A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element; an element conductor having an element mounting surface on which the semiconductor element is mounted; a connection conductor that is arranged apart from the element conductor and has a connection surface on an upper part thereof; a connecting line connecting the semiconductor element and the connection surface of the connection conductor; and an encapsulation resin that encapsulates the semiconductor element, the element conductor, the connection conductor, and the connecting line, wherein: a parasitic capacitance reducing structure is provided in at least one of facing side surfaces of the element conductor and of the connection conductor, the facing side surfaces being arranged to face each other.

A substrate for semiconductor elements includes a terminal part including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and side surfaces joining the first surface and the second surface, and a resin part covering the side surfaces and exposing the first surface of the terminal part. The resin part has a multi-layer structure including a first resin and a second resin, and the first resin is provided in contact with the side surfaces of the terminal part. The first resin and the second resin include a filler, and an amount of the filler included in the first resin is smaller than an amount of the filler included in the second resin.

A preformed lead frame includes multiple lead frame units, a connecting member connecting the lead frame units, a molding layer molded over the lead frame units and the connecting member, and a solder layer. The molding layer has opposite upper and lower surfaces, a plurality of side surfaces each extending therebetween, and a plurality of spaced-apart elongated grooves indented from the lower surface towards the upper surface. Each of the lead frame units includes a row of spaced-apart leads each having a grooved surface and a grooved soldering surface indented from the grooved surface towards the upper surface. The solder unit includes multiple solder layers for filling the elongated grooves. A lead frame package formed from the preformed lead frame is also disclosed.

A lead frame includes a die pad having a pad top surface and a pad bottom surface opposite to the top pad surface, a plurality of leads, each having a top lead surface and a bottom lead surface opposite to the top lead surface and disposed around the die pad, and a first molding compound disposed between the die pad and each of the leads. The first molding compound exposes the top pad surface of the die pad by covering a portion of the periphery of the top pad surface of the die pad. A method for manufacturing the lead frame is also disclosed.

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a plurality of stacked semiconductor chips each of which has a first surface having an electrode formed thereon, a plurality of wires each of which has one end portion connected to each of the electrodes of the plurality of semiconductor chips and extends in a stacking direction of the semiconductor chips, a sealing resin that covers the plurality of semiconductor chips, has a second surface having recesses formed therein, and is formed so that the other end portions of the plurality of wires and the recesses overlap each other when viewed from the stacking direction, and a plurality of terminals that is provided so as to fill the recesses, each of which has one end portion connected to the other end portion of each of the plurality of wires and has the other end portion exposed from the sealing resin.

A method of manufacturing a circuit board includes preparing a substrate having electrical conductivity, removing a portion of a first surface of the substrate to form a plurality of pillars on the first surface of the substrate, locating an insulating material on the first surface of the substrate to cover a space between the plurality of pillars of the substrate, forming a pattern on a second surface, which is opposite to the first surface of the substrate, by removing a portion of the second surface of the substrate, forming a first metal layer on the first surface of the substrate, and forming a second metal layer on the second surface of the substrate.

A lead frame used to assemble a semiconductor device, such as a smart card, has a first major surface including exposed leads and a second major surface including a die receiving area and one or more connection pads surrounding the die receiving area. The connection pads enable electrical connection of an Integrated Circuit (IC) die to the exposed leads. A molding tape sized and shaped like the lead frame is adhered to and covers the second major surface of the lead frame. The molding tape has a die receiving area cut-out that exposes the die receiving area and the connection pads on the second major surface of the lead frame and forms a cavity for receiving an encapsulant. The cut-out has an elevated sidewall for retaining the encapsulant within the cavity.

A method of manufacturing a circuit board includes preparing a substrate having electrical conductivity, removing a portion of a first surface of the substrate to form a plurality of pillars on the first surface of the substrate, locating an insulating material on the first surface of the substrate to cover a space between the plurality of pillars of the substrate, forming a pattern on a second surface, which is opposite to the first surface of the substrate, by removing a portion of the second surface of the substrate, forming a first metal layer on the first surface of the substrate, and forming a second metal layer on the second surface of the substrate.

A package is disclosed. In one example, the package comprises a carrier, an electronic component mounted on the carrier, and an encapsulant encapsulating at least part of the electronic component and only part of the carrier so that another exposed part of the carrier is exposed with regard to the encapsulant. The exposed part of the carrier comprises an electric connection structure and a corrosion protection structure. One of the electric connection structure and the corrosion protection structure is selectively formed on only a sub-portion of the other one of the electric connection structure and the corrosion protection structure outside of the encapsulant.

In one example, a semiconductor device comprises a substrate and an electronic device on a top side of the substrate, a lead frame on the top side of the substrate over the electronic device, wherein the lead frame comprises a connection bar and a lead, a component mounted to the connection bar and the lead on a top side of the lead frame, and an encapsulant on the top side of the substrate, wherein the encapsulant contacts a side of the electronic device and a side of the component. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.