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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yung Piu Lau, Hong Kong, HK;
Mohamed Lebbai Moosa Naina, Kowloon, HK;
Assignee:
QPL Limited, New Territories, HK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/3495 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/3495 ;
Abstract
A process for enhancing visual detectability of a leadframe having a die attach pad and a plurality of contacts, during automated wirebonding in the production of an integrated circuit package. At least one of a ring, a line and an array of dots are plated on the die attach pad of the leadframe and around a periphery of the die attach pad. The leadframe is surface treated to cause a color change on a surface of the leadframe for improved visual detectability of the at least one of the ring, the line and the dots.