Patent ID: 7057298

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: a heat sink comprising a bottom surface exposed to the outside and an upper surface opposed to said bottom surface; an insulating substrate jointed to said upper surface of said heat sink; a conductive plate jointed to an upper surface of said insulating substrate; a first semiconductor chip comprising a first main electrode electrically connected through a first conductive layer to a first surface portion of an upper surface of said conductive plate, and a second main electrode opposed to said first main electrode with respect to a first direction which is equivalent to a direction of a normal to said upper surface of said conductive plate; a metal base having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion having a first end which is electrically connected through a second conductive layer to a second surface portion of said upper surface of said conductive plate adjacent to said first surface portion, and extending from said first end to a second end in said first direction, said second portion being coupled to said second end of said first portion and extending in a second direction orthogonal to said first direction so as to form an L-shape with said first portion; a second semiconductor chip comprising a first main electrode electrically connected through a third conductive layer to an upper surface of said second portion of said metal base, and a second main electrode opposed to said first main electrode with respect to said first direction; and a container enclosing said heat sink except an exposed portion of said bottom surface, said insulating substrate, said conductive plate, said first semiconductor chip, said metal base and said second semiconductor chip in its interior space, wherein a lower surface of said second portion of said metal base is above the level of an upper surface of said second main electrode of said first semiconductor chip, and wherein a base material of said second semiconductor chip is a wide gap semiconductor having a greater interband energy gap than silicon.