US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on Aug. 11 for "Integrated circuit having a routable leadframe" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,986, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Integrated circuit having a routable leadframe" was invented by Bradley Glasscock (Forney, Texas) and Makarand Kulkarni (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating an electronic device includes depositing a metal layer having external leads on a carrier. A photoresist material layer is patterned on the leads. A dielectric layer is formed over the metal layer such that surfaces of metal pillars from the metal layer are exposed. The photoresist material layer is removed from the leads, and the dielectric layer and the metal layer are removed fr...