Patent ID: 9107331
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: H01L,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An intelligent power module, comprising: a protective case that includes a case body, a base plate, and a lid that covers an opening of the case body; a power circuit board including a plurality of power devices and fixed on the base plate; a first control circuit board configured to drive said power devices of said power circuit board, said first control circuit board being associated with said lid of the protective case in such a way that said first control circuit board is comprised within the opening in the case body, wherein said first control circuit board includes a first plurality of through-holes and said lid includes a second plurality through-holes respectively aligned with said through-holes of said first plurality; and press-fits of a first type positioned partially in internal walls of said case body and extending respectively through the first plurality of through-holes and respectively through the second plurality of through-holes, each press fit of the first type having a body, a needle with an eye, and a protrusion extending from the needle in an opposite direction with respect to said body, said body being directed toward and electrically coupled to said power circuit board, said protrusions extending outside of the lid and being configured to electrically couple said power circuit board to circuitry outside of the intelligent power module.