摘要:
Two types of programmable elements, fuses and antifuses, are disclosed for forming an electrically programmable burn-in board in one embodiment and an electrically programmable device-under-test (DUT) card in another embodiment. Both types of programmable elements can also be used in a reconfiguration device for interconnecting electrical contacts in a first configuration to electrical contacts in a second configuration. The various embodiments of this invention include, for example, a component socket, a socket adapter, a cable, a cable adapter, a scrambler card for a burn-in board and a device-under-test card for a burn-in board. A method for forming a fuse is also disclosed.
摘要:
Two types of programmable elements, fuses and antifuses, are disclosed for interconnecting the terminals of electronic components mounted on printed circuit boards (PCBs), multichip modules (MCMs) or in integrated circuit packages (IC packages). Both types of programmable elements can be fabricated as part of the regular processes used to fabricate PCBs, MCMs, or IC package (pin grid array). For fuses and antifuses, the material, geometry and dimensions can be varied to minimize the real estate and maximize programming efficiency (reduce programming time). Each type of programmable element, fuse or antifuse, can be separately used in matrices to form programmable board and package substrates. When both types of programmable elements are used together, more efficient placement and route architectures take advantage of the characteristics of each type of programmable element. Furthermore, combinations of both fuses and antifuses in the same structure allows the architecture to be reprogrammable. Fuse and antifuses can be easily used to form programmable burn-in boards and field programmable smart cards, credit cards, sockets and cable connectors.
摘要:
Two types of programmable elements, fuses and antifuses, are disclosed for forming an electrically programmable cable in one embodiment and a cable adapter in another embodiment. The cable and the cable adapter can be used for interconnecting a cable connector of a first configuration to a cable connector of a second configuration.