Patent ID: 6984896

Claim:
An IC chip packaging comprising: a carrier having a topside, a bottom side and a passage having an opening on the topside and another opening on the bottom side; a chip mounted on the topside of the carrier and covering the opening on the topside; a plurality of bonding wires, said bonding wires each having one end electrically connected to said chip covered on the opening on the topside and an opposite end horizontally electrically connected to the bottom side of the carrier through the opening on the bottom side; and a first protective member is formed at least in part as a thin sheet member which is flat on both an upper and a bottom side thereof covering the opening on the bottom side of the carrier and the opposite ends of the bonding wires, said thin sheet member having a depth vertically extended from a bottom side thereof to said carrier within 0.4 mm; and wherein said thin sheet member flattens said opposite ends of said bonding wires toward the bottom side of the carrier when engaged to the carrier.