Appeal No. 1999-0843
Application No. 08/666,970
semiconductor substrate. A plurality of electrode terminals
are formed with at least one finger section and a first
contact area section disposed laterally with respect to and
connected to a respective finger section. According to page 4
of Appellant’s specification, at least one of the electrode
terminals has a second contact area section which is disposed
laterally opposite the first contact area section across the
finger section, the resulting structure serving to provide
increased heat dissipation.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A semiconductor component, comprising:
a semiconductor substrate having a main surface;
at least one transistor formed on said semiconductor
substrate with a gate or base terminal, with a source or
emitter terminal, and with a drain or collector terminal;
first, second and third electrode terminals formed on
said main surface of said semiconductor substrate and
electrically insulated from one another, said electrode
terminals being respectively associated with said gate or
base terminal, with said source or emitter terminal, and
with said drain or collector terminal of said at least
one transistor;
each of said electrode terminals being formed with at
least one electrode terminal finger section, and a first
contact area section electrically connected to a
respective finger section and being disposed laterally
thereof; and
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