MENISCUS-SHAPED TERMINATIONS FOR LEADLESS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

摘要

There is disclosed herein a leadless electronic component (LEC) which avoids solder joint crack initiation. A preferred embodiment of the LEC (110) comprises a body portion (112) having terminations (114) arranged thereabout, each termination having a bottom portion (124) with an interior edge (126), wherein the interior edge has a substantially meniscus-like shape oriented so as to be concave with respect to a centroid of the LEC.