Patent ID: 6054763
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A semiconductor device comprising:a plurality of semiconductor chips, each having formed thereon a subdivision circuit portion of an electric circuit, each subdivision circuit portion performing one specified function of said electric circuit;a single carrier material which holds said plurality of semiconductor chip, wherein said subdivision circuit portions of said respective semiconductor chips are electrically interconnected to form said electric circuit; anda lead circuit including first lead circuit portions and second lead circuit portions, each first lead circuit portion connecting an output electrode on said carrier material with an output terminal on one of said semiconductor chips and each second circuit portion connecting an input electrode on said carrier material with an input terminal on one of said semiconductor chips,wherein said semiconductor chips are generally of a flat and rectangular shape, and are longitudinally aligned and mutually spaced apart by a distance corresponding to about a longitudinal length thereof, andwherein each semiconductor chip includes common terminals which are connected to corresponding common terminals of another semiconductor chip, and wherein said second lead circuit portions include at least one branch line connected between two corresponding common terminals of at least two semiconductor chips.