Patent ID: 8044468
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: H01L,H02M,H03K,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor device for use in a DC-DC converter covered with a resin body, the DC-DC converter comprising a high side MOSFET, a low side MOSFET, a first driver circuit to drive the high side MOSFET and a second driver circuit to drive the low side MOSFET, the resin body having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, the semiconductor device comprising: a first die pad; a second die pad, which is separated from the first die pad; a first semiconductor chip disposed over the first die pad and including the high side MOSFET, the first semiconductor chip having a first source electrode pad and a first drain electrode of the high side MOSFET; the first source electrode facing toward the top surface of the resin body; a second semiconductor chip disposed over the second die pad and including the low side MOSFET, the second semiconductor chip having a second source electrode pad and a second drain electrode of the low side MOSFET; an input lead exposed from the bottom surface of the resin body and electrically coupled to the first drain electrode of the first semiconductor chip; a ground potential lead exposed from the bottom surface of the resin body and electrically coupled to the second source electrode pad of the second semiconductor chip; an output lead exposed from the bottom surface of the resin body and electrically coupled to the first source electrode pad of the first semiconductor chip and to the second drain electrode of the second semiconductor chip; a first metal plate conductor which is electrically and mechanically connected to the first source electrode pad of the first semiconductor chip and the second die pad, the first source electrode pad of the first semiconductor chip and the second drain electrode of the second semiconductor chip being electrically coupled to each other by the first metal plate conductor, a second metal plate conductor which is electrically and mechanically connected to the second source electrode pad of the second semiconductor chip and the ground potential lead, wherein the first semiconductor chip has a rectangular shape in plan view, with a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides, wherein the first metal plate conductor is disposed so as to overlap one of the long sides of the first semiconductor chip in plan view, wherein said one long side of the first semiconductor chip is arranged such that a closest distance between the second semiconductor chip and said one long side is less than a closest distance between the second semiconductor chip and the other long side.