Patent ID: 7276781

Claim:
A multichip module for leads-on-chip mounting, comprising: a lead-frame having a number of leads protruding laterally into said lead-frame and said leads having free ends; a common, contiguous part of a wafer slice disposed in said lead-frame; a number of semiconductor chips disposed next to one another in said lead-frame, at least some of said semiconductor chips disposed in said lead-frame disposed on said common, contiguous part of said wafer slice, said semiconductor chips each having an upper side and bonding pads disposed on said upper side; a fastening device for fastening said free ends of said leads protruding into said lead-frame, said fastening device disposed on said upper side of individual ones of said semiconductor chips; and bonding connections electrically connecting said leads to corresponding ones of said bonding pads; said free ends of said leads having selected parts fastened to said upper side of at least two of said semiconductor chips and electrically connected to said bonding pads of said at least two of said semiconductor chips.