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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2005
Shahram Mostafazadeh, San Jose, CA (US);
Joseph O. Smith, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Shahram Mostafazadeh, San Jose, CA (US);
Joseph O. Smith, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Packages of semiconductor devices with non-opaque covers and methods for making the packages. The invention allows an encapsulant to be used with a non-opaque cover. By ensuring the cover is attached to a die in such a way as to expose bonding pads while sealing in the imaging portion of the die, the die can be electrically connected to a substrate and then encapsulated. Since the imaging portion is sealed, the encapsulant cannot get underneath the glass. By ensuring the encapsulant is not filled beyond the glass, encapsulant cannot get over the glass either.