Patent ID: 7057281

Claim:
A microelectronic component assembly comprising: a microelectronic component having an active surface and an array of terminals carried on the active surface; first and second leads attached to the active surface of the microelectronic component, each of the leads having an elongate body and a reduced-thickness inner length that is disposed adjacent the terminals of the microelectronic component, the body having a first thickness and an outer surface at a first height outwardly from the active surface of the microelectronic component, and the inner length having a second thickness and a bond surface at a second height outwardly from the active surface of the microelectronic component, the first thickness being greater than the second thickness, and the first height being greater than the second height; first and second bond wires, each bond wire electrically coupling one of the terminals of the microelectronic component to the bond surface of one of the leads and each bond wire having a maximum height outwardly from the active surface of the microelectronic component that is no greater than the first height; and a dielectric wire encapsulant that at least partially covers each of the bond wires and an outer mold compound that covers the wire encapsulant and a portion of each of the leads, wherein the dielectric wire encapsulant has a different composition than the mold compound; wherein the each of the leads includes an intermediate length disposed between the body and the inner length, the intermediate length having a third thickness and an intermediate surface at a third height outwardly from the active surface of the microelectronic component, the third thickness being less than the first thickness and greater than the second thickness.