Patent ID: 7968377

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a package comprising: providing a leadframe with a tie bar and leadframe connection bars; punching the tie bar and optionally the leadframe connection bars to form protruding pads; clamping the leadframe and the protruding pads in a mold; attaching dies to the leadframe; electrically connecting the dies to the leadframe with wires wherein the protruding pads protrude above the dies and are substantially the same height as the wires that couple the dies to the leadframe; encapsulating at least portions of the leadframe, the protruding pads, the dies, and the wires in an encapsulant to form a protruding pad package including the protruding pads exposed from the encapsulant at the top surface and the bottom surface of the protruding pad package; singulating the protruding pad package; and attaching a package cover to the encapsulant, optionally with an adhesive.