COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT

Abstract

A component comprising a structural element, a leadframe and a shaped body, in which component the structural element and the leadframe are enclosed at least in regions by the shaped body in lateral directions and the leadframe does not project beyond side faces of the shaped body. The leadframe has at least one first subregion and at least one second subregion which is laterally spaced apart from the first subregion, wherein the structural element is electrically conductively connected to the second subregion by a planar contact structure. Furthermore, the structural element is arranged, in plan view, on the first subregion and projects laterally beyond the first subregion at least in regions, so that the structural element and the first subregion form an anchoring structure at which the structural element and the first subregion are anchored to the shaped body. Further specified is a method for producing such a component.

Claims

1. A device having a component, a lead frame and a molded body, wherein the component and the lead frame are at least locally enclosed in lateral directions by the molded body, the lead frame not protruding beyond side faces of the molded body, the lead frame has at least one first subregion and at least one second subregion laterally separated from the first subregion, the component being electrically conductively connected by means of a planar contact structure to the second subregion, and the component is arranged on the first subregion in plan view and laterally protrudes at least locally beyond the first subregion, so that the component and the first subregion form an anchoring structure on which the molded body is anchored with the component and the first subregion.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first subregion is laterally separated from the second subregion by an intermediate region, the component partially covering the intermediate region in plan view and the intermediate region being filled by a material of the molded body.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the planar contact structure is located on a front side of the component and the component is electrically conductively connected its back side to the first subregion.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first subregion and the second subregion of the lead frame are formed from a same material and are assigned to different electrical polarities of the device.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lead frame has a smaller vertical height than the molded body, and the planar contact structure is electrically conductively connected by an intermediate contact to the second subregion of the lead frame, the intermediate contact being different to the lead frame and laterally surrounded by the molded body.

6. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the intermediate contact is fastened on the second subregion and has a shape of a sphere, so that lateral indentations, on which the molded body is anchored, are formed at transition regions between the intermediate contact and the second subregion.

7. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the intermediate contact has a spherical core made of a metal and the spherical core is coated with an electrically conductive encapsulation.

8. The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the intermediate contact is a passive chip, which is fastened on the second subregion and establishes an electrical connection between the planar contact structure and the second subregion, the molded body being anchored on the passive chip by the passive chip having a lateral indentation or a lateral protuberance, or in plan view locally protruding beyond the second subregion of the lead frame.

9. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second subregion of the lead frame extends along a vertical direction through the molded body and has at least one lateral indentation or lateral protuberance, on which the molded body is anchored.

10. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lead frame ends flush in lateral directions with at least one of the side faces of the molded body.

11. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the component has a front side, facing away from the lead frame, which is locally covered by the planar contact structure and by an insulation layer, the planar contact structure and the insulation layer in plan view likewise covering the molded body so that the component is vertically anchored because of coverage by the planar contact structure and by the insulation layer.

12. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first subregion or the second subregion of the lead frame have a first cross section on a back side of the device and a second cross section between the back side and a front side of the device, the first cross section being smaller than the second cross section and transitioning abruptly along a vertical direction into the second cross section, so that side faces of the lead frame have at least one step on which the molded body is anchored.

13. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first subregion has a mounting face, the mounting face being configured in a structured fashion at its corners so that the device in plan view laterally protrudes beyond the mounting face at structured corners or at side lines of the mounting face.

14. The device as claimed in claim 1, which has a plurality of components which are arranged on a common first subregion of the lead frame, the common first subregion having a shape of a torus and the plurality of components in plan view respectively locally protruding laterally beyond the torus.

15. A method for producing at least one device having a component, a lead frame and a molded body, comprising: providing the lead frame with at least one first subregion and at least one second subregion laterally separated from the first subregion; fastening the component on the first subregion so that the component in plan view laterally protrudes at least locally beyond the first subregion and thus forms an anchoring structure in a form of a step with the first subregion; forming the molded body, the lead frame being enclosed at least locally by the molded body in lateral directions and not protruding beyond side faces of the molded body, and the molded body being anchored on the anchoring structure with the component and the first subregion; and forming a planar contact structure on the component and on the molded body, the component being electrically conductively connected by means of the planar contact structure to the second subregion.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the molded body is applied on and around the lead frame by a casting method or a plastic forming method.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the molded body is formed by a film-assisted molding method.

18. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein a through-contact is fastened on the second subregion of the lead frame before the forming of the molded body, the through-contact being adapted to establish an electrical connection between the second subregion and the planar contact structure and to anchor the molded body.

19. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the method is for producing a plurality of devices, wherein a plurality of components are arranged on at least one common first subregion and are overmolded by a common molded body, and the at least one common first subregion and the common molded body are divided in order to individualize the plurality of devices into a plurality of first subregions and a plurality of molded bodies, so that a respective first subregion and a respective molded body of a same device of the plurality of devices end flush at least on one side face of the same device.

Description

[0039] Further embodiments and refinements of the device, or of the method for producing the device, may be found from the following description in conjunction with the exemplary embodiments explained in FIGS. 1A to 12C, in which:

[0040] FIGS. 1A and 1B show schematic representations of various comparative examples of a device,

[0041] FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C show schematic representations of one exemplary embodiment of a device in a plan view of a back side of the device, in a sectional view and in a plan view of a front side of the device,

[0042] FIGS. 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 4C, 5A, 5B, 5C, 6A, 6B, 6C, 7A, 7B, 7C, 8A, 8B, 9C, 10A, 10B and 10C show schematic representations of further exemplary embodiments of the device in a plan view of a back side of the device, in a sectional view and in a plan view of a front side of the device, and

[0043] FIGS. 11A, 11B, 11C, 12A, 12B and 12C show schematic representations of further exemplary embodiments of the device in a plan view of a back side of the device, in a sectional view and in a plan view of a front side of the device.

[0044] Elements which are the same or of the same type, or which have the same effect, are provided with the same references in the figures. The figures are respectively schematic representations and therefore not necessarily true to scale. Rather, relatively small elements and in particular layer thicknesses may be represented exaggeratedly large for illustration.

[0045] A comparative example of a device 10 is represented schematically in a sectional view in FIG. 1A. The device 10 has a lead frame 6, a molded body 9 and a component 1. The lead frame 6 has a first subregion 61, on which the component 1 is arranged.

[0046] In particular, the component 1 is electrically and mechanically connected by means of a connecting layer 4, for instance by means of an electrically conductive first connecting layer 41, to the first subregion 61. The first connecting layer 41 may be a solder layer, a sinter layer or an adhesive layer with electrically conductive particles that are embedded therein. The lead frame 6 has a second subregion 62, which is separated in the lateral direction, in particular by an intermediate region, from the first subregion 61. In lateral directions, the first subregion 61 and the second subregion 62 are enclosed at least locally by the molded body 9. The intermediate region between the first subregion 61 and the second subregion 62 may be filled partially or entirely by a material of the molded body 9. The component 1 is in particular entirely enclosed in lateral directions by the molded body 9.

[0047] The component 1 has a front side 1V and a back side 1R facing away from the front side 1V, the back side 1R facing toward the first subregion 61 of the lead frame 6. Via the back side 1R, the component 1 may be electrically conductively connected by means of the electrically conductive first connecting layer 41 to the first subregion 61 of the lead frame 6. The first subregion 61 is in particular assigned to a first electrical polarity of the device 10. The second subregion 62 may be assigned to a second electrical polarity of the device 10, which is different to the first electrical polarity. As represented in FIG. 1A, the second subregion 62 extends along the vertical direction through the molded body 9, the second subregion 62 being electrically conductively connected by means of a contact structure 3, in particular by means of a planar contact structure 3, to the front side 1V of the component 1.

[0048] In the vertical direction, an insulation layer 8 is arranged between the molded body 9 and the contact structure 3. In plan view, the insulation layer 8 may cover the molded body 9 partially or entirely. In particular, the insulation layer 8 has at least one opening at which the contact structure 3 is electrically conductively connected to the second subregion 62 of the lead frame 6. In plan view, the insulation layer 8 may partially cover the front side 1V of the component 1. The contact structure 3 may directly adjoin the insulation layer 8. In plan view, the contact structure 3 may partially cover the front side 1V of the component 1.

[0049] A front side 10V of the device 10 may be formed locally by a surface of the contact structure 3 and locally by the front side 1V of the component 1. In particular, the front side 10V is a radiation exit face or radiation entry face of the device 10. A back side 10R of the device 10 may be formed locally by a surface of the molded body 9 and locally by surfaces of the first subregion 61 and of the second subregion 62 of the lead frame 6. The device 10 has side faces 10S, which in particular are formed by side faces 9S of the molded body 9. As a variant of FIG. 1A, it is possible for the side faces 10S to be formed locally by side faces of the lead frame 6, for instance by side faces of the first subregion 61 or by side faces of the second subregion 62. Both the first subregion 61 and the second subregion 62 may be electrically contacted on the back side 10R. The device 10 is therefore externally electrically contactable via the back side 10R and therefore configured as a surface-mountable device (SMD) 10.

[0050] As schematically represented in FIG. 1A, the component 1 in plan view is located in particular entirely inside the first subregion 61 of the lead frame 6. The second subregion 62 has a lateral cross section which decreases monotonically from the back side 10R in the direction of the front side 10V. With such a configuration of the device 10, it may happen under unfavorable conditions that the lead frame 6 and/or the component 1 become detached from the molded body 9. A possible displacement of the positions of the subregions 61 and 62 and of the component 1 is schematically represented by the downward arrows in FIG. 1A.

[0051] The further comparative example of a device 10 represented in FIG. 1B corresponds substantially to the comparative example represented in FIG. 1A. In a different way thereto, the lead frame 6 is configured for instance as an etched lead frame 6. In particular, the first subregion 61 of the lead frame 6 has an anchoring structure V facing toward the back side 10R, for instance in the form of a step, on which the molded body 9 is anchored. By the anchoring of the molded body 9 on such an anchoring structure V of the lead frame 6, displacement of the first subregion 61 in the direction of the back side 10R of the device 10 may be prevented.

[0052] Because of the relatively large etching radii, however, the second subregion 62 of the lead frame 6 according to FIG. 1B has a much larger cross section in comparison with the comparative example according to FIG. 1A. A lateral distance between the component 1 and the second subregion 62 of the lead frame 6 is also increased by using the etched lead frame 6. These differences from the comparative example according to FIG. 1A lead to the area of the front side 10V of the device 10 being increased. The ratio of the light-active front side 1V of the component 1 to the total front side 10V of the device 10 is therefore less, so that the efficiency of the device 10 is reduced. The production costs also increase because of the enlarged front side 10V of the device 10.

[0053] FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C represent an exemplary embodiment of a device 10 respectively in a plan view of the back side 10R, in a sectional view and in a plan view of the front side 10V. The device 10 according to FIG. 2B corresponds substantially to the comparative example represented in FIG. 1A or 1B. In contrast thereto, the component 1 protrudes in plan view laterally beyond the first subregion 61 of the lead frame 6. Furthermore, the device 10 has an intermediate contact 5, particularly in the form of a through-contact, which electrically conductively connects the second subregion 62 of the lead frame 6 to the planar contact structure 3. Because of the lateral overhang of the component 1 beyond the first subregion 61 and because of the geometry of the intermediate contact 5 arranged on the second subregion 62, the device 10 has additional anchoring structures V and 5V, on which the molded body 9 may be anchored.

[0054] Since the component 1 protrudes laterally in the direction of the second subregion 62, or in the direction of the intermediate contact 5, beyond the first subregion 61, a lateral distance between the component 1 and the second subregion 62 or the intermediate contact 5 may be reduced. The ratio of the front side 1V of the component 1 to the total front side 10V of the device 10 may therefore be maximized. Because of the overhang of the component 1 beyond the first subregion 61, the component 1 and the first subregion 61 form an anchoring structure V in the form particularly of a step, on which the molded body 9 is anchored. This anchoring structure V is formed by the arrangement of two different constituent parts of the device 10, namely by the arrangement of the component 1 over the first subregion 61 of the lead frame 6. In a plan view of the back side 10R, the anchoring structure V may be covered, in particular entirely covered, by the component 1. Such an anchoring structure V prevents the first subregion 61 or the component 1 being detached from the molded body 9.

[0055] By the partial coverage of the front side 1V of the component 1 by the insulation layer 8 and/or the planar contact structure 3, the relative position of the component 1 with respect to the molded body 9 is fixed. As schematically represented in FIG. 2B, the partial coverage of the front side 1V and the anchoring of the molded body 9 on the overhang of the component 1 prevent a change in the relative position of component 1 or of the first subregion 61 with respect to the molded body 9. Overall, the component 1 is anchored bilaterally, i.e. in both vertical directions.

[0056] Since the intermediate contact 5 has differently large cross sections along the vertical direction, an anchoring structure 5V, particularly in the form of an indentation, for instance in the form of a circumferential indentation, is formed in a transition region between the intermediate contact 5 and the second subregion 62 of the lead frame 6. By means of a connecting layer 4, in particular a second connecting layer 42, the intermediate contact 5 may be fastened on the second subregion 62. The second connecting layer 42 is preferably configured to be electrically conductive. The second connecting layer 42 may be a solder layer, a sinter layer or an adhesive layer with electrically conductive particles embedded therein. As an alternative, it is possible for the second connecting layer 42 to be configured to be electrically insulating.

[0057] The intermediate contact 5 may have a core 51, in particular a spherical core 51, made of a metal such as copper. The core 51 may be provided with an encapsulation 5U, for instance of nickel.

[0058] In particular, the core 51 is entirely covered by the encapsulation 5U in all directions. By the fastening of the intermediate contact 5 on the second subregion 62 and by the anchoring of the molded body 9 on the anchoring structure 5V, the relative position of the second subregion 62 with respect to the molded body 9 is fixed, particularly in both vertical directions. A possible change in the position of the second subregion 62 along the vertical direction, which is indicated for instance in FIGS. 1A and 1B, may be prevented by the configuration of the intermediate contact 5.

[0059] In FIG. 2A, the positions of the subregions 61 and 62 of the lead frame 6 on the back side 10R are represented schematically. Furthermore, the positions of the component 1 and of the intermediate contacts 5 on the subregions 61 and 62 are represented. In plan view, the component 1 may protrude laterally beyond the first subregion 61, at least along one lateral direction or along a plurality of lateral directions. As represented in FIG. 2A, the component 1 in plan view partially covers an intermediate region located between the subregions 61 and 62. The first subregion 61 has a mounting face 6M, which in particular is entirely covered by the component 1.

[0060] According to FIG. 2A, the component 1 may have a larger cross section than the first subregion 61. In plan view, the component 1 may entirely cover the first subregion 61. In particular, the component 1 may protrude laterally beyond at least two or three, four, or beyond precisely four, side faces of the first subregion 61.

[0061] The device 10 has two intermediate contacts 5, which in plan view are arranged entirely inside the second subregion 62. The exposed surfaces of the subregions 61 and 62 on the back side 10R serve in particular as contact pads of the device 10. In a plan view of the back side 10R, the exposed surfaces of the subregions 61 and 62 may be entirely surrounded by the molded body 9.

[0062] FIG. 2C schematically represents the device 10 in a plan view of its front side 10V. The planar contact structure 3 is located exclusively on the front side 10V of the device 10 and establishes an electrical connection between the front side 1V of the component 1 and one of the intermediate contacts 5. The other of the intermediate contacts 5 may be entirely covered by the insulation layer 8 and is therefore not electrically conductively connected directly to the planar contact structure 3. The intermediate contacts 5 are arranged, in particular symmetrically, on the second subregion 62. This on the one hand increases the mechanical stability of the device 10 and on the other hand simplifies the formation of the molded body 9 in respect of uniform pressure distribution.

[0063] The device 10 represented in FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C and in the following FIGS. 3A to 12C is configured in particular as a QFN (quad flat no-lead) device. In particular, the device 10 does not have any electrical terminals or pins which protrude laterally beyond the molded body 9. This does not, however, rule out the subregions 61 and 62 locally ending flush with side faces 9S of the molded body 9 (FIGS. 11A to 12C). The electrical terminals are preferably configured in the form of planar contact pads on the back side 10R. In this way, the space required on a target area may be reduced and a high packing density of the devices 10 may be achieved.

[0064] The exemplary embodiment of a device 10 as represented in FIGS. 3A, 3B and 3C corresponds substantially to the exemplary embodiment represented in FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C. In contrast thereto, the device 10 has a first cover layer 71, which is in particular configured to be radiation-opaque, for instance radiation-absorbent. In a plan view of the front side 10V, the first cover layer 71 may cover the planar contact structure 3 and the insulation layer 8 entirely and the component 1 partially. Such a cover layer 71 increases the contrast of a light-emitting device 10.

[0065] According to FIG. 3B, the device 10 has a second cover layer 72. The second cover layer 72 is in particular configured to be radiation-transmissive, for instance transparent for the radiation emitted by the component 1 during operation of the device 10. In plan view, the second cover layer 72 may cover the component 1 and the first cover layer 71 entirely. In particular, the second cover layer 72 serves as a protective layer of the device 10. The front side 10V may be formed exclusively by the surface of the second cover layer 72.

[0066] The exemplary embodiment of a device 10 as represented in FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C corresponds substantially to the exemplary embodiment represented in FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C. As a difference therefrom, the device 10 has a single intermediate contact 5. The single intermediate contact 5 is arranged, in particular symmetrically, on the second subregion 62 of the lead frame 6. The planar contact structure 3, which electrically conductively connects the intermediate contact 5 to the front side 1V of the component 1, is in arranged, particular likewise symmetrically, in the intermediate region between the subregions 61 and 62. The terminal point of the planar contact structure 3 is located not laterally as represented in FIG. 2C, but approximately centrally in the vicinity of a side edge of the front side 1V of the component 1.

[0067] As a further difference, the lead frame 6 has additional anchoring structures 6V. The additional anchoring structures 6V may be formed by partial etching of the lead frame 6. In particular, the additional anchoring structures 6V are respectively configured in the form of a step which faces toward the back side 10R. Unlike in FIG. 1B, in which the anchoring structure V is arranged laterally of the component 1, these additional anchoring structures 6V are located directly below the component 1 or the intermediate contact 5. In plan view, the intermediate contact 5 or the component 1 thus overlaps with the associated anchoring structure 6V. In order to form the step or the steps, for example at least 30%, 50% or 60% of the vertical layer thickness of the first subregion 61 and/or of the second subregion 62 are locally etched. With such a configuration of the lead frame 6, the anchoring of the molded body 9 is additionally increased.

[0068] The exemplary embodiment of a device 10 as represented in FIGS. 5A, 5B and 5C corresponds substantially to the exemplary embodiment represented in FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C. As a difference therefrom, the component 1 protrudes laterally beyond the first subregion 61 on two opposite side edges of the first subregion 61. On the other two opposite side edges of the first subregion 61, the component 1 in plan view is located inside the first subregion 61, in which case the first subregion 61 may locally protrude laterally beyond the component 1 at these points. The component 1 and the first subregion 61 therefore form not only steps which face toward the back side 10R of the device 10 but also steps which face toward the front side 10V of the device 10. Such a configuration of the component 1 and of the first subregion 61 allows bilateral anchoring of the molded body 9, namely in both vertical directions, so that the anchoring of the molded body 9 on the component 1 and the first subregion 61 is strengthened.

[0069] As a further difference from FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C, the second subregion 62 is dimensioned in such a way that the intermediate contacts 5 locally protrude laterally beyond the second subregion 62. The intermediate contacts 5 are furthermore arranged in order to achieve a uniform pressure distribution and therefore symmetrically on the second subregion 62. At least one of the intermediate contacts 5 is electrically conductively connected to a planar contact structure 3 not directly, but at most indirectly by means of the second subregion 62.

[0070] The exemplary embodiment of a device 10 as represented in FIGS. 6A, 6B and 6C corresponds substantially to the exemplary embodiment represented in FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C. As a difference therefrom, the first subregion 61 of the lead frame 6 is structured in such a way that the component 1 protrudes laterally beyond the first subregion 61 only in the corner regions of the first subregion 61. On the side edges, the first subregion 61 may locally protrude laterally beyond the component 1.

[0071] As a further difference, the intermediate contact 5 may locally protrude laterally beyond the underlying second subregion 62 of the lead frame 6, in particular on two opposite side edges of the second subregion 62. The second subregion may also locally protrude laterally beyond the intermediate contact 5, for instance on the other two side edges of the intermediate contact 5. As schematically represented in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the intermediate contact 5 and the second subregion 62 may locally have steps which face toward the back side 10R of the device 10 and locally have steps which face toward the front side 10V of the device 10, in order to achieve bilateral anchoring of the molded body.

[0072] According to FIGS. 6A and 6B, the intermediate contact 5 may be a passive chip 52 or a passive through-contact 52. Such an intermediate contact 5 may have an ohmic contact as its core, which for example is laterally surrounded by a plastic layer, in particular by a passivation layer. The intermediate contact may, for example, be a PCB/Si through-contact 52 or a plastic/metal through-contact 52 or a metal hybrid through-contact 52.

[0073] The exemplary embodiment of a device 10 as represented in FIGS. 7A, 7B and 7C corresponds substantially to the exemplary embodiment represented in FIGS. 6A, 6B and 6C. Unlike in FIGS. 6A, 6B and 6C, in which the intermediate contact 5 is configured rectangularly in plan view, the intermediate contact 5 according to FIGS. 7A, 7B and 7C is configured elliptically in plan view. As a variant thereof, the intermediate contact 5 may have other geometrical shapes. According to FIGS. 7A, 7B and 7C, the intermediate contact 5 is furthermore configured as part of the second subregion 62 of the lead frame 6. The intermediate contact 5 may, for example, be formed by partial etching of the second subregion 62. In this case, it is possible for the intermediate contact 5 to locally protrude laterally beyond the underlying section of the second subregion 62.

[0074] As a further difference from the exemplary embodiment represented in FIGS. 6A, 6B and 6C, in which the structured corner regions of the first subregion 61 are configured as curvilinear indentations, the first subregion 61 according to FIGS. 7A, 7B and 7C has rectangular indentations in the corner regions.

[0075] The exemplary embodiment of a device 10 as represented in FIGS. 8A, 8B and 8C corresponds substantially to the exemplary embodiment represented in FIGS. 6A, 6B and 6C. As a difference therefrom, the second subregion 62 and the intermediate contacts 5 are similar to the exemplary embodiment represented in FIGS. 5A, 5B and 5C. Furthermore, the first subregion 61 is structured in the corner regions in such a way that each corner region is removed in an L-shaped fashion. On the side edges, the first subregion 61 has local lateral projections, which in plan view protrude beyond the component 1.

[0076] The exemplary embodiment of a device 10 as represented in FIGS. 9A, 9B and 9C corresponds substantially to the exemplary embodiment represented in FIGS. 8A, 8B and 8C. As a difference therefrom, the side edges or side faces of the first subregion 61 are structured in such a way that the first subregion 61 protrudes laterally beyond the component 1 exclusively in the corner regions. In other words, the first subregion 61 in plan view has projections in its corner regions. On the side edges or the side faces of the first subregion 61, the component 1 protrudes laterally beyond the first subregion 61.

[0077] The exemplary embodiment of a device 10 as represented in FIGS. 10A, 10B and 10C corresponds substantially to the exemplary embodiment represented in FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C. As a difference therefrom, the device 10 has a multiplicity of components 1. The components 1 are, in particular, arranged on a common first subregion 61 and respectively locally protrude laterally beyond the common first subregion 61. In particular, the first subregion 61 has the shape of a torus. In plan view, the first subregion 61 therefore has a continuous surface with an inner opening. The components 1 may partially cover the inner opening in plan view.

[0078] The device 10 according to FIGS. 10A, 10B and 10C has a multiplicity of planar contact structures 3, which respectively are electrically conductively connected to one of the second subregions 62 of the lead frame 6. By means of the individual subregions 62, the components 1 may be driven together or independently of one another.

[0079] The exemplary embodiment of a device 10 as represented in FIGS. 11A, 11B and 11C corresponds substantially to the exemplary embodiment represented in FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C. As a difference therefrom, the first subregion 61 and/or the second subregion 62 may end flush with at least one of the side faces 9S of the molded body 9. The side faces 10S of the device 10 may be formed locally by side faces 9S of the molded body 9 and locally by side faces of the first subregion 61 and/or of the second subregion 62.

[0080] According to FIGS. 11A and 11C, the subregions 61 and 62 have exposed surfaces on at least one side face 10S or on a plurality of side faces 10S of the device 10. These exposed surfaces may have cutting traces of an individualization process. According to FIG. 11C, the exposed surface of the first subregion 61 or of the second subregion 62 extends along the vertical direction from the back side 10R of the device 10 to a central region of the respective side face 10S of the device 10, the central region being separated from a front side of the molded body 9. Unlike in FIGS. 11A, 11B and 11C, it is possible for the first subregion 61 and/or the second subregion 62 to have exposed surfaces, in particular with cutting traces, on all side faces 10S of the device 10.

[0081] The exemplary embodiment of a device 10 as represented in FIGS. 12A, 12B and 12C corresponds substantially to the exemplary embodiment represented in FIGS. 11A, 11B and 11C. As a difference therefrom, the exposed surfaces of the first subregion 61 and/or of the second subregion 62 are respectively located exclusively in a central region of the respective side faces 10S of the device 10, the central region being separated both from a front side and from a back side of the molded body 9. On the side faces 10S, the respective exposed surface of the first subregion 61 or of the second subregion 62 is therefore spatially separated both from the front side 10V and from the back side 10R of the device (FIG. 12C).

[0082] On the back side 10R, the contact pads of the subregions 61 and 62 may furthermore be fully surrounded by the molded body 9 (FIGS. 2A and 12A). As schematically represented in FIG. 12B, the subregions 61 and 62 may have additional anchoring structures 6V in a similar way to the exemplary embodiment represented in FIG. 4B. The exposed surfaces of the subregions 61 and 62 may respectively serve as a solder stop limit. It is also conceivable for the device 10 to be externally electrically contactable via the exposed surfaces of the subregions 61 and 62 on the side faces 10S of the device 10.

[0083] A so-called QFN device having a planar contacting structure on a component and a molded body, the molded body being anchored with a lead frame and/or with the component, is generally more economical than a device on a circuit board or on a ceramic substrate. In particular, the use of a partially structured lead frame having a through-contact arranged thereon is more economical than the formation of a subsequently etched through-contact. With the use of through-contacts, particularly in the shape of spheres, the through-contacts may be adhesively bonded or soldered before the application of the molded body on the lead frame, and therefore etched in parallel on the lead frame. This method is more economical than the subsequent introduction of through-contacts, in particular after the formation of the molded body. The QFN device having a planar contacting structure and improved anchoring of the molded body may be configured particularly compactly overall. The better mechanical anchoring, for instance in the manner of a form-fit connection between the molded body and the anchoring structures of the device, furthermore leads to increased reliability and simplified processability of the device or the devices.

[0084] This patient application claims the priority of German Patent Application DE 10 2019 119 371.0, the disclosure content of which is incorporated here by reference.

[0085] By the description of the invention with the aid of the exemplary embodiments, the invention is not restricted to the latter.

[0086] Rather, the invention comprises any new feature and any combination of features, which in particular includes any combination of features in the claims, even if this feature or this combination itself is not explicitly specified in the claims or exemplary embodiments.

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