Patent ID: 8153480

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device in an air-cavity package, the semiconductor device including a device die, the device die having an active circuit surface and a back surface, the active circuit surface having bond pads, the method comprising: providing a lead frame, the lead frame having a top-side surface and an under-side surface, the lead frame having predetermined pad landings on the top-side surface; applying a laminate material to the top-side surface of the lead frame; defining an air-cavity region and contact regions in the laminate material, the contact regions situated over and providing electrical connections to the predetermined pad landings on the lead frame; and mounting the device die with the active circuit surface in an orientation toward the laminate material, connecting the bond pads of the active circuit surface with ball bonds to the predetermined pad landings on the lead frame, the active circuit surface of the device die and the top-side surface of the lead frame forming an air-cavity therebetween.