Patent ID: 6838752

Claim:
A semiconductor package comprising: a flat leadframe made of an electrically conductive material, the leadframe having a front face and a rear face, the leadframe including a central platform and a plurality of elongate electrical connection leads distributed around the platform, each of the electrical connection leads having an inner end located on the side towards the chip and an outer end; an integrated circuit chip fastened to the front face of the platform; a plurality of electrical connection wires, each of the electrical connection wires connecting the integrated circuit chip to the front face of one of the electrical connection leads; and encapsulation means encapsulating the integrated circuit chip such that the rear face of the leadframe is visible, wherein at least one of the electrical connection leads includes an inner end part and an outer end part, the rear faces of the inner and outer end parts lie in the plane of the rear face of the leadframe, the inner and outer end parts are connected by a branch whose rear face is set back with respect to the plane of the rear face of the leadframe so as to define a rear recess, and one of the electrical connection wires is connected to the at least one electrical connection lead on the front face of the inner end part of the at least one electrical connection lead, and the at least one electrical connection lead includes a through-passage or through-hole.