Patent · US Expired

Universal chip carrier connector

US5959845A · kind A · utility

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29Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 18, 1997
Grant dateSep 28, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 18, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/50
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit board for receiving different chip modules at each chip module site has a site for receiving a chip module having electrical connectors thereon and a first set of contacts at the chip module site having a first arrangement for receiving a chip module having an electrical connector footprint conforming to the first module contact arrangement. There is also provided a second set of contacts at the chip module site having a second arrangement for receiving a chip module having an electrical connector footprint conforming to the second module contact arrangement, the second set of contacts having a different arrangement than, and being electrically connected to, the first set of contacts.

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