US PATENT SUBCLASS 257 / 678
HOUSING OR PACKAGE

Current as of: June, 1999
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257 /   HD   ACTIVE SOLID-STATE DEVICES (E.G., TRANSISTORS, SOLID-STATE DIODES)

678HOUSING OR PACKAGE {18}
679  DF  .~> Smart (e.g., credit) card package
680  DF  .~> With window means {1}
682  DF  .~> With desiccant, getter, or gas filling
683  DF  .~> With means to prevent explosion of package
684  DF  .~> With semiconductor element forming part (e.g., base, of housing)
685  DF  .~> Multiple housings {1}
687  DF  .~> Housing or package filled with solid or liquid electrically insulating material
688  DF  .~> With large area flexible electrodes in press contact with opposite sides of active semiconductor chip and surrounded by an insulating element (e.g., ring) {1}
690  DF  .~> With contact or lead {4}
701  DF  .~> Insulating material {5}
708  DF  .~> Entirely of metal except for feedthrough {3}
712  DF  .~> With provision for cooling the housing or its contents {6}
723  DF  .~> For plural devices {2}
727  DF  .~> Device held in place by clamping
728  DF  .~> For high frequency (e.g., microwave) device
729  DF  .~> Portion of housing of specific materials
730  DF  .~> Outside periphery of package having specified shape or configuration
731  DF  .~> With housing mount {2}

DEFINITION

Classification: 257/678

HOUSING OR PACKAGE:

(under the class definition) Subject matter wherein preformed physical means to cover or protect a solid-state electronic device is provided therefor.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

81, and 82, for a light emitting device in combination with or also constituting a light responsive device and with specific housing structure.

99, for light emitting device with specific housing structure.

177, through 182, for a regenerative type switching device with housing or external electrode.

433, and 434, for light responsive device with housing or encapsulation means.

573, for Darlington configuration bipolar transistor structure with housing or contact structure.

584, for enlarged emitter device bipolar transistor means having housing or contact. 602, for a voltage variable capacitance device with specified housing or contact.

660, for means to shield a device contained in a housing.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

361, Electricity: Electrical Systems or Devices,

679+, for housings and mounting assemblies for electronic devices and components.

438, Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process, particularly

106+, for methods of packaging; see the search notes therein.