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Abstract

A pin grid array package for carrying an integrated circuit chip having input/output leads. The pin grid array package includes a carrier having a centrally located opening for carrying the integrated circuit chip, a plurality of input/output pins spaced around the periphery of the centrally located opening, interconnect leads on the carrier for connecting selected ones of the input/output pins to selected leads of the integrated circuit chip, and heat sink material around the periphery of the input/output pins which serves as a cooling-fin for efficient integrated circuit chip heat removal. Each of the plurality of input/output pins is normal to the plane of the integrated circuit chip and extends through the carrier with a first portion extending away from a first side of the carrier and a second portion extending away from a second side of the carrier. The first portion of each input/output pin has a centrally located passage therein, and the second portion has a reduced pin portion for pluggable engagement with a centrally located passage of a similar input/output pin such that the pin grip array package is stackable.

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First Claim