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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 17, 2012
Applicants:

Jason Patrick Henning, Carrboro, NC (US);

Qingchun Zhang, Cary, NC (US);

Sei-hyung Ryu, Cary, NC (US);

Anant Kumar Agarwal, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

John Williams Palmour, Cary, NC (US);

Scott Allen, Apex, NC (US);

Inventors:

Jason Patrick Henning, Carrboro, NC (US);

Qingchun Zhang, Cary, NC (US);

Sei-Hyung Ryu, Cary, NC (US);

Anant Kumar Agarwal, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

John Williams Palmour, Cary, NC (US);

Scott Allen, Apex, NC (US);

Assignee:

Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/16 (2006.01); H01L 29/739 (2006.01); H01L 29/78 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 21/04 (2006.01); H01L 27/06 (2006.01); H01L 25/18 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H01L 29/04 (2006.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H02P 7/03 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/1608 (2013.01); H01L 21/046 (2013.01); H01L 21/049 (2013.01); H01L 25/18 (2013.01); H01L 27/0629 (2013.01); H01L 29/0696 (2013.01); H01L 29/7395 (2013.01); H01L 29/7802 (2013.01); H01L 29/045 (2013.01); H01L 29/66068 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01); H01L 2924/13091 (2013.01); H02M 7/003 (2013.01); H02P 7/04 (2016.02);
Abstract

A power module is disclosed that includes a housing with an interior chamber wherein multiple switch modules are mounted within the interior chamber. The switch modules comprise multiple transistors and diodes that are interconnected to facilitate switching power to a load. In one embodiment, at least one of the switch modules supports a current density of at least 10 amperes per cm.


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