Bond wire reliability and process with high thermal performance in small outline package

Abstract

An electronic device includes a package structure, a lead, a heat slug, a semiconductor die, and a bond wire. The package structure has opposite first and second sides, and opposite third and fourth sides spaced along a first direction. The heat slug has a first portion partially exposed outside the second side of the package structure, and a second portion with slots extending inwardly along the first direction and fins between respective pairs of the slots, where the fins are enclosed by the package structure and spaced along an orthogonal second direction. The semiconductor die is attached to the heat slug, and the bond wire has a first end connected to the lead and a second end connected to a circuit of the semiconductor die.