Patent ID: 7348660

Claim:
A semiconductor device, said semiconductor device having a first side extending along a first direction, a second side extending along said first direction, a third side extending along a second direction, and a fourth side extending along said second direction, wherein said first and said second sides are shorter than said third and said fourth sides; said semiconductor device comprising: a chip having an edge and having contacts disposed on a top surface of said chip in vicinity to said edge; a leadframe comprising a multiplicity of leads, each lead having a board level contact portion, an intermediate portion, and a chip level contact portion, wherein said intermediate portion is disposed between said board level contact portion and said chip level contact portion; said board level contact portions extending from one of said first side or said second side of said semiconductor device along said second direction; said chip level contact portions extending along said first direction; ends of said chip level contact portions being aligned along a line extending along said second direction; surfaces of said multiplicity of leads being disposed on portions of said top surface of said chip, wherein said contacts of said chip are disposed in vicinity to said ends of said chip level contact portions of said multiplicity of leads, said contacts of said chip being coupled to said chip level contact portions of said multiplicity of leads; said chip and said leadframe being molded and forming a molded package; and said board level contact portions of said multiplicity of leads protruding from said molded package.