Patent ID: 8227908

Claim:
A device, comprising: a carrier defining a first plane; a power semiconductor chip attached to the carrier; multiple contact elements disposed adjacent to the carrier, wherein at least one of the multiple contact elements is electrically coupled to the power semiconductor chip, and a body formed of an electrically insulating material covering the power semiconductor chip and the multiple contact elements, the body defining a second plane parallel to the first plane and side faces extending from the first plane to the second plane, the body covering the multiple contact elements at the second plane, wherein at least one of the multiple contact elements has a cross section in a direction orthogonal to the first plane that is longer than 60% and less than 100% of the distance between the first plane and the second plane, and wherein a portion of the at least one of the multiple contact elements extending orthogonally from the first plane toward the second plane directly contacts the body and has an exposed surface aligned with an exposed side face of the body and the surface is adapted to be covered with a solder material.