The general rectification terminal mainly is used on electrodes of vehicle generators to transform AC power to DC power. Such type of terminal has a pedestal with a tin blade located thereon, and then a chip is mounted onto the tin blade. The tin is heated and melted to solder the chip on the pedestal. Finally the terminal is encased and packaged with plastics or resin. On the conventional rectification terminal the conductive element frequently deforms due to impact or stress of external forces. The design of the terminal also makes assembly and installation difficult.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,060,776 entitled “Rectifier diode”mainly includes a base which has a pedestal. The pedestal holds a semiconductor chip to be bonded to a head wire. The base has a protective sheath filled with a package to securely encase the pedestal and semiconductor chip in the space of the protective sheath. However, when the rectifier diode is pressed onto a rectifier sheet the juncture of the base and protective sheath easily deforms under forces. Hence the service life of the rectifier diode suffers. To remedy the aforesaid problem, U.S. patent application No. 20070105454 entitled “diode” provides a gap between the base and protective sheath so that a buffer room is provided during pressing of the diode onto a rectifier sheet to prevent deformation of the base.
Another U.S. Pat. No. 6,667,545 entitled “Rectifier diode with improved means for tension relief of the connected headwire” includes a press-fit base which has an extended securing region to hold a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip is bonded to a head wire. The securing region has a peripheral end portion and a collar. The collar and peripheral end portion form respectively an included angle α and α′ with the axis of the head wire. The angle α is greater than the angle α′ so that the surrounding of the semiconductor chip forms a passivation agent.
The conventional techniques mentioned above still have shortcomings. For instance, the rectification chip terminal generally is formed at a small size to save space. This also happens to the aforesaid conventional techniques. The small size creates many manufacturing problems, such as during soldering process the protective sheath is jutting over the base and forms interference that makes soldering more difficult. Product quality suffers. Installation also is more difficult. Manufacturing process is longer and takes more time. Moreover, the protective sheath has an inner wall perpendicular to the plane of the base. As a result the package easily breaks off during pouring.