IP Library Granted Patent US 8,008,699
Granted Patent B2
US 8,008,699 · App. 12/721,201 · Granted Aug 30, 2011

Semiconductor device with circuit for reduced parasitic inductance

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Patent No.
US 8,008,699
App. No.
12/721,201
Granted
Aug 30, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Parasitic inductance of the main circuit of a power source unit is reduced. In a non-insulated DC-DC converter having a circuit in which a power MOSFET for high side switch and a power MOSFET for low side switch are connected in series, the power MOSFET for high side switch and the power MOSFET for low side switch are formed of n-channel vertical MOSFETs, and a source electrode of the power MOSFET for high side switch and a drain electrode of the power MOSFET for low side switch are electrically connected via the same die pad.

Claims (27)

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

an external terminal for supplying input power disposed in a sealing body;

an external terminal for supplying reference potential disposed in the sealing body;

an external terminal for output disposed in the sealing body;

a first semiconductor chip sealed in the sealing body;

a second semiconductor chip sealed in the sealing body;

a drain electrode of the first semiconductor chip being electrically connected to the external terminal for supplying input power;

a source electrode of the second semiconductor chip being electrically connected to the external terminal for supplying reference potential;

a source electrode of the first semiconductor chip and a drain electrode of the second semiconductor chip being electrically connected to the external terminal for output; and

a capacitor electrically connected to the external terminal for supplying input power and the external terminal for supplying reference potential,

wherein the capacitor is mounted in the sealing body.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the drain electrode of the first semiconductor chip and the source electrode of the second semiconductor chip are disposed on the same surface of the sealing body, and the capacitor is mounted on the same surface of the sealing body.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a driver circuit which drives a gate electrode of the first semiconductor chip and a gate electrode of the second semiconductor chip,

wherein the driver circuit is sealed in the sealing body together with the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a Schottky barrier diode electrically connected between the drain electrode of the second semiconductor chip and the source electrode of the second semiconductor chip.

5. A semiconductor device comprising:

a first external terminal configured to connect with an input power disposed in a sealing body;

a second external terminal configured to connect with a reference potential disposed in the sealing body;

a third external terminal configured to connect to an output disposed in the sealing body;

a first semiconductor chip sealed in the sealing body;

a second semiconductor chip sealed in the sealing body;

a drain electrode of the first semiconductor chip configured to be electrically connected to the first external terminal;

a source electrode of the second semiconductor chip configured to be electrically connected to the second external terminal;

a source electrode of the first semiconductor chip and a drain electrode of the second semiconductor chip both configured to be electrically connected to the third external terminal; and

a capacitor electrically connected to the first external terminal and the second external terminal, disposed in the sealing body.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044928/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 27, 2010
From: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024900/0594 →