Rohm Co., Ltd.

Kosei Osada

Satoshi Kageyama

Isamu Nishimura

Daiki Yanagishima

Toshiyuki Ishikawa

Michihiko Mifuji

Nobuyuki Kasahara

Tetsuya Kagawa

Taketoshi Tanaka

Masahiko Arimura

Bungo Tanaka

Keiji Wada

A gate driver includes a low-voltage circuit configured to be actuated by application of a first voltage and a high-voltage circuit configured to be actuated by application of a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage. The gate driver also includes a transformer and a capacitor connected in series to the transformer. The low-voltage circuit and the high-voltage circuit are connected by the transformer and the capacitor and configured to transmit a signal through the transformer and the capacitor.

Gate driver, insulation module, low-voltage circuit unit, and high-voltage circuit unit

An electronic component includes an insulating layer, a low voltage conductor pattern formed inside the insulating layer, a high voltage conductor pattern formed inside the insulating layer such as to face the low voltage conductor pattern in an up/down direction, and a withstand voltage enhancement structure of conductive property formed inside the insulating layer and along the high voltage conductor pattern such as to protrude further outside than the low voltage conductor pattern in plan view.

Electronic component and electronic component module

The semiconductor device of the present invention includes an insulating layer, a high voltage coil and a low voltage coil which are disposed in the insulating layer at an interval in the vertical direction, a low potential portion which is provided in a low voltage region disposed around a high voltage region for the high voltage coil in planar view and is connected with potential lower than the high voltage coil, and an electric field shield portion which is disposed between the high voltage coil and the low voltage region and includes an electrically floated metal member.

Semiconductor device and semiconductor module

A gate driver configured to apply a drive voltage signal to a gate of a switching element includes a low-voltage circuit chip and a high-voltage circuit chip. The low-voltage circuit chip includes a low-voltage circuit configured to be actuated by application of a first voltage. The high-voltage circuit chip includes a high-voltage circuit configured to be actuated by application of a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage. The gate driver further includes multiple transformer chips connected in series to each other. The low-voltage circuit chip and the high-voltage circuit chip are connected by the multiple transformer chips and configured to transmit a signal through the multiple transformer chips.

An electronic component includes an insulating layer that has a principal surface, a passive device that includes a low voltage pattern that is formed in the insulating layer and a high voltage pattern that is formed in the insulating layer such as to oppose the low voltage pattern in a normal direction to the principal surface and to which a voltage exceeding a voltage to be applied to the low voltage pattern is to be applied, and a shield conductor layer that is formed in the insulating layer such as to be positioned in a periphery of the high voltage pattern in plan view, shields an electric field formed between the low voltage pattern and the high voltage pattern, and suppresses electric field concentration with respect to the high voltage pattern.

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Kyoto, Japan

Kosei Osada