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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2010
Ubol Udompanyavit, Plano, TX (US);
Sreenivasan K Koduri, Allen, TX (US);
Gerald W Steele, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jason M Cole, Sahuarita, AZ (US);
Steven Kummerl, Carrollton, TX (US);
Ubol Udompanyavit, Plano, TX (US);
Sreenivasan K Koduri, Allen, TX (US);
Gerald W Steele, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jason M Cole, Sahuarita, AZ (US);
Steven Kummerl, Carrollton, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit package that comprises a lead frame, an integrated circuit located on the lead frame and a shunt resistor coupled to the lead frame and to the integrated circuit. The shunt resistor has a lower temperature coefficient of resistance than the lead frame, and the lead frame has a lower resistivity than the shunt resistor. The shunt resistor has a low-resistance coupling to external leads of the lead frame, or, the shunt resistor has its own integrated external leads.