Patent ID: 8173488

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: providing multiple chips that have been taken from different wafers, each chip comprising contact elements on a first main face of each of the multiple chips; applying a first layer to each of the first main faces of the multiple chips, the first layer having a first surface applied to each of the first main faces and a second surface, opposite the first surface; placing the multiple chips, having applied thereto the first layer, over a carrier, the second surface of the first layer facing the carrier; applying encapsulation material to the multiple chips and the carrier to form an encapsulation workpiece embedding the multiple chips; removing the carrier from the encapsulation workpiece; removing, at least partially, the first layer from the first main faces of the multiple chips to expose the contact elements; applying a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of metallic layers to the first main faces of the multiple chips, at least one insulating layer of the plurality of insulating layers being a solder stop layer that is non-wettable to solder materials; and removing a portion of another at least one insulating layer of the plurality of insulating layers to provide a reminder insulating layer only on each of the first main faces of the multiple chips.