Abstract: A lead frame includes: an outer frame section; a plurality of chip mounting sections which are supported by the outer frame section and on which a plurality of semiconductor chips are mounted; lead sections surrounding the chip mounting sections; connecting sections for connecting and supporting the lead sections and the outer frame section with each other; and an encapsulation region in which the chip mounting sections are encapsulated together in an encapsulation resin. An opening is provided in a plurality of regions of the outer frame section that are each located outside the encapsulation region and along the extension of one of the connecting sections.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device which comprises a semiconductor element having a plurality of electrodes, a plurality of external electrodes disposed around the periphery of the semiconductor element, a fine wire electrically connected between at least one of surfaces of each of the plural external electrodes and at least one of the plural electrodes of the semiconductor element, and an encapsulating resin which encapsulates the semiconductor element, the plural external electrodes, and the fine wires and whose external shape is a rectangular parallelepiped, wherein a bottom surface of the semiconductor element and a bottom surface of each of the plural external electrode are exposed from a bottom surface of the encapsulating resin and a top surface of the semiconductor element and a top surface of each of the plural external electrode are located substantially coplanar with each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device which comprises a semiconductor element having a plurality of electrodes, a plurality of external electrodes disposed around the periphery of the semiconductor element, a fine wire electrically connected between at least one of surfaces of each of the plural external electrodes and at least one of the plural electrodes of the semiconductor element, and an encapsulating resin which encapsulates the semiconductor element, the plural external electrodes, and the fine wires and whose external shape is a rectangular parallelepiped, wherein a bottom surface of the semiconductor element and a bottom surface of each of the plural external electrode are exposed from a bottom surface of the encapsulating resin and a top surface of the semiconductor element and a top surface of each of the plural external electrode are located substantially coplanar with each other.

Abstract: A lead frame includes: an outer frame section; a plurality of chip mounting sections which are supported by the outer frame section and on which a plurality of semiconductor chips are mounted; lead sections surrounding the chip mounting sections; connecting sections for connecting and supporting the lead sections and the outer frame section with each other; and an encapsulation region in which the chip mounting sections are encapsulated together in an encapsulation resin. An opening is provided in a plurality of regions of the outer frame section that are each located outside the encapsulation region and along the extension of one of the connecting sections.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip which does not increase the thickness or the board area of a semiconductor device wherein semiconductor chips are layered and does not increase the wire length between the semiconductor chips even in the case that a plurality of semiconductor chips are layered on a wiring board and a process thereof, as well as a semiconductor device, and the like, are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor device which comprises a semiconductor element having a plurality of electrodes, a plurality of external electrodes disposed around the periphery of the semiconductor element, a fine wire electrically connected between at least one of surfaces of each of the plural external electrodes and at least one of the plural electrodes of the semiconductor element, and an encapsulating resin which encapsulates the semiconductor element, the plural external electrodes, and the fine wires and whose external shape is a rectangular parallelepiped, wherein a bottom surface of the semiconductor element and a bottom surface of each of the plural external electrode are exposed from a bottom surface of the encapsulating resin and a top surface of the semiconductor element and a top surface of each of the plural external electrode are located substantially coplanar with each other.