Patent ID: 7768104

Claim:
An electronics package assembly comprising: an electrically conductive lead frame having electrically isolated first and second leads and a die mounting surface; a first semiconductor die comprising a P side and an N side, the P side of the first die mounted at the die mounting surface with P junction material in electrical communication with the die mounting surface; a second semiconductor die comprising a P side and an N side, the N side of the second die mounted at the die mounting surface with N junction material in electrical communication with the die mounting surface; a first electrical conductor in operative electrical communication between the N side of the first die and a first lead of the lead frame; a second electrical conductor in operative electrical communication between the P side of the second die and a second lead of the lead frame; and a mounting pad formed in the die mounting surface, the mounting pad being electrically coupled to a central portion of one of the first or second semiconductor dies via an electrically conductive material, the mounting pad and the electrically conductive material being configured to provide a gap between the die mounting surface and a peripheral portion of the semiconductor die so that the first and second semiconductors dies are connected in series to one another through the lead frame and to the first and second leads through the first and second electrical conductors.