Patent ID: 9392691
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: H01L,H05K,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: forming a stacked electronic device having at least first and second electronic components, the first electronic component including a lateral, outside downwardly extending first leadframe, the second electronic component including a lateral, upwardly extending second leadframe, the second leadframe extending upwardly, laterally inside of, and vertically overlapping with, the first leadframe, wherein the first and second leadframes include respective vertically overlapping portions, and the first leadframe including a lower portion spaced from said overlapping portions and defining a solder connection region for soldering the stacked electronic device to a soldering surface, the forming a stacked electronic device including using a non-solder metal joining process to form a joint directly between and physically joining together the overlapping portions of the first and second leadframes, wherein the joint is located outside the solder connection region.