US4628147A
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Semiconductor housings
Assignee: Siemens Mobility Ltd
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Filing: 1985-04-22
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Granted: 1986-12-09
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Expires: 2005-04-22
Abstract
Abstract A semiconductor housing particularly useful for very high current devices, e.g. transistors and G.T.O. thyristors, in which a control lead to the base or gate of the device, which also has to carry a relatively high current, passes through an insulating wall of the housing. This control lead is enclosed within a tube which passes through an insulating wall of the housing and which is hermetically sealed to it, the tube is also hermetically sealed to the conductor at either end. The coefficient of expansion of the tube is chosen so as to be substantially the same as the coefficient of expansion of the material of the insulating wall, which may be made of ceramic material or the like. The arrangement avoids corrosion effects as a result of the entrapment of plating salts etc. which are known to adversely affect the assembly and especially the electrical performance of the control lead connection.
Inventors
- 👤 Roger F. C. Bennett
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 16:41
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W76/00; H10W76/10; H10W76/12; H10W76/13; H10W76/138
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
A semiconductor housing for a multi-terminal semiconductor device comprising a hermetically sealed enclosure bounded by a wall of electrically insulating ceramic material, said ceramic material having a first coefficient of expansion, said wall having an aperture and a hollow member passing through said aperture and extending on either side thereof, said hollow member having first and second hermetic seals on opposing end portions, said first and second hermetic seals being spaced from said wall, and a conductive wire passing through said hollow member and establishing a connection from inside said enclosure to connector means outside said enclosure, said hollow member being formed of material having a coefficient of expansion substantially equal to said first coefficient of expansion, said hollow member being hermetically sealed to said wall within said aperture, said first and second hermetic seals being formed by high temperature brazing, said hollow member being circumferentially spaced from said conductive wire between said hermetic seals, thereby forming an electrical connection of high strength, yet sufficiently resilient to withstand thermal cycling stresses and maintain said hermetic seals about said hollow member.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
180 words
A semiconductor housing for a multi-terminal semiconductor device comprising a hermetically sealed enclosure bounded by a wall of electrically insulating ceramic material, said ceramic material having a first coefficient of expansion, said wall having an aperture and a hollow member passing through said aperture and extending on either side thereof, said hollow member having first and second hermetic seals on opposing end portions, said first and second hermetic seals being spaced from said wall, and a conductive wire passing through said hollow member and establishing a connection from inside said enclosure to connector means outside said enclosure, said hollow member being formed of material having a coefficient of expansion substantially equal to said first coefficient of expansion, said hollow member being hermetically sealed to said wall within said aperture, said first and second hermetic seals being formed by high temperature brazing, said hollow member being circumferentially spaced from said conductive wire between said hermetic seals, thereby forming an electrical connection of high strength, yet sufficiently resilient to withstand thermal cycling stresses and maintain said hermetic seals about said hollow member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A semiconductor housing as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hollow member comprises a hollow substantially cylindrical tube.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
A semiconductor housing as claimed in claim 2 wherein said connector means is brazed to said conductive wire and to said hollow member so as to form a hermetic seal therebetween.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A semiconductor housing as claimed in claim 3 wherein said connector means is brazed to said hollow member so as to circumscribe one end of said member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A semiconductor housing as claimed in claim 3 wherein said connector means has a part brazed to said hollow member, said part lying internally of one end of said member.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
A semiconductor housing as claimed in claim 2 wherein the tube is formed of a nickel-iron alloy.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1989-12-08 | 1990-06-09 | 1990-12-09 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1993-12-08 | 1994-06-09 | 1994-12-09 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1997-12-08 | 1998-06-09 | 1998-12-09 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |