TWO LEVEL LEADFRAME WITH UPSET BALL BONDING SURFACE AND DEVICE PACKAGE

A leadframe, device package, and mode of construction configured to attain a thin profile and improved thermal performance. Leadframes of this invention include a raised die attachment pad arrange above distal ends of leadframe leads. A package will further include a die electrically coupled with an underside surface of the raised die attachment pad, in one example, using ball bonds, the whole sealed in an encapsulant that exposed a bottom portion of the die and a portion of a lead. Two leadframe stacks of such packages are also disclosed as are methods of manufacture.