Patent ID: 7279963

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising a first element and a second element of a half-bridge, having first, second, and third connecting leads, wherein the first element of the half-bridge comprises at least a first semiconductor element and a first freewheeling component, the second element of the half-bridge comprises at least a second semiconductor element and a second freewheeling component, the first connecting lead is connected by an electrically conducting connection to the first semiconductor element, and the second connecting lead is connected to the second semiconductor element, the first connecting lead and the second connecting lead are used for DC supply and are arranged parallel to each other, at least in parts, the third connecting lead constitutes a load terminal of the half-bridge, the first, second and third connecting leads each have a base point facing a substrate, and wherein connecting a first hypothetical line between centroids of the base points of the first and third connecting leads, and a second hypothetical line between the centroids of the base points of the second and third connecting leads enclose an angle greater than 0° and less than or equal to 20°.