Patent · US Expired

Rectifier diode

US6060776A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 26, 1998
Grant dateMay 9, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 26, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/351
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A rectifier diode has a base which is press-fittable into an intended opening of a rectifier arrangement, a pedestal disposed on the base integrally with the base, a semiconductor chip secured to the pedestal, a head wire secured to the chip, the base being formed to connect the diode thermally and electrically to the rectifier arrangement, and a unit for mechanically stabilizing the base and including a bulwark provided on a bottom of the base in a region of the pedestal and surrounding the pedestal, the bulwark being separated from the pedestal by a trench and being integral with the bottom of the base, a pressing region for absorbing forces oriented at right angles to a plane of the semiconductor chip and disposed on a side of the bulwark remote from the trench and between bulwark and a substantially cylindrical wall of the base disposed substantially perpendicular to the bottom of the base, the trench being located between the bulwark and the pedestal and having a radial extent that is approximately twice as great as a height of the bulwark measured from the trench upward.

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