Patent ID: 8125077

Claim:
A package for a semiconductor device, the package comprising: the semiconductor device having an active surface and a passive surface; one or more terminals coupled to the semiconductor device, a portion of the one or more terminals exposed at a mounting surface of the package; a thermal cushion coupled to the passive surface semiconductor device, wherein the thermal cushion comprises a thermally and electrically conductive material or the thermal cushion comprises a thermally conductive and electrically insulating material, and the package further comprises a metallic layer thermally coupled between the thermal cushion and the cap structure; a cap structure thermally coupled to the thermal cushion, the cap structure comprising a thermally conductive and electrically insulating material; a second metallic layer thermally coupled to the cap structure such that the cap structure is positioned between the first metallic layer and the second metallic layer; and a molding compound encapsulating at least a portion of the semiconductor device.