Patent ID: 7279784

Claim:
A multichip module for being mounted on a printed circuited board, the multichip module comprising: an upper semiconductor package and a lower semiconductor package, each having an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface and a plurality of side surfaces, and each semiconductor package comprising: a semiconductor chip having an active surface and a plurality of bonding pads disposed on the active surface; a plurality of L-shaped leads arranged at the periphery of the semiconductor chip, wherein each of the L-shaped leads has an inner lead portion electrically connected to each bonding pad and exposed out of the lower surface of the semiconductor package and an outer lead portion formed substantially parallel to and adjacent to one of the side surfaces of the semiconductor package; and a package body formed over the semiconductor chip and the inner lead portions of the L-shaped leads; and a plurality of solder regions for respectively bonding the inner lead portions of the L-shaped leads of the lower semiconductor chip to the printed circuit board, wherein the solder of each of said solder regions wets the outer lead portion of one of the L-shaped leads of the lower semiconductor chip as well as the outer lead portion of one of the L-shaped leads of the upper semiconductor chip and has a predetermined fillet height on said outer lead portions of the respective L-shaped leads, thereby improving strength and reliability of the solder connection between the multichip module and the printed circuit board; wherein the upper semiconductor package is disposed upon the lower semiconductor package such that the L-shaped leads of the upper semiconductor package are mechanically and electrically connected to the L-shaped leads of the lower semiconductor package through the solder in the solder regions.