Patent ID: 8703544

Claim:
A method of producing an electronic component comprising: providing a base layer of copper material or an alloy of copper material or an alloy of iron material of a lead frame; depositing a first layer of nickel material or an alloy of nickel material directly on the base layer; depositing a second layer of palladium material or an alloy of palladium material directly on the first layer; depositing a third layer of gold material or an alloy of gold material directly on the second layer, wherein the first, second, and third layers coat the entirety of the base layer, the third layer of gold being the outermost layer; providing a semiconductor chip on a die paddle of the lead frame; attaching one or more first bond wires from the semiconductor chip to a bond-wire attachment area on the lead frame; and attaching one or more second bond wires from the semiconductor chip to the bond-wire attachment area on the lead frame.