Patent ID: 11955414
Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A semiconductor module comprising:
a conductive substrate having an obverse surface facing in one sense of a thickness direction, and a reverse surface facing away from the obverse surface in the thickness direction;
a semiconductor element electrically bonded to the obverse surface and having a switching function;
a control terminal for controlling the semiconductor element; and
a sealing resin having a resin obverse surface facing the same side as the obverse surface, and a resin reverse surface facing an opposite side from the resin obverse surface, the sealing resin covering the conductive substrate, the semiconductor element, and a part of the control terminal,
wherein the control terminal protrudes from the resin obverse surface, and extends along the thickness direction,
wherein the sealing resin has a resin side surface that is connected to the resin obverse surface and the resin reverse surface, and that is flanked by the resin obverse surface and the resin reverse surface in the thickness direction,
the semiconductor module is provided with a power supply terminal protruding from the resin side surface, electrically connected to the semiconductor element, and handling power supply voltage,
the power supply terminal has a bonding surface facing in the one sense of the thickness direction,
wherein the at least one power supply terminal includes at least one first power supply terminal that receives a first power supply voltage and a second power supply terminal that outputs a second power supply voltage,
wherein the conductive substrate includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion that are spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to the thickness direction, such that the first conductive portion is offset in one sense of the first direction and the second conductive portion is offset in another sense of the first direction,
the at least one semiconductor element includes a first semiconductor element electrically bonded to the first conductive portion, and a second semiconductor element electrically bonded to the second conductive portion,
the at least one first power supply terminal includes a first input terminal that is offset in the one sense of the first direction relative to the first semiconductor element and connected to the first conductive portion, and a second input terminal that is offset in the one sense of the first direction relative to the first semiconductor element and connected to the second semiconductor element,
the second power supply terminal is an output terminal that is offset in the other sense of the first direction relative to the second semiconductor element and connected to the second conductive portion,
the at least one control terminal includes a first control terminal for controlling the first semiconductor element and a second control terminal for controlling the second semiconductor element,
the first control terminal is supported by the first conductive portion and provided between the first semiconductor element and each of the first input terminal and the second input terminal in the first direction, and
the second control terminal is supported by the second conductive portion and provided between the second semiconductor element and the output terminal in the first direction.