Patent ID: 8410595

Claim:
A semiconductor device with a chip mounted on a substrate, the semiconductor device comprising: a chip having an active side and a rear side and also having lateral faces and having chip contacts on the active side; a substrate having a first side and a second side, wherein the chip is arranged over the first side of the substrate and at least partially overlies the first side, the substrate having contacts arranged on the second side, the contacts being electrically connected to the chip contacts; a cover connected to the substrate, wherein the cover and the substrate encapsulate the chip on all sides, the chip being fixed in position within a pocket formed by the connected cover and the substrate, wherein the cover and the substrate comprise the same material; and at least one joint between one of two mutually opposite lateral faces of the chip and the pocket, and wherein at least one wall of the pocket adjacent the joint has lateral spacers for laterally fixing the chip in position.