulation substrate is bonded on an inner side of the metal cover. The semiconductor structure layer is disposed on the insulation substrate. The first electrode is connected to the semiconductor structure layer, and the semiconductor structure layer is located between the first electrode and the insulation substrate.
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the first electrode includes a primary portion and an extension portion. The primary portion is located between the semiconductor structure layer and the extension portion. A material of the extension portion is selected from a group consisting of tin/silver/copper, tin/copper, tin/sliver, tin/bismuth, tin/antimony.
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the thermal conductive material extends to the first electrode.
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, an end surface of the first electrode is coplanar with an end surface of the thermal conductive material.
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the first electrode is protruded out of the end surface of the thermal conductive material.
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the thermal conductive material is indirectly connected to the end surface of the first electrode.
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the metal cover includes a connecting plate portion and a surrounding wall portion. The power chip is bonded on the connecting plate portion. The surrounding wall portion is formed on an outer edge of the connecting plate portion. The recess of the metal cover is enclosed by the surrounding wall portion and the connecting plate portion.
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the metal cover further includes a rough portion. The rough portion is disposed on an inner side surface of the surrounding wall portion.
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the metal cover further includes at least one stopper. The stopper is protruded out of the inner side surface of the surrounding wall portion.
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the stopper extends to an end surface of the surrounding wall portion.
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the stopper is indirectly connected to the end surface of the surrounding wall portion.
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, a quantity of the stoppers is more than two, one of the stoppers is adjacent to and extends to the end surface of the surrounding wall portion, and another of the stoppers is indirectly connected to the end surface of the surrounding wall portion.
According to the aforementioned objectives, the present invention provides a power module. The power module includes a circuit board, plural power chip packages and a polymeric resin. The power chip packages are disposed on the circuit board. The polymeric resin packages the power chip packages on the circuit board.
According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, the power module includes a heat dissipation fin and an insulation thermal conductive material. The heat dissipation fin is disposed on the metal covers of the power chip packages. The insulation thermal conductive material is disposed on the metal covers of the power chip packages and is located between the metal covers and the heat dissipation fin.
Based on the above, the thermal conductive material is located between the metal cover and the power chip, and the heat generated by the power chip is conducted to the metal cover by using the thermal conductive material. The metal cover may provide a multi-faceted heat dissipation type for effectively improving a heat dissipation effect. The power chip is bonded on the metal cover, which can omit a chip carrier, to be helpful for thinning and lightening, reducing cost, and increasing the variation of the power module.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are by examples, and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
In order to make the above and other objectives, features, advantages, and embodiments of the present invention more obvious, the accompanying drawings are described as follows.
It is noted that, in accordance with the standard practice in the industry, various features are not drawn to scale. The dimensions of the various features may be arbitrarily increased or decreased for clarity of discussion.
Referring to
In terms of heat dissipation, the power chip package 100, 100a, 100b and 100c use the thermal conductive material 130 to quickly conduct the heat generated by the power chip 120 to the metal cover 110. The metal cover 110 may provide a multi-faceted heat dissipation type to increase a heat dissipation area for effectively improving a heat dissipation effect. In addition, the power chip 120 is bonded on the metal cover 110, which can omit a chip carrier, to be helpful for thinning and lightening, which is beneficial to the variation of a power module for back-end customers, and can reduce cost.
Referring to
Continue referring to
In addition, a quantity of the first electrode 121 may be one or plural. When the power chip 120 is designed as a transistor, the source and the gate are the first electrode 121, and the drain is the second electrode 124. When the power chip 120 is designed as a diode, the source can be the first electrode 121, and the drain can be the second electrode 124. Alternatively, the drain can be the first electrode 121, and the source can be the second electrode 124.
Continue referring to
In some examples, the metal cover 110 can be made of copper metal, aluminum metal or other thermally and electrically conductive metals. In some examples, the metal cover 110 includes a connecting plate portion 112 and a surrounding wall portion 113. An inner side surface 112 is of the connecting plate portion 112 is flat and metallized, such as electroplating gold, chemical plating gold or chemical plating silver, which is helpful for the power chip 120 to be bonded on the inner side surface 112is of the connecting plate portion 112. The surrounding wall portion 113 is formed on an outer edge of the connecting plate portion 112, and the above mentioned recess 111 is enclosed by the surrounding wall portion 113 and the connecting plate portion 112.
In the above mention, the first electrode 121 includes a primary portion 121 p and an extension portion 121e. The primary portion 121p is connected to the semiconductor structure layer 123. The extension portion 121e is connected to the primary portion 121p. That is, the primary portion 121p is located between the semiconductor structure layer 123 and the extension portion 121e. Wherein, a material of the extension portion 121e can be a group consisting of tin/silver/copper, tin/copper, tin/sliver, tin/bismuth, tin/antimony. A material of the primary portion 121p can be a group consisting of gold, gold/tin, tin/sliver/bismuth, tin/silver/bismuth/copper.
An outer side surface 112os of the connecting plate portion 112 and a peripheral surface 113s of the surrounding wall portion 113 can provide heat dissipation. In some examples, in a top view, an outer contour shape of the metal cover 110 is roughly quadrilateral. The outer side surface 112os of the connecting plate portion 112 and a peripheral surface 113s of the surrounding wall portion 113 can provide heat dissipation, wherein the peripheral surface 113s of the surrounding wall portion 113 includes four outer side surfaces. Since the thermal conductive material 130 fills the recess 11, the thermal conductive material 130 exposed on the metal cover 110 can also provide heat dissipation. In other words, the power chip package 100, 100a, 100b and 100c adopts the metal cover 110 and the thermal conductive material 130 to form the multi-faceted heat dissipation type, so as to increase the heat dissipation area and effectively improve the heat dissipation capability.
As shown in
Continue referring to
The stopper 115 is used to stop the thermal conductive material 130, so that the thermal conductive material 130 doesn't fall out of the metal cover 110. That is to improve the combining stability and the reliability between the thermal conductive material 130 and the metal cover 110. In addition, when the power chip package 100 is soldered to the circuit board 200, an embedding structural strength between the thermal conductive material 130 and the metal cover 110 can be strengthen by the stopper 115, and indirectly through a fixing strength between the thermal conductive material 130 and the metal cover 110, a bonding quality between the power chip 120 and the metal cover 110 is enhanced and protected, and at the same time an infiltrating path of the external moisture is increased, thereby improving an ability to block an infiltration of the external moisture.
Continue referring to
The power chip 120 is bonded on the metal cover 110. A bonded means can be a metal eutectic method or a metal sintering method. A material of the metal eutectic method is selected from a group consisting of gold/tin, tin/silver/copper, tin/silver/bismuth, tin/silver/copper. The metal sintering method may be sliver sintering or copper sintering.
In some examples, the thermal conductive material 130 is an electrically insulating material. The thermal conductive material 130 is a macromolecule compound material with polymer as a matrix and thermal conductive powder as a filler, which has a good thermal conductivity and a good mechanical property. A material of the thermal conductive powder can be carbon, aluminum nitride, boron nitride, silicon carbide, aluminum oxide, zinc oxide, graphene.
In some examples, the thermal conductive material 130 can extend to an outer periphery of the first electrode 121, wherein a end surface of the first electrode 121 is coplanar with a end surface of the thermal conductive material 130. That is, the thermal conductive material 130 can extend to an outer periphery of the extension portion 121e, wherein a end surface of the extension portion 121e is coplanar with the end surface of the thermal conductive material 130. As shown in
Referring to
As shown in
As shown in
As shown in
As shown in
Referring to
Referring to
Referring to
Accordingly, the power chip package adopts a configuration of the metal cover and the thermal conductive material, so that the heat generated by the power chip can be quickly transmitted to the metal cover by the thermal conductive material, and the side surface, which is exposed out of the metal cover, of the thermal conductive material and an outer periphery of the metal cover are used to dissipate the heat. In other words, the top surface, bottom surface and outer side surface of the power chip package can dissipate the heat, so the heat dissipation effect is good. In addition, the power chip is bonded on the metal cover, which can omit the chip carrier, to be helpful for thinning and lightening.
Although the present disclosure has been disclosed above with embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present disclosure. Any person having ordinary skill in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be defined by the scope of the appended claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
---|---|---|---|
111143861 | Nov 2022 | TW | national |
This application claims priority to Taiwan Application Serial Number 111143861 filed on Nov. 17, 2022, which claims priority to U.S. Application Ser. No. 63/370,493, filed Aug. 4, 2022. The entire contents of each of which are incorporated by reference.
Number | Date | Country | |
---|---|---|---|
63370493 | Aug 2022 | US |