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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:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bertram J. White, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/348 ; H01L 2/710 ; H01L 2/352 ; H01L 2/306 ; H02H 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/348 ; H01L 2/710 ; H01L 2/352 ; H01L 2/306 ; H02H 1/00 ;
Abstract
A lead frame for an integrated circuit includes a ground for the integrated circuit to ground the integrated circuit, the lead frame having at least one corner connected to the ground; and a connector between the corner of the lead frame and the ground located on the integrated circuit.