Patent ID: 11955452
Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A semiconductor module comprising:
a conductive substrate having an obverse surface and a reverse surface that are spaced apart from each other in a thickness direction;
at least one semiconductor element electrically bonded to the obverse surface and having a switching function;
a conducting member that forms a path of a main circuit current switched by the at least one semiconductor element;
a first input terminal and a second input terminal that are offset in one sense of a first direction relative to the conductive substrate, the first direction being perpendicular to the thickness direction; and
at least one output terminal offset in another sense of the first direction relative to the conductive substrate,
wherein the conductive substrate includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion that are spaced apart from each other in the first direction,
the at least one semiconductor element includes a plurality of first semiconductor elements electrically bonded to the first conductive portion, and a plurality of second semiconductor elements electrically bonded to the second conductive portion,
the plurality of first semiconductor elements are spaced apart from each other along a second direction perpendicular to the thickness direction and the first direction,
the plurality of second semiconductor elements are spaced apart from each other along the second direction,
the first input terminal is electrically connected to the first conductive portion,
the second input terminal has an opposite polarity to the first input terminal,
the output terminal is electrically connected to the second conductive portion,
the conducting member includes a first conducting member connected to the plurality of first semiconductor elements and the second conductive portion, and a second conducting member connected to the plurality of second semiconductor elements and the second input terminal,
the semiconductor module further comprising a control terminal connected to one of the plurality of first semiconductor elements and the plurality of second semiconductor elements, and
the control terminal is arranged on the obverse surface and extends along the thickness direction.