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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Dirk Gehrke, Freising, DE;
Inventor:
Dirk Gehrke, Freising, DE;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/495 (2006.01); H01L 23/31 (2006.01); H01L 23/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/49575 (2013.01); H01L 23/495 (2013.01); H01L 23/49524 (2013.01); H01L 23/49562 (2013.01); H01L 24/40 (2013.01); H01L 24/49 (2013.01); H01L 23/3107 (2013.01); H01L 24/37 (2013.01); H01L 24/48 (2013.01); H01L 2224/05554 (2013.01); H01L 2224/37147 (2013.01); H01L 2224/40247 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48137 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48247 (2013.01); H01L 2224/4903 (2013.01); H01L 2224/49113 (2013.01); H01L 2224/73221 (2013.01); H01L 2924/00014 (2013.01); H01L 2924/1306 (2013.01); H01L 2924/181 (2013.01); H01L 2924/30107 (2013.01); H02M 3/1588 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01); Y02B 70/1466 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi chip module having a current sensing circuit and a semiconductor half bridge configuration having two vertically stacked field effect transistor dies that are connected by horizontally extending tap clips at respective opposite sides of their channels, wherein the current sensing circuit is coupled to two checkpoints, at least one being located on one of the tap clips so as to measure a voltage drop over a predetermined portion of the tap clip acting as a shunt resistor for sensing a current that is provided to a switching node of the half bridge configuration.