Terminal land frame and method for manufacturing the same
US6667541B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 23, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L2924/181
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A terminal land frame includes a frame body and a plurality of lands. Each of these lands is formed out of the frame body to be connected to the frame body via a thinned portion and protrude therefrom. When the lands are pressed in a direction in which the lands protrude from the frame body, the thinned portions are fractured and the lands are easily separable from the frame body. A semiconductor chip is mounted on some of the lands of the terminal land frame, and the chip, wires and so on, are single-side-molded with a resin encapsulant. Thereafter, when the lands are pressed on the bottom, the lands are separated from the frame body. As a result, a structure, in which the lower part of each of these lands protrudes downward from the lower surface of the resin encapsulant, is obtained, and that protruding portion is used as an external electrode. In this manner, a downsized and thinned resin-molded semiconductor device is provided at a lower cost and with higher reliability.
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