Patent ID: 6953992

Claim:
An electronic component, comprising: at least one semiconductor chip having an active chip surface with a plurality of contact areas; a flat chip carrier assigned to the at least one semiconductor chip, said chip carrier having an upper side with a plurality of contact terminal areas; and a frame element including a frame and a plurality of elastic strips protruding inwardly from said frame in the same plane as said frame; said plurality of elastic strips each including a contact region with a tip; each one of said plurality of said strips having an electrically conducting coating; and said plurality of said contact areas of said semiconductor chip being electrically connected to said plurality of said contact terminal areas of said chip carrier by said tip and said electrically conducting coating, wherein each one of said plurality of said strips includes a nonmetallic material formed from a same layer of said frame; and, wherein each one of said plurality of said elastic strips has a free end with a raised portion forming said contact region with said tip; said tip rests resiliently on a respective one of said plurality of said contact areas of said semiconductor chip; and said tip is mechanically securely connected to said one of said plurality of said contact areas of said semiconductor chip.