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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2015
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A lead frame device may include an integral die pad member, two separate finger members, a central body portion, each of the finger members have a top and a bottom surface connected by a peripheral edge surface. The lead frame also has a first ear portion, and a second ear portion, each has an ear top surface and an ear bottom surface coplanar with the top surface and bottom surface of the central body portion. The lead frame also has a first longitudinally extending groove and second longitudinally extending groove separate the first ear portion and the second ear portion from the central portion. The first ear portion and the second ear portion each have an abutment surface.