Patent ID: 7199461

Claim:
A packaged semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor die; a leadframe pad for supporting the semiconductor die; a molded housing encapsulating the leadframe pad and semiconductor die; a plurality of elongated leads each having an inner portion extending from a first end inside the molded housing, protruding through a side surface of the molded housing and terminating at a second end outside the housing to form an outer portion of each lead, wherein a second lead is opposite to a third lead, wherein a first lead is disposed between the opposing second lead and third lead, wherein the second and third leads each have a bent region along their respective lengths, said bent regions being adjacent to the side surface of the molded housing, the bent region formed to increase a space between the first outer lead and the second and third leads, wherein the molded housing outside the side surface is formed entirely on at least one of the bent regions of the second and third leads, the molded housing formed on the bent region having a inner wall on the contour of the bent region, an outer wall spaced from the inner wall following the contours of the bent region, and an end wall.