Nissan Motor Company Limited

Calsonic Corporation

Yutaka Enokido

Hajime Sato

Masakatsu Hoshi

Teruyoshi Mihara

Yukitsugu Hirota

Tsutomu Matsushita

Keiichi Koike

Kenji Yao

Takenosuke Sano

Toshihiro Kimura

A semiconductor device in which the breakdown voltages of the cell unit and the guard ring can easily be matched, and the surge endurance of the device can be improved. This semiconductor device includes a guard ring region surrounding the cell diffusion layers which is formed from an array of a plurality of guard ring cells, where each of the guard ring cells is identical to each of the cell diffusion layers and the guard ring cells are electrically connected mutually, so that the diffusion depths of each of the cells of the guard ring region and the cell diffusion layers are identical, and consequently the breakdown voltages for the guard ring region and the cell diffusion layers can be made equal to each other.

Semiconductor device with high surge endurance

An electric motor assembly for driving an air blower is disclosed. The assembly comprises a casing of metal, the casing having opposed open ends closed by respective covers of metal; a rotation shaft rotatably disposed in the casing, the rotation shaft having one end exposed to the outside through an opening formed in one of the covers, the one end being adapted to connect to a fan of the air blower; a plurality of magnets installed in the casing and circumferentially surrounding the rotation axis; an armature mounted to the rotation shaft to rotate therewith; a commutator mounted to the rotation shaft and electrically connected with the armature; brushes operatively contacting with the commutator and supported by the casing; and an electric power feeding device for feeding the brushes with an electric power. A pulse width modulating device is further employed which is electrically connected with the power feeding device for modulating the electric power by means of a pulse width modulation method. The pulse width modulating device is installed in the casing for radio noise suppression.

Low-noise electric motor assembly for automotive blower

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Yokosuka, Japan

Yutaka Enokido