Patent ID: 7220615
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: B29C,H01L,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor card, comprising: providing a strip comprising a module with a peripheral opening defining an internal substrate and an external frame, and a plurality of connecting segments connecting the substrate to the frame, the substrate comprising a circuit side having a circuit thereon and a back side having external contacts thereon; mounting at least one semiconductor component to the circuit side in electrical communication with the external contacts; installing the strip in a molding assembly having a molding cavity with internal surfaces in first and second mold plates and wherein the substrate is forcibly moved to a level differing from the level of the frame by movement of pins passing through down-set throughholes in the molding assembly to contact, move and clamp the connecting segments attached to the substrate; molding a plastic body on the circuit side of the substrate, the body including edge portions of the card formed laterally outwardly from the substrate, and a plurality of wings extending laterally outwardly from the edge portions; and removing the molded casting from the molding assembly and singulating the card from the wings by excision.