Patent ID: 6967128

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: providing a lead frame including a tab which has a size smaller than a main surface of a semiconductor chip, a plurality of first leads, a plurality of suspending second leads which are connected to the tab, and common lead portions which are connected to the suspending leads; adhering the semiconductor chip and the tab using an adhesive material; electrically connecting first electrodes of the semiconductor chip and corresponding first leads of the lead frame by first wires; electrically connecting second electrodes of the semiconductor chip and corresponding common lead portions of the lead frame by second wires; sealing the semiconductor chip, the first and second wires, the tab and the common lead portions using resin in a state that the suspending leads of the lead frame are sandwiched by a first mold portion and a second mold portion of a forming mold and in such a manner that portions of the first leads and the suspending leads of the lead frame are exposed on a mounting surface of a sealing body; and separating the first of leads and the suspending leads from the lead frame.