Abstract:
An optical transceiver module having a plurality of optical subassemblies and a printed circuit board is disclosed. The transceiver module includes lead frame connectors for connecting the optical subassemblies to the printed circuit board. The lead frame connectors include a stamped and bent conductive lead structure that is encased in an insert injection molded plastic casing. The plastic casing provides electrical insulation for the conductors in the lead frame as well as mechanical support for the finished component. The lead frame connectors connect to the leads associated with the optical subassemblies and are surface mounted onto the printed circuit board to establish connectivity between the optical subassembly and the printed circuit board. The lead frame assemblies are generally more reliable and less expensive than using flexible printed circuit board structures to establish electrical connectivity between optical subassemblies and transceiver printed circuit boards.
Abstract:
An optical subassembly is used in connection with an optoelectronic package with a shaped lead configuration. The lead configuration enables the shaped leads to electrically connect with through-hole vias defined in a printed circuit board while minimizing space requirements and providing stress relief for the leads. In one embodiment, an optical subassembly is disclosed, comprising a header containing optoelectronic components, and a plurality of conductive leads that are in operable communication with the optoelectronic components. Each lead includes a straight portion extending from a surface of the header, an end portion oriented so as to be received by a through-hole via defined in a printed circuit board, and a shaped portion interposed between the straight and end portions and having at least one bend defined in a first plane. The optical subassembly further includes a clip assembly having a plurality of cavities that each receive a corresponding one of the leads.
Abstract:
An optical transceiver module having a plurality of optical subassemblies and a printed circuit board is disclosed. The transceiver module includes lead frame connectors for connecting the optical subassemblies to the printed circuit board. The lead frame connectors include a stamped and bent conductive lead structure that is encased in an insert injection molded plastic casing. The plastic casing provides electrical insulation for the conductors in the lead frame as well as mechanical support for the finished component. The lead frame connectors connect to the leads associated with the optical subassemblies and are surface mounted onto the printed circuit board to establish connectivity between the optical subassembly and the printed circuit board. The lead frame assemblies are generally more reliable and less expensive than using flexible printed circuit board structures to establish electrical connectivity between optical subassemblies and transceiver printed circuit boards.
Abstract:
In a probe card assembly, a series of probe elements can be arrayed on a silicon space transformer. The silicon space transformer can be fabricated with an array of primary contacts in a very tight pitch, comparable to the pitch of a semiconductor device. One preferred primary contact is a resilient spring contact. Conductive elements in the space transformer are routed to second contacts at a more relaxed pitch. In one preferred embodiment, the second contacts are suitable for directly attaching a ribbon cable, which in turn can be connected to provide selective connection to each primary contact. The silicon space transformer is mounted in a fixture that provides for resilient connection to a wafer or device to be tested. This fixture can be adjusted to planarize the primary contacts with the plane of a support probe card board.
Abstract:
In printed boards arranged in a vertical relationship, outer peripheral portions of an upper printed board are projected outward from outer peripheral portions of a lower printed board. Conductive bodies with terminal holes are arranged side by side on the upper and the lower printed boards along peripheral edges of the boards. Press-fit terminals are arranged in row arrangement along the outer peripheral portions of the printed boards. Each of the press-fit terminals is pressed from below into terminal holes of the two upper and lower printed boards with a long first vertical portion outside and a short second vertical portion inside. This results that a press-fit portion of the second vertical portion is pressed and brought into contact with a terminal hole in a conductive body on a peripheral edge of the lower printed board, a press-fit portion of the first vertical portion is pressed and brought into contact with a terminal hole in a conductive body on a peripheral edge of the upper printed board, and a horizontal portion is supported from below by a step-like portion projected from a printed board retaining case.
Abstract:
A probe card assembly includes a probe card, a space transformer having resilient contact structures (probe elements) mounted directly to (i.e., without the need for additional connecting wires or the like) and extending from terminals on a surface thereof, and an interposer disposed between the space transformer and the probe card. The space transformer and interposer are “stacked up” so that the orientation of the space transformer, hence the orientation of the tips of the probe elements, can be adjusted without changing the orientation of the probe card. Suitable mechanisms for adjusting the orientation of the space transformer, and for determining what adjustments to make, are disclosed. The interposer has resilient contact structures extending from both the top and bottom surfaces thereof, and ensures that electrical connections are maintained between the space transformer and the probe card throughout the space transformer's range of adjustment, by virtue of the interposer's inherent compliance. Multiple die sites on a semiconductor wafer are readily probed using the disclosed techniques, and the probe elements can be arranged to optimize probing of an entire wafer. Composite interconnection elements having a relatively soft core overcoated by a relatively hard shell, as the resilient contact structures are described.
Abstract:
In a vibrator support structure, a vibrator is supported on a substrate through support pins, substrate connection portions of the support pins and pin connection portions of the substrate are joined through conductive adhesive which is made of a resin including conductive filler and has a pencil hardness of about 4H or less, and the conductive adhesive has a thickness which can buffer vibrations and impacts propagated through the support pins.
Abstract:
A surface mountable axial leaded component including a component body, a first component lead and a second component lead. The first component lead extends from a first end of the component body and a second component lead extends from a second end of the component body that is opposite the first end. A portion of the first and second component leads is formed in a loop and a diameter of the loop is at least equal to the diameter of the component body. The loop may be formed as a circular loop, an elliptical loop, a polygon loop, a square loop or rectangular loop, among other loop configurations. When formed as a circular loop, the loop may include a flat segment.
Abstract:
After respective one ends of lead wires are fixed to a printed circuit board, the lead wires are bent, the printed circuit board is brought into a case and the other ends of the lead wires are bonded to terminals of the case. Since the lead wires are processed before the substrate is brought into the case, this eliminates the necessity to perform formation of the bent portions of the lead wires and fixing of the lead wires to the substrate in a narrow space of the case and allows simplification of bonding operation. Thus provided is a lead wire bonding method for bonding lead wires with bent portions to the substrate, which simplifies a bonding operation.
Abstract:
On a printed circuit board, there are mounted a pair of first leads, a first semiconductor device mounted on each of the first leads, a pair of second leads, and a second semiconductor device mounted on each of the second leads. A semiconductor device connecting terminal portion of each of the first leads extends to an outer side from the first semiconductor device, and one end of an intermediate slope portion of each of the first leads is bent to an inner side, whereby a substrate connecting terminal portion is structured. Accordingly, since an entire length of each of the first leads is elongated, a stress is absorbed dispersedly, and a tape carrier package is made compact.