Patent ID: 9607945
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H01L

Claim:
1. A semiconductor device comprising: N (N≧2) semiconductor power elements each comprising M (M≧2) divisional elements, said semiconductor device thus comprising a total of N×M divisional elements, which are arranged such that divisional elements belonging to different ones of said N semiconductor power elements are arranged in juxtaposition and in a repetitive sequential order; N control circuits each being common to said M divisional elements of said respective N semiconductor power elements; N×M output pads associated with said N×M divisional elements; N×M output wires for connecting each of said N×M divisional elements to associated one of said N×M output pads; N×M power supply pads associated with said N×M divisional elements; and N×M power supply wires for connecting each of said N×M divisional elements to associated one of said N×M power supply pads, wherein said N×M divisional elements are arranged along a first direction, said N×M output pads and said N×M power supply pads are arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction such that said output pads and said power supply pads are located at opposite sides of corresponding ones of said divisional elements respectively, and wherein a first side of one divisional element of two neighboring divisional elements among said N×M divisional elements is connected to a corresponding one of said output pads and a second side of the one divisional element is connected to a corresponding one of said power supply pads such that the first and second sides being opposite sides of the one divisional element along the second direction, and a first side of another divisional element of the two neighboring divisional elements among said N×M divisional elements is connected to a corresponding one of said power supply pads and a second side of the another divisional element is connected to a corresponding one of said output pads such that the first and second sides being opposite sides of the another divisional element along the second direction.