US 12,080,635 B2
Power module
Brice McPherson, Fayetteville, AR (US); Brandon Passmore, Fayetteville, AR (US); Roberto M. Schupbach, Raleigh, NC (US); and Jennifer Stabach-Smith, Fayetteville, AR (US)
Assigned to WOLFSPEED, INC., Durham, NC (US)
Filed by Wolfspeed, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/336,655.
Application 18/336,655 is a continuation of application No. 17/239,418, filed on Apr. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,721,617.
Application 17/239,418 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/937,857, filed on Jul. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,735,488.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/006,126, filed on Apr. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0335473 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01L 23/495 (2006.01); H01L 23/31 (2006.01); H01L 23/498 (2006.01); H01L 23/00 (2006.01); H01L 25/065 (2023.01); H01L 25/18 (2023.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 23/49562 (2013.01) [H01L 23/3121 (2013.01); H01L 23/49861 (2013.01); H01L 24/48 (2013.01); H01L 25/0655 (2013.01); H01L 25/18 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48175 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 7/003 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power module comprising:
a substrate having a top surface with a first trace and a second trace;
a first plurality of vertical power devices and a second plurality of vertical power devices that are electrically coupled to form part of a power circuit;
a first terminal assembly comprising a first elongated bar and at least one first terminal contact coupled to the first elongated bar via at least one first terminal leg;
a second terminal assembly comprising a second elongated bar and at least one second terminal contact coupled to the second elongated bar via at least one second terminal leg;
a housing that encapsulates at least a portion of the first terminal assembly and the second terminal assembly, wherein:
the at least one first terminal leg extends out of a first side portion of the housing and folds such that the at least one first terminal contact extends over and is parallel to a portion of the housing; and
the at least one second terminal leg extends out of a second side portion of the housing and folds such that the at least one second terminal contact extends over and is parallel to the portion of the housing.