A lead frame used to produce a chip package includes a first lead frame section and a second lead frame section connected to one another by a bar, wherein the bar includes a first longitudinal section, a second longitudinal section and a third longitudinal section, the first longitudinal section adjoins the first lead frame section and the third longitudinal section adjoins the second lead frame section, the first longitudinal section and the third longitudinal section are oriented parallel to one another, the first longitudinal section and the second longitudinal section form an angle not equal to 180° and not equal to 90°, and the lead frame is planar.