Patent ID: 6836008
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A semiconductor assembly comprising:a semiconductor chip comprising at least a first bond pad and at least a second bond pad on an active surface thereof; at least a first plurality of leads extending over the active surface of the semiconductor chip, the at least a first plurality of leads comprising at least a first lead and at least a second lead originating proximate a first side of the semiconductor chip in a first plane and having substantially similar lengths; the at least a first lead electrically connected to the at least a first bond pad and comprising at least a first array offset, the at least a first array offset comprising a segment of the at least a first lead between inner and outer ends thereof that extends from the first plane to form the at least a first array offset in a second plane, the at least a first lead extending from the at least a first array offset to return to the first plane, such that the at least a first lead is absent from the first plane at the at least a first array offset and the at least a first lead extends from the first plane to the second plane and returns to the first plane over the active surface of the semiconductor chip; the at least a second lead electrically connected to the at least a second bond pad and comprising at least a second array offset, the at least a second array offset comprising a segment of the at least a second lead between inner and outer ends thereof that extends from the first plane to form the at least a second array offset in a second plane, the at least a second lead extending from the at least a second array offset to return to the first plane; and a distinctive molding compound forming a molded package over at least the active surface of the semiconductor chip and portions of the at least a first plurality of leads extending through an outer surface of the molded package disposed in the second plane such that at least a portion of the at least a first array offset and the at least a second array offset are at least partially exposed through the molded package.