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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:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cliff J Scribner, Chandler, AZ (US);
Timothy Lee Olson, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumberg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361704 ; 361702 ; 361717 ; 361718 ; 257672 ; 257676 ; 257706 ; 257719 ; 257796 ; 257787 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor component includes a leadframe (11, 40) having leads (12, 41) and a ground plane (13, 42) wherein the ground plane (13, 42) has an opening (15, 45). A semiconductor substrate (21) is located in the opening (15, 45) and is approximately coplanar with the ground plane (13, 42). The coplanarity shortens the ground plane wire bonds (23) and improves the electrical performance of the semiconductor component.