Patent ID: 7968807

Claim:
A package apparatus comprising: a base; a lid coupled with the base forming a leadframe package, the leadframe package forming a first exterior surface having a first surface area, and a second exterior surface having a second surface area less than the first surface area, the first exterior surface forming a first contact pattern, the first exterior surface being in a first plane that intersects the plane of the second exterior surface, the first exterior surface characterized by a bisecting plane, the bisecting plane normal to the first plane and dividing the first exterior surface into two substantially equal, rectangular portions, the second exterior surface forming a second contact pattern; and a plurality of metal conductors coupling a plurality of contacts in the first contact pattern to a corresponding plurality of contacts in the second contact pattern, and the plurality of metal conductors crossing the bisecting plane, such that the first and second contact patterns are substantially electrically identical to permit the package to be either vertically or horizontally mounted to an underlying apparatus.