Patent ID: 7391102

Claim:
A semiconductor apparatus, comprising: a lead frame having a plate having a plane surface; a first molded resin portion being attached to a part of the plate of the lead frame; a lead terminal extending from the lead frame; a second molded resin portion provided to face the first molded resin portion so that the first molded resin portion is positioned between the second molded resin portion and the lead frame and the part of the plate of the lead frame faces the second resin portion without interposing the first resin portion; and one or more elements provided on the part of the plate of the lead frame and facing the second molded resin portion, the one or more elements including a semiconductor element, wherein no part of at least one of the elements exists on a region of the plate of the lead frame in a plan view viewed from a position on a line orthogonal to the plane surface of the plate of the lead frame, the region including an aggregation of line segments and being a part of the lead frame in which the element is provided thereon, each of the line segments being formed by any two points on an outer periphery of the plate of the lead frame outside the first and second molded resin portions, and the each of the line segments being contained entirely inside the plate of the lead frame.