Patent ID: 6979886
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A short-prevented lead frame, comprising a plurality of leads each having an inner end extending toward a center of the lead frame and an outer end situated at a periphery away from the center of the lead frame, the outer end facing in a direction away from the center of the lead frame, and each lead having a top surface and a bottom surface opposed to the top surface, wherein a thickness-reduced portion is formed at the outer end of each of the leads, such that the thickness-reduced portions or neighboring leads are arranged in a stagger manner in which a lead has its thickness-reduced portion formed on the top surface of the outer end, and an adjacent lead has its thickness-reduced portion formed on the bottom surface of the outer end, each thickness-reduced portion being smaller in thickness than a remainder of its respective lead, wherein the thickness-reduced portion of each of the leads faces in the direction away from the center of the lead frame.