Abstract:
Microelectronic devices, methods for packaging microelectronic devices, and methods for forming interconnects in microelectronic devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method comprises providing a microelectronic substrate having a front side and a backside. The substrate has a microelectronic die including an integrated circuit and a terminal operatively coupled to the integrated circuit. The method also includes forming a passage at least partially through the substrate and having an opening at the front side and/or backside of the substrate. The method further includes sealing the opening with a conductive cap that closes one end of the passage while another end of the passage remains open. The method then includes filling the passage with a conductive material.
Abstract:
According to an embodiment of a circuit substrate of the present invention, in a circuit substrate provided with a plurality of circuit blocks formed on a single substrate, at least one of the metal patterns connecting the circuit blocks is separated into two sections at some midpoint of wiring, and exposed conductor portions whose end portions are to be bridge-connected through soldering are provided at the end portions in the separated portion of the separated two wiring metal patterns.
Abstract:
The invention provides a method of mounting an electronic component where an electronic component can be reliably electrically-connected to a substrate. A substrate defines a through-hole that extends through the substrate, from connection electrodes formed on the lower surface of the substrate, to the upper surface of the substrate. A low melting point metal is connected to the connection electrodes and fills the through-hole. A bump and the low melting point metal are alloyed and bonded by heating the low melting point metal while pressing the bump formed on an electrode pad of an electronic component, with respect to a front end of the low melting point metal. The active surface of the electronic component is sealed by the upper surface of the substrate.
Abstract:
A circuit board for transitioning a cable to a connector comprises a circuit board having an outer surface. A circuit trace provided on the outer surface has a cable pad and a contact pad provided at different ends of the outer surface. A ground plane is held by the circuit board. A ground link on the outer surface is connected to the ground plane. The circuit trace and the ground link are located immediately adjacent one another. A resistive coating is provided over the circuit trace and the outer surface of the circuit board. The resistive coating has a mask aperture there-through exposing an uncoated portion of the circuit trace and exposing the ground link to the ground plane. A conductive jumper material is provided on the uncoated portion of the circuit trace and the ground link to render the circuit trace electrically common with the ground plane.
Abstract:
A circuit board includes a board, a first conductive pad provided on the board, a second conductive pad provided with a first distance from the first conductive pad. A mask extends over the board and has an opening that extends over at least a part of the first conductive pad, at least a part of the second conductive pad, and at least a part of an intervening region of the board between the first and second conductive pads. A conductive material is provided in the opening, and extends over the at least a part of the first conductive pad, the at least a part of the intervening region, and the at least a part of the second conductive pad.
Abstract:
An electrical circuit apparatus (300) that includes; a substrate (330) having a top side, a ground layer (336), at least one thermal aperture (332), and at least one solder aperture (334); a heat sink (310); and an adhesive layer (320) for mechanically coupling the heat sink to the ground layer of the substrate, the adhesive layer having at least one aperture (322) wherein aligning the at least one substrate solder aperture with the at least one adhesive layer aperture enables solder wetting in a predetermined area between the heat sink and the ground layer of the substrate.
Abstract:
A light emitting diode package includes an electrode pattern over a substrate, an electrode adhesive on the electrode pattern, a heat dissipating layer over the substrate, a body part abutting the heat dissipating layer, a light emitting diode chip on the body part, and a terminal part connected to the light emitting diode chip and attached to the electrode adhesive.
Abstract:
A high performance LED (402) and associated semiconductor package (400) advantageously utilizes an integrated heat sink (408) for purposes of power dissipation. At a next level of assembly, (500, 600) the semiconductor package (400) is electromechanically coupled to a printed circuit board (300). The printed circuit board (300) has a cavity (208) with thermal contact pad (308) disposed therein and connected to a metal back plane (106). During electromechanical coupling, the heat sink (408) is thermally coupled to the metal back plane (106) via the thermal contact pad (308). During operation, the thermal coupling of the heat sink (408) to the metal back plane, also referred to as a thermal mass reservoir (106) operates to increase the effective thermal mass of the integrated heat sink (408) and thereby provide enhanced power dissipation and heat transfer away from the high performance LED device (402).
Abstract:
An electric device generates a predetermined amount of heat in the event of a malfunction. The electric device is protected from overheating in that it is arranged, with a fuse in a circuit, such that the fuse and the electric device are thermally coupled to one another, so that the generation of the amount of heat by the electric device causes a fusible material in the fuse to melt. In this manner, the current terminal path of the electric device is interrupted.
Abstract:
A method for forming connections within a multi-layer electronic circuit board 10 which allows for the selective, efficient, and reliable interconnection between at least one conductive layer and a ground plane or layer.