Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Patent
1996-05-07
1999-07-13
Sparks, Donald
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
257735, 257692, 257696, 257723, 361760, 361764, 361820, H01R 509, H05K 702
Patent
active
059235381
ABSTRACT:
A Tape-Automated-Bonding (TAB) package includes a resilient polyimide layer that supports a metal leadframe. A microelectronic circuit die is mounted in a hole in the polyimide layer and interconnected with inner leads of the leadframe. The TAB package is adhered to a support member having spacers that abut against the surface of a printed circuit board (PCB) on which the package is to be mounted and provide a predetermined spacing between the leadframe and the surface. Outer leads that protrude from the leadframe are bent into a shape so as extend, in their free state, toward the surface at least as far as the spacers. The package and support member assembly is placed on the PCB surface, and the combination of the weight of the assembly, the resilience of the leads and the preset standoff height enable the leads to resiliently deform so that the spacers abut against the surface and the leads conformably engage with the surface for soldering or other ohmic connection to conjugate bonding pads on the surface. The support member can be formed with lead retainers around which the leads extend to form loops that resiliently and conformably engage with the surface as the assembly is lowered thereon. The support member maintains coplanarity, adds weight to the package, pre-sets the standoff to protect the formed outer leads during surface mounting and enables the package to be shipped without a separate carrier.
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LSI Logic Corporation
Sparks Donald
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