US Patent Issued to ADVANCED ASSEMBLY MATERIALS ANHUI on Jan. 27 for "Leadframe with sacrificial anode" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,813, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ADVANCED ASSEMBLY MATERIALS ANHUI Ltd. (Anhui, China).

"Leadframe with sacrificial anode" was invented by Ching Leung Lawrence Ko (Shatin, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leadframe (10) comprises: a functional area (12) having a first standard electrode potential; and a non-functional area (14) adjacent to the functional area (12) and including a protective layer, the protective layer (16) having a second standard electrode potential lower than the first standard electrode potential and acting as a sacrificial anode to protect the functional area (12) as a cathode from corrosion/oxid...