Patent ID: 8193848

Claim:
A semiconductor switching device, comprising: a wide band-gap power transistor; a second wide band-gap transistor coupled in parallel with the wide band-gap power transistor; and a wide band-gap driver transistor that is configured to provide a base current to the second wide band-gap transistor; wherein a gate of the wide band-gap power transistor, a gate of the wide band-gap driver transistor and a contact for an emitter of the second wide band-gap transistor are on a first side of the semiconductor switching device, and wherein a contact for a collector of the second wide band-gap transistor is on a second side of the semiconductor switching device that is opposite the first side; and wherein a first current path length between a source contact of the wide band-gap power transistor and a drain contact of the wide band-gap power transistor is substantially the same as a second current path length between the contact for the emitter of the second wide band-gap transistor and the contact for the collector of the second wide band-gap transistor.