Spot-Solderable Leads for Semiconductor Device Packages
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1. A semiconductor device comprising:
- at least one semiconductor chip attached to a leadframe, the leadframe made of sheet metal of unencumbered full thickness and including leads of a first subset alternating with leads of an adjacent second subset, the subsets having elongated straight lead portions that are parallel to each other in a planar array;
a package of polymeric compound encapsulating the leadframe, the planar array of the straight lead portions of the first and the second subsets are located at a surface of the package, and un-encapsulated surfaces of the leads are coplanar with the surface of the package; and
a cover layer of insulating material located over portions of the un-encapsulated surfaces of the leads, the covered portions of the leads of the first subset alternating with adjacent un-covered portions of the leads of the second subset, and covered portions of the leads of the second subset alternating with adjacent un-covered portions of the leads of the first subset, the un-covered portions of the leads of the first and second subsets having a metallurgical configuration for solder wetting.
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Abstract
A semiconductor device that has at least one semiconductor chip attached to a leadframe made of sheet metal of unencumbered full thickness. The leadframe has leads of a first subset that alternate with leads of a second subset. The leads of the first and second subsets have elongated straight lead portions that are parallel to each other in a planar array. A cover layer of insulating material is located over portions of un-encapsulated lead surfaces. The portions of the leads of the first and second subsets that don'"'"'t have the cover layer have a metallurgical configuration that creates an affinity for solder wetting.
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1. A semiconductor device comprising:
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at least one semiconductor chip attached to a leadframe, the leadframe made of sheet metal of unencumbered full thickness and including leads of a first subset alternating with leads of an adjacent second subset, the subsets having elongated straight lead portions that are parallel to each other in a planar array; a package of polymeric compound encapsulating the leadframe, the planar array of the straight lead portions of the first and the second subsets are located at a surface of the package, and un-encapsulated surfaces of the leads are coplanar with the surface of the package; and a cover layer of insulating material located over portions of the un-encapsulated surfaces of the leads, the covered portions of the leads of the first subset alternating with adjacent un-covered portions of the leads of the second subset, and covered portions of the leads of the second subset alternating with adjacent un-covered portions of the leads of the first subset, the un-covered portions of the leads of the first and second subsets having a metallurgical configuration for solder wetting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A semiconductor device comprising:
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at least one semiconductor chip attached to a leadframe, the leadframe made of sheet metal of unencumbered full thickness and including leads of a first subset alternating with leads of a second subset, the subsets having elongated straight lead portions that are parallel to each other in a planar array; a package of polymeric compound encapsulating the leadframe, the planar array of the straight lead portions of the first and the second subsets are located at a surface of the package, and un-encapsulated surfaces of the leads are coplanar with the surface of the package; and a surface layer having a metallurgical configuration for low surface energy for portions of the un-encapsulated lead surfaces, the low surface energy layer of the leads of the first subset alternate with the low surface energy layer of the leads of the adjacent second subset, the low energy surface layer inhibiting wetting by solder material. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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