Patent ID: 6165818
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:forming a lead frame including a single radiating plate having a pair of radiating terminals of a comparatively large width formed projectingly on the opposite sides thereof and a plurality of lead terminals of a comparatively small width arranged at positions adjacent to the radiating terminals, the radiating terminals and the plurality of lead terminals being connected to each other by means of the support elements, the radiating terminals each having at least one hole, whose width and pitch are equal in dimension to the width of gaps between the plurality of lead terminals, and whose opposite sides are connected to each other by one of the support elements;placing a pellet comprising a semiconductor circuit and having a plurality of connection pads on an upper surface thereof onto an upper surface of the radiating plate of the lead frame;connecting the plurality of connection pads of the pellet and the plurality of lead terminals of the lead frame individually to each other with bonding wires;placing the lead frame on which the pellet and the bonding wires are mounted integrally into a cavity of a set of mutually removable metal molds;closing said metal molds such that portions of the radiating terminals and portions of the lead terminals are held by said metal molds;filling molten resin into said cavity of said metal molds;solidifying the filled resin so as to form a resin member in which the pellet, the radiating plate, the bonding wires, the portions of the radiating terminals and the portions of the lead terminals are encapsulated;cutting away the plurality of support elements positioned at the gaps between the lead terminals exposed to the outside from the resin member and the holes of the radiating terminals exposed to the outside from the resin member with an equal width and at an equal pitch to separate the radiating terminals and the lead terminals individually from each other; andbending the lead terminals exposed to the outside from the resin member downwardly and bending the radiating terminals at the positions of the holes exposed to the outside from the resin member downwardly.