PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15885115
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["257", "712000"]

Abstract:
A cooling bond layer for a power electronics assembly is provided. The cooling bond layer includes a first end, a second end spaced apart from the first end, a metal matrix extending between the first end and the second end, and a plurality of micro-channels extending through the metal matrix from the first end to the second end. The plurality of micro-channels are configured for a cooling fluid to flow through and remove heat from the cooling bond layer. In some embodiments, the plurality of micro-channels are cylindrical shaped micro-channels. In such embodiments, the plurality of micro-channels may have a generally constant average inner diameter along a thickness of the cooling bond layer. In the alternative, the plurality of micro-channels may have a graded average inner diameter along a thickness of the cooling bond layer. In other embodiments, the plurality of micro-channels may have a wire mesh layered structure.

Claim (Index 9):
A power electronics assembly comprising:\n a substrate; a semiconductor device; and a cooling bond layer disposed between and bonded to the semiconductor device and the substrate, the cooling bond layer comprising a first end and a second end spaced apart from the first end, a metal matrix extending between the first end and the second end, and a plurality of micro-channels extending through the metal matrix from the first end to the second end, wherein the plurality of micro-channels extend from the first end to the second end of the cooling bond layer and comprise one of a constant average inner diameter or a graded average inner diameter as a function of a thickness of the cooling bond layer; and a cooling fluid circuit extending through the cooling bond layer, the cooling fluid circuit comprising the plurality of micro-channels.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.71667
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15175622', '15700723', '15876929', '15332537', '15175674']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9035495223409592
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.489333416131362
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8621279117199995
- Mean Citation Score: 225.467346
- Max Citation Score: 232.28168
- Similarity Product: 191.3985677390814

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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