Patent ID: 7473990

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor chip featuring first and second principal faces opposite to each other, and side faces extending therebetween; a first electrode layer formed on the first principal face of said semiconductor chip; a second electrode layer formed on the second principal face of said semiconductor chip; a first metal electrode terminal electrically adhered to said first electrode layer so that a part of said first metal electrode terminal extends beyond one of said side faces of said semiconductor chip so as to space said semiconductor chip from a mounting surface; and a second metal electrode terminal electrically adhered to said second electrode layer so that a part of said second metal electrode terminal extends beyond the one of said side faces of said semiconductor chip so as to space said semiconductor chip from said mounting surface, wherein the parts of said first and second metal electrode terminals have respective soldering faces which are perpendicular to the first and second principal faces of said semiconductor chip, and which are coplanar with each other.