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Based on another question recently asked, this package is very common, used in high current LED applications (0.5W ~ 3W). The package includes the led chip, lens, heatsinking, but can vary in light radiation patterns. Very common, they have been around for years if not decade. But I have never found a common package name, unlike other led types (5mm, 3mm, Straw Hat, 1206, 0805, etc). Is there a common name, or even a JEDEC or similar standard to standardize this type of package?

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The package is called by different trade names by companies,

Lumileds Corp calls them "Barracuda",
while
Osram Opto. calls them "Dragon".

led-package-barracuda-lumileds


The important feature of the package is a heat-conducting metal center, the "heatsink slug", that can be soldered onto a larger heatsink below:

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For details and source, see the chapter on LED packaging of the somewhat-retired LED-related website Light-Emitting-Diodes-dot-org - (note different domain).

See the bottom-left image: Chapter 11: Packaging - Fig 11.5.

A possible reason for not having a clear type code for this package could be that it was not actually a LED package, but just a more generic heatsink-with-extra-plastic-lens.


*Barracuda was, at least initially, actually referring to the type of LED die itself, not the package. See ledmuseum.candlepower.us and Philips LED Update - page 8

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Nice find. It also goes with the name convention for piranha led packages (Figure B & C in link). \$\endgroup\$
    – Passerby
    Commented Jul 30, 2014 at 2:01
  • \$\begingroup\$ Where did that term "heatsink plug" come from? is it "slug"? \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jul 30, 2014 at 2:03
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Passerby But then, the "heatsink slug" is just that piece of metal, drawn in pink. (slug means something like blob). \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jul 30, 2014 at 2:07
  • \$\begingroup\$ Figure 11.5 refers to label d as heatsink plug, and then explains that Barricuda is the trade name for that package by Lumileds. Same as the Piranha being refered to simply as b, low profile. \$\endgroup\$
    – Passerby
    Commented Jul 30, 2014 at 2:16
  • \$\begingroup\$ Oops, put plug instead of slug. fixed. \$\endgroup\$
    – Passerby
    Commented Jul 30, 2014 at 2:16
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They are usually referred to as "2-SMD, Gull Wing". I haven't seen a standard refer to this type of package.

"Gull wing" actually refers to the shape of the leads. It is a general term that applies to almost all smt packages that have leads bent towards the outside of the pack, such as QFP.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Gull wing referring to the lead shape though, as opposed to jlead or right-angle. \$\endgroup\$
    – Passerby
    Commented Jul 19, 2014 at 23:09
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Passerby: yeah. It is a very generic name that doesn't really mean anything. But that is what all of them are using to describe it. Unless it's a star shaped module so they say "star shape"... \$\endgroup\$
    – Evan
    Commented Jul 19, 2014 at 23:17

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