Patent ID: 6867071

Claim:
A leadframe comprising: a frame body including four peripheral sides, each adjacent pair of the sides collectively defining a frame corner, the frame body defining a central space; a die paddle disposed within the space and including four peripheral edge segments, each adjacent pair of peripheral edge segments collectively defining a paddle corner; a plurality of tie bars, each of the tie bars comprising a first portion extending from a respective paddle corner of the die paddle and a second portion which extends angularly from the first portion and perpendicularly into connection with one of the sides of the frame body; a plurality of leads connected to and extending from the sides of the frame body toward and in spaced relation to respective ones of the peripheral edge segments of the die paddle; and a plurality of corner leads connected to and extending from the sides of the frame body in close proximity to respective ones of the frame corners, each of the corner leads extending in spaced, generally parallel relation to at least one of the peripheral edge segments of the die paddle.