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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc., Fayetteville, AR (US);
Inventor:
Brice McPherson, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Assignee:
Cree Fayetteville, Inc., Fayetteville, AR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/111 (2013.01); H05K 2201/1081 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10803 (2013.01);
Abstract
A step etched metal electrical contact including a main body formed from a metal sheet defining a metal tab sized to match a die/device terminal and an electrical clearance aperture, electrical clearance trench, and/or an electrical clearance gaps. A heat sink may be combined with the step etched metal electrical contact to provide double sided module cooling for increased thermal performance of power modules.