Abstract: An integrated circuit package with a two dimensional array of leads that each have a foot portion which is bent at an angle relative to a vertical column portion of the leads. The foot portion of the leads are typically soldered to the surface pads of a printed circuit board. The leads are formed by a tooling apparatus which has a bending device that bends the foot portions of the leads onto a bending die. The tooling apparatus insures that the foot portions of the leads are all coplanar with the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A method for assembling a plastic integrated circuit package. The method includes placing an integrated circuit die and lead frame into a mold. The mold has a first gate that is in fluid communication with a first side of the lead frame and a second opposite gate which is in fluid communication with a second side of the lead frame. The lead frame also has a mold flow hole adjacent to the gates. A plastic encapsulant is injected into both gates and flows across each side of the lead frame. The mold flow opening allows encapsulant to flow between each side of the lead frame.