A resin-sealed type semiconductor device has a mount stage, a semiconductor chip
mounted on the stage such that a rear surface of the chip is in contact with the
stage, a heat spreader associated with the stage and the chip, and a molded resin
package encapsulating the stage, chip, and heat spreader. The stage is configured
such that the rear surface of the chip is partially covered with the stage, whereby
uncovered areas are defined on the rear surface of the electronic component. The
heat spreader is complementarily configured with respect to the stage so as to
be in direct contact with the uncovered areas of the rear surface of the electronic
component, whereby an entire thickness of both the mount stage and the heat spreader
is smaller than a total of a thickness of the mount stage and a thickness of the
heat spreader.