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Thermally enhanced quad flat non-lead package of semiconductor

US6198171A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 30, 1999
Grant dateMar 6, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/18165
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A thermally enhanced quad flat non-lead package of semiconductor comprises a chip a plurality of leads, and a molding compound. The chip has its active surface bonded to the top surface of the die pad, and the area of the die pad is smaller than that of the chip in order to expose the bonding pads on the active surface of the chip. The leads are disposed at the periphery of the die pad wherein the bottom surface of the lead has a stepped structure with a relatively thin portion to form a wire-bonding protruded zone. A plurality of bonding wires is used to electrically connect the wire-bonding protruded zone of the leads to the bonding pads of the chip. The molding compound encapsulates the chip, bonding wires, the die pad, and a portion of the surface of the leads, but exposes the bottom surface of the die pad. In this way, the encapsulating process makes the side surface of the lead, and the portion excluding the wire-bonding protruded zone of the bottom surface of the lead exposed in order to make the lead become the external connecting points of the package structure.

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