Patent ID: 7880288

Claim:
A semiconductor module comprising: at least two semiconductor chips each comprising at least one first and one second electrode arranged on a first side of a respective semiconductor chip, and at least one third electrode arranged on a second side of the respective semiconductor chip, wherein the at least two semiconductor chips are arranged within the semiconductor module such that the electrodes on the first sides of the semiconductor chips are oriented toward a second side of the semiconductor module and the third electrodes on the second sides of the semiconductor chips are oriented toward a first side of the semiconductor module, external contact blocks on the second side of the semiconductor module to which the electrodes of the first sides are coupled, connecting elements which electrically couple the third electrodes to the external contact blocks, and a plastic package compound in which the semiconductor chips, the connecting elements and the external contact blocks are embedded, leaving the external contact blocks exposed, wherein the electrodes on the first side of the semiconductor chips have flip chip contacts arranged on the external contact blocks that are parallel to each other in a lengthwise direction and electrically separated from one another; and wherein the two semiconductor chips are mounted adjacent to each other such that the first electrodes are mounted on, and electrically connected to, a same one of the external contact blocks, and the second electrodes are mounted on, and electrically connected to, two of the contact blocks that are different from each other and different from the external contact block connected to the first electrodes.