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US3024299A
US3024299A US725774A US72577458A US3024299A US 3024299 A US3024299 A US 3024299A US 725774 A US725774 A US 725774A US 72577458 A US72577458 A US 72577458A US 3024299 A US3024299 A US 3024299A
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Nijhuis Herman Cornelis
Roovers Wilhelmus Antonius
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    • H01L23/00—Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices
    • H01L23/02—Containers; Seals
    • H01L23/10—Containers; Seals characterised by the material or arrangement of seals between parts, e.g. between cap and base of the container or between leads and walls of the container
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J5/00—Details relating to vessels or to leading-in conductors common to two or more basic types of discharge tubes or lamps
    • H01J5/20—Seals between parts of vessels
    • H01J5/22—Vacuum-tight joints between parts of vessel
    • H01J5/28—Vacuum-tight joints between parts of vessel between conductive parts of vessel
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2893/00—Discharge tubes and lamps
    • H01J2893/0033—Vacuum connection techniques applicable to discharge tubes and lamps
    • H01J2893/0037—Solid sealing members other than lamp bases
    • H01J2893/0044—Direct connection between two metal elements, in particular via material a connecting material
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L2924/00—Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
    • H01L2924/0001—Technical content checked by a classifier
    • H01L2924/0002—Not covered by any one of groups H01L24/00, H01L24/00 and H01L2224/00
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
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    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49826—Assembling or joining
    • Y10T29/49908—Joining by deforming
    • Y10T29/49938—Radially expanding part in cavity, aperture, or hollow body

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  • This invention relates to a semi-conductor electrode system or device, for example a transistor or a crystal diode, provided with a vacuum-tight envelope made substantially of metal.
  • the envelope comprises at least two parts provided with facing press surfaces, grooves being formed in these surfaces the walls of which are substantially at right angles to the said surfaces, while between these surfaces there is interposed a layer of very soft metal which fills the grooves, one of the said two parts having a flanged rim which embraces the other part and presses and keeps the parts together.
  • very soft metal is to be understood to mean a metal the hardness of which is less than 25 V.P.N. (Vickers Pyramidal Number).
  • the press surface of one part lies in a recess of the other part, a rim of this recess being designed as a flanged rim.
  • the envelope shown in FIG. 1 comprises a base 1 and a cover 2.
  • the base 1 is provided with a press surface located in a recess 3 in its rim constituting a flanged portion; in this recess, there is formed a groove 4 having substantially vertical walls.
  • the cover 2 is provided with a flange 5 the lower side of which forms a press surface in which a groove 6 is formed.
  • a layer 7 consisting of a very soft metal, such as lead, tin or indium, for example in the shape of a ring.
  • the layer may also be produced by melting a soft metal in the recess so that it spreads.
  • the base 1 is laid on a table, there being arranged on the flange 5 of the cover a ram by which the press surfaces are pressed together with such pressure that the grooves 4 and 6 are entirely filled with the soft metal.
  • a flanged rim 8 made from the rim of the recess 3 is pressed over the flange 5 so that the parts 1 and 2 are hermetically joined together.
  • the envelope shown in FIG. 2 comprises a base 11 and a cover 12.
  • Two grooves 13 are formed along the rim of the base 11.
  • the cover 12 has a flange 14 in which two grooves 15 have also been formed.
  • the parts of base and cover in which these grooves are formed again constitute the press surfaces between which a layer 16 of a very soft metal is interposed. These press surfaces have again been pressed together with a high pressure, a flanged rim 17 of the cover 12 being subsequently folded over the base 11.
  • the layers of soft metal 7 and 16 may consist of a metal having a very slight mechanical strength; this layer ensures the vacuum-tight seal but the flanged rims 8 and 17 ensure the mechanical closure of the envelope.
  • base 1 or 11 and the cover 2 or 12 may be made of substantially any metal which otherwise fulfills the requirements to be satisfied by such envelopes. Both iron and copper or brass have proved highly suitable.
  • a semi-conductor device comprising a semi-conductive element, and a vacuum-tight, cold-pressed, metal envelope enclosing said element, said envelope comprising two metal members having outwardly-extending flanged portions with facing surface portions, each of said surface portions containing a groove whose walls are substantially at right angles to their respective surface portion, a separate layer of a very soft metal disposed completely between and cold-press-bonded to both of the facing surface portions and filling both grooves in the surface portions and forming a vacuum-tight bond to and between the metal members, said metal members at the facing surface portions being substantially undeformed by the bonding operation, and a further flanged portion of and integral with one of said metal members embracing a portion of the other member and permanently mechanically joining and holding them together.
  • a semi-conductor device comprising a semi-conductive element, and a vacuum-tight, cold-pressed, metal envelope enclosing said element, said envelope comprising two thermally-conductive metal members, one of said metal members comprising a flat base member having an annular recess along its rim, the other metal member comprising a cup-shaped member with a flanged bottom portion seated in the recess and defining with the bottom wall thereof facing surface portions, each of said surface portions containing a groove, which opposes the groove in the other surface portion, whose walls are substantially at right angles to their respective surface portion, a separate annular layer of a very soft metal disposed in the recess completely between and cold-press-bonded to both of the facing surface portions and filling both grooves in the surface portions and forming a vacuum-tight bond to and between the metal members, said metal members at the facing surface portions being substantially undeformed by the bonding operation, and a further flanged portion of and integral with one of said metal members embracing a portion of
  • a semi-conductor device comprising a semi-conductive element, and a vacuum-tight, cold-pressed, metal envelope enclosing said element, said envelope comprising two metal members having outwardly-extending flanged portions with facing surface portions, said metal members being of soft thermally-conductive metal, each of said surface portions containing a groove whose walls are substantially at right angles to their respective surface portion, said grooves being opposed to one another, a separate layer of a very soft metal disposed completely between and cold-press-bonded to both of the facing surface portions and filling both grooves in the surface portions and forming a vacuum-tight bond to and between the metal members, said metal members at the facing surface portions being substantially undeformed by the bonding operation, and a further flanged portion of and integral with one of the said members embracing a portion of the other member and permanently mechanically joining and holding them together.

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US3182117A (en) * 1960-11-09 1965-05-04 Philips Corp Semiconductor device in coldwelded envelope
US3184831A (en) * 1960-11-16 1965-05-25 Siemens Ag Method of producing an electric contact with a semiconductor device
US3191268A (en) * 1958-02-28 1965-06-29 Gen Motors Corp Process for encapsulating transistors
US3197843A (en) * 1961-05-19 1965-08-03 Nippert Electric Products Comp Method of forming a mount for semiconductors
US3203083A (en) * 1961-02-08 1965-08-31 Texas Instruments Inc Method of manufacturing a hermetically sealed semiconductor capsule
US3217216A (en) * 1962-07-12 1965-11-09 Gianni A Dotto Rotary capacitor apparatus
US3242555A (en) * 1961-06-08 1966-03-29 Gen Motors Corp Method of making a semiconductor package
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US3268779A (en) * 1963-11-06 1966-08-23 Int Rectifier Corp Hermetically sealed semiconductor device
US3358152A (en) * 1963-07-22 1967-12-12 Nicholas G Alexakis Temperature compensated transistor and means for controlling
US3422320A (en) * 1965-12-23 1969-01-14 Gen Motors Corp Sealing technique for composite ferrous-copper base alloy capsules for semiconductor devices
US3937383A (en) * 1975-03-24 1976-02-10 Continental Can Company, Inc. High speed room temperature seam bonding of metal sheets
US4037749A (en) * 1976-03-15 1977-07-26 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Hermetically sealed envelope and method of making the same
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US3191268A (en) * 1958-02-28 1965-06-29 Gen Motors Corp Process for encapsulating transistors
US3125709A (en) * 1960-10-17 1964-03-17 Housing assembly
US3182117A (en) * 1960-11-09 1965-05-04 Philips Corp Semiconductor device in coldwelded envelope
US3184831A (en) * 1960-11-16 1965-05-25 Siemens Ag Method of producing an electric contact with a semiconductor device
US3203083A (en) * 1961-02-08 1965-08-31 Texas Instruments Inc Method of manufacturing a hermetically sealed semiconductor capsule
US3197843A (en) * 1961-05-19 1965-08-03 Nippert Electric Products Comp Method of forming a mount for semiconductors
US3242555A (en) * 1961-06-08 1966-03-29 Gen Motors Corp Method of making a semiconductor package
US3217216A (en) * 1962-07-12 1965-11-09 Gianni A Dotto Rotary capacitor apparatus
US3249982A (en) * 1963-01-07 1966-05-10 Hughes Aircraft Co Semiconductor diode and method of making same
US3358152A (en) * 1963-07-22 1967-12-12 Nicholas G Alexakis Temperature compensated transistor and means for controlling
US3268779A (en) * 1963-11-06 1966-08-23 Int Rectifier Corp Hermetically sealed semiconductor device
US3422320A (en) * 1965-12-23 1969-01-14 Gen Motors Corp Sealing technique for composite ferrous-copper base alloy capsules for semiconductor devices
US3937383A (en) * 1975-03-24 1976-02-10 Continental Can Company, Inc. High speed room temperature seam bonding of metal sheets
US4037749A (en) * 1976-03-15 1977-07-26 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Hermetically sealed envelope and method of making the same
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US20130167482A1 (en) * 2011-09-08 2013-07-04 Advanced Numicro Systems, Inc. Vacuum sealing process of a mems package

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