Patent ID: 7768139

Claim:
A power semiconductor module with a housing comprising: a hardenable plastic casting compound and a base plate, wherein electric power semiconductor components are arranged on a section of a surface of the base plate that faces the housing by means of an insulating layer, wherein at least the section of the surface of the base plate that faces the housing and contains the electric power semiconductor components is encapsulated in the housing, wherein the hardenable plastic casting compound has a hardness between 30 and 95 ShoreA, and wherein the hardenable plastic casting compound includes a thermoplastic hot-melt adhesive, wherein a control device is connected to at least one of the electric power semiconductor components and at least partially encapsulated in the housing, wherein the control device contains a printed circuit board with a first circuit board side that faces the electric power semiconductor components and a second circuit board side that faces away from the electric power semiconductor components, and wherein the first circuit board side is encapsulated in the housing, and wherein the second circuit board side lies outside the housing.