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Method of manufacturing lead frame used in electronic component

US5286342A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 5, 1992
Grant dateFeb 15, 1994
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49121
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The thickness of a portion of a metal plate for constituting a lead frame, which corresponds to a tip portion of respective lead terminals of the lead frame, is partially made thin by way of an etching treatment. Subsequently, the respective lead terminals of the lead frame are formed by a punching process or an etching process.

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