Patent ID: 7151316

Claim:
A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of bonded portions formed on a surface of said substrate; and a semiconductor element arranged above the surface of said substrate and having a plurality of connection pads on a surface opposite to a surface facing said substrate; wherein a group of said plurality of connection pads is aligned along one side of said semiconductor element; said group of said plurality of connection pads includes a first connection pad, a second connection pad and a third connection pad; said second connection pad is aligned between said first connection pad and said third connection pad; said semiconductor element comprises a second side adjacent said one side; one of said bonded portions is arranged in an outside area of said second side of said semiconductor element; said group said second connection pad is electrically connected to said one bonded portion by wire bonding; and said first connection pad and said third connection pad are electrically connected to corresponding bonded portions of said bonded portions arranged in an outside area of said one side of said semiconductor element by wire bonding.