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Method of assembling tab bonded semiconductor chip package

CA 1297597 C · Owner: Digital Equipment Corporation · Inventors: Doe, Ralph W.; Brown, Kenneth M.; Hansen, Stephen P.

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A package for housing fabricated semiconductor chips is disclosed. The package has ceramic base with a raised outer shelf extending around its periphery. The outer shelf defines a space in the package where the chip is seated. A lead frame with a number of individual conductive leads is disposed over the outer shelf. A section of tape automated bonding tape is used to provide electrical connections between bonding points on the chip and the lead frame leads; the tape automated bonding tape carries a number of conductive leads each of said leads having an inner lead portion attached to a chip bonding point and an outer lead portion attached to a lead frame lead. A frame is secured over the …

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  • Granted March 17, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 17, 2009.
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FiledJuly 14, 1988
GrantedMarch 17, 1992
Term endedMarch 17, 2009
Patent numberCA 1297597 C
Classification (IPC)H01L21/60 +2 more

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1989199219951998200120042007Application filedJuly 14, 1988Patent grantedMarch 17, 1992Term endedMarch 17, 2009

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