Patent ID: 7195957

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a microelectronic component package, comprising: attaching and electrically coupling a microelectronic component to a leadframe having a plurality of leads, the microelectronic component having an active surface; encapsulating the microelectronic component and a portion of each of the leads with an encapsulant such that an exposed length of each of the leads extends outwardly beyond a periphery of the encapsulant, the encapsulant having a surface that is oriented away from the active surface of the microelectronic component; bending the exposed length of each lead to extend in a direction away from the encapsulant surface; defining a plurality of terminals proximate to the surface of the encapsulant, each terminal being electrically associated with one of the leads, wherein at least one of the terminals is disposed within a periphery of the microelectronic component at a location between the active surface of the microelectronic component and the surface of the encapsulant; attaching the microelectronic component to a substrate having a socket such that the exposed portions of the leads are electrically coupled to the socket; and wherein each of the terminals associated with the leads comprises an exposed surface of one of the leads.