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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
May. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/3495 ; H01L 2/348 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/3495 ; H01L 2/348 ;
Abstract
A lead frame has a die pad portion supported internally of a framework portion by suspension leads and a plurality of leads each having one end connected to the framework portion and the other end opposed to the die pad portion. The die pad portion has a holding region formed from a part of an upper surface of the die pad portion which has been elevated above the remaining part of the upper surface. Openings are formed in the holding region to extend therethrough in a front-to-back direction of the die pad portion.