Patent ID: 7679197

Claim:
A power semiconductor device, comprising: a leadframe comprising a chip carrier and a plurality of leads comprising a first lead and a second lead, the chip carrier comprising at least two separate parts, a vertical power semiconductor component having a first side and a second side, at least one first contact area and at least one control contact area being arranged on the first side, and a second contact area being arranged on the second side, the first contact area being arranged on a first part of the chip carrier and being electrically connected to the first part of the chip carrier, and the control contact area being arranged on a second part of the chip carrier and being electrically connected to the second part of the chip carrier, a plastic housing composition, which embeds at least the power semiconductor component and the upper surface of the chip carrier and leaves free at least a lower surface of the first part of the chip carrier, the plastic housing composition comprising a lower outer surface which together with the lower surface of the first part of the chip carrier forms a common outer surface of the power device, wherein at least one further electronic device is arranged on the second contact area of the vertical power semiconductor component, and the lower surface of the first part of the chip carrier provides a ground contact area of the power semiconductor device, and wherein the first lead projects from the first part of the chip carrier and the second lead projects from the second part of the chip carrier.