C. Cotofana et al., LOW-COST PLASTIC SENSOR PACKAGING USING THE OPEN-WINDOW PACKAGE CONCEPT, Sensors and actuators. A, Physical, 67(1-3), 1998, pp. 185-190
This paper presents a low-cost transfer mould packaging concept for se
nsors, based on a direct-mould principle. The advantage of this new pa
ckaging concept, which we call the open-window package, is that up to
the moulding step the whole assembly process is compatible with the st
andard lead-frame processing, The open-window package concept allows p
lastic sensor packaging with one or more environmental access paths to
be created in a single moulding step. As an application of this new p
ackaging concept, a plastic sensor package with a single access path h
as: been developed for commercial production. The performances of this
new low-cost package are satisfactory and lifetime performances show
promising results. Furthermore, packaging of other types of sensors is
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