Patent ID: 8446726

Claim:
A semiconductor module, comprising: a module housing having a top side and a bottom side forming opposite sides of the module housing and being spaced apart from one another in a vertical direction; a power semiconductor chip; a substrate carrying the power semiconductor chip, the substrate being mechanically joined with the module housing; a plurality of electric terminals extending from the interior of the module housing to the exterior of the module housing and penetrating the top side of the module housing at feed-through locations; a first sealing ring arranged on the top side of the module housing such that in any lateral direction perpendicular to the vertical direction the plurality of electric terminals are arranged within an inner lateral boundary of the first sealing ring; and a second sealing ring arranged on the bottom side of the module housing such that in any lateral direction perpendicular to the vertical direction an outer lateral boundary of the bottom side of a bond seam is arranged within an inner lateral boundary of the second sealing ring, wherein the substrate is adhered to the bottom side of the module housing via the bond seam, and wherein the bond seam comprises a bottom side facing away from the top side of the module housing.