ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,294, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to DIODES Inc. (Plano, Texas).

"Lead frame with a tie bar having branch part" was invented by Xiaorui Yang (Shanghai) and Wei Wu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device and a lead frame. The semiconductor device comprises at least one semiconductor chip that is attached to a surface of a base island in a first plane, wherein a connecting rib is connected to the base island, and has a first part which is obliquely connected to the base island; the connecting rib has a second part, and the second part has a surface in a second plane; the second plane is parallel to the firs...