Patent ID: 8659133

Claim:
A leadframe package, comprising: a leadframe including electrical terminals, electrical leads and electrically conductive islands, an top surface and a bottom surface, the lower surface being half-etched to define the electrical leads at a first elevation on the bottom surface of the leadframe and the electrical terminals and the electrically conductive islands at a second elevation on the bottom surface of the leadframe, one island of the electrically conductive islands connected to at least one other electrical terminal of the electrical terminals or another island of the electrically conductive islands by the electrical leads at the first elevation; one or more semiconductor die affixed to the top surface of the leadframe and electrically coupled to the electrical terminals and the electrical leads; and a molding compound for encapsulating the one or more semiconductor die, the electrical leads, and a portion of the electrical terminals and electrically conductive islands, a surface of the electrical terminals and the electrically conductive islands being exposed at a bottom surface of the molding compound.