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Dual channel small outline optocoupler package and method thereof

US5489800A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 1994
Grant dateFeb 6, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/181
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A leadframe (10) architecture provides placement of multiple optocoupler pair devices (45, 50) in a minimum size footprint package. A detector flag (20) and LED flag (12) are placed on a common centerline (26) within the footprint. A critical length is determined for packaging factors lying along the centerline. The angle (28) formed between the centerline and the longitudinal axis (24) controls the optocoupler pair fit within the package. The angle (28) is calculated by taking the arc-sine function of the critical length divided by the footprint width.

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