US3188535A - Semi-conductor electrode system having at least one aluminium-containing electrode - Google Patents

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US3188535A
US3188535A US51704A US5170460A US3188535A US 3188535 A US3188535 A US 3188535A US 51704 A US51704 A US 51704A US 5170460 A US5170460 A US 5170460A US 3188535 A US3188535 A US 3188535A
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  • the invention relates to a semi-conductor electrode system, such as a diode, transistor or photo-electric cell, having a semi-conductor body and at least one aluminumcontaining electrode on this body, a resilient contact member being brought into compression contact with the electrode.
  • a semi-conductor electrode system such as a diode, transistor or photo-electric cell, having a semi-conductor body and at least one aluminumcontaining electrode on this body, a resilient contact member being brought into compression contact with the electrode.
  • the contact member is covered, at least on the side facing the electrode, with .a layer consisting of a soft metal.
  • a soft metal is to be understood to mean herein a metal or an alloy softer than the electrode material at a temperature between room temperature and the lowest temperature at which the electrode material forms a melt.
  • the layer preferably consists at least partially of tin, indium, lead, bismuth, cadmium and/or gallium. Its thickness preferably exceeds 10a; for practical purposes a thickness of at least 50 is preferred. The maximum thickness is determined by the maximum heightwhich the electrode projects above the surface of the semiconductor body. For practical purposes preferably layer thicknesses up to 200 are chosen.
  • a current pulse is applied through the contact preferably after compressing the contact member. This current pulse should be stronger than the current to be expected in normal operation.
  • the layer is made softer by heating whereby the alloyed electrode is pressed deeper into the layer.
  • 1 is a disc of n-silicon soldered to the end of a filamentary current conductor 3 fused in a glass envelope 2.
  • a rectifying, aluminum containing electrode 4 is melted.
  • a second filamentary current conductor 5 is fused, which conductor is provided with a resilient contact member in the form of a bent strip 6 of a manganese-nickel alloy which is provided with a layer or coating 7 consisting of one of the above preferred compositions, e.g.
  • a current pulse was applied through the diode, for example by connecting it to a 10 source of direct voltage of 40 v. in the forward direction for 0.4 second. Then the layer 7 was made softer by slightly heating, for example above 100 C. for at least about 30 sec., as a result of which the electrode penetrated further into the thin layer on account of the pressure exerted by the resilient contact member. After cooling, a mechanical, rigid contact was obtained between the electrode 4 and the resilient contact member.
  • the soft metal applied to the resilient contact member 6 cannot be used for the entire contact member 6, because it does not possess appreciable resilience and thus could not provide a pressure contact to the aluminum electrode.
  • the resilient member 6 is made of spring-like hard metal, such as manganese-nickel or any other suitable composition well known in the art.
  • the invention is not limited to the diode shown in the drawing. Nor is it restricted to crystal diodes but it also relates to other semi-conductor electrode systems, for example transistors or photoelectric cells, having aluminum-containing electrodes and resilient contact members connected to them, in which also for these systems troublesome occurrence of fluctuations of the contact resistances could be prevented by using the invention.
  • a semiconductor device comprising a semiconductive body, an electrode containing aluminum on said body, a resilient contact member having a portion in pressure engagement with and making electrical connec tion to said electrode, and a layer of a soft metal coated on the said portion engaging the electrode, said layer having a thickness between about 10 and 200 microns.
  • the soft metal includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of tin, indium, lead, bismuth, cadmium and gallium.
  • a silicon semiconductor device comprising a semiconductive body, an electrode comprising aluminum fused to said body, a hard metal resilient contact member having an end portion in pressure engagement with said electrode, and a layer of a soft metal selected from the group consisting of tin, indium, lead, bismuth, cadmium, gallium and alloys thereof coated on said end portion engaging said electrode, said layer having a thickness between 10 and 200 microns.

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