Patent ID: 7572678

Claim:
A method of reducing an inductance associated with leads of a lead frame in an integrated circuit package, the method comprising: positioning a lead frame adjacent an integrated circuit device having a plurality of bond pads thereon, the lead frame having a plurality of lead fingers extending toward a center of the lead frame, each lead finger of the plurality of lead fingers having an outer portion and an associated inner portion; connecting lead fingers of the lead frame to bond pads of the integrated circuit device leaving at least one floating lead finger of the lead frame unconnected to a bond pad of the integrated circuit device; electrically isolating the outer portion of at least one lead finger of the plurality of lead fingers from the associated inner portion; and after electrically isolating the outer portion of the at least one lead finger of the plurality of lead fingers from the associated inner portion, encapsulating the outer portion and the associated inner portion of the at least one lead finger of the plurality of lead fingers in a dielectric material.