US5886397A
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Crushable bead on lead finger side surface to improve moldability
Assignee: Infineon Technologies Americas Corp
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Filing: 1997-08-21
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Granted: 1999-03-23
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Expires: 2017-08-21
Abstract
Abstract A surface mount semiconductor package employs locking elements for locking a plastic housing to a metal pad on which a semiconductor device is mounted. The package includes terminals having elongated crushable beads on their side surfaces adjacent the portions of the terminals just outside the plastic housing. The beads are crushed inwardly by a molding tool when it closes to provide a seal which prevents the molding plastic from bleeding out and over the sides of the terminals which extend beyond the housing and which could interfere with solder connection to the terminals.
Inventors
- 👤 Peter R. Ewer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 11:25
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W70/00; H10W70/40; H10W70/421; H10W70/424; H10W70/427; H10W70/411; H10W70/481; H10W74/00; H10W74/10; H10W74/111; H10W74/114; H05; H05K; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09009; H05K2201/09036; H05K2201/10; H05K2201/10431; H05K2201/10568; H05K2201/10613; H05K2201/10621; H05K2201/10689; H10W72/00; H10W72/50; H10W72/531; H10W72/5363; H10W72/541; H10W72/547; H10W72/5473; H10W72/5475; H10W72/90; H10W72/921; H10W72/926; H10W90/00; H10W90/701; H10W90/751; H10W90/753; H10W90/756
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
144 words
A surface mount semiconductor device package, comprising: a semiconductor device; a metal pad on which the semiconductor device is mounted; a housing formed of a flowable material which bonds to the metal pad and encapsulates the semiconductor device when it cures; at least one terminal being spaced away from and co-planar with the metal pad, the terminal having spaced apart side surfaces which define a thickness of the terminal; and at least one crushable bead disposed on each side surface of the terminal, each bead having a thickness corresponding with the thickness of the terminal and being sized and positioned such that a portion thereof is deformed by and conforms to a channel of a molding device when it receives the terminal to form the housing, the bead preventing the flowable material of the housing from bleeding into the channel of the molding tool.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
144 words
A surface mount semiconductor device package, comprising: a semiconductor device; a metal pad on which the semiconductor device is mounted; a housing formed of a flowable material which bonds to the metal pad and encapsulates the semiconductor device when it cures; at least one terminal being spaced away from and co-planar with the metal pad, the terminal having spaced apart side surfaces which define a thickness of the terminal; and at least one crushable bead disposed on each side surface of the terminal, each bead having a thickness corresponding with the thickness of the terminal and being sized and positioned such that a portion thereof is deformed by and conforms to a channel of a molding device when it receives the terminal to form the housing, the bead preventing the flowable material of the housing from bleeding into the channel of the molding tool.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The surface mount semiconductor device package of claim 1, wherein the package includes a plurality of terminals, each terminal having a crushable bead on each side surface thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
The surface mount semiconductor device package of claim 2, wherein at least one crushable bead on one of the terminals is axially aligned with at least one crushable bead on the other terminals which are located on one side of the package.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The surface mount semiconductor device package of claim 3, wherein the crushable bead is from about 0.05 to 0.5 mm thick.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The surface mount semiconductor device package of claim 1, wherein the crushable bead includes a rounded portion having a radius of about 0.2 mm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The surface mount semiconductor device package of claim 1, wherein the crushable bead includes a trapezoidal flat formed by the channel of the molding device when it deforms the bead.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The surface mount semiconductor device package of claim 6, wherein the molding device has a tapered channel portion which receives the terminal and the bead and flattens the bead when the mold closes.
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