Patent ID: 7414311

Claim:
A ball grid array housing comprising: a substrate with solder ball connections, pointing out from a housing; at least one semiconductor chip, which is applied on the substrate and electrically conductively connected thereto via one or more wire contact connections extending between the substrate and the at least one semiconductor chip; a molding composition applied to the substrate and at least partially surrounding the at least one semiconductor chip, wherein the one or more wire contact connections are at least partially embedded in the molding composition; and a metallic cooling foil applied on a side of the semiconductor chip which faces away from the substrate, the metallic cooling foil covering at least partial regions of the semiconductor chip and at least partial regions of the molding composition, the cooling foil being in thermally conductive contact with the at least partial regions of the semiconductor chip and with the at least partial regions of the molding composition; the cooling foil having openings therethrough that are free of the molding composition.