Patent ID: 8822253

Claim:
A method for the production of a semiconductor housing having an opening, the method comprising: dicing a wafer into at least one semiconductor body; force-fittingly connecting the semiconductor body, which has a top side and a bottom side, with its bottom side to a metal support; electrically connecting the semiconductor body to pins in a bonding process via bond wires; fixing a frame-shaped barrier on a surface of the semiconductor body; forming a plate on a top area of the barrier, the plate covering an opening on the top side of the semiconductor body; pressing a surface of a plunger at least partially against the top area of the barrier; injecting a plastic compound that is subsequently cured so that the bond wires are completely enclosed and so that the semiconductor body on the top surface thereof and the pins are partially enclosed by the plastic compound; and forming a form-fitting connection with the plastic compound at an edge region of the plate and the outer side of the barrier, wherein the barrier includes laterally projecting portions.