Patent ID: 8278747

Claim:
A semiconductor apparatus having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the apparatus comprising: a semiconductor chip having a front side and a backside; a first heat radiation member electrically and thermally coupled with the backside of the chip; a second heat radiation member electrically and thermally coupled with the front side of the chip; and a resin mold sealing the first and second heat radiation members together with the chip, wherein at least one of the first and second heat radiation members has a first heat radiation surface exposed on the first surface and a second heat radiation surface exposed on the second surface, wherein the second surface is an upper-most principal surface of the apparatus, wherein the first surface is a lower-most principal surface of the apparatus, and wherein the first heat radiation surface is arranged on a same plane as the first surface, and the second heat radiation surface is arranged on a same plane as the second surface.