Abstract: A surface-mount package for an oscillator crystal blank is made from a metal sheet substrate. Half-etched cavities are formed on one side of the sheet. The half-etched cavities are filled in with an insulator. The center of the insulator is drilled until metal is reached, leaving insulator on the sidewalls of the resulting drilled via. The bottom of the drilled via is plated with a contact metal such as nickel-gold, and then the entire drilled via is filled in with metal such as copper to form via-metal. An external metal surface-mount pad is formed on the surface of each via-metal. The metal sheet is flipped over, and a larger inner cavity etched through until the contact metal over the via-metal is reached. Conductive epoxy is placed on the contact metal, and electrodes on the crystal blank are attached to conductive epoxy.

Abstract: A surface-mount package for an oscillator crystal blank is made from a metal sheet substrate. Half-etched cavities are formed on one side of the sheet. The half-etched cavities are filled in with an insulator. The center of the insulator is drilled until metal is reached, leaving insulator on the sidewalls of the resulting drilled via. The bottom of the drilled via is plated with a contact metal such as nickel-gold, and then the entire drilled via is filled in with metal such as copper to form via-metal. An external metal surface-mount pad is formed on the surface of each via-metal. The metal sheet is flipped over, and a larger inner cavity etched through until the contact metal over the via-metal is reached. Conductive epoxy is placed on the contact metal, and electrodes on the crystal blank are attached to conductive epoxy.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mold injection method for semiconductor device by which the problem of residual metal is overcome. The inventive method comprises following steps: die attaching; wire bonding; attaching solder-resisting tape around the die; molding; removing the older-resisting tape; marking; ball placement: and singulation.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip fabrication method, including the steps of: (a) attaching dies to a chip carrier and then bonding lead wires to the dies, (b) adhering heat-resisting plastic strips to the chip carrier and connecting them to each die at one corner for guiding a molten resin to the dies, (c) pouring a molten resin out of nozzles of a molding apparatus, permitting the molten resin to be guided by the heat-resisting plastic strips to the dies and then molded on the dies, and (d) marking the molded dies with marks and placing them with balls, and then separating the individually molded dies from one other.

Abstract: A reusable metal frame for manufacturing of encapsulated semiconductor devices includes a metal sheet having a plurality of openings disposed in compliance with topology of semiconductor devices carried by a supporting structure. During the molding operation, the frame is superposed over the supporting structure with each semiconductor device to be encapsulated, positioned centrally within one of the openings. The encapsulating material (resin, plastic, or the like) is supplied to each semiconductor device and stays within each opening, held in place by continuous uninterrupted contour of each opening. After the encapsulating material has been cooled, the metal frame is readily removed, and may be used in other molding operations.