Abstract:
Method for aligning and supporting micro-circuit devices on substrate conductors during attachment thereto in which shaped, flexible, insulative material is placed between the devices and their respective conductors to support heat fusible terminals of the devices in alignment with mating heat-fusible conductor lands during formation of the respective fused connections. The insulative material can be of selected thickness to support the non-attached terminals either in contact or out of contact with their mating lands. When the circuit devices are held out of contact with their lands, the supporting material, being of plastic character, softens during heating to allow contact during the joining of the fusible connections and, upon cooling, returns to a thicker state to elongate the fused connections.