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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, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Keith W Bailey, Mesa, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257670 ; 257666 ; 257676 ; 257782 ; 257672 ; 257735 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor leadframe structure (11,41) includes a die bond portion (12) and a plurality of leads (13) coupled to the die bond portion (12). The leadframe structure (11) comprises a metal (23) such as copper or a copper alloy. At least one lead (28,29) includes a bond post (31) that has a major surface (32) for forming a wire bond. The major surface (32) includes an exposed area (33) of leadframe metal (23) and a covered area (34) of another metal (24) deposited onto the leadframe metal (23).