Patent ID: 6709891
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor die package comprising:forming a housing defining a cavity for holding at least one semiconductor die, said housing including a plurality of insulative side walls and an end plate joined to said side walls, wherein the thickness of the end plate is greater than the distance that the side walls extend away from the end plate; inserting a plurality of electrically conductive leads extending through at least one of said side walls, each of said leads including an internal lead section extending within the cavity and an external lead section extending externally of said at least one side wall; and providing a cover plate joined to said side walls opposite said end plate, wherein said cover plate includes an aperture formed therethrough which exposes to the environment a sufficient portion of said at least one semiconductor die such that pressing a human digit into said aperture results in contact between said human digit and said at least one semiconductor die.