Patent ID: 6060776
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A rectifier diode, comprising a base which is press-fittable into an intended opening of a rectifier arrangement; a pedestal disposed on said base integrally with said base; a semiconductor chip secured to said pedestal; a head wire secured to said chip, said base being formed to connect the diode thermally and electrically to the rectifier arrangement; and means for mechanically stabilizing said base and including a bulwark provided on a bottom of said base in a region of said pedestal and surrounding said pedestal, said bulwark being separated from said pedestal by a trench and being integral with the bottom of said base; a pressing region for absorbing forces oriented at right angles to a plane of said semiconductor chip and disposed on a side of said bulwark remote from said trench and between bulwark and a substantially cylindrical wall of said base disposed substantially perpendicular to the bottom of said base, said trench being located between said bulwark and said pedestal and having a radial extent that is approximately twice as great as a height of said bulwark measured from said trench upward.