Patent ID: 8508023
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor device comprising: a substrate having a plurality of metal traces; a die electrically attached to a first surface of the substrate; a first plurality of segmented metal traces formed around a perimeter of the first surface of the substrate, wherein a side surface of the first plurality of segmented metal traces is exposed; a mold compound for encapsulating the semiconductor device; a first metal plating formed on a top surface end section of the first plurality of segmented metal traces, wherein the first metal plating also extends above and below the top surface end section along the side surface of the first plurality of segmented metal traces which is exposed, wherein the side surface is approximately perpendicular to the top surface; a conductive coating conformally covering the mold compound, the exposed end sections of the first plurality of segmented metal traces and to the first metal plating.