Patent ID: 7094046
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: H01L,H05K

Abstract:
1. An assembly for a semiconductor die and a leadframe package comprising: a top mold plate having a top and a plurality of sides of a mold assembly in a transfer molding operation; and a generally planar bottom mold plate of a mold assembly having portions thereof engaging portions of the top mold plate during the transfer molding operation, the top mold plate and the bottom mold plate forming a mold cavity having a top, having a bottom, having sidewalls and having end walls when engaged, the top mold plate and the bottom mold plate for suspending the semiconductor die and the portion of the leadframe within the mold cavity for injecting a material to encapsulate the semiconductor die and portions of the leadframe therein, one sidewall of the sidewalls having an inner surface with grooves and columns for forming columns and grooves in at least one external surface of a molded package for exposing at least three sides of at least one lead of the leadframe from the material.