Electronic component with terminals and spring contact elements extending from areas which are remote from the terminals
US6215196A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L2924/19041
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Spring contact elements are fabricated at areas on an electronic component remote from terminals to which they are electrically connected. For example, the spring contact elements may be mounted to remote regions such as distal ends of extended tails (conductive lines) which extend from a terminal of an electronic component to positions which are remote from the terminals. In this manner, a plurality of substantially identical spring contact elements can be mounted to the component so that their free (distal) ends are disposed in a pattern and at positions which are spatially-translated from the pattern of the terminals on the component. The spring contact elements include, but are not limited to, composite interconnection elements and plated-up structures. The electronic component includes, but is not limited to, a semiconductor device, a memory chip, a portion of a semiconductor wafer, a space transformer, a probe card, a chip carrier, and a socket.
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