Abstract:
In a tape carrier package applying a TAB technique, a flex rigid PWB is used as a tape carrier. A flexible portion is provided with a semiconductor connection terminal. An LSI is directly mounted to the flexible portion. A rigid portion is provided with an electrode for mounting a component and an electrode for an external input/output.
Abstract:
The substrate member of a multi-tier circuit board is provided, during the construction thereof, with an integral bar code structure by extending spaced apart, parallel finger sections of an interior metal ground plane portion of a panel structure outwardly past the routing path along which the substrate member is to be separated from the panel structure. After the substrate member is routed from the panel structure it has a peripheral side edge portion upon which exposed end surface portions of the spaced ground plane finger sections are disposed in a mutually spaced bar code array representative of predetermined information relating to the completed circuit board. The ground-seeking probe portion of a conductive scanning device is moved along the bar-coded edge of the substrate member to read and decipher the integral ground plane bar code structure compactly incorporated thereon during the manufacture of the substrate member.
Abstract:
An insulating part for an electronic device includes a body having a metallized outer surface and a heat sink arranged within the body. The heat sink is thermally coupled to an electronic component and to the metallized outer surface, and may also be either electrically coupled or electrically isolated from the electronic component. The insulating part is preferably made of plastic by an injection-molding process, while the heat sink is preferably a metal block integrally formed within the insulating part.
Abstract:
An integral elastomeric card edge connector provides shorter signal paths through the contact with reduced interference. The card edge contact allows high density interconnection between several layers of multi-layer circuit card without routing signal paths to the card surface. Elastomeric contact tab supports provide positive contact pressure and the necessary wipe action to ensure electrical contact. The process for forming the integral contacts begins with a standard multi-layer card which is then beveled, etched to expose the contact tabs, filled with elastomeric material and processed to expose the tabs supported by elastomeric columns. The connector may be used in card on board technologies or for the connection of multi-chip organic substrates to boards or to other substrates.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a substrate for mounting electronic components according to this invention comprises the steps of forming a mask on a portion to be electrically connected to an exterior of a lead frame, of forming resin layers on both side surfaces of the lead frame by prepregs or the like, of removing the resin layer on the mask, and of removing the mask, and in the substrate for mounting electronic components manufactured according to this method, the substrate is integrally formed with the lead frame, and the electrical connection of the substrate to the lead frame is performed by through hole plating without using fine metal wiring.
Abstract:
The housing protects a circuit comprising active power components 10, 11, 12. A power electrode of the component 10 is welded onto the flush surface 15 of a radiator 13 accommodated in the base of the housing. The radiator is formed in one piece with an elongate part 14, the end 5 of which projects from the housing in the form of an external connecting pin. The radiator 13 may take various forms, including that of a grid.
Abstract:
A backplane power distribution system characterized by generally uniform current densities so as to be capable of handling very high levels of current. This is achieved with a stepped backplane construction. For example, in a system having, in order, a first conductive layer, a first dielectric layer, a second conductive layer, and a second dielectric layer, the second conductive and dielectric layers extend transversely beyond the first conductive and dielectric layers to present a substantial exposed area of the second conductive layer. Typically, a rectangular metal bus bar is bolted to the backplane to make contact with the exposed area, and power supply connections to the bus bar are made in any convenient manner.
Abstract:
A direct module powering scheme is disclosed. A plurality of integrated circuit chips are mounted on a module. The module is mounted on a printed circuit board. A plurality of metallization layers are distributed in parallel fashion within the module. A voltage tab is mounted on the edge of the module substrate and in contact with the edge of the metallization layers. The voltage tab may be attached to a source of power for providing the necessary voltage and current to the module needed to power the chips mounted on the module. The metallization layers comprise voltage distribution layers and voltage reference (ground) layers. The voltage tab is connected to the edge of the voltage distribution layer. A plurality of plated vias are disposed through the module in contact with one or more of the metallization layers. A plurality of voltage distribution stripes are disposed on the bottom of the module substrate and in contact with the plated vias for providing the necessary voltage and current to remotely-located chips, relative to the voltage tab, needed to power the chips. The energizing current from the power source energizes the chips mounted on the module by way of the voltage tab, the voltage distribution layer, and a plated via. Alternatively, the energizing current from the power source energizes a remotely-located chip mounted on the module by way of the voltage tab, the voltage distribution layer, a plated via, a voltage distribution stripe, and another plated via connected to the remotely-located chip. As a result, the module is connected directly to the power source, rather than being connected to the power source by way of a plurality of power distribution planes disposed within the printed circuit board.
Abstract:
A porcelain coated steel substrate for receiving thick film printed circuit thereon includes thermally and electrically conductive pedestals which are in thermal and electrical contact with the steel core. The pedestal surface is coplanar with the porcelain coating so that a substantially continuous plane surface is present. This permits semiconductor chips readily to be mounted on the substrate, the pedestals serving as heat and electrical conductors to the substrate, and serves also to facilitate the deposition of thick film elements.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an electrostatic write head comprises an insulating plate-shaped substrate having conductor tracks which extend as parallel conductor tracks in a strip-shaped region on the substrate. The substrate is divided into two plates along a dividing line which extends in the strip-shaped region, perpendicularly to the conductor strips. The two plates are subsequently joined so that their sides provided with conductor tracks face each other.