Patent ID: 7129570

Claim:
An electronic component, comprising: at least one semiconductor chip, the semiconductor chip including an active chip top side, a chip rear side, and a plurality of contact areas arranged on the chip top side; a circuit carrier, the circuit carrier having a carrier top side; at least one patterned rewiring layer, the rewiring layer having external contact areas; a plurality of external contacts arranged on the external contact areas, the contacts provided with conductive patterns extending from the top surface and connected to the contact areas of the chip top side through openings in an insulation layer positioned between the chip and the external contacts; wherein the chip rear side is arranged on the carrier top side, the rewiring layer extends over the active chip top side and over the carrier top side, and the external contacts have heights, the heights being adapted to level the difference between chip top side and carrier top side, the external contact top sides being disposed at a common level.