Patent ID: 8076761

Claim:
An electrical device package comprising: a die; a plurality of lead fingers, some of the lead fingers being electrically connected to the die; a conductive sheet having an inner region, an outer region and at least one opening in the sheet, the inner region being electrically connected to the die, and the outer region being electrically connected to at least one of the lead fingers and electrically insulated from other lead fingers electrically connected to the die, the conductive sheet providing at least one return current path from the die through the inner and outer regions of the conductive sheet to the lead finger(s) electrically connected to the conductive sheet; and an encapsulant containing the die and the conductive sheet, a portion of the encapsulant on one side of the conductive sheet being physically connected to another portion of the encapsulant on the other side of the conductive sheet through the at least one opening in the conductive sheet.