Eupec Europaeische Gesellschaft Fuer Leistungshalbleiter Mbh & Co. Kg

Infineon Technologies Ag

Infineon Technologies Bipolar Gmbh & Co. Kg

Heinrich Gerstenkoeper

Hans-Joachim Schulze

Reiner Barthelmess

Uwe Kellner-Werdehausen

Detlef Scholz

Elmar Krause

Ralf Joerke

Werner Struwe

An integrated circuit and an arrangement including a semiconductor device and a connecting element and method for producing such an arrangement is disclosed. One embodiment provides a semiconductor element having a first contact face and a second contact face. The first contact face and the second contact face extend in a first lateral direction. An electrically conductive connecting element which has a third contact face electrically contacts the semiconductor element. The connecting element includes a trench system. A first trench of this trench system extends from the third contact face into the connecting element.

Arrangement including a semiconductor device and a connecting element

Disclosed is a semiconductor module comprising a semiconductor element () and two terminal electrodes () between which the semiconductor element () is disposed and with which the semiconductor element () is contacted in an electrically conducting manner. The semiconductor element () is surrounded by an at least partly electrically insulating housing (). In order to protect the housing from the effect of electric arcs occurring in the event of an overload, a high temperature-resistant insulator which is arranged at least at some points between a housing wall and the semiconductor element is provided inside the module. The insulator can surround the semiconductor element as a hollow cylinder.

Semiconductor module

An insulating element insulates a contact area of an electronic component from other contact areas of the component. In order to ensure an assembly that is as trouble-free as possible as well as a trouble-free operation, the insulation element has at least on a first section, which is accommodated inside a contact recess of a contact during operation, is provided with an outer contour that enables an accommodation with the utmost smallest amount of play inside the contact recess.

Insulating element

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Warstein, Germany

Heinrich Gerstenkoeper