The invention relates to a semiconductor device (10) comprising a
semiconductor body (11) in which an IC is formed and which has a number
of connection regions (1) for the IC on its surface, including at least
two connection regions (1A) for a supply connection, the lower side of
the semiconductor body (11) being provided with a number of further
connection regions (2) which are connected to a connection region (1) by
means of an electric connection (3) which is present on a side face of
the semiconductor body (11) and electrically insulated therefrom, and the
semiconductor body (11) being attached to a lead frame (4) and wire
connections (5) being formed between leads (4A) of the frame (4) and
connection regions (1) . According to the invention, the electric
connection (3) comprises a plurality of parallel, regularly spaced
strip-shaped conductors (3A), and the connection regions (1A) for the
supply connection are each connected with a further connection region (2)
by means of two or more of said strip-shaped conductors (3A), which
further connection region is directly connected to a lead (4B) of the
frame (4) , while the remainder of the connection regions (1B) are
directly connected with leads (4) by means of the wire connections (5) .
Such a device (10) has a very stable supply voltage and excellent
high-frequency behavior, while the supply current may be extremely high.
The invention further comprises a semiconductor body (11) suitable for
use in such a device (10) and a method of manufacturing such a device
(10).