Patent ID: 7489023
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor chip, the semiconductor chip comprising: a plurality of signal contact areas and a plurality of supply contact areas, wherein at least the signal contact areas are arranged on edge regions of an active top side of the semiconductor chip and are electrically connected by connecting elements to external signal exterior connections of the semiconductor device; and at least two supply collective electrodes arranged in an electrically insulated manner on the active top side of the semiconductor chip and being constructed of annularly patterned metal structures that are arranged within the signal contact areas, each of the electrodes being electrically connected by connecting elements to external supply exterior connections of the semiconductor device, wherein the supply contact areas of the semiconductor chip are electrically connected to the supply collective electrodes by internal connecting elements disposed on the active top side of the semiconductor chip; wherein the supply collective electrodes are arranged with one electrode stacked above another electrode on the active top side of the semiconductor chip, and the semiconductor chip further comprises at least one insulation layer arranged between two adjacently stacked electrodes.