Patent ID: 7679160

Claim:
A high voltage/power semiconductor device, the device comprising: at least one active region having a plurality of high voltage junctions electrically connected in parallel, at least part of each of said high voltage junctions being located in or on a respective membrane such that the active region is provided at least in part over plural membranes, there being non-membrane regions between said membranes; a single low voltage terminal for connection to plural of said high voltage junctions; and, a single high voltage terminal for connection to plural of said high voltage junctions; at least a portion of the low voltage terminal and at least a portion of the high voltage terminal being connected directly or indirectly to a respective one of the high voltage junctions, at least those portions of the high voltage terminal that are in direct or indirect contact with one of the high voltage junctions being located on or in a respective one of the plural membranes.