Patent ID: 6992250
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. An electronic component housing package comprising: a base body made of a metal that has, on its upper principal surface, a placement portion for emplacing thereon an electronic component; a rectangular-shaped frame body made of a metal disposed on the upper principal surface of the base body so as to surround the placement portion; an input/output terminal composed of an insulating material that has a line conductor for electrically conductively connecting an interior and exterior of the frame body; and an input/output terminal mounting portion into which the input/output terminal is fitted and which is formed as a notch extending across two adjacent corners of a lower part of the frame body, wherein the input/output terminal is so configured that its opposed end-face pair at two corners are made flush with opposed outer-side-surface pair including two corners of the frame body, or are each located between the outer side surface and inner side surface of the frame body, and wherein, in the input/output terminal, a metal layer is applied to both of a part of the end-face which extends along the input/output terminal mounting portion and a part thereof which extends along the base body, respectively.