Abstract:
In a structure for attaching a circuit board terminal to a circuit board, stress is minimized in a soldered portion on a circuit section upon inserting and drawing an electrical element into and from the circuit board. The attaching structure including a holding member mounted on and secured to a circuit board, a bus bar that has a base portion supported on the holding member and a leg portion that passes one or more through-holes and to be soldered on a circuit section, and a circuit board terminal that has a base portion to be connected to the bus bar and a connection portion adapted to be coupled to a terminal of an electrical element. The bus bar is provided on the base portion with elastic tongue pieces that can contact elastically with a circuit board terminal. The circuit board terminal is connected through the bus bar to the circuit section.
Abstract:
Methods and means for embedding electronic components, such as LED-based light sources and associated control circuitry, into molded or continuously cast surface materials (e.g., material manufactured under the trademark CORIAN®). During the manufacture of the surface material, the components can be held in position using a scaffold or frame constructed of a sacrificial material, the same material as the finished surface material and/or another material used in the manufacture of the finished product. The embedded components can include control circuitry, e.g., printed circuit boards, for separately controlling each component, power conductors and data busses. Conductors and/or busses can be in the form of conductive rails, wire mesh or sheets. Access to the conductors in the finished product can be made by a number of methods, including but not limited to sanding, grinding, drilling into, screwing into, and/or inserting pins into the finished material.
Abstract:
An assembly of the present invention has an integrated circuit device electrically and mechanically connected to the substrate. At least one electrically conductive connecting element is on one of the substrate and circuit device and at least one socket is on the other of the substrate and circuit device. The socket receives the at least one connecting element and comprises at least two resilient members. The resilient members are biased against the connecting element so that the circuit device and the substrate are held in electrical and mechanical connection by the biasing force of the resilient members against the connecting element.
Abstract:
A pin grid array integrated circuit connecting device which including a substrate, a sliding slice, a guiding frame and a driving apparatus. Said substrate further includes multiple holes to hold pins of a integrated circuit package, multiple conductive positioning components in the holes to hold said pins and connect said pins electrically, circuit device with proper circuit layout and multiple electrical connecting spots on the bottom of said substrate which connecting said multiple conductive positioning components thru said circuit device. The extra electronic components placed on said substrate will provide the additional function. Said sliding slice is placed on the top of said substrate and can be moved relatively. Multiple holes are placed on said sliding slice and positioned correspondingly to the holes on said substrate. Said guiding frame is placed on at least the two opposite sides of said substrate which guide said sliding move linearly along the extension of said guiding frame. Said driving apparatus is connecting to said sliding slice and, by rotating horizontally, drive said sliding slice to move in a proper manner linearly.
Abstract:
A pin grid array integrated circuit connecting device which comprises a substrate, a sliding slice, a guiding frame and a driving apparatus. Said substrate further comprises multiple holes to hold pins of a integrated circuit package, multiple conductive positioning components in the holes to hold said pins and connect said pins electrically, circuit device with proper circuit layout and multiple electrical connecting spots on the bottom of said substrate which connecting said multiple conductive positioning components thru said circuit device. The extra electronic components placed on said substrate will provide the additional function. Said sliding slice is placed on the top of said substrate and can be moved relatively. Multiple holes are placed on said sliding slice and positioned correspondingly to the holes on said substrate. Said guiding frame is placed on at least the two opposite sides of said substrate which guide said sliding move linearly along the extension of said guiding frame. Said driving apparatus is connecting to said sliding slice and, by rotating horizontally, drive said sliding slice to move in a proper manner linearly.
Abstract:
An adapter is provided for mounting a ball grid array device on a pin-type integrated circuit socket, and includes a base plate and an interfacing plate. The base plate has a device mounting side formed with a plurality of solder pads thereon. The base plate is further formed with a plurality of upper through holes, each of which corresponds to one of the solder pads. The interfacing plate is formed with a plurality of lower through holes that correspond respectively with the upper through holes and are coaxial therewith. The interfacing plate further has a socket confronting side with a plurality of insert pins depending therefrom. Electrical conductors are provided on the base plate and the interfacing plate for connecting electrically and respectively the solder pads and the insert pins via the upper and lower through holes.
Abstract:
An adapter is provided for mounting a ball grid array device on a pin-type integrated circuit socket, and includes a base plate and an interfacing plate. The base plate has a device mounting side formed with a plurality of solder pads thereon. The solder pads correspond to and are adapted for surface mounting of solder balls of the ball grid array device thereon. The base plate is further formed with a plurality of upper through holes, each of which corresponds to one of the solder pads. The interfacing plate is formed with a plurality of lower through holes that correspond respectively with the upper through holes. The interfacing plate further has a socket confronting side with a plurality of insert pins depending therefrom. The insert pins correspond to and are adapted for insertion into pin holes in the integrated circuit socket in order to establish electrical contact with board mounting pins that are disposed in the pin holes. Electrical conductors are provided on the base plate and the interfacing plate for connecting electrically and respectively the solder pads and the insert pins via the upper and lower through holes.
Abstract:
An interconnect structure adapts one or more signals conducted between a printed circuit board (PCB) and an integrated circuit (IC) including leads, the IC having signal requirements not provided by the PCB. The interconnect structure includes sockets that provideA. conductive paths between the circuit board and some, but not all, of the leads on the package. To adapt the signals, the interconnect structure also includes an intermediate adaptor board that includes one or more electrical components. The adaptor board and the sockets fit beneath the package containing the IC and above the PCB, and do not extend beyond the lateral boundaries of the package. Heat generated by these components during operation of the IC is dissipated through the IC package via a layer of thermally conductive material sandwiched between the component and the package. The intermediate adaptor board and the socket combine to perform all necessary signal conversion, including power supply voltage levels, between the circuit board and the IC.
Abstract:
A system for packaging integrated circuit components including a ball grid array substrate with a plurality of solder balls coupled to the substrate. A semiconductor device is mounted on the substrate and electrically coupled to the solder balls. One or more terminals are coupled to the substrate and electrically coupled to said semiconductor device. A detachable module contains auxiliary component. The module comprises a body portion for containing the component and one or more electrical connectors for mating with respective terminals to hold the module to the substrate and to electrically couple the component with the semiconductor device. The terminals may also be connected to the solder balls such that a component may be optionally provided either on the circuit board or in the detachable module.
Abstract:
An interconnect structure is provided for converting or adapting select signals sent between a printed circuit board (PCB) and an electrical component. The interconnect structure comprises an adapter card placed between the PCB and the electrical component, wherein the adapter card includes one or more pass-through vias and non pass-through vias extending completely through the adapter card in parallel spaced relation to one another. Pass-through vias are used to couple signals having critical timing paths between the electrical component and the PCB without substantially modifying or changing the critical path switch points. The pass-through vias also provide connection of signals of non critical timing between the PCB and the component. A signal converter may be used to convert non-critical signals and place those signals at select pins upon the electrical component. Thus, the adapter card is well suited for providing conversion to newer, updated components which are pin-for-pin compatible with, and which operate at dissimilar voltages from, older components. The adapter card performs all necessary signal conversion without requiring modification to the larger PCB.