Patent ID: 7514778

Claim:
A power semiconductor device comprising: a plurality of device components, including at least one power component and at least one integrated circuit control component for controlling the power component, that are contact connected by bonding wires having different thicknesses, the power components being contact-connected by power bonding wires and the integrated circuit control components being contact-connected by control bonding wires, Wherein at least one power bonding wire has a dimension selected to provide the at least one power bonding wire with a surface which serves as a contact area for at least one control bonding wire contact connected thereon, the at least one power bonding wire being thicker than the at least one control bonding wire contact-connected thereon, and wherein the selected dimension results in the at least one power bonding wire having a current carrying capacity in excess of a capacity required by a power component to which the at least one power bonding wire is contact-connected.