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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7308754 | Methods for trimming electrical parameters in an electrical circuit Power supply switching regulator electrical circuit trimming methods. A trimming method includes assembling one or more components of a power supply switching regulator electrical circuit onto a printed circuit board having one or more electrical connections coupled... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310458 | Stacked module systems and methods The present invention provides methods for constructing stacked circuit modules and precursor assemblies with flexible circuitry. Using the methods of the present invention, a single set of flexible circuitry whether articulated as one or two flex circuits may be em... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302757 | Micro-bumps to enhance LGA interconnections An improved Land Grid Array interconnect structure is provided with the use of small metal bumps on the substrate electrical contact pad. The bumps interlock with segments of the fuzz button connection and increase the physical contact surface area between the conta... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303443 | Socket and method for compensating for differing coefficients of thermal expansion The illustrative embodiments provide a socket, a method for manufacturing the socket, a device, and a method for compensating for a difference in the coefficients of thermal expansion between a socket and a printed circuit board. The socket includes surface mounted ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303403 | Electrical connecting member capable of achieving stable connection with a simple structure and connector using the same In an electrical connecting member for electrical connection with a connection object, the electrical connecting member includes an elastic body having a pair of protruding portions protruding in directions opposite to each other. An insulating film extends along th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305156 | Optical sub-assembly A system is disclosed. The system includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a substrate mounted on the PCB, an integrated circuit (IC) mounted on the substrate, an optoelectronic sub-assembly mounted on the substrate and coupled to the IC; and a waveguide patterned on... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300303 | Method and apparatus for attaching flexible circuit to a rigid printed circuit board An apparatus comprising a spring retainer attachable to a printed circuit board and a spring having a fixed end attached to the spring retainer and a free end that contacts and exerts a force on the printed circuit board when the spring retainer is attached to the p... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298629 | Circuit board for mounting a semiconductor circuit with a surface mount package A circuit board has a plurality of pads arranged as a grid array in a quadrangle region. A surface mount type circuit component is connected to the circuit board through the pads. Each of pads arranged in the outermost side of the quadrangle region is formed in a su... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7297006 | Flexible connector with printed circuit lines encircling two axes The invention relates to a flexible connector formed from a single layer flexible film with printed circuit lines. The flexible connector comprises a first connection means, a second connection means, a first part extending from the first connection means, wherein t... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294007 | Electronics enclosure and method of fabricating an electronics enclosure A device for enclosing electronics and providing an electrical connection to the enclosed electronics is provided. The device includes a housing having alignment and barrier features, and a circuit board having alignment features and plated through-holes. The circui... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294919 | Device having a complaint element pressed between substrates A device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate and a compliant element. The compliant element is composed of a first, compliant material between the first substrate and the second substrate and has a side surface coated at least in part with a layer of a s... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293995 | Electrical contact and connector system An electrical contact formed from a compliant folded sheet that includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a first contact edge and a second contact edge. A plurality of corrugations are formed in the top surface and the bottom surface that terminate at the first con... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291023 | Electric vehicle motion sensor A motor vehicle motion sensor assembly includes a daughter board assembly having an alignment feature, a circuit board having electronic components, and a housing element having a receiving feature for receiving the daughter board assembly. The circuit board is elec... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291037 | Flexible circuit board A flexible circuit board is provided, comprising a flexible substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface and a plurality of electrically conductive pads overlaid on an upper surface of the flexible substrate. Front ends of the electrically conductive pads d... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292055 | Interposer for use with test apparatus An interposer including at least two dielectric layers bonded to each other, sandwiching a plurality of conductors there-between. The conductors each electrically couple a respective pair of opposed electrical contacts formed within and protruding from openings with... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287987 | Electrical connector apparatus and method An electrical connector apparatus and method for connecting circuit traces on two or more independent circuit board assemblies. A compressible elastomeric member is wrapped with a flexible circuit assembly having a plurality of independent circuit traces, with each ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287995 | Medical lead and lead connector system A lead connector arrangement includes a non-cylindrically shaped connector pin coupled to a lead conductor and a connector sleeve assembly for receiving the non-cylindrically shaped connector pin. The connector sleeve assembly includes an insert with an axial bore f... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288739 | Method of forming an opening or cavity in a substrate for receiving an electronic component A method of forming an opening or cavity in a substrate, for receiving an electronic component, consists of or includes providing a patterned opaque masking layer on or adjacent a first major surface of the substrate, the masking layer having an opening overlying th... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289327 | Active cooling methods and apparatus for modules A circuit module that includes a system for reducing thermal variation and cooling the circuit module. In preferred embodiments, the module includes a thermally-conductive rigid substrate having first and second lateral sides, an edge, and an integrated cooling comp... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288953 | Method for testing using a universal wafer carrier for wafer level die burn-in A reusable burn-in/test fixture for testing unsingulated dice on a semiconductor wafer consisting of two halves. The first half of the test fixture is a wafer cavity plate for receiving the wafer, and the second half establishes electrical communication between the ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285729 | Printed circuit board A printed circuit board includes circuit lines having different transmission characteristics. In the printed circuit board, mounted components are connected to each other at a plurality of points by an anisotropic conductive film (ACF) adhesion by using a flexible c... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285021 | Docking cable A cable is disclosed which include a first connector, a second connector, a primary flexible cable segment coupled to the first connector at a first location on the primary flexible cable segment and to the second connector at a second location on the primary flexib... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284992 | Electronic package structures using land grid array interposers for module-to-board interconnection Apparatus and methods are provided for constructing electronic package structures using LGA (land grid array) module-to-board connectors that are designed to provide higher count I/O interconnections by expanding LGA area, but without having to increase chip module ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282646 | Wire support Apparatus and systems for holding and locating one or more wires within a structure are disclosed. A wire support in accordance with the present invention may include a foldable or bendable body including one or more apertures configured to receive an elongated memb... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282934 | Flexible microcircuit space transformer assembly A space transformer for electrically interconnecting a probe head to a printed circuit board, which includes a flexible multilayer circuit with device under test contact pads formed on a first side and printed circuit board contact pads formed on a second side. Elec... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281929 | Tape carrier package A tap tape of a tape carrier package prevents connection parts from being eroded. The tap tape includes a base film having a device hole formed to mount a driver chip for driving a panel of a flat panel display, input patterns positioned on the base film and having ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281063 | Signal routing circuit board coupling controller and storage array circuit board for storage system A signal routing circuit board has electronics common to circuit boards coupled to the signal routing circuit board. The signal routing circuit board may be coupled to a storage array circuit board and at least one input/output (I/O) controller circuit board. The st... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278584 | Portable electronic music devices with convenient or foldable transaction cards Convenient transaction cards are provided that may be attached or interconnected with portable electronic music devices, such as MP3 players, the iPod™ digital music device, and other like portable electronic music devices. The transaction cards may be foldable to... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278853 | Power card connection structure Electrically conductive L-shaped blades are disposed in an insulative body as a mechanism for mechanically and electrically connecting circuit cards to circuit boards. In particular, the interconnection device herein provides a mechanism for providing greater therma... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278862 | Connector A housing (11) has a terminal holding portion (14) and terminal fittings (12) are mounted in the terminal holding portion (14). Ends of the terminal fittings (12) project back from the terminal holding portion (14) and are c... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279641 | Wiring board and wiring apparatus A wiring board includes conductive wirings, terminals and interconnecting lines connecting between them. First terminals establish a one-to-one correspondence with the interconnecting lines. The interconnecting lines terminate at the first terminals except at least ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275937 | Optoelectronic module with components mounted on a flexible circuit Embodiments of the present invention disclose a transceiver module having a flexible circuit contained within a housing. The flexible circuit has various electronic components and either a photodiode or a laser transmitter disposed on and electrically connected to i... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275313 | Unlocking jig An unlocking jig (40) is fit on a female housing (10) from below. As a result, a guide groove (43A) on a bottom portion (43) of the unlocking jig (40) engages a convexity (22C) on a lower surface of the female housing (10... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277281 | Heat dissipation device having wire fixture A heat dissipation device is for use in a computer enclosure, the computer enclosure having a group of wires (20) therein. The heat dissipation device includes a heat sink assembly. A wire fixture (60) is mounted on the heat sink assembly and configure... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275939 | Load compensator with pre-load compression According to some embodiments, at least one spring element is provided for a load compensator along with a restraining portion that maintains a pre-load compression for the spring element. Moreover, at least one surface may be provided to transfer force associated w... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273812 | Microprobe tips and methods for making Embodiments of the present invention are directed to the formation of microprobe tips elements having a variety of configurations. In some embodiments tips are formed from the same building material as the probes themselves, while in other embodiments the tips may b... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269891 | High density, zero-height, free floating interconnect system A system provides a zero interconnection height in a board-to-board interconnect while maintaining efficient space allocation for multiple axis connections by providing a floating connection in one plane thereby enabling a connection in another plane. A first circui... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270490 | Laser package with digital electronic interface Optical transmission components, systems, and packages where the package includes a common housing containing a laser for transmission of an optical signal, a photodetector optically coupled to the laser for monitoring the laser transmission, and a laser driver elec... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270548 | Electrical connector and method for connecting it to the glass pane of a motor vehicle An electrical connector for electrical devices such as heating panels, antennas, or the like that are provided on glass panes on motor vehicles, having at least one soldering area to be soldered onto the glass pane and having a connector area joined electrically con... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268421 | Semiconductor chip assembly with welded metal pillar that includes enlarged ball bond A semiconductor chip assembly includes a semiconductor chip that includes a conductive pad, a conductive trace that includes a routing line and a metal pillar, a connection joint that electrically connects the routing line and the pad, and an encapsulant. The chip a... | 09/11/2007 |
