Abstract:
A multi-layer circuit panel assembly is formed by laminating circuit panels (10) with interposers (12) incorporating flowable conductive material (48) at interconnect locations and a flowable dielectric material (30, 38) at other locations. Excess materials are captured in reservoirs (20) in the circuit panels. The flowable materials and reservoirs allow the interposers to compress and take up tolerances in the components. The stacked panels may have contacts (538) on their top surfaces, through conductors (527) extending between top and bottom and terminals (530) connected to the bottom end of each through conductor. The terminals and contacts are nonselectively connected to one another at each interface so that wherever a terminal and contact an adjacent panels are aligned with one another, these are connected to one another. This forms composite vertical conductors extending through a plurality of the panels. The selective treatment of the panel top and bottom surfaces provides selective interruptions in the vertical conductors.
Abstract:
A semiconductor chip assembly includes a chip (20), terminals (34) permanently electrically connected to the chip by flexible leads (36) and a resilient element (48) or elements for biasing the terminals away from the chip. The chip is permanently engaged with a substrate (52) having contact pads (58) so that the terminals are disposed between the chip and the substrate and the terminals engage the contact pads under the influence of the force applied by the resilient element. The terminals typically are provided on a flexible sheet-like dielectric interposer (28) and the resilient element is disposed between the interposer and the chip. The assembly of the chip and the terminals can be tested prior to engagement with the substrate. Engagement of this assembly with the substrate does not involve soldering or other complex bonding processes. The assembly may occupy an area only slightly larger than the area of the chip itself.
Abstract:
A multi-layer circuit panel assembly is formed by laminating circuit panels (10) with interposers (12) incorporating flowable conductive material (48) at interconnect locations and a flowable dielectric material (30, 38) at other locations. Excess materials are captured in reservoirs (20) in the circuit panels. The flowable materials and reservoirs allow the interposers to compress and take up tolerances in the components. The stacked panels may have contacts (538) on their top surfaces, through conductors (527) extending between top and bottom and terminals (530) connected to the bottom end of each through conductor. The terminals and contacts are nonselectively connected to one another at each interface so that wherever a terminal and contact an adjacent panels are aligned with one another, these are connected to one another. This forms composite vertical conductors extending through a plurality of the panels. The selective treatment of the panel top and bottom surfaces provides selective interruptions in the vertical conductors.
Abstract:
L'invention concerne un ensemble de panneaux de circuit multicouche formé par stratification de panneaux de circuit (10) avec des couches intercalaire (12) contenant un matériau conductible coulant (48) dans les zones d'interconnexion et un matériau diélectrique coulant (30, 38) dans les autres zones. L'excès de matériau est capté dans des réservoirs (20) situés dans les panneaux du circuit. Lesdits matériaux coulants et les réservoirs permettent aux couches intercalaires de se comprimer et de compenser les tolérances des composants. Les panneaux superposés peuvent être pourvus de contacts (538) à leurs surfaces supérieures grâce à des conducteurs (527) s'étendant de la surface inférieure à la surface supérieure et des bornes (530) connectées à l'éxtrémité inférieure de chaque conducteur traversant. Les bornes et les contacts sont connectés les uns aux autres de manière non sélective au niveau de chaque interface de façon qu'à chaque fois qu'une borne et un contact sur des panneaux adjacents sont alignés l'un par rapport à l'autre, ils soient connectés l'un à l'autre. Cela permet de former des conducteurs composites verticaux s'étendant à travers une pluralité de panneaux. Le traitement sélectif des surfaces supérieures et inférieures des panneaux permet d'obtenir de manière sélective des interruptions dans les conducteurs verticaux.