Patent ID: 6919626

Claim:
An integrated circuit module comprising: a first integrated circuit package having a top surface and a bottom surface in which plural package leads extend from the bottom surface; a first lead frame having a plurality of electrically and thermally conductive elements each having a package lead reception area and an interconnect extension, the first lead frame mounted to the bottom surface of the first integrated circuit package to align selected package lead reception areas of the conductive elements with selected package leads in a one-to-one correspondence to provide electrically and thermally conductive extensions of the selected package leads through the interconnect extensions of the selected conductive elements; an external interconnect structure mounted to the top surface of the first integrated circuit package and having electrically and thermally conductive extensions that make electrical and thermal contact with the interconnect extensions of the selected conductive elements and having interconnection portions that complete a communication path from the package leads through the electrically and thermally conductive elements and the electrically and thermally conductive extensions to allow electrical and thermal conduction to a circuit board substrate while providing mechanical rigidity to the thereby created module.