Semiconductor device

A semiconductor device, comprising:

• a first substrate;
• a second substrate on the first substrate;
• a first conductive layer on a surface of the second substrate and having a first section and a second section separated from the first section in a first direction parallel to the surface of the second substrate;
• a first semiconductor chip on the first section and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode, the first electrode connected to and facing the first conductive layer, the second and third electrodes facing away from the first conductive layer;
• a second semiconductor chip on the second section and including a fourth electrode connected to and facing the first conductive layer and a fifth electrode facing away from the first conductive layer;
• a second conductive layer between the first and second sections of the first conductive layer in the first direction and separated from the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer including a first connected section to which the second electrode is connected, a second connected section to which to the fifth electrode is connected, and a first clearance portion between the first connected section and the second connected section in the first direction;
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• a third conductive layer spaced from the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer and connected to the third electrode.

A semiconductor device, comprising:

• a first semiconductor chip mounted on a first section of first conductive layer and having a switching function that changes a conductance state between a first electrode connected to the first conductive layer and a second electrode facing away from the first conductive layer according to a control signal supplied to a third electrode of the first semiconductor chip;
• a second semiconductor chip mounted on a second section of the first conductive layer spaced from the first section in a first direction and including a fourth electrode connected to the first conductive layer and a fifth electrode facing away from the first conductive layer;
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• a second conductive layer between the first and second sections of the first conductive layer in the first direction and separated from the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer including a first connected section to which the second electrode is connected by a bonding wire, a second connected section to which to the fifth electrode is connected by a bonding wire, and a first clearance portion between the first connected section and the second connected section in the first direction.