Patent ID: 8258609

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit package system comprising: forming a paddle, having an integrated circuit die thereover and a paddle overhang, an outer lead, and an inner lead between the paddle and the outer lead, the inner lead having an inner body overhang; placing a lead support, over only the paddle overhang and over only the inner body overhang or only over an inner lead transition, to encircle the paddle without traversing to an inner body bottom side of the inner lead; connecting the integrated circuit die and the inner lead encapsulating the inner lead having the lead support protruding, the paddle, the outer lead, and the integrated circuit die including exposing the inner body bottom side from the encapsulation; and wherein placing the lead support over only the paddle overhang and over only the inner body overhang includes bridging the inner lead and the paddle with the lead support.