Patent ID: 7176059

Claim:
A method for producing electronic components, comprising: producing a wafer-type or rectangular circuit carrier, the circuit being made of metal with component positions arranged in rows and columns on a carrier top side; applying a first insulation layer; applying semiconductor chips in the component positions; applying a rubber-elastic material on the edge sides of the semiconductor chip, the rubber-elastic material being a transition between the chip top side and the circuit carrier top side covered with an insulation layer, with simultaneous formation of rubber-elastic external contact bodies for compliant external contacts; applying a rewiring layer with formation of conduction paths from top sides of the compliant external contacts to contact areas of the semiconductor chip and with formation of rewiring lines from contact areas of the semiconductor chip to external contact areas on that surface of the circuit carrier with insulation layer which is not covered by the semiconductor chip; applying outer external contacts having a different height with respect to a height of external contacts on the semiconductor chip as level equalization between chip top sides and carrier surface such that external contact top sides form a common level; and dividing the circuit carrier into individual components at the component positions.