Abstract:
An anisotropically electroconductive adhesive material is configured of a thermosetting resin and electroconductive particles dispersed in the thermosetting resin, wherein a 10% modulus of compressive elasticity (E) in the electroconductive particles and the modulus of longitudinal elasticity (E′) of the projecting electrodes of the electronic element to be connected by the anisotropically electroconductive adhesive material satisfy the below relational Formula (1) 0.02≦E/E′≦0/5 (1)
Abstract:
The present invention provides a low profile, high density electronic package for high speed, high performance semiconductors, such as memory devices. It includes a plurality of modules having high speed, impedance-controlled transmission line buses, short interconnections between modules and, optionally, driver line terminators built into one of the modules, for maintaining high electrical performance. Suitable applications include microprocessor data buses and memory buses such as RAMBUS and DDR. The modules may be formed on conventional printed circuit cards with unpacked or packed memory chips attached directly to the memory module. Thermal control structures may be included to maintain the high density modules within a reliable range of operating temperatures.
Abstract:
An anisotropically electroconductive adhesive material is configured of a thermosetting resin and electroconductive particles dispersed in the thermosetting resin, wherein a 10% modulus of compressive elasticity (E) in the electroconductive particles and the modulus of longitudinal elasticity (Enull) of the projecting electrodes of the electronic element to be connected by the anisotropically electroconductive adhesive material satisfy the below relational Formula (1). 0.02nullE/Enullnull0.5nullnull(1)
Abstract:
A stackable integrated circuit chip package comprising a carrier and a flex circuit. The flex circuit itself comprises a flexible substrate having opposed top and bottom surfaces, and a conductive pattern which is disposed on the substrate. The substrate is wrapped about and attached to at least a portion of the carrier such that the conductive pattern defines first and second portions. The chip package further comprises an integrated circuit chip which is electrically connected to the first portion of the conductive pattern such that an air path is defined between the integrated circuit chip and the carrier. The chip package is configured such that the second portion of the conductive pattern and the integrated circuit chip are each electrically connectable to another stackable integrated circuit chip package. A chip stack assembled using chip packages of the present invention is preferably used in conjunction with an active cooling system operative to circulate cooling air through the air path defined by each chip package.
Abstract:
A backplane consisting of segmented bus lines on a mother board with loop-through connections to active transceivers mounted on connectors to daughter boards. The transceivers isolate the interconnect to the daughter boards from the bus lines. The loop-through transmission line on the connectors preserves the impedance of the bus lines and allows the interconnect stub to the transceivers to be short, minimizing reflections and enabling high-speed backplane operation. The connectors are removable from the motherboard for repair.
Abstract:
An adapter for interfacing a tester with the leads of a dual-flatpack or quad-flatpack is disclosed herein. The adapter includes lengths of a conductive elastomer for making electrical contact with the rows of leads extending from the flatpack. The lengths of conductive elastomer are each located within a slot formed in a body of the adapter and are exposed within a depression in the adapter, where the width and length of the depression correspond to the width and length of the flatpack. The adapter is frictionally secured to the flatpack when the adapter is pressed onto the flatpack. The resilient conductive elastomer makes reliable contact to the leads of the flatpack.
Abstract:
A printed-circuit-type electrical contact pad having a plurality of electrically conductive metal traces and a plurality of protuberant electrical contacts projecting from the traces. The protuberances comprise an electrically conductive elastomer having a wide base portion anchored in the end of the trace by a truncated portion of the trace upstanding from the face of the pad. A denuded tip portion of the elastomer extends from the base portion for resiliently engaging a contact site on an electrical device to which the pad is coupled. A unique process for making the aforesaid pad is disclosed and claimed.
Abstract:
An elastomeric member is incorporated between a conductor and a conductive interconnection bridge. This elastomeric member serves as a spring providing compliance to an interconnection so that the flatness requirements of an opposing mating structure may be relaxed. A flat metal mandrel is provided with an elongated curved depression extending across a predetermined region where a resilient interconnection bridge is to be located. A nonconductive layer of "TEFLON" is bonded to the surface of the mandrel. Grooves are ablated in a predetermined configuration down to the conductive surface of the mandrel using an excimer laser and a computer-controlled x-y table. Fineline electrical circuits are electrodeposited into the ablated grooves. The elongated curved depression is filled with a silicone material. The silicone material is permitted to cure to form a compliant elastomeric member having the shape of the elongated curved depression. An insulating backing is laminated onto the electrical circuits and the elastomeric member, and the completed resilient interconnection bridge is removed from the mandrel. Another method is used when the interconnection site is terminated on a circuit pad or on a high density linear connector configuration. In this method, elastomeric material is dispensed onto the circuit pad or along a line transverse to the high density linear connectors. After the elastomeric material has cured, electrical conductors are bonded thereacross to form raised compliant interconnection features.
Abstract:
An electronic device packaging structure is described wherein an electronic device is electrically connected to a substrate wherein the electronic device subtends a non-normal angle with respect to the substrate. In a more specific embodiment, a plurality of electronic devices are stacked at offset with respect to each other to expose contact locations on the surface of each electronic device at an edge of each electronic device to form a stepped surface exposing a plurality of electronic device contact locations. This surface is disposed against a substrate having a plurality of contact locations thereon. The electronic device contact locations can be electrically interconnected to the substrate contact locations by solder mounds or alternatively by a cylindrical shaped elastomeric body having metallization bands with a spacing corresponding to the electronic device contact locations. The elastomeric body is pressed between the edge of the stacked electronic devices having the contact locations thereon and substrate surface to form electrical interconnections between electronic device contact locations and substrate contact locations through the electrically conducting bands. The stacked electronic devices can be thermally connected to a heat dissipation member. The stacked electronic devices can have a stepped surface embodying an enhanced area for transfer of heat from the electronic device stack to the heat dissipation member.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to a connector for two flat electrical cables having the same plurality of conduits. The electricity passes from one conduit to the corresponding conduit by way of a dielectric insert having holes therethrough, with electrically conductive means having at least a portion of a hemispherical surface protruding on each side of the dielectric insert. Preferably pressure is applied to the cable/insert/cable sandwich quasi-hydrostatically through a low durometer elastomeric materic material. For EMI/EMP shielding, the low durometer elastomeric material is electrically conductive and encloses completely the connection.