Patent ID: 9515015
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: H01L,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A housing for an electronic component comprising: a leadframe section formed from an electrically conductive material has a first side and a second side facing away from the first side, a contact section having a contact region that electrically contacts the electronic component at the first side, and at least one receiving section having a receiving region that arranges the electronic component at the first side, wherein the contact section and the receiving section are physically separated from one another and wherein the contact section is formed such that it is thinner than the receiving section in a direction perpendicular to the first side, a molding material having a receiving opening, the receiving region and the contact region being exposed in said receiving opening, and into which the leadframe section is embedded such that a part of the molding material is formed between the contact section and the receiving section and the second side of the leadframe section is covered by the molding material in the region of the contact section, and the second side of the leadframe section is free of molding material in the region of the receiving section, wherein the molding material at the second side of the leadframe section in the region of the contact section has at least one opening filled with an electrically insulating material.