Patent ID: 7208347

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a device having a contacting structure including a power electronics semiconductor chip mounted on a substrate with the chip having an electrical contact surfaces, the method comprising: providing a substrate of the circuit supporting type and attaching the power electronics semiconductor chip to a conductive layer formed on the substrate; attaching an insulating layer of electrically insulating material to the substrate and to the chip after the chip is attached to the substrate such that the insulating layer follows a surface contour formed by the substrate and the chip, wherein the electrical contact surface of the chip remains at least partially free of insulating material; applying a conducting layer of electrically conductive material onto the insulating layer and onto the contact surface, wherein attaching the insulating layer is performed such that a thickness of the insulating layer covering a straight-edged area of the substrate differs by less than 50% from a thickness of the insulating layer covering a straight-edged area of the chip.