Patent ID: 6576994
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A semiconductor device comprising:a semiconductor chip having a main surface of a rectangular shape, a back surface opposite to said main surface and a side surface extending from said main surface to said back surface, said main surface having semiconductor elements and a plurality of bonding pads and a pair of short sides and a pair of long sides; a lead frame having: a plurality of first leads each having an inner lead and an outer lead which is continuous with said inner lead, said inner leads of said plurality of first leads intersecting one of said pair of long sides and being disposed on said main surface of said semiconductor chip, tips of said inner leads of said plurality of first leads being fixed to said main surface of said semiconductor chip and being electrically connected to said plurality of bonding pads; and a plurality of second leads each having an inner lead and an outer lead which is continuous with said inner lead, said inner leads of said plurality of second leads intersecting the other of said pair of long sides and being disposed on said main surface of said semiconductor chip, tips of said inner leads of said plurality of second leads being fixed to said main surface of said semiconductor chip and being electrically connected to said plurality of bonding pads by bonding wires; and a resin body sealing said semiconductor chip, said inner leads of said plurality of first and second leads and said bonding wires, said resin body having an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to said upper surface and a side surface between said upper and lower surfaces, said side surface of said resin body having a pair of short side surfaces extending along said pair of short sides of said main surface of said semiconductor chip and a pair of long side surfaces extending along said pair of long sides of said main surface of said semiconductor chip respectively, said outer leads of said plurality of first leads protruding outwardly from one of said pair of long side surfaces of said resin body, said outer leads of said plurality of second leads protruding outwardly from the other of said pair of long side surfaces of said resin body; wherein said lead frame further includes a third lead and a fourth lead each sealed in said resin body, said third lead being disposed between said one said short sides of said main surface of said semiconductor chip and said one of said pair of short side surfaces of said resin body, and said fourth lead being disposed between the other of said short sides of said main surface of said semiconductor chip and the other of said pair of short side surfaces of said resin body; wherein said third lead has one end portion terminating at the vicinity of said one of short sides of said main surface of said semiconductor chip and being spaced from said semiconductor chip in a plane view, and the other end portion terminating at said one of short side surfaces of said resin body; wherein said fourth lead has one end portion terminating at the vicinity of the other of short sides of said main surface of said semiconductor chip and being spaced from said semiconductor chip in the plane view, and the other end portion terminating at the other of short side surfaces of said resin body; and wherein each of said third and fourth leads has a bending portion descending in a direction from said main surface toward back surface of said semiconductor chip so that said one end portions of said third and fourth leads are positioned relatively lower than the tips of said inner leads of said plurality of first and second leads.