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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:
Jan. 24, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald C Abbott, Norton, MA (US);
Robert M Fritzsche, Attleboro Falls, MA (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427125 ; 427123 ;
Abstract
The invention is to a method of spot plating parts of a plated semiconductor lead frame. The entire lead frame is first plated. Then parts of the lead frame, internal to the subsequent encapsulating package, are spot plated prior to encapsulating the semiconductor device. A spot of silver is plated in the mount and/or bond area of the lead frame.