Abstract: A housing for a semiconductor device is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the housing comprises a semiconductor substrate that is arranged between two contact elements, one contact element forming an anode contact element and another contact element forming a cathode contact element, the semiconductor substrate having, on at least one surface, a gate electrode that is contacted by a gate contact element, the first contact element forming a surface arranged across from the gate electrode and at a distance from the gate electrode. Also included is at least one driver unit for generating a gate current, the driver unit comprising a first terminal that is contacted with the gate contact element, and a second terminal that is contacted with a first of the two contact elements.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 14, 2006
Publication date:
April 16, 2009
Applicant:
Forschungsgemeinschaft Fur Leistungselektronik Und Elektrische Antriebe (FGLA) E.V.
Inventors:
Peter Koellensperger, Rik W. De Doncker