Measuring resistor and method for producing a measuring resistor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9824799-B2
Application number	US-201514800048-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 15, 2015
Priority date	Jul 16, 2014
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

A measuring resistor for high-current measurements is provided, which has a defined resistance value. The measuring resistor has a resistive layer having a sheet resistivity. The resistance value of the measuring resistor is defined by the resistive layer and is less than the sheet resistivity of the resistive layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A measuring resistor for high-current measurements, which has a defined resistance value, comprising:
a resistive layer having a sheet resistivity, wherein the resistance value of the measuring resistor is defined by the resistive layer and is less than the sheet resistivity of the resistive layer, the resistive layer having an upper surface and a lower surface which are spaced apart from one another by a thickness of the resistive layer;
a first metal layer arranged on the upper surface of the resistive layer;
a second metal layer arranged on the lower surface of the resistive layer opposite the first metal layer; and
at least one capacitive layer having an upper surface and a lower surface which are spaced apart from one another by a thickness of the capacitive layer,
wherein a current to be measured by the measuring resistor flows through the thickness of the resistive layer from the first metal layer to the second metal layer,
wherein the capacitive layer is arranged coplanar with respect to the resistive layer,
wherein the first metal layer and the second metal layer extend over the capacitive layer.

2. The measuring resistor of claim 1 , wherein the defined resistance value is in a range of between 100 and 500 mohms, and wherein the sheet resistivity is between 10 and 30 ohms.

3. The measuring resistor of claim 1 , wherein the resistive layer comprises a nickel-phosphorus alloy.

4. The measuring resistor of claim 1 , wherein the resistive layer and the capacitive layer are spaced apart from one another.

5. The measuring resistor of claim 1 , wherein the second metal layer is structured, wherein a first part of the second metal layer is arranged on the capacitive layer and is spaced apart from a second part of the second metal layer, and wherein the second part is arranged on the resistive layer.

6. The measuring resistor of claim 1 , wherein the second metal layer comprises a leadframe and wherein the first metal layer comprises a rear-side metalization of a semiconductor die.

7. A semiconductor package comprising a measuring resistor as claimed in claim 6 .

8. The measuring resistor of claim 1 , wherein the second metal layer is arranged on a printed circuit board.

9. A method for producing a measuring resistor for high-current measurements, which has a defined resistance value, the method comprising:
providing a resistive layer having an upper surface and a lower surface which are spaced apart from one another by a thickness of the resistive layer, wherein the resistive layer has a sheet resistivity, and wherein the resistance value of the measuring resistor is defined by the resistive layer and is less than the sheet resistivity of the resistive layer; and
providing a first metal layer and a second metal layer, wherein one of:
the first metal layer is arranged on the upper surface of the resistive layer and the second metal layer is arranged on the lower surface of the resistive layer opposite the first metal layer; or
the first metal layer and the second metal layer are arranged on the upper surface of the resistive layer, wherein they do not touch one another and are at a first distance from one another over a first width, wherein the first distance is less than the first width,

the method further comprising:
providing a capacitive layer;
arranging the capacitive layer coplanar with respect to the resistive layer, which extends between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, wherein the first and second metal layers also extend over the capacitive layer, or arranging the capacitive layer on the lower surface of the resistive layer if the first and the second metal layers are arranged on the upper surface of the resistive layer, and arranging an additional metal layer on a side of the capacitive layer which faces away from the resistive layer.

10. A measuring resistor for high-current measurements, which has a defined resistance value, comprising:
a resistive layer having a sheet resistivity, the resistance value of the measuring resistor being defined by the resistive layer and being less than the sheet resistivity of the resistive layer, the resistive layer having an upper surface and a lower surface which are spaced apart from one another by a thickness of the resistive layer;
a first metal layer arranged on the upper surface of the resistive layer; and
a second metal layer arranged on the lower surface of the resistive layer opposite the first metal layer,
wherein a current to be measured by the measuring resistor flows through the thickness of the resistive layer from the first metal layer to the second metal layer,
wherein the second metal layer comprises a leadframe,
wherein the first metal layer comprises a rear-side metalization of a semiconductor die.

11. The measuring resistor of claim 10 , wherein the defined resistance value is in a range of between 100 and 500 mohms, and wherein the sheet resistivity is between 10 and 30 ohms.

12. The measuring resistor of claim 10 , wherein the resistive layer comprises a nickel-phosphorus alloy.

13. The measuring resistor of claim 10 , further comprising at least one capacitive layer having an upper surface and a lower surface which are spaced apart from one another by a thickness of the capacitive layer, wherein the capacitive layer is arranged coplanar with respect to the resistive layer, and wherein the first metal layer and the second metal layer extend over the capacitive layer.

14. The measuring resistor of claim 13 , wherein the resistive layer and the capacitive layer are spaced apart from one another.

15. The measuring resistor of claim 13 , wherein the second metal layer is structured, wherein a first part of the second metal layer is arranged on the capacitive layer and is spaced apart from a second part of the second metal layer, and wherein the second part is arranged on the resistive layer.

16. A semiconductor package comprising the measuring resistor of claim 10 .

17. The measuring resistor of claim 10 , wherein the second metal layer is arranged on a printed circuit board.

Assignees

• Infineon Technologies Austria Ag

Inventors

• Kampl Severin
• Kirchner Uwe

Classifications

• H01C7/06

  including means to minimise changes in resistance with changes in temperature · CPC title

• H01C7/00 Primary

  Non-adjustable resistors formed as one or more layers or coatings; Non-adjustable resistors made from powdered conducting material or powdered semi-conducting material with or without insulating material (consisting of loose powdered or granular material H01C8/00; resistors having potential barriers, e.g. field-effect resistors, H10D1/40 - H10D1/43, H10K10/10; semiconductor devices sensitive to electromagnetic or corpuscular radiation, e.g. photoresistors, H10F30/00; magnetic field controlled resistors H10N50/10; bulk negative resistance effect devices H10N80/00) · CPC title

• H01C17/06

  adapted for coating resistive material on a base · CPC title

• G01R1/203 Primary

  Resistors used for electric measuring, e.g. decade resistors standards, resistors for comparators, series resistors, shunts (resistors in general H01C; microwave or radiowave terminations H01P1/26; coupling devices H01R) · CPC title

• G01R19/0092

  Measuring current only · CPC title