Nichia Corporation

Sh Materials Co., Ltd.

Katsuyuki Doumae

Shimpei Sasaoka

Yoshio Ichihara

A lead frame, as one product unit in a multi-row lead frame sharing a partition frame among other lead frames, has a non-mirrorsymmetric pad region and at least one terminal region arranged inside and held to a rectangular outer frame region, which is a part of the partition frame and forms a boundary of the lead frame as a product unit, via respective suspension leads. Only two suspension leads hold the non-mirrorsymmetric pad region to the outer frame region as extending from opposite sides of the outer frame region to the non-mirrorsymmetric pad region, respectively. This structure decreases stress resulting from holding of the non-mirrorsymmetric pad region to the outer frame region and thus can prevent the outer frame region from deformation without widened connecting bars or dambars, which form the outer frame region.

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Kagoshima, Japan

Katsuyuki Doumae