Patent ID: 8247897

Claim:
A blank comprising: a composite panel including at least one orientation indicator disposed on the composite panel; and a plurality of semiconductor chips arranged in semiconductor device positions in rows and columns along the composite panel, wherein each of the semiconductor chips includes an active upper side, a rear side and edge sides, and the active upper sides of the semiconductor chips are substantially coplanar with an upper side of the composite panel; wherein the composite panel comprises a plastic package molding compound in which at least the edge and rear sides of the semiconductor chips are embedded, and the plastic package molding compound includes the at least one orientation indicator, wherein the at least one orientation indicator comprises a cut-out section at a portion of the plastic package molding compound having a constant thickness such that the plastic package molding compound including the cut-out section has a single height between opposing upper and lower sides of the plastic package molding compound, and the at least one orientation indicator is asymmetrically disposed on the blank to facilitate a determination of a plurality of different orientations of the blank via the at least one orientation indicator.