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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2013
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Donald C. Abbott, Norton, MA (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a leadframe, a semiconductor chip, a packaging compound. The leadframe has a pad with straps. Leads on the leadframe include first and second portions. The pad, the straps, and the leads have a mechanically rough surface. The semiconductor chip is attached to the pad and wire bonded to the first lead portions. A packaging compound encapsulates the chip, the pad, the straps, the bonding wires and the first lead portions. The second lead portions are left un-encapsulated. The strap ends are exposed on the surface of the package. At least one of the straps includes a portion adjacent to the exposed end. This portion having a mechanically smooth surface transitioning by a step into the rough surface of the remainder of the strap.