Abstract:
An interconnect subsystem having a sensor, at least one substrate, at least one contact assembly to said sensor and said substrate, and optionally a registration pin connected to said sensor and passing through said substrate. The contact assembly includes a guide tube, a spring within the guide tube, and a transmission tube having a contact surface and at least partially within the guide tube and forced outward by the spring, such that the contact surface contacts conductive pads on the substrate.
Abstract:
An electronic package includes a substrate having a contact pad thereon, a reformable member such as a solder ball positioned on the contact pad, and an elastic member positioned around the reformable member. The elastic member exerts a girdling force on the reformable member so that when the reformable member is softened, the elastic member elongates the reformable member. This elongation accommodates thermal and other stresses between the foregoing substrate and another substrate joined at the free end of the reformable member. An apparatus is also provided for positioning the elastic member on and around the reformable member.
Abstract:
A board-to-board connector assembly is used to electrically connect a first circuit board and a second circuit board and has a receptacle connector and an engaging element assembled together. The receptacle connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals received in the insulative housing. An engaging groove is defined in the receptacle connector and has the same shape as the engaging element for receiving the engaging element therein. The engaging element forms positioning portions thereon for guiding the receptacle connector to mate with a circuit board accurately and facilitating the terminals to contact electrodes on the circuit board firmly. The engaging element is firmly and accurately retained in the receptacle connector to assure reliable signal transmission between the first circuit board and the second circuit board. Simultaneously the overall height of the board-to-board connector assembly is effectively decreased.
Abstract:
A magnetically shielded circuit board having a conductive solenoid to repel high speed charged particles away from an integrated circuit chip. The conductive solenoid is embedded in the circuit board, or located around the circuit board, or located within an integrated circuit package, the integrated circuit package have been connected to the circuit board. The conductive solenoid is used for conducting an electrical current, the electrical current forming a magnetic field. The magnetic field will repel high speed charged particles away from the integrated circuit chip, the integrated circuit chip being within the integrated circuit package. The circuit board can be used in a space vehicle.
Abstract:
A microelectronic spring contact for making electrical contact between a device and a mating substrate and method of making the same are disclosed. The spring contact has a compliant pad adhered to a substrate of the device and spaced apart from a terminal of the device. The compliant pad has a base adhered to the substrate, and side surfaces extending away from the substrate and tapering to a smaller end area distal from the substrate. A trace extends from the terminal of the device in a coil pattern over the compliant pad to its end area, forming a helix. At least a portion of the compliant pad end area is covered by the trace, and a portion of the trace that is over the compliant pad is supported by the compliant pad. In an alternative embodiment, the pad is removed to leave a freestanding helical contact.
Abstract:
An electrical interface arrangement includes a buss bar having a longitudinal edge that is substantially smooth and free of conductive tabs. A conductive member is arranged adjacent to the longitudinal edge of the buss bar, and contacts the buss bar with at least 40 A-spots per inch, along substantially an entire length of the buss bar. A circuit board having a plurality of internal planes is provided, with at least one of the internal planes being an internal power plane, and with at least another one of the internal planes being an internal wiring plane having a plurality of conductive wirings. The circuit board further has an arrangement for electrically connecting the conductive member to the internal power plane without interfering with a placement of the conductive wirings, so that the circuit board and the buss bar are in electrical communication.
Abstract:
A circuit interconnect system comprises a circuit pattern (22) on a rigid insulating sheet (17), forming a first circuit carrying substrate (12). A portion of the circuit pattern wraps around an edge of the insulating sheet and continues onto a vertical wall (20) of the sheet to provide a contact surface (24). An electrically conductive portion (16) of a second member (14) is mated to the first circuit carrying substrate by aligning the contact surface to the electrically conductive portion. An electrically conductive resilient material such as a conductive elastomer (35) or metal spring (35) provides electrical interconnection between the circuit pattern and the electrically conductive portion.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of mounting electronic parts onto a single-sided printed wiring board, including the provision of a key contact pattern on the front surface of a substrate member having a plurality of through-holes; the provision of a conductive pattern covering these through-holes on the front surface of the substrate member; and the mounting of electronic parts in position relative to these through-holes from the rear surface of the substrate member.
Abstract:
A coil is wound either with insulated wire or space wound with uninsulated wire and subsequently coated with a solder resist or insulating material. If insulated wire is used, the insulation is removed from the wire either during or after winding at predetermined locations to match the location of connection pads in a conductive pattern on a substrate. The coil is appropriately aligned and laid down on the substrate and an attachment technique is used to form an electrical connection between the exposed areas of wire and connection pads on the substrate. Alternatively, uninsulated wire may be used, which is space wound and coated with a solder resist or insulating material. The uninsulated wire may either be masked prior to coating or the insulating material may be removed following coating to form exposed connection locations on the coil corresponding to the location of the connection pads on the substrate. An attachment technique is then used to form an electrical connection between the exposed areas of wire and the corresponding connection pads on the substrate.