A lead frame including a plurality of leads, included in a package of a plastic encapsulated semiconductor device, a chip pad for mounting a semiconductor chip of the device thereon, pad-suspending leads for supporting said chip pad and an outer frame for supporting said leads, said chip pad and said pad-suspending leads, wherein:
- one or more of said plurality of leads includes a portion, within the plastic package, which is disposed as an external electrical connection pad of the encapsulated semiconductor device and which has a surface width thereof greater than the remaining part of said lead;
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- each said portion disposed as an external connection pad acts as a main component of a partition in a manner in which a pair of first and second, opposing holes in the plastic package, extending inwardly thereto from a pair of opposing surfaces thereof and aligned with one another about a common longitudinal axis, become completely isolated from each other.