Patent ID: 8461670

Claim:
A semiconductor component, comprising: a support structure having a plurality of support leads; a driver chip mounted to a first portion of the support structure, the driver chip having a major surface, first and second gate drivers, and a plurality of bond pads formed at the major surface, the first gate driver having a first supply terminal, a second supply terminal, and a first output terminal, the second gate driver having a third supply terminal, a fourth supply terminal, and a second output terminal; a first semiconductor device having a control conductor and first and second current carrying conductors, the first semiconductor device mounted to a second portion of the support structure, wherein the first current carrying conductor of the first semiconductor device is coupled to the second portion of the support structure; a second semiconductor device having a control conductor and first and second current carrying conductors, the second semiconductor device mounted to a third portion of the support structure, wherein the second current carrying conductor of the second semiconductor device is coupled to the third portion of the support structure, and wherein the second current carrying conductor of the first semiconductor device is electrically coupled to the first current carrying conductor of the first semiconductor device at a node and the first and second supply terminals of the first gate driver and the third and fourth supply terminals of the second gate driver are electrically decoupled from the node; and a first electrical connector coupling a first bond pad of the plurality of bond pads to a first support lead of the plurality of support leads, wherein the first bond pad is electrically isolated from the first and second current carrying conductors of the first and second semiconductor devices.