Patent ID: 7957135
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: H01L,H02M

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor module comprising: two switching semiconductor elements arranged in parallel to each other; a single free wheeling semiconductor element arranged between the switching semiconductor elements so that the switching semiconductor elements are placed at both end parts of the arrangement of the free wheeling semiconductor element and the switching semiconductor element, and the free wheel semiconductor element is reversely arranged in parallel to the switching semiconductor elements; a main body part of a rectangle shape which accommodates the switching semiconductor elements and the free wheeling semiconductor element; a pair of a first radiating plate and a second radiating plate, with which the switching semiconductor elements and the free wheel semiconductor element are supported between the first radiating plate and the second radiating plate; spacers placed on one surface side of the switching semiconductor elements and the free wheeling semiconductor element; a pair of electrode terminals extending from one longitudinal side of the main body part and electrically connected to the pair of the first radiating plate and the second radiating plate; and signal terminals extending from the other longitudinal side of the main body and electrically connected to a control circuit substrate capable of controlling the switching semiconductor elements, wherein a longitudinal side of each of the switching semiconductor elements and the free wheeling semiconductor element is arranged in parallel to a short side of the main body part, each of the switching semiconductor elements and the free wheeling semiconductor element is placed between the first radiating plate and the second radiating plate through the corresponding spacer, the main body part accommodating the switching semiconductor elements and the free wheeling semiconductor element is molded by resin, and the direction in arrangement of the switching semiconductor elements and the free wheeling semiconductor element is perpendicular to a stacked direction of the radiating plates, the spacers, the switching semiconductor elements, and the free wheeling semiconductor element, perpendicular to a direction to which the electrode terminals are extended from one longitudinal side of the main body part, and perpendicular to a direction to which the signal terminals are extended from the other longitudinal side of the main body part.