Patent ID: 6611048
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A leadframe comprising:a paddle suitable for receiving a semiconductor die, said paddle being attached to a frame of said leadframe by at least one tie bar; said leadframe having an integral portion, said integral portion of said leadframe being bent at a first nonzero angle relative to a plane of said at least one tie bar, said integral portion of said leadframe being bent at a second nonzero angle relative to a plane of said frame; said integral portion having a first end attached to said leadframe and a second end unattached to said leadframe, said first end of said integral portion pressing said paddle towards a floor of a molding machine cavity so that a bottom surface of said paddle is situated substantially flush with said floor of said molding machine cavity when said second end of said integral portion is compressed by a ceiling of said molding machine cavity.