Electrical connections between printed circuit boards and integrated circuits surface mounted thereon

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PATENT NO 5313368
SERIAL NO

08012170

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A flexible electrical connector (16) provides a circuit interface between the bent leads (12) of an integrated circuit package (10) and the respective circuit pads (14) of a printed circuit board (15). The integrated circuit package (10) is mounted on the surface of the printed circuit board (15), and the circuit interface has a substantially zero insertion force therebetween. The flexible electrical connector (16) has closely-spaced circuit traces (17) carried by an elastomeric core (18). The traces (17) accommodate the fine pitch of the leads (12) on the integrated circuit package (10); and the elastomeric core (18) provides a resilient 'cushion' which compensates for irregularities or tolerance accumulations in the bent leads (12) as well as the different lead-bending specifications of the respective integrated circuit manufacturers.

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THE WHITAKER CORPORATIONWILMINGTON DELAWARE 19808

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Deak, Frederick R Kernersville, NC 31 980
Irlbeck, Robert D Greensboro, NC 20 440
Johnson, David C Winston Salem, NC 132 5721
Renn, Robert M Pfafftown, NC 28 760
Volz, Keith L Jamestown, NC 29 839

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