Patent ID: 8691631
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a device comprising: defining exactly one semiconductor chip, the semiconductor chip being a power semiconductor chip and comprising a first electrode on a first surface and a second electrode on a second surface opposite to the first surface; electrically coupling a first external contact element and a second external contact element to the first electrode of the semiconductor chip; electrically coupling a third external contact element and a fourth external contact element to the second electrode of the semiconductor chip; providing a first mounting surface on which the first and third external contact elements are disposed, the first mounting surface forming a first major surface of the device, the first external contact element being spaced from and positioned along a first edge side of the device, and the third external contact element being spaced from and positioned along a second edge side of the device opposite the first edge side; and providing a second mounting surface on which the second and fourth external contact elements are disposed, the second mounting surface forming a second major surface of the device opposite the first major surface, the second external contact element being spaced from and positioned along the second edge side and the fourth external contact being spaced from and positioned along the first edge side; and providing a fifth external contact element disposed on the first mounting surface and a sixth external contact element disposed on the second mounting surface, and electrically coupling the fifth and sixth external contact elements to a third electrode of the semiconductor chip, wherein the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth external contact elements are spaced between the first edge side and the opposite second edge side of the device, with the first external contact element being disposed between the third and fifth external contact elements and the fourth external contact element being disposed between the second and sixth external contact elements.