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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
May. 10, 2021
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Dolores Babaran Milo, Baguio City, PH;
Ernesto Pentecostes Rafael, Jr., Magalang, PH;
John Carlo Cruz Molina, Limay, PH;
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An electronic package includes an electronic component including terminals, a plurality of leads, at least some of the leads being electrically coupled to the terminals within the electronic package, and a mold compound covering the electronic component and partially covering the leads. Each of the leads include an exposed bottom face coplanar with a bottom surface of the mold compound and an exposed end face coplanar with one of a plurality of side surfaces of the mold compound. For at least some of the leads, the exposed end face includes a narrow portion forming a concave recess, the narrow portion being between top and bottom edges of the exposed end face.