Patent ID: 7042071

Claim:
A leadframe comprising: an outer frame with a plurality of sides surrounding a region of the leadframe on which a semiconductor chip is to be mounted; a die pad on which the semiconductor chip is to be mounted; a plurality of leads each having land portions and connections, the land portions each having an upper surface serving as a bonding pad to be connected with a metal wiring and a lowermost part serving as an external terminal, the connections each being devoid of its lower part so as to be thinner than the land portion and being provided between the outer frame and the land portions, between the land portions associated with each other in each lead, and between the land portions and the die pad; and at least one land formed in a corner region of the outer frame and connected to the outer frame through a connection, said at least one land having a larger area than the land portions, and wherein the die pad and the outer frame are connected to each other via the land portions and the connections.