Patent ID: 8097934

Claim:
A lead frame for a semiconductor package, the leadframe comprising: a die attach pad having a die attachment site and edges about the periphery of the die attach pad with further including at least one up-set bonding pad raised out of a plane defined by the die attach pad and is configured to support a plurality of wire bonds, each up-set bonding pad further defining a mold flow aperture between the die attachment site and the associated bonding pad such that the mold flow aperture is defined by a space framed by a pair of conductive tabs that link the up-set bonding pad with the die attach pad, the mold flow aperture arranged to allow molding material that is injected around the lead frame to flow through the mold flow aperture to help lock the molding material around the bonding support surface on the up-set bonding pad; a ground lead extending from the die attach pad; and a plurality of input/output (I/O) leads having proximal and distal ends, the leads arranged about at least one edge of the die attach pad such that the distal end of each lead extends outwardly from an edge of the die attach pad.