Patent ID: 8154874
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: H01L,H05K

Abstract:
1. A power module, comprising: a substrate that includes a metallic trace formed on a first major surface thereof; a power switching device mounted on said metallic trace on said first major surface of said substrate; and a flexible circuit including a first conductive layer having a first trace disposed over a second conductive layer having a second trace and a flexible dielectric layer disposed between said first and second conductive layers, said first trace electrically connected to a gate electrode of said switching device and said second trace electrically connected to a current sense connection of said switching device; and first and second terminal leads on said substrate to provide external access to said power module, said first terminal lead being electrically connected to said first trace and said second terminal lead being electrically connected to said second trace, wherein said first trace is disposed directly over and runs parallel with said second trace on opposing parallel surfaces of said flexible dielectric layer.