Patent ID: 8071428

Claim:
A method, comprising: producing an encapsulation plate by placing multiple semiconductor chips on a carrier, with active sides of the semiconductor chips facing the carrier, and covering the multiple semiconductor chips and a surface of the carrier on which the multiple semiconductor chips are placed with a molding compound, the encapsulation plate defining a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and the semiconductor chips comprising semiconductor material and integrated circuits integrated into the semiconductor material; removing the carrier to expose one of the first main surface and second main surface of the encapsulation plate including the active surfaces of the multiple semiconductor chips; applying a masking layer over at least the active surfaces of the multiple semiconductor chips; applying an electrically conductive layer to the first and second main surfaces of the encapsulation plate at the same time, including a portion on the masking layer; and removing the masking layer, including the portion of the electrically conductive layer on the masking layer.