Patent ID: 8633511

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a lead frame comprising a first island, a second island separated from the first island and a plurality of leads each having one end located close to the first island or the second island; attaching a first semiconductor element to the first island; attaching a second semiconductor element to the second island; connecting, by a first metal wire, the first semiconductor element to one of the leads disposed closer to the second island than the first island; connecting, by a second metal wire, the second semiconductor element to the one of the leads so that the second metal wire crosses the first metal wire; placing the lead frame in a molding die so that the two islands and portions of the leads are accommodated in a cavity of the molding die; injecting an encapsulating resin into the cavity from a resin injection port disposed on a side that is opposite form a side on which the one of the leads is disposed, wherein the first metal wire is closer to the resin injection port than the second metal wire is at a position where the first metal wire crosses over the second semiconductor element, and an end portion of the one of the leads is disposed higher than the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element.