Patent ID: 8198138

Claim:
A method for providing a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a substrate with no more than one opening therethrough, the opening elongated along a center axis of the substrate, the substrate otherwise being substantially uniform in thickness and further comprising a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, a first array of substrate pads adjacent to a first side of the opening on the second surface, and a second array of substrate pads adjacent to a second side of the opening on the second surface wherein the first and second arrays have at least three rows of substrate pads parallel to the opening; providing a semiconductor die comprising die pads on an active surface; providing an adhesive material securing the semiconductor die to the first surface of the substrate with the active surface of the semiconductor die facing the first surface of the substrate; providing bond wires that extend between the die pads, through the opening, and to the first and second arrays of substrate pads; providing an encapsulant substantially filling the opening, the encapsulant covering the bond wires and protruding a first distance beyond a plane of the second surface of the substrate forming a protrusion beneath the opening, wherein the protrusion protrudes a first profile distance from the second surface; and providing solder balls located on the second surface, in electrical communication with the first and second arrays of substrate pads, and protruding from the second surface a second profile distance, with the second profile distance exceeding the first profile distance.