Semiconductor device with interdigitated electrodes

DETAILED DESCRIPTION We claim: 1.
A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor body having a major surface and alternate regions of opposite first and second conductivity types at said major surface, a first set of electrode fingers at a first metallization level on said major surface and contacting the regions of the first conductivity type, a second set of electrode fingers at the first metallization level on said major surface and contacting the regions of the second conductivity type, a first electrically-conductive bonding pad at a second metallization level and electrically connected to the electrode fingers of the first set, and a second electrically conductive bonding pad at said second metallization level, which second bonding pad is electrically isolated from the first bonding pad and is electrically connected to the electrode fingers of the second set, and and insulating layer overlying the two sets of electrode fingers, the first bonding pad extending at the second metallization level on the insulating layer transversely over the electrode fingers and being electrically connected to the first set of electrode fingers through at least one window in the insulating layer such that in operation of the device the voltage drop along each electrode finger of said first set is substantially equal, and the second bonding pad extending at the second metallization level on the insulating layer transversely over the electrode fingers an being electrically connected to the second set of electrode fingers through at least one other window in the insulating layer such that in operation of the device the voltage drop along each electrode finger of said second set is substantially equal.
2.
A semiconductor device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the first bonding pad is electrically connected individually to each electrode finger of the first set through a first set of windows in the insulating layer.
3.
A semiconductor device as claimed in 2, characterized in that the windows of the first set are disposed substantially mid-way along the length of the electrode fingers of the first set