Patent 7714415 was granted and assigned to Intersil on May, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A semiconductor package includes a lead structure upon which a semiconductor die is mounted with at least some portion of at least some of the leads extending to, at, or across an axis or axis of the package to militate against thermally induced growth of the package and the reduce or minimize strain within the package and reliability issuse associated therewith.