Patent ID: 7439615

Claim:
A semiconductor component comprising: an integrated semiconductor chip; and a chip housing; wherein the semiconductor chip has two mutually opposite lateral edges and also input and output connections; wherein the chip housing extends laterally beyond the two mutually opposite edges of the semiconductor chip, wherein a first region of the chip housing reaches laterally as far as outside a first edge of the semiconductor chip and a second region of the chip housing reaches in an opposite direction laterally as far as outside a second edge of the semiconductor chip; wherein the chip housing has a top side and an underside, on which contact connections are in each case provided in the first and in the second region, said contact connections being connected to the input and output connections of the semiconductor chip by conductor tracks within the chip housing; wherein the chip housing has first lines for first signals and the first lines comprise first and second conductor tracks; wherein the chip housing has second lines for second signals and the second lines comprise third and fourth conductor tracks; wherein the first and the third conductor tracks lead from the semiconductor chip to contact connections of the chip housing that are arranged on its underside, and wherein the second and the fourth conductor tracks lead from the semiconductor chip to contact connections of the chip housing which are arranged on its top side; and wherein the first conductor tracks are connected to input connections and the second conductor tracks are connected to output connections of the semiconductor chip for the first signals, and wherein the third conductor tracks are connected to output connections and the fourth conductor tracks are connected to input connections of the semiconductor chip for the second signals.