Patent · US Expired

Tape carrier having connection function

US5173369A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 19, 1990
Grant dateDec 22, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 19, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/12556
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A tape carrier having a connection function prepared by etching a metal foil to form an conductive pattern comprising outer leads and inner leads on a starting tape carrier and then providing, by plating, the connection portion of at least one group of said outer and inner lead groups with nodules for connecting said at least one group of the leads to a mating conductive pattern via the nodules.

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