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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl M Roberts, Jr, Topsfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Incorporated, Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
437209 ; 437211 ; 437219 ; 437231 ; 437227 ;
Abstract
Wire-bonded IC chips are coated with siloxane polyimide and cured to a hardened state. The coating is applied over portions of the circuitry which are stress-sensitive. The coating is spaced away from the wire-bond regions of the chip. Thereafter, the coated chip is plastic encapsulated in conventional fashion.