Patent ID: 6856012

Claim:
A power semiconductor module comprising a module housing having a conductive cover plate and a conductive baseplate, arranged essentially parallel to the cover plate, and also an insulating housing wall arranged between the cover plate and the baseplate, a power semiconductor circuit accommodated in the module housing and having at least two power terminals, of which one is electrically conductively connected to the cover plate and the other is electrically conductively connected to the baseplate, and at least two terminals of the power semiconductor circuit which are led out of the module housing, a first of the at least two terminals being provided for the contact connection of the cover plate, wherein a printed circuit board being formed in essentially planar fashion is led out of the module housing, the printed circuit board being formed in at least two layers, the two terminals being formed as conductors of the printed circuit board and the conductors being arranged essentially parallel to the planar areas of the printed circuit board and in that the printed circuit board is fixed to the cover plate by fixing means in a force-locking manner, so that the cover plate terminal conductor arranged on the side toward the cover plate is electrically conductively connected to the cover plate.