Package with overlapping devices

1. A package comprising:

a substrate comprising a first planar surface and a second planar surface opposite the first planar surface;

a first device attached to the substrate;

a leadframe structure attached to the substrate, wherein the leadframe structure comprises a first planar leadframe structure portion, and a second planar leadframe structure portion, wherein the first planar leadframe structure portion is disposed over the first device and the second leadframe structure portion is attached to the first planar surface of the substrate; and

a second device attached to the first planar leadframe structure portion of the leadframe structure,

wherein the first device is attached to the first planar surface of the substrate, and wherein the package further comprises a plurality of solder balls attached to the second planar surface of the substrate,

wherein solder balls in the plurality of solder balls are electrically coupled to the first device and to the second device through the substrate.

2. An optocoupler package comprising:

a substrate comprising a first planar surface and a second planar surface opposite the first surface;

a first optoelectronic device attached to the substrate;

a leadframe structure attached to the substrate, wherein the leadframe structure comprises a first planar leadframe structure portion, and a second planar leadframe structure portion, wherein the first planar leadframe structure portion is disposed over the first optoelectronic device and the second leadframe structure portion is attached to the first planar surface of the substrate; and

a second optoelectronic device attached to the first planar leadframe structure portion of the leadframe structure,

a plurality of solder balls attached to the second planar surface of the substrate,

wherein solder balls in the plurality of solder balls are electrically coupled to the first optoelectronic device and to the second optoelectronic device through the substrate.

3. The optocoupler package of claim 2 wherein the first optoelectronic device is an optical receiver device and the second optoelectronic device is an optical emitter device.

4. The optocoupler package of claim 2 further comprising a first wire coupling the first optoelectronic device to the substrate and a second wire coupling the second optoelectronic device to another portion of the leadframe structure.

5. The optocoupler package of claim 2 wherein the first optoelectronic device is a phototransistor device or an LED device and the second optoelectronic device is an LED device or a phototransistor device.

6. The optocoupler package of claim 2 further comprising a housing comprising a molding material covering at least part of the first and second optoelectronic devices.

7. The optocoupler package of claim 6 wherein surfaces of the leadframe structure are exposed by the housing and are substantially coplanar with an exterior surface of the housing.

8. The optocoupler package of claim 6 wherein the molding material covers a top surface of the leadframe structure.

9. The optocoupler package of claim 2 further comprising a light transmissive material covering the first and second optoelectronic devices.

10. The optocoupler package of claim 9 further comprising a reflective material covering the light transmissive material.

11. The optocoupler package of claim 2 wherein the leadframe structure comprises a third planar leadframe structure portion, wherein the first, second, and third planar leadframe structure portions form a concave structure.

12. The optocoupler package of claim 11 wherein the leadframe structure is a first leadframe structure and wherein the substrate comprises a second leadframe structure.

13. The optocoupler package of claim 2 wherein the leadframe structure is a first leadframe structure and wherein the substrate comprises a second leadframe structure.

14. The optocoupler package of claim 13 further comprising a molding material covering the first and second optoelectronic devices, and wherein a surface of the first leadframe structure portion is exposed through the molding material.

15. A method for making a package, the method comprising:

obtaining a substrate comprising a first planar surface and a second planar surface opposite the first planar surface;

attaching a first device to the first planar surface of the substrate;

attaching a second device to a first planar leadframe structure portion of a leadframe structure, the leadframe structure also comprising a second planar leadframe structure portion;

attaching the second planar leadframe structure portion of the leadframe structure to the first planar surface of the substrate, wherein the first planar leadframe structure portion of the leadframe structure is positioned over the first device; and

attaching a plurality of solder balls to the second planar surface of the substrate, wherein the solder balls in the plurality of solder balls are electrically coupled to the first device and the second device through the substrate.

16. A method for making an optocoupler package

obtaining a substrate comprising a first planar surface and a second planar surface opposite to the first planar surface;

attaching a first optoelectronic device to the substrate;

attaching a second optoelectronic device to a first planar leadframe structure portion of a leadframe structure, the leadframe structure also comprising a second planar leadframe structure portion;

attaching the second planar leadframe structure portion of the leadframe structure to the first planar surface of the substrate, wherein the first leadframe structure portion of the leadframe structure is positioned over the first optoelectronic device; and

attaching a plurality of solder balls to the second planar surface of the substrate, wherein the solder balls in the plurality of solder balls are electrically coupled to the first optoelectronic device and the second optoelectronic device through the substrate.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the first optoelectronic device is an optical receiver device and the second optoelectronic device is an optical emitter device.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the first optoelectronic device is a phototransistor device or an LED device and the second optoelectronic device is an LED device or a phototransistor device.

19. The method of claim 16 further comprising molding a molding material around both the first and second optoelectronic devices in a single molding process.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising further comprising forming a light transmissive material around the first and second optoelectronic devices.

21. The method of claim 16 wherein the substrate is a premolded substrate.

22. The method of claim 16 further comprising forming a light transmissive material structure around the first and second optoelectronic devices, wherein forming the light transmissive material structure occurs in at least two deposition steps.