Amkor Technology, Inc.

Jin An Lee

Gi Jeong Kim

Seung Mo Kim

Christopher J De Simone

Lucian M Hand

A semiconductor package having a fully encapsulated heat sink is disclosed, along with leadframes for making the package. A semiconductor chip is mounted on a surface of the heat sink. The heat sink is in an electrically insulative, thermally conductive connection with a plurality of leads that extend from a first end that overhangs the heat sink to an second end outside of the package body. A ring of a double sided adhesive tape attaches the heat sink to the overhanging portion of the leads. The heat sink design minimizes voids and damage caused by the encapsulation process, while maintaining thermal performance comparable to conventional, exposed heat sinks.

Nonexposed heat sink for semiconductor package

A leadframe and molded semiconductor package made using the leadframe are disclosed. The leadframe includes leads extending from a dam bar toward a central chip mounting region. A pseudo tie bar extends diagonally from three of the four corners of the dam bar toward the chip mounting region. A resin introduction slot is at the remaining corner of the dam bar. The resin introduction slot is wider than a space between adjacent leads. The leads adjacent to the resin introduction slot increase in width as they extend from the dam bar toward the chip mounting region. The leadframe is used to form a semiconductor package having a package body formed of a molded resin. The leadframe design minimizes voids and damage caused by the molding process.

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Kuri, South Korea

Jin An Lee