Patent ID: 8049317

Claim:
A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate with no more than one opening therethrough, the opening elongated along a center axis of the substrate, the substrate otherwise being substantially uniform in thickness and further comprising a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, a first row of substrate pads adjacent to a first side of the opening on the second surface, second row of substrate pads adjacent to a second side of the opening on the second surface, and a circuit trace extending through the substrate from each substrate pad to a trace terminal on the second surface; a semiconductor die comprising die pads on an active surface; an adhesive material securing the semiconductor die to the first surface of the substrate with the active surface of the semiconductor die facing the first surface of the substrate; bond wires extending from the die pads, through the opening, and to the first and second rows of substrate pads; an encapsulant substantially filling the opening, the encapsulant covering the bond wires and protruding a first distance beyond a plane of the second surface of the substrate forming a protrusion beneath the opening, wherein the protrusion protrudes a first profile distance from the second surface; and solder balls located on the second surface and each solder ball being in contact with one of the trace terminals, in electrical communication with the first and second rows of substrate pads via the corresponding circuit traces and in electrical communication with the die pads via the bond wires, and protruding from the second surface a second profile distance, with the second profile distance exceeding the first profile distance.