Patent ID: 9455216
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: H01L,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A lead frame strip including a plurality of lead frames, comprising: at least one elongated depression in a bottom surface of the lead frame strip, the at least one depression sized such that it does not cause an opening to occur between the bottom surface and a top surface of the lead frame strip, wherein the at least one elongated depression extends from a lead of a first lead frame to a lead of a second lead frame adjacent to the first lead frame and includes a portion of the lead frame strip between said lead frames; and a material other than a solder wettable material disposed in the at least one elongated depression, wherein the at least one elongated depression becomes, after singulation of the lead frame strip into individual lead frames, a recess at a corner of an end of a lead of at least one of the first lead frame and the second lead frame.