Patent ID: 6521987
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A package for an integrated circuit device comprising:a metal die pad having a substantially planar first surface, a substantially planar second surface, and a substantially planar third surface, wherein the second surface and the third surface are opposite the first surface, and the third surface is at the periphery of the second surface vertically between the first surface and the second surface; an integrated circuit device on the first surface of the die pad; an integrated circuit device on the first surface of the die pad; a plurality of metal leads each having a substantially planar first surface, a substantially planar second surface, a substantially planar third surface, and a pair of anchor ears projecting from two lateral sides thereof for preventing the leads from being pulled horizontally from the integrated circuit package, wherein the second surface and the third surface are opposite the first surface, and the third surface is vertically between the first surface and the second surface; a plurality of conductors, each conductor connected between a conductive pad on the integrated circuit device and the first surface of one of the leads; and an encapsulant material which forms a package body, wherein the encapsulant material covers the third surface of the die pad and the third surfaces of the leads; and wherein the second surfaces of the leads are exposed at a first external surface of the package, and the first surface of the leads are in the same horizontal plane as the first surface of the die pad or below the first surface of the die pad.