Patent ID: 7045385

Claim:
A method of fabricating Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) filter packages, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a plurality of SAW filter chips and a package sheet, wherein the package sheet has an outline pattern of a predetermined width formed along outer peripheries of predetermined chip mounting areas where the SAW filter chips are to be mounted, and circular anti-bur holes formed at corners of the chip mounting areas; mounting the SAW filter chips on the package sheet; forming a protective layer on the SAW filter chips on the package sheet; removing predetermined portions of the protective layer between the SAW filter chips to expose the outline pattern on the package sheet and predetermined portions of the package sheet between the SAW filter chips; forming a metal shield layer on the SAW filter chips, the exposed portions of the package sheet and the outline pattern; and cutting the package sheet along predetermined cutting lines extending through the anti-bur holes between the SAW filter chips to form a plurality of SAW filter packages.