Patent ID: 8736037

Claim:
A leadless integrated circuit (IC) package, comprising: a die attach pad; an IC chip mounted on the die attach pad; a plurality of electrical contacts electrically connected to the IC chip; a molding layer formed over the IC chip, the die attach pad, and the electrical contacts, the molding layer having a top part covering top portions of the die attach pad and the electrical contacts, and a bottom part through which bottom portions of the die attach pad and electrical contacts are exposed, the bottom part having an exposed surface disposed between the die attach pad and electrical contacts; wherein at least some of the bottom portion of the die attach pad extends out of the exposed surface of the bottom part of the molding layer; and wherein the portion of the die attach pad extending out of the molding layer extends outwardly therefrom by a distance less than a distance that the bottom portions of one or more of the electrical contacts extends out of the exposed surface of the bottom part of the molding layer.