Patent ID: 7679181

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor element; a package case including an interior volume in which said semiconductor element is mounted, said package case having an open side including a peripheral rim as a bonding surface; a cap having a bonding surface, said bonding surface of said cap being bonded to said bonding surface of said package case, hermetically sealing said semiconductor element in the interior volume of said package case; and a bonding/sealing wire having a length and longitudinally disposed between and in contact with said bonding surface of said package case and said bonding surface of said cap, said bonding/sealing wire being arranged in a closed loop and thereby hermetically sealing said semiconductor element in the interior volume of said package case, wherein said bonding/sealing wire includes first and second ends and the first end of said bonding/sealing wire crosses and overlies the second end of said bonding/sealing wire.