Patent ID: 8916421

Claim:
A method for packaging an electronic device assembly, the method comprising: providing a lead frame assembly comprising a lead frame and one or more signal conduits attached to the lead frame, wherein each of the one or more signal conduits is coupled at a first end to a corresponding lead of the lead frame, and the first end of each signal conduit is coupled to a free end of the corresponding lead; placing the lead frame assembly in a first area for the electronic device assembly; placing a first electronic device in a second area for the electronic device assembly, wherein the second area is within a perimeter defined by the lead frame assembly; forming an encapsulant over and around sides of the first electronic device and over and around sides of the lead frame assembly; and exposing a second end of a signal conduit of the one or more signal conduits, wherein the signal conduit forms a conductive via through the encapsulated electronic device assembly.