Patent ID: 7114659

Claim:
A memory card, comprising: at least one non-volatile memory integrated circuit chip encased in said card and having a plurality of electrical circuit contact regions on one surface along opposite first and second sides of the chip, a set of externally accessible electrical contacts allowing communication between said integrated circuit chip and an external device, said externally accessible electrical contacts formed from ends of conductors of a patterned leadframe adjacent the first side of the chip, a first plurality of said conductors extending under the chip between said first and second sides thereof and providing physical support for the chip, the contact regions along the second side of the chip being electrically connected with said first plurality of said leadframe conductors at ends thereof adjacent the second side of the chip, and the contact regions along the first side of the chip being electrically connected with a second plurality of said leadframe conductors adjacent the first side of the chip, the second plurality of said leadframe conductors being shorter than the first plurality of said leadframe conductors by not extending under the chip between said first and second sides of the chip.