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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roy Burton Steele, Richmond, IN (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257710 ; 257718 ; 257724 ; 257727 ; 257925 ;
Abstract
A power rectifier has a diode blank sandwiched between a pair of contacts which apply progressive compressive loads upon the diode blank as the temperature of the diode assembly increases. Preferably, the contacts are formed from dissimilar metals having different thermal expansion characteristics and are operatively coupled such that the thermal expansion differential translates into the desired compressive load characteristic.