Patent ID: 8853739

Claim:
A pressure contact semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a gate region and a cathode region formed on a top surface thereof and an anode region formed on a bottom surface thereof; a cathode post electrode overlapping and connected to said cathode region; a gate electrode connected to said gate region; an anode post electrode underlapping and connected to said anode region; a circuit substrate; a cathode flange overlapping said cathode post electrode and connected to said circuit substrate; a cathode fin electrode overlapping and connected to said cathode flange; an anode fin electrode underlapping and connected to said anode post electrode; a gate flange connected to both said gate electrode and said circuit substrate; a securing member having a parallel portion parallel to said circuit substrate and a perpendicular portion perpendicular to said circuit substrate, said perpendicular portion being secured to a side of said cathode fin electrode and said parallel portion extending from said perpendicular portion in a direction away from said cathode fin electrode; and a spacer formed by bending plate material and secured at the top to said parallel portion of said securing member and at the bottom to said circuit substrate.