Patent ID: 6720646
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A power converter comprising:a power supply portion; a control portion; and a semiconductor device in which a lead frame fixedly adhered via an insulating layer to one surface of a base substrate serves as a circuit conductor and on which frame one or more power semiconductor elements are mounted, wherein an end portion of said lead frame is bent to form a stand-up portion in a stand-up direction from the surface of said base substrate as an outward guided terminal, wherein the lead frame has a first thickness in a first portion fixedly adhered to the surface of the base substrate, and wherein the lead frame has a recessed portion having a second thickness, less than the first thickness, said recessed portion being formed in a lower portion of the stand-up portion beginning adjacent to said first portion and extending upwardly along said stand-up portion.