Patent ID: 8232628

Claim:
Method for manufacturing a microelectronic package, comprising the following steps: providing two parts comprising electrically insulating material; providing members comprising electrically conductive material, which are intended to serve as leads of the microelectronic package; providing a microelectronic device; positioning the electrically conductive members and the microelectronic device on the electrically insulating parts; and placing the electrically insulating parts against each other, wherein the microelectronic device and portions of the electrically conductive members are sandwiched between the electrically insulating parts; and wherein the electrically insulating parts are part of a single carrier, wherein the electrically insulating parts are rotatably arranged with respect to each other over a folding line in the carrier, and wherein the step of placing the electrically insulating parts against each other involves rotating the electrically insulating parts towards each other over the folding line.