Patent ID: 7247937

Claim:
A lead-frame package, comprising: a die pad; a chip attached to the die pad; a plurality of signal leads and a plurality of non-signal leads; a plurality of bonding wires connecting the chip to the leads respectively; a substrate with a plurality of pads disposed on a top surface of the substrate, the pads comprising: a plurality of signal pads which are underneath the signal leads respectively and a plurality of non-signal pads which are underneath the non-signal leads respectively, wherein at least one of the signal pads has a structure which extends toward at least one of the adjacent non-signal pads and overlaps with at least a part of the adjacent non-signal lead but without touching the adjacent non-signal pad and the adjacent non-signal lead, and the adjacent non-signal pad connects to a non-signal plane in the substrate through a via; and an insulation material encapsulating the leads, the chip, and the bonding wires.