ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,523, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Leadframe strip with complimentary unit design" was invented by Thomas Kronenberg (Dallas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leadframe strip includes a two-dimensional mechanically interconnected array of leadframe units including a plurality of leadframe unit pairs, the leadframe strip having an overall length and an overall width. The plurality of leadframe unit pairs each include a first leadframe design including a first plurality of tie bars and a plurality of first leads, and a second leadframe design that is different from the first leadframe design incl...