Patent ID: 8258012

Claim:
A method of making a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a semiconductor wafer including a plurality of semiconductor die separated by a saw street; providing a first carrier; mounting the semiconductor wafer to the first carrier; singulating the semiconductor wafer through the saw street to expose side surfaces of the semiconductor die; forming an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection layer over the semiconductor die and around the exposed side surfaces of the semiconductor die; singulating the ESD protection layer to make the ESD protection layer discontinuous between the semiconductor die; providing a second carrier; mounting the semiconductor die covered by the discontinuous ESD protection layer to the second carrier; depositing an encapsulant over the discontinuous ESD protection layer covering the semiconductor die and over the second carrier; removing the second carrier; and forming an interconnect structure over the semiconductor die and encapsulant, the discontinuous ESD protection layer being electrically connected to the interconnect structure to provide an ESD path.