Patent ID: 8349655

Claim:
A method of fabricating a portable memory including a leadframe and a semiconductor die having die bond pads along two adjacent sides, the leadframe including first and second sides adjacent the sides of the semiconductor die having the bond pads, and the leadframe including third and fourth sides adjacent the first and second sides, the method comprising the steps of: (a) defining electrical terminals on the first, second, third and fourth sides of the leadframe; (b) defining a die attach paddle on the leadframe; (c) electrically coupling a set of electrical terminals defined in said step (a) on the third side of the leadframe to the die attach paddle; (d) mounting the semiconductor die on the leadframe, covering at least portions of the die attach paddle and covering the set of electrical terminals coupled to the die attach paddle in said step (c); (e) wire bonding the electrical terminals on the first, second and at least one of the third and fourth sides of the leadframe, other than the set of electrical terminals coupled to the die attach paddle in said step (c), to the bond pads on the semiconductor die.