Patent ID: 7737546

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a lead frame having first and second leads, each lead having first and second portions; a package comprising a molded body surrounding said first portion of each lead, said package having a top surface, a bottom surface, and first and second opposing side surfaces; and a die comprising a circuit element, said die being connected electrically to said first and second leads on said first portions of said first and second leads, said second portion of each of said first and second leads being substantially parallel to and contacting said first and second opposing side surfaces, respectively, wherein said second portions of each of said leads each comprises a hole that inhibits molten solder from wetting a portion of said second portion of each lead between said hole and said first portion of that lead, while allowing molten solder to wet the remainder of said second portions of said first and second leads; each said hole terminating immediately adjacent an associated one of said side surfaces of said package whereby said associated side surface inhibits molten solder flow through said hole.