Patent ID: 7183134
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method for forming an integrated circuit package: forming a leadframe with a plurality of bond pads supported by support members, the bond pads and support members formed from a single sheet of conductive material having a lower surface lying in a reference plane; positioning the portion of the support members distal of the bond pads below the reference plane; positioning a die adjacent some of the plurality of bond pads with the lower surface of the die lying above the reference plane; connecting at least one terminal on the die to at least one of the plurality of bond pads; encapsulating the die, bond pads and support members in an interstitial material; and removing the portion of the interstitial material and the portion of the support members distal to the bond pads to provide a lower surface for the package in which the lower faces of bond pads are exposed.