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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7074632 | Miniature optical element for wireless bonding in an electronic instrument A method of manufacturing an optical element including the steps of: forming a through hole in a semiconductor element which has an optical section and an electrode electrically connected to the optical section; and forming a conductive layer extending from a first ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074047 | Zero insertion force high frequency connector A connector or connector assembly having a signal array having at least one shielded conductor having opposite ends and including an axial conductive element and an outer conductive element surrounding the axial conductive element and a compressible interface elemen... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7071089 | Method of making a semiconductor chip assembly with a carved bumped terminal A method of making a semiconductor chip assembly includes providing a metal base, a routing line, a bumped terminal and a metal filler, then mechanically attaching a semiconductor chip to the metal base, the routing line, the bumped terminal and the metal filler, th... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7071573 | Semiconductor chip assembly with welded metal pillar 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... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070420 | Electrical interconnect system utilizing nonconductive elastomeric elements and continuous conductive elements An electrical interconnect system is provided including a substrate and an array of electrical contacts held in the substrate. Each of the electrical contacts includes a nonconductive elastomeric element and an associated conductive element. The nonconductive elemen... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070350 | Image recording device A multi-part output paper tray 14 including a plurality of tray plates 21 to 24 slidably arranged together in a paper eject direction is attached to a printer assembly 1 so that it can be extended/collapsed, the printer assembly 1 ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070421 | Rotating disk storage device having connection structure between FPC and printed board Embodiments of the invention provide a rotating disk storage device including a connection structure between an FPC and a printed board and providing allowance for dimensional tolerances. In one embodiment, the rotating disk storage device includes a disk enclosure,... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070422 | Flexible circuit board A flexible circuit board. The flexible circuit board is connected to an LCD module, comprising a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion, a third conductive portion, a conductive trace and a slot. The second conductive portion is disposed at the border... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070445 | Cable assembly Provided is a communications cable assembly and method of making the same. The cable includes a plurality of conductive wires coated with an insulative jacket and bound within a cover. Located at a first end of the cable is a first connector that includes a pluralit... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7067907 | Semiconductor package having angulated interconnect surfaces Improved electro-mechanical connections between a packaged semiconductor die (12) and a printed circuit board (60) with reduced standoff height and pitch are created by the use of a non-planar semiconductor package substrate (24) having a surfac... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067911 | Three-dimensional stacked semiconductor package with metal pillar in encapsulant aperture A three-dimensional stacked semiconductor package includes first and second semiconductor chip assemblies. The first semiconductor chip assembly includes a first chip, a first conductive trace and a first encapsulant, and the first conductive trace includes a first ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067912 | Wired circuit board A wired circuit board can control characteristic impedance at connection points between wires of a suspension board with circuit and terminal portions of the wired circuit board connected thereto with a simple structure, to improve signal transmission efficiency eve... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068059 | Arrangement for producing an electrical connection between a BGA package and a signal source, and method for producing such a connection An arrangement for producing an electrical connection between a ball grid array (BGA) package and a signal source is disclosed. A flexible printed circuit board (PCB) has conductor (e.g., copper) tracks arranged between flexible plastic layers. A contact receptacle ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066746 | Electronic module having an integrated latching mechanism An integrated latching mechanism for use with a user pluggable electronic module, such as an opto-electronic transceiver module, is disclosed. The latching mechanism allows the user to selectively latch the module within a corresponding host port by manipulation of ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066756 | Apparatus for contacting a conductive surface by means of a pin connector A plug connector and printed circuit board assembly and method include a snap-on fastening arrangement wherein a row of resilient contacts on the plug connector are brought into engagement with a corresponding row of strip contacts carried by a planar surface of the... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067334 | Tape carrier package and method of fabricating the same A tape carrier package with a widow that is capable of confirming an alignment extent between the tape carrier package and a print wiring board in bonding the tape carrier package mounted with an integrated circuit on the liquid crystal panel and the print wiring bo... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066741 | Flexible circuit connector for stacked chip module The present invention provides a flexible circuit connector for electrically coupling IC devices to one another in a stacked configuration. Each IC device includes: (1) a package having top, bottom, and peripheral sides; and (2) external leads that extend out from a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063560 | Connector for conductor-path sheet, a connector assembly and a connector assembling method A housing (21) is formed with an insertion path (24) for an FFC (10). Thick gel plates (45) are mounted on front and rear surfaces of the FFC (10) beforehand. The gel plates (45) are pushed into an entrance (25) to th... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063542 | Compliant electrical probe device incorporating anisotropically conductive elastomer and flexible circuits A compliant electrical probe device. The device has an anisotropic conductive elastomer (ACE) material-based layer defining two opposing faces, and having a series of conductive pathways extending between the faces. The device further includes at least two flexible ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063561 | Clamping connector for flexible ribbon cables The invention relates to a clamping connector for at least two aligned flexible ribbon cables, said connector including a base body, spring elements for pressing together the surfaces to be brought into contact, and a counter body. The base body and the counter body... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7065397 | Multi-parameter acquisition of ECG and related physiologic data employing multi-parameter sensor and conventional ECG lead conductors, and enabled for remote operational management communication ECG-related adaptor/sensor structure and methodology which enables various selectable operational communication to occur both unidirectionally and bidirectionally between the adaptor/sensor structure, and remote structure which is intended to receive ECG-related phy... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7061101 | Carrier module Carrier module including a carrier module body for seating a semiconductor device on an underside thereof, having a pass through hole from an upper part to the underside the semiconductor device is seated thereon, a housing over the carrier module body, a supplement... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059868 | Connection of trace circuitry in a computer disk drive system A system and method for connecting flexible circuitry in a disk drive system such as that used in computer systems. The system and method allow a large number of traces to be connected in a small area by forming male and female connector portions at an end of a mati... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7059874 | Anisotropic conductive elastomer based electrical interconnect with enhanced dynamic range An Anisotropic Conductive Elastomer (ACE)—based electrical connector that interconnects two or more electrical circuit elements. The connector includes at least two layers of ACE separated by alternate interconnection elements that include conductive elements. The... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056139 | Electrical connector An electrical connector that has an array of conductors each having a contact point to make contact with a mating conductive surface. Upon engaging the contact points in a sliding manner with the mating surface, the conductors are displaced, which, in turn, tensions... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053312 | Flexible wiring boards A flexible wiring board are formed by growing metal bumps using a mask film patterned by photolithography. Fine openings can be formed with good precision, therefore, fine metal bumps can be formed with good precision because laser beam is not used to form opening i... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052285 | Electrode mounting structure and flat panel display employing the same An electrode mounting structure and a flat panel display employing the same. Bonding electrodes, board electrodes, and an anisotropic conductive adhesive layer are all provided. Bonding strength and reliability of the electrode mounting structure are improved by the... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048564 | Sealed electronic module with fastenerless circuit board support post A sealed electronic module includes a housing having an open end and a circuit board that is both peripherally and centrally supported within the housing, where potting material applied to the exposed face of the circuit board peripherally and centrally affixes the ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048592 | Fastener device for elongated, flat objects, in particular flat conductor strips A device for fastening objects such as flat conductor strips to a substrate comprises a pedestal and separate object holders. Each object holder has an object holding portion and a fastening portion by which the object holder is attached to the pedestal. ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048551 | Wire end portion-press fastening structure A wire end portion-press fastening structure for press-clamping a conductor of a wire to a conductor press-clamping portion of a press-clamping terminal in electrically-connected relation thereto. The press-clamping terminal has conductor press-fastening piece porti... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048550 | Electrical adapter assembly An electrical adapter (100) includes a first housing member (1), a second housing member (2) coupled with the first housing member, and a number of first, second and third conductive terminals (312, 322, 332). The first housing member has... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044747 | Wiring structure and flat panel display A wiring structure comprising a plurality of conductive wires coupled between a plurality of pixel terminals and a plurality of signal terminals of a flat panel display. Each conductive wire has a first portion of a first material with a first impedance and a second... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046027 | Interface apparatus for semiconductor device tester A signal interface to connect a semiconductor tester to a device under test. The Interface includes a generic component and customized component. The generic component includes multiple copies of electronic elements that can be connected in signal paths between the ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043831 | Method for fabricating a test interconnect for bumped semiconductor components by forming recesses and cantilevered leads on a substrate A method for fabricating an interconnect for semiconductor components includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a metal layer on the substrate; etching projections in the metal layer; etching the metal layer to form patterns of leads; etching recesses in... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042103 | Low stress semiconductor die attach A semiconductor device (121) is provided which comprises a substrate and a die (123) having a first surface which is attached to the substrate by way of a die attach material. At least a portion (127) of the perimeter of the die is resistant to ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036218 | Method for producing a wafer interposer for use in a wafer interposer assembly A method for producing a wafer interposer (210) for use in a wafer interposer assembly is disclosed. The wafer interposer (210) is produced by attaching solder bumps (140) to a lower surface of a support (120). First electrical terminals ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037114 | Low profile electro-mechanical connector The present invention is related to a flexible circuit connector as well as a system using the connector. The present invention further includes an electrical case comprising part of the flexible circuit connection system. Various embodiments of each the flexible ci... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038920 | System to mount electrical modules According to some embodiments, a system includes a holder to hold an electrical module, the module having an electrical circuit and a conductive module pad electrically coupled to the electrical circuit. A system may also include a flexible circuit coupled to the ho... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033208 | Flexible printed circuit connector A flexible printed circuit connector includes a housing with contact chambers for receiving a plurality of contacts. The housing sets engagement recesses, first sliding grooves and protrusions on both side surfaces thereof. A bottom cover is mounted on the housing a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033187 | Electrical connection and component assembly for constitution of a hard disk drive An electrical connection and a method of electrically coupling are disclosed. In one embodiment, a circuit substrate with a first set of circuitry has a bonding pad mounted to a surface of the circuit board. The bonding pad is electrically coupled to the first set o... | 04/25/2006 |
