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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2014
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Marie Denison, Plano, TX (US);
Brian Ashley Carpenter, Cary, NC (US);
Osvaldo Jorge Lopez, Annandale, NJ (US);
Juan Alejandro Herbsommer, Allen, TX (US);
Jonathan Noquil, Bethlehem, PA (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A packaged multi-output converter () comprising a leadframe with a chip pad () as ground terminal and a plurality of leads () including the electrical input terminal (); a first FET chip (sync chip,) with its source terminal affixed to the leadframe and on its opposite surface a first drain terminal () positioned adjacent to a second drain terminal (), the drain terminals connected respectively by a first () and a second () metal clip to a first () and second () output lead; a second FET chip (control chip,), positioned vertically over the first drain terminal, with its source terminal attached onto the first clip; a third FET chip (control chip,), positioned vertically over the second drain terminal, with its source terminal attached onto the second clip; and the drain terminals () of the second and third chips attached onto a third metal clip () connected to the input lead ().