Abstract:
A ball grid array to integrated circuit interconnection. The interconnection includes a ball grid array substrate having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface comprising a plurality of substrate interconnection conductive pads. A power supply via connects a power supply conductive pad of the first surface to a first conductive area on the second surface. A ground via connects a ground conductive pad of the first surface to a second conductive area on the second surface. A decoupling capacitor connected between the first conductive area and the second conductive area. The interconnection further comprises an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of integrated circuit conductive pads. A plurality of smaller solder balls interconnect at least one of the integrated circuit conductive pads to at least one of the substrate interconnection conductive pads. A circuit board substrate is electrically interconnected by larger solder balls to the ball grid array substrate.
Abstract:
A hybrid multichip module and method for fabricating same provides a cost-effective interconnection of semiconductor chips combining the advantages of modern MCM-D technology with modern MCM-L technology. In a preferred embodiment, the hybrid multichip module has semiconductor chips mounted to an MCM-D structure and interconnected by an MCM-L structure via solder columns.
Abstract:
A multichip module packaging structure provided over a mother board. A multichip module substrate is mounted over the mother board through a frame member. The frame member is provided to extend successively on a peripheral region of a bottom surface of the substrate and further extend downward from the bottom surface of the substrate. The frame member also has a top portion bonded with the bottom surface of the substrate and a bottom portion bonded with the top surface of the mother substrate so as to form a three dimensional space surrounded by the frame member, the substrate and the mother board. A plurality of semiconductor integrated circuit chips are provided on the bottom surface of the substrate so that the chips are accommodated within the three dimensional space.
Abstract:
A process for handling and storing surface-mount, encapsulated flip-chip carrier modules to prevent the formation of amoeba-like solder bridges between the flip-chip C4 connections along the boundary between the encapsulant and the chip surface and/or between the encapsulant and the chip carrier substrate surface. The concentration of free moisture in the encapsulant is maintained below a predetermined safe limit during reflow heating used to mount the modules on a circuit board.
Abstract:
A resistive body of a hybrid integrated circuit has a resistance pattern on a resin film. Bonding pads permit connection of current through the resistance pattern. The resistance pattern may form part of a detecting bridge for overcurrent detection. One embodiment of the invention uses a rectangular resistance pattern with an opening in the center to force current to flow on a perimeter path for minimizing maximum temperature. Another embodiment uses a serpentine resistance pattern. A face-down resistance patter reduces interference. A direct-connection bonding pad reduces the voltage generated in a parasitic capacitance to improve the resistance of the resin film to voltage breakdown.
Abstract:
A flexible wiring board includes a printed conductive circuit layer formed on an insulating film, a metallic layer formed on thed printed conductive circuit layer, and an insulating layer formed on the metallic layer. A method of making a flexible wiring board includes the steps of forming a conductive circuit layer by screen printing a wiring pattern using a conductive paste, baking the printed wiring pattern, and forming a metallic layer on the printed conductive circuit layer by a plating method.
Abstract:
An interconnect device and method is provided for establishing communications between an electronic circuit board and a microprocessor emulator, so as to permit the evaluation or testing of an electronic circuit or system without a microprocessor flip chip or an integrated circuit socket being present on the circuit board. The flexible interconnect device serves to electrically connect the emulator to the individual conductors which compose a microprocessor flip chip conductor pattern formed on the electronic circuit board. The method involves a reflow soldering technique which bonds the flexible interconnect device to the microprocessor flip chip conductor pattern on the electronic circuit board, so as to form a reliable electrical connection between the flexible interconnect device and the circuit board.
Abstract:
A memory module includes a mother board with an edge connector mounted adjacent one of its edges. Memory chips are mounted on the same side of the mother board as the edge connector. A daughter board, having memory chips mounted on its surface facing the mother board, is connected to the mother board so that its maximum height above the mother board is substantially no greater than that of the edge connector. Preferably the memory chips are mounted in thin TSOP packages and the daughter board is connected to the mother board by two rows of mating electrical pins and sockets, one located near the edge connector and the other near the top of the mother board, so the daughter board is mounted over virtually all of the width of the mother board except that covered by the edge connector, and so that the rows of mating connectors and the facing surfaces of the mother and daughter boards form an air channel through which air can flow to cool the memory chips mounted between the mother and daughter boards. In the preferred embodiment, each of the chip bearing surfaces of the mother and daughter boards has an equal number of chips, and has separate lines from the module's driver circuits, causing the electrical characteristics of each chip bearing surface to be similar. In the preferred embodiment, pairs of memory circuit packages having mirrored input connectors are mounted next to each other on a common surface and have adjacent corresponding mirrored input and/or output connectors electrically connected to common pads on their printed circuit board.
Abstract:
An electrical contact having one or more spring-biased tabs for mounting to a circuit board precludes the need for additional mechanical fasteners and obviates any additional manufacturing steps, except for soldering. The tabs are formed and shaped to provide springs which, when inserted into holes in a circuit board, compress and grip the interior wall of the hole.
Abstract:
A printed wiring board for carrying a semiconductor chip including a resin base substrate having at least one opening therethrough, a thermo-conductive plate for mounting the semiconductor chip thereon, the plate being inserted into the opening, an insulating adhesive layer covering at least one side of the substrate and an electric circuit formed on the layer. The wiring board of this invention eliminates those disadvantages of the existing resin substrate type and metal core type. In essence, the wiring board of this invention displays excellent heat releasing capability and magnetic shield effect as well as reliable electric insulation.