Method and apparatus for facilitating production of electronic circuit boards
US4674007A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 29, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jun 16, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49139
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In order to be able to adapt an electronic circuit board apparatus designed for a particular IC chip configuration to accept other chips to perform the same function, the socket for the IC chip is provided with a set of jumper terminals coupled to selected ones of the socket so that in the event the IC chip for which the IC chip was designed is not available, the circuit board can use other IC chips by connecting the jumpers to in effect redefine the socket. In addition, redundant parallel circuitry and IC chip sockets can be provided on the circuit board with each IC socket being wired to accept a variety of functionally identical IC chips.
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