Abstract:
A device and method for mounting a surface mount package onto a printed circuit board includes inserting a pin through a printed circuit board feedthrough for providing movement of the pin within the feedthrough. One end of the pin is soldered to conductive surfaces on the bottom side of the printed circuit board while the other end of the pin id soldered to a surface mount package pad. The package is mounted in a spaced relation with a printed circuit board top surface. The pin is soldered to the board conductive surface using a high temperature solder for forming a solder joint which remains solid during subsequent soldering using a low temperature solder such as a lead tin solder type. The pin is then soldered to the pad of the surface mount package using the low temperature lead tin solder for forming a solder joint between the pad and pin. The pin is sized for loosely fitting within the feedthrough and thus movement caused by a coefficient of thermal expansion mismatch between materials of the pad, pin, and printed circuit board is absorbed by movement of the pin within the feedthrough. As a result, stress relief is provided for the solder joints.
Abstract:
An adaptor pin for connection to a printed circuit board includes an elongated electrically conductive pin having an enlarged portion adjacent one end for forming a mechanical interference fit with a hole partially drilled through the circuit board. The pin has an enlarged cross-sectional solder portion intermediate the enlarged portion and the opposite end of the pin so as to limit the extent of penetration of the pin into the hole of the circuit board. The enlarged portion of each pin is electrically connected by soldering to a circuit path on the circuit board. By this arrangement, a rigid mechanical connection between the pin and the circuit board is effected, and thus subsequent reheating of the board for connecting a surface mounted chip to the opposite side of the board will not interfere with the electrical and mechanical connection between the adaptor pin and the circuit board.
Abstract:
A packaged semiconductor device, leadframe for making same, and method of mounting same to a printed circuit board are described. The device has a body, and a plurality of leads extending from the body. One or more alignment features are formed on the exterior of the package body, for maintaining precise alignment of the device with respect to a printed wiring board. The alignment feature is a tab formed as part of portion of the leadframe external to the package body. The tab may have various shapes, and may be provided with a hole for registering with a pin on an underlying substrate, such as a printed wiring board. The pin and the tab may be electrically connected.
Abstract:
An adaptor pin for connection to a printed circuit board includes an elongated electrically conductive pin having an enlarged portion adjacent one end for forming a mechanical interference fit with a hole partially drilled through the circuit board. The pin has an enlarged cross-sectional solder portion intermediate the enlarged portion and the opposite end of the pin so as to limit the extent of penetration of the pin into the hole of the circuit board. The enlarged portion of each pin is electrically connected by soldering to a circuit path on the circuit board. By this arrangement, a rigid mechanical connection between the pin and the circuit board is effected, and thus subsequent reheating of the board for connecting a surface mounted chip to the opposite side of the board will not interfere with the electrical and mechanical connection between the adaptor pin and the circuit board.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a circuit board connector which neither brings upon any defective conductivity due to the generation of crack and the like nor requires any separation even when the number of connector pins is great, and a board having a strong resistance against thermal effect. The circuit board connector is constructed so that a plurality of connector pins 1 held by a holder member 20 arranged in the longitudinal direction are inserted into holes 17 of circuit patterns in circuit board 7 for a subsequent soldering, and the holder member is constructed to be expandable, contractive, and deformable in the longitudinal direction.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a hermetically sealed conductive feedthrough, particularly for use in ceramic substrates or housing, comprises the steps of inserting an active alloy containing preform into a predetermined insertion hole in a presintered ceramic article and heating the assembly to a temperature to achieve a brazing reaction at the interface of the article and active alloy to produce a hermetically sealed conductive feedthrough. The invention further discloses a non-melting connector pin which may be fixed to the active alloy feedthrough during the above heating step.
Abstract:
A surface-mount integrated circuit converter board assembly having a pin grid array arranged enables a conventional surface-mount lead device to be mounted for subsequent attachment to a printed circuit board. The converter board assembly includes an array of spaced apart pins, arranged in rows and columns for mounting, and a plurality of spaced apart pin pads connected thereto. The pin pads are sufficiently spaced apart to avoid interference. A set of surface-mount lead pads is part of the converter board and is interconnected to the array of pins by a plurality of lead traces. The method of making the converter board with a surface-mount integrated circuit device includes forming or reforming the leads of the device to align with the surface-mount pads.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a carrier for Integrated Circuits (ICs). The ICs are carried by a multi-layer board, constructed of individual layers. Some layers carry conductive traces, and the traces are connected together to form a 3-dimensional network connecting the ICs. The individual layers are constructed of a flexible material, which is commercially available in large sheets, thus allowing multiple copies of the trace patterns to be printed simultaneously. The multi-layer board is attached to a standard printed circuit board, by pins which are driven through them both, and soldered into place.
Abstract:
The invention provides a printed wiring board having a plurality of copper foil cores superposed over one another and spaced away from one another. The portions of the cores are exposed at the end surfaces of the board. A plurality of holes extend vertically through the copper foil cores and have hole-defining internal surfaces so plated as to connect the cores to one another. Another printed wiring board has a plurality of copper foil cores superposed over one another and spaced away from one another. The end portions of the cores are exposed at the end surfaces of the board. A plurality of holes extend vertically through the copper foil cores and have hole-defining internal surfaces so plated as to connect the cores to one another. The underside of the copper foil core at the lowermost position is exposed at a recess formed on the rear side of the board. Plating is formed which extends from the lowermost copper foil core to the rear side of the board.
Abstract:
An electrical panel for particularly supporting and supplying electrical connections for a plurality of electrical components comprises a sandwich formed by a central conducting layer computer design to form a plurality of conducting paths which are laser cut from a sheet of cooper and a pair of covering plastic layers of insulating material. Mechanical anchoring points extend through the sandwich missing the conducting paths into an optional supporting steel sheet. Electrical connecting points comprise screw threaded pins which engage into female screw threads formed in the front insulating layer and into the conducting layer.