A power supply device includes a control IC fabricated by a bipolar
process and a power supply element fabricated by a MOS process, both of
them die-bonded on a leadframe, and with a chip edge of one of them kept
in intimate contact with a chip edge of the other. Thus, heat conducts
via those chip edges with increased efficiency, permitting the heat
generated in the power supply element to quickly conduct to the control
IC. This prevents heat-induced breakdown to which a MOS semiconductor is
susceptible. The power supply element fabricated by a MOS process can be
a horizontal structure so that a current flows from one part of the top
surface of the chip to another. This makes it easy to reduce power loss.
The power supply element and the control IC can be die-bonded with a
single type of die-bonding paste.