Inventors:
Ubol Udompanyavit - Plano TX, US
Sreenivasan K. Koduri - Allen TX, US
Gerald William Steele - Tucson AZ, US
Jason Marc Cole - Sahuarita AZ, US
Steven Kummerl - Carrollton TX, US
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX
International Classification:
H01L 23/52
H01L 23/48
US Classification:
257692, 257E23043, 257143, 257666, 257669, 257690, 438111, 438123
Abstract:
An integrated circuit package that comprises a lead frame, an integrated circuit located on the lead frame and a shunt resistor coupled to the lead frame and to the integrated circuit. The shunt resistor has a lower temperature coefficient of resistance than the lead frame, and the lead frame has a lower resistivity than the shunt resistor. The shunt resistor has a low-resistance coupling to external leads of the lead frame, or, the shunt resistor has its own integrated external leads.