Patent ID: 7332363

Claim:
A process to form an integrated battery package, comprising: providing one or more battery cells inside the package, one or more semiconductor chips to control the battery operation, a single lead frame, mechanically carrying and electrically connecting to said semiconductor chips, connecting to said battery cells inside the package and providing the connectors to the package outside, a plastic mold, encapsulating said semiconductor chips and the inner area of said lead frame and said plastic mold forming, at the same time, the supporting structure of said integrated battery package; forming some of the leads of said lead frame into a form to build the battery contacts forming some of the leads of said lead frame into a form to build the external contacts of said battery package; mounting said semiconductor chips to said lead frame; connecting said semiconductor chips to said lead frame; molding a plastic material around said semiconductor chips and the inner area of said lead frame; and forming, through the mechanical design of the mold, the supporting structure of said integrated battery package.