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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shigekazu Yoshida, Itami, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 42 ; 357 65 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an improvement in an electrode structure of a semiconductor device having a MOSFET chip, wherein a source terminal is directly connected to a source electrode of the semiconductor device so that the source terminal overlaps with the source electrode. By employing the electrode structure, a semiconductor device having a high switching speed, low power loss and high mass productivity is obtained.