Patent ID: 6362517
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
An improved package for an electronic device; said electronic device including an apparatus having at least two access leads to facilitate electrical connection of said apparatus within an electrical circuit; the package having generally a closed polyhedral shape presenting a plurality of faces and substantially insulatingly surrounding said apparatus in a manner leaving said at least two access leads uninsulatedly exposed for effecting said electrical connection; said at least two access leads extending a distance from at least two exit loci from the package; said at least two exit loci being situated on an exit face of said plurality of faces; adjacent pairs exit loci of said at least two exit loci being generally in a common plane, a shortest intraplanar distance within said common plane being established intermediate each said adjacent pair of exit loci; the improvement comprising configuring said exit face to establish an on-surface path greater than said intraplanar distance intermediate selected said adjacent pairs of exit loci.