Patent ID: 8642902

Claim:
A surface-mountable device comprising: a mounting side; a top side lying opposite the mounting side; an electrically insulating carrier plate; an electrical component; and a housing; wherein the electrically insulating carrier plate: terminates the surface-mountable device toward the mounting side; has a fixing side lying opposite the mounting side; has conductor tracks arranged on the fixing side for making electrical contact with the electrical component; has contact areas arranged on the mounting side; and has openings; wherein a respective contact area of the contact areas is electrically conductively connected to a respective conductor track of the conductor tracks via a respective opening of said openings; wherein the electrical component is arranged on the fixing side of the electrically insulating carrier plate and is enclosed by the housing; wherein at least one opening of said openings is arranged below the electrical component; wherein the housing is arranged on the fixing side of the electrically insulating carrier plate, such that the housing and the electrically insulating carrier plate are arranged flush with one another in a plan view of the electrically insulating carrier plate, and the housing terminates the surface-mountable device toward the top side; wherein an electrically insulating separating layer is arranged between the electrical component and the electrically insulating carrier plate; and wherein at least one further opening is arranged in the electrically insulating separating layer and contains an electrically conductive material, such that one of the openings of the electrically insulating carrier plate is electrically conductively connected to the electrical component via the at least one further opening in the electrically insulating separating layer.