Patent ID: 8878348
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a die support and external leads formed integrally from a single sheet of electrically conductive material; a die mounting substrate having a die mounting side and an opposite external connector side mounted on the die support, wherein the die mounting side has bonding pads coupled to respective external connection pads on the external connector side of the substrate; a semiconductor die having a die support mounting surface attached to the die mounting side of the die mounting substrate, and an opposite die connection pad surface with associated die connection pads, wherein the die connection pads are circuit nodes of the semiconductor die; bond wires selectively electrically coupling the die connection pads to the external leads and the bonding pads; electrically conductive external protrusions attached to the external connection pads; and an encapsulating material at least partially encapsulating the die and the bond wires, wherein the external protrusions are located at a central region of a surface mounting side of the device, and the external leads project outwardly from the surface mounting side from locations proximal to the die support towards peripheral edges of the device.