1. A non-barbed fishhook comprising:
a non-barbed hook having a point at an end of the hook, a portion of the non-barbed hook comprising a shank having a first end and a second end and a bend having a first end and a second end;
a portion of the shank having an eye near the first end of the shank;
the first end of the bend coupled to the second end of the shank, the second end of the bend coupled to the point;
at least one non-barbed dog extending around the entire circumferences of at least a portion of the bend, wherein the at least one non-barbed dog is configured to engage a fish, wherein the at least one non-barbed dog is toroidal shaped.
2. The fishhook of claim 1, further comprising at least one non-barbed dog located on the shank near the first end of the shank.
3. The fishhook of claim 2, further comprising at least one raised surface having a toroidal shape located on the shank near the first end of the shank.
4. The fishhook of claim 3, wherein the at least one raised toroidal shaped surface engages the fish to prevent the fish from coming loose from the hook, but does not further harm the fish upon removal of the hook from the fish.
5. The fishhook of claim 1, wherein the shank has a circular cross section.
6. The fishhook of claim 1, wherein the eye is configured to accept at least one of a swivel and a fishing line.
7. The fishhook of claim 1, wherein the fishhook is formed from a continuous piece of metal.
8. The fishhook of claim 1, wherein the non-barbed dog is a permanent portion of the hook during repeated use of the fishhook.
9. A non-barbed hook comprising:
a non-barbed hook having a first end and a second end, a portion of the second end of the hook having a pointed shape;
an eye having an opening therein formed at the first end of the non-barbed hook;
a shank portion extending from the eye;
a bend portion comprising at least one non-barbed raised surface having a substantially symmetric shape, the bend portion extending from the shank portion, the bend portion terminating at the second end, the at least one non-barbed raised surface configured to engage a mouth of a fish thereby hindering the fish from coming loose from the non-barbed hook when set in the mouth of the fish and to reduce laceration of the mouth of the fish when the non-barbed hook is removed from the mouth of the fish and wherein the non-barbed raised surface extends around the entire outer circumference of the portion of the bend where the non-barbed raised surface is located;
wherein the non-barbed raised surface comprises one or more toroidal shaped dogs, star shaped dogs, nubs, or cones.
10. The hook of claim 9, further comprising at least one non-barbed raised surface on the shank portion.
11. The fishhook of claim 9, wherein the non-barbed raised surface is on the pointed shape side of the bend.
12. The fishhook of claim 9, wherein the non-barbed raised surface is a permanent portion of the fishhook during repeated use of the hook.
13. A non-barbed fishhook comprising:
a non-barbed hook having a point at an end of the hook, a portion of the non-barbed hook comprising a shank having a first end and a second end and a bend having a first end and a second end;
a portion of the shank having an eye near the first end of the shank;
the first end of the bend coupled to the second end of the shank, the second end of the bend coupled to the point;
at least one non-barbed dog extending around the entire circumference of at least a portion of the bend, wherein the at least one non-barbed dog is configured to engage a fish, wherein no portions of the fishhook are dissolvable in water or fish enzymes.
14. A non-barbed fishhook comprising:
a non-barbed hook having a point at an end of the hook, a portion of the non-barbed hook comprising a shank having a first end and a second end and a bend having a first end and a second end;
a portion of the shank having an eye near the first end of the shank; the first end of the bend coupled to the second end of the shank, the second end of the bend coupled to the point;
at least one non-barbed dog extending around the entire circumference of at least a portion of the bend, wherein the at least one non-barbed dog is configured to engage a fish, wherein the non-barbed raised surface is formed from the same material as the shank or bend.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An integrated circuit package comprising:
an integrated circuit die comprising a first pad, a second pad adjacent to said first pad, a third pad adjacent to said second pad, and a fourth pad adjacent to said third pad;
a lead frame comprising a first lead, a second lead adjacent to said first lead, a third lead adjacent to said second lead, and a fourth lead adjacent to said third lead; and
first, second, third and fourth bondwires connecting said first, second, third and fourth leads to said first, second, third and fourth pads, respectively,
wherein said first and second leads and said third and fourth leads are spaced at a first distance and said second and third leads are spaced at a second distance that is different than said first distance.
2. The integrated circuit package of claim 1 wherein said first lead carries a signal having a first polarity, said second lead carries a signal having a second polarity, said third lead carries a signal having said first polarity and said fourth lead carries a signal having said second polarity and wherein said first and second polarities are opposite polarities.
3. The integrated circuit package of claim 1 wherein said first and second leads and said third and fourth leads of said lead frame carry high speed differential signals.
4. The integrated circuit package of claim 3 wherein said high speed differential signals have a frequency greater than or equal to 1 Gigabit per second (Gbs).
5. The integrated circuit package of claim 1 wherein said lead frame further comprises a fifth lead that is spaced a third distance from said fourth lead.
6. The integrated circuit package of claim 5 wherein said third distance is different than said first and second distances.
7. The integrated circuit package of claim 5 further comprising a sixth lead that is spaced a fourth distance from said fifth lead, wherein said fourth distance is different than said first distance.
8. The integrated circuit package of claim 7 wherein said fifth and sixth leads carry control signals.
9. The integrated circuit package of claim 1 further comprising a serializerdeserializer (SERDES) module that communicates with said first, second, third and fourth pads.
10. The integrated circuit package of claim 9 wherein said first and second pads of said integrated circuit die are associated with differential transmit signals of said SERDES module and said third and fourth pads of said integrated circuit die are associated with differential receive signals of said SERDES module.
11. A network interface comprising the integrated circuit package of claim 1.
12. The network interface of claim 11 wherein said network interface is Ethernet compliant and operates at speeds greater than 1 Gigabit per second.
13. The integrated circuit package of claim 1 wherein said first distance is less than said second distance.
14. The integrated circuit package of claim 1 further comprising a fifth lead that is located between said second and third leads and that communicates with a reference potential but does not communicate with said integrated circuit die.
15. The integrated circuit package of claim 1 further comprising conductive tape attached to said first, second, third and fourth leads of said lead frame.
16. The integrated circuit package of claim 15 wherein said conductive tape comprises a conductive layer and an insulating adhesive layer that contacts said first, second, third and fourth leads.
17. The integrated circuit package of claim 16 wherein said conductive tape comprises a plurality of spaced perforations.
18. The integrated circuit package of claim 17 further comprising packaging material that contacts said integrated circuit die, said conductive tape, said lead frame and said bondwires.