Patent ID: 7236367

Claim:
A power electronics unit for a control device in a motor vehicle, comprising: a housing having a thermally conducting housing component; a metal support element having first and second opposing sides; a first ceramic substrate having a connected side and a free side, said connected side facing said first side of said metal support element and brazed onto said first side of said metal support element; a circuit having conductor tracks and electrical power components arranged on said free side of said first ceramic substrate; and a second ceramic substrate having approximately the same dimensions as said first ceramic substrate, said second ceramic substrate having a connected side and a free side, said connected side of said second ceramic substrate facing said second side of said metal support element and brazed onto said second side of said metal support element approximately opposite said first ceramic substrate, wherein said free side of said second ceramic substrate rests flat against said housing, and wherein said thermally conducting housing component defines a recess in which said second ceramic substrate is at least partially received.