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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1999
Shin-ichi Yamagata, Itami, JP;
Osamu Suwata, Itami, JP;
Chihiro Kawai, Itami, JP;
Akira Fukui, Itami, JP;
Yoshinobu Takeda, Itami, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A member for semiconductor devices comprising a composite alloy of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and silicon carbide, wherein silicon carbide grains are dispersed in aluminum or the aluminum alloy in an amount of from 10 to 70% by weight, the amount of nitrogen in the surface of the member is larger than that in the inside thereof, and the ratio of aluminum or the aluminum alloy to silicon carbide is the same in the surface and the inside. The member is produced by mixing powdery materials of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and silicon carbide, compacting the mixed powder, and sintering the compact in a non-oxidizing atmosphere containing nitrogen gas, at a temperature between 600.degree. C. and the melting point of aluminum. The member is lightweight and has high thermal conductivity as well as thermal expansion coefficient which is well matches with that of ceramics and others. Therefore, the member is especially favorable to high-power devices.