Modified lead frame for reducing wire wash in transfer molding of IC packages

摘要

In a leadframe supporting a semiconductor device, the tiebar adjacent the mold gate is kinked, or cut and bent, to form a baffle shielding bond wires connecting the semiconductor device to the leadframe from damage by a jet of incoming molding compound. Whether kinked or cut/bent, the baffle extends out of the plane of the leadframe so as to be disposed more-or-less directly in front of the gate.