Patent ID: 8338942

Claim:
A power semiconductor module, for placement on a cooling component, comprising: a substrate having an insulator body with a first main area, the first main area of the insulator body facing the interior of the power semiconductor module, and also having interconnects at load potential arranged thereon; at least two power semiconductor components arranged on the substrate; a housing positioned around the substrate; and outwardly routed load connections each having a shaped metal body with an outer contact device, a strip-like section and an inner contact that extends from the strip-like section to the substrate making circuit-compliant contact therewith; and control connections; wherein the load connections are disposed so as to form a stack in the region of the strip-like sections; and wherein each individual load connection is substantially completely encased by an insulator except in the vicinity of the inner and outer contacts and are accordingly thereby electrically insulated from one another.