Patent ID: 8586419

Claim:
A method of packaging a semiconductor comprising: electrically coupling a contact on a first surface of each of a plurality of die to a respective first one of a plurality of leads of a lower lead frame, wherein the plurality of leads of the lower lead frame are coupled together by one or more tie bars of the lower lead frame; bending opposite edges of each corresponding set of two or more leads of a plurality of leads of an upper lead frame while the adjacent edges of each corresponding set of two or more leads are coupled together by one or more tie bars of the upper lead frame, wherein each of the plurality of leads is bent into an L-shape, wherein the bent opposite edges of each corresponding set of leads of the upper lead frame support the upper lead frame from the lower lead frame at a desired position with respect to the plurality of die, and wherein the plurality of leads of the upper lead frame are coupled together by one or more additional tie bars of the upper lead frame; and electrically coupling the leads of the upper lead frame between respective contacts on a second surface of each respective die and a respective second one of the plurality of leads of the lower lead frame.