Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a lead-frame having a die attach paddle and a contact pad connected by a link; mounting an integrated circuit die over the die attach paddle; molding a package body on the lead-frame and the integrated circuit die including leaving portions of the die attach paddle, the contact pad, and the link exposed from the package body; forming an exposed edge by etching away the link between the contact pad, and the die attach paddle; and depositing a solder-resistant layer on the exposed edge.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a package paddle having an upper hole below a paddle top side, the upper hole bounded by an upper non-horizontal side with a curve surface; forming a terminal adjacent the package paddle; mounting an integrated circuit on the paddle top side; and forming an encapsulation within the upper hole.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing an array of leads having a jumper lead and a covered contact; coupling an insulated bonding wire between the jumper lead and the covered contact; attaching an integrated circuit die over the covered contact; and coupling a bond wire between the integrated circuit die and the jumper lead including coupling the integrated circuit die to the covered contact through the insulated bonding wire.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a lead having a lead bottom side and a lead top side; applying a passivation over the lead with the lead top side exposed from the passivation; forming an interconnect structure directly on the passivation and the lead top side, the interconnect structure having an inner pad and an outer pad with a recess above the lead top side; mounting an integrated circuit over the inner pad and the passivation; and molding an encapsulation over the integrated circuit.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a package paddle; forming a lead adjacent the package paddle, the lead having a lead overhang protruding from a lead non-horizontal side and a lead ridge protruding from the lead non-horizontal side; mounting an integrated circuit over the package paddle; connecting an electrical connector to the lead and the integrated circuit; and forming an encapsulation over the integrated circuit, the lead, and the package paddle, the encapsulation under the lead overhang.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing an array of leads having a jumper lead and a covered contact; coupling an insulated bonding wire between the jumper lead and the covered contact; attaching an integrated circuit die over the covered contact; and coupling a bond wire between the integrated circuit die and the jumper lead including coupling the integrated circuit die to the covered contact through the insulated bonding wire.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a lead having a lead bottom body, a lead top body, and a lead top conductive layer directly on the lead top body, the lead top conductive layer having a top protrusion and a top non-vertical portion, the lead bottom body having a horizontally contiguous structure; connecting an integrated circuit to the top protrusion; and forming an encapsulation covering the integrated circuit and exposing a top non-vertical upper side of the top non-vertical portion.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a lead having a lead overhang at an obtuse angle to a lead top side and having a lead ridge protruding from a lead non-horizontal side, the lead overhang having a lead overhang-undercut side at an acute angle to a lead overhang non-horizontal side; forming a lead conductive cap completely covering the lead overhang non-horizontal side and the lead top side; forming a package paddle adjacent the lead; mounting an integrated circuit over the package paddle; and forming an encapsulation over the integrated circuit, the package paddle, and the lead.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a lead frame having a hole, a lead extension, and an exterior pad under the lead extension with the hole abutting the lead extension; connecting an electrical interconnect between an integrated circuit and the lead extension; forming an encapsulation over the integrated circuit and surrounding the electrical interconnect and through the hole; and removing a bottom portion of the lead frame resulting in a stand-off lead from the lead extension with the exterior pad on the stand-off lead.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a connection structure having a component pad, an outer pad, and an inner pad, the inner pad between the component pad and the outer pad; forming a support structure between the inner pad and the outer pad; mounting an integrated circuit device over the component pad; attaching an interconnect to the integrated circuit device and the outer pad, the interconnect above the inner pad and supported by the support structure; and applying an encapsulation over the connection structure, the interconnect, and the integrated circuit device.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a base structure having an intermediate lead with an intermediate concave side and an intermediate convex side, a peripheral lead with a peripheral concave side and a peripheral convex side, and a paddle with a paddle concave side and a paddle convex side; applying an inner multi-layer finish directly on the intermediate concave side, the peripheral concave side, and the paddle concave side; applying an outer multi-layer finish directly on the intermediate convex side, the peripheral convex side, and the paddle convex side; mounting an integrated circuit device over the inner multi-layer finish; attaching an interconnect directly to the inner multi-layer finish on the peripheral concave side and directly to integrated circuit device; and applying an encapsulation over the integrated circuit device, the interconnect, and the base structure, with the outer multi-layer finish exposed from the encapsulation.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a package lead having a retention structure around a perimeter of the package lead with a first concave surface, a ridge, and a second concave surface; forming a die attach paddle adjacent the package lead and having an another retention structure around a perimeter of the die attach paddle with an another first concave surface, an another ridge, and an another second concave surface; attaching an integrated circuit die to the die attach paddle; connecting a conductive connector to the integrated circuit die and the package lead; and applying an encapsulation over the integrated circuit die, the encapsulation conformed to the retention structure and exposing a portion of the package lead.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a peripheral lead having a peripheral contact layer surrounding the peripheral lead with a non-horizontal side exposed from the peripheral contact layer; forming an inner lead and a paddle non-planar with the peripheral lead; mounting an integrated circuit to the paddle; and forming an encapsulation covering the integrated circuit and exposing the inner lead, the paddle, and the non-horizontal side.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a lead having a lead bottom body, a lead top body, and a lead top conductive layer directly on the lead top body, the lead top conductive layer having a top protrusion and a top non-vertical portion, the lead bottom body having a horizontally contiguous structure; connecting an integrated circuit to the top protrusion; and forming an encapsulation covering the integrated circuit and exposing a top non-vertical upper side of the top non-vertical portion.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a first lead adjacent and staggered to a second lead, the first lead having a first external connection portion with a first external conductive layer and a first internal connection portion, the first external connection portion oriented laterally outwards from the first internal connection portion, and the second lead having a second external connection portion with a second external conductive layer and a second internal connection portion; connecting an integrated circuit device with the first internal connection portion and with the second internal connection portion; forming an encapsulation over the integrated circuit device with the first lead and the second lead exposed; and forming a solder mask on the encapsulation, on the first lead, and on the second lead with the first external conductive layer and the second external conductive layer exposed from the solder mask.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a leadframe having a partially removed portion including: a conductive pattern having a lower surface on a top frame surface of the leadframe, a contact protrusion and a support lead on the lower surface of the conductive pattern, the support lead for supporting the partially removed portion of the leadframe during an encapsulation process, and a contact pad on a bottom surface of the contact protrusion; mounting an integrated circuit die above the conductive pattern; applying an encapsulation on the integrated circuit die and the conductive pattern, the lower surface of the conductive pattern exposed from the encapsulation; and removing at least a portion of the leadframe to form a contact lead and expose a bottom surface of the encapsulation.

Abstract: An integrated circuit heat spreader stacking system includes: an integrated circuit on a substrate; a heat spreader having a heat sink dome; a stacking stand-off for the heat spreader; and the heat spreader mounted with the heat sink dome over the integrated circuit.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a base panel having a first side with a cavity and a second side opposite the first side; connecting an integrated circuit device and the first side; applying a resist mask having an opening on the second side, the opening offset from the cavity; forming a bump contact in the opening; applying an encapsulation in the cavity over the integrated circuit device and the first side; and forming a package lead by removing a portion of the base panel under the cavity, a flared tip of the package lead intersecting a base side of the encapsulation.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a lead having an upper portion and a bottom portion with a first overhang portion from a top surface of the upper portion and the lead also having serrations along upper vertical sides intersecting the top surface; forming an upper contact plate on the top surface; forming a bottom contact plate on a bottom surface of the bottom portion; attaching an integrated circuit die over the upper portion; and encapsulating the upper portion and the integrated circuit die with an encapsulation leaving the bottom portion exposed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a substrate with a plurality of conductive vias formed through the substrate and first conductive layer formed over the substrate. A first semiconductor die is mounted over the substrate. A second semiconductor die can be mounted over the first semiconductor die. A leadframe interposer has a base plate and a plurality of base leads extending from the base plate. An etch-resistant conductive layer is formed over a surface of the base plate opposite the base leads. The leadframe is mounted to the substrate over the first semiconductor die. An encapsulant is deposited over the substrate and first semiconductor die. The base plate is removed while retaining the etch-resistant conductive layer and portion of the base plate opposite the base leads to electrically isolate the base leads. An interconnect structure is formed over a surface of the substrate opposite the base leads.