Connecting a Plurality of Bond Pads and/or Inner Leads With a Single Bond Wire

摘要

An integrated circuit device comprising an integrated circuit die having a plurality of bond pads that are selectively connected to a plurality of inner leads of a leadframe. At least two bond pads are connected to at least one of the inner leads, and/or at least two inner leads are connected to at least one of bond pads with a single bond wire. A single bond wire is ball or wedge bonded to a first bond pad or inner lead and subsequently wedge bonded to one or more second bond pads or inner leads, then it is connected to a third or last bond pad or inner lead. The single bond wire requires only one connection area at each of the bond pad(s) and/or inner lead(s). The bond pad(s) of the die and/or inner lead(s) of the leadframe are thereby electrically connected together by the single bond wire.