US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on June 17 for "Inverted leads for packaged isolation devices" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,231, issued on June 17, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Inverted leads for packaged isolation devices" was invented by John Paul Tellkamp (Rockwall, Texas) and Andrew Couch (Allen, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaged multichip isolation device includes leadframe including a first and second die pad, with a first and second lead extending outside a molded body having a downward extending lead bend near their outer ends. A first integrated circuit (IC) die on the first die pad has a first bond pad connected to the first lead that realizes a transmitter or receiver. A second IC die on the second die pad has...