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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8038452 | Test socket with discrete guiding posts defining side walls A test socket, adapted for electrically connecting an IC package to a printed circuit board, comprises a bottom board (10) and four separated clumps (20). The bottom board has a main body (11) having a rectangular shape and four mounting portion... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7909616 | Hybrid connector having different contacts for engaging with different types of packages A hybrid connector used for connecting different package modules includes an insulative housing, a plurality of first type of contacts, and a plurality of second type of contacts. The insulative housing has a first area with a plurality of first openings and a secon... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7833021 | Burn-in socket with adapter for loading IC package A burn-in socket for receiving an integral circuit (IC) package comprises a base defining a cavity for receiving the IC package and an adapter retained in the cavity. The adapter has two-pieces configuration and comprises a loading board for loading the IC package a... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7811095 | Socket having aligning keys for accommodating different sizes of integrated chips A socket connector is provided for accommodating different sizes of chips and a printed circuit board and includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts embedded in the housing. The housing includes a conductive region and a margin region around the cond... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7651339 | Electrical terminal An electrical terminal for a semiconductor module, which comprises at least one first electrical contact, a second electrical contact and a connection element, which electrically connects the at least one first contact with the second contact, is provided. The conne... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7604484 | Circuit board including arrangement for measuring current through a junction part or connector of said circuit board A circuit board having: a through hole to mount the circuit board to a casing or an electronic apparatus; and a coil-shaped conductive pattern provided on a plane perpendicular to the through hole so as to intersect a circumference around the through hole as a cente... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7591650 | Electrical connector with improved housing An electrical connector for interconnecting integrated circuits (ICs) to a circuit board, includes a number of contacts (9) and an insulative housing (8) having a mating face (81) toward an IC, a mounting face (83) for attaching to a prin... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7581960 | Camera module and assembling process thereof A camera module and an assembling process thereof are provided. The camera module includes a composite printed circuit board, an image sensing chip and an underfill. The composite printed circuit board includes a signal terminal to be connected with a conductive bum... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7547216 | Electrical connector assembly with alignment posts An electrical connector assembly (100) includes a frame (2) defining a central cavity (21) therein. A connector assembled to the central cavity and at least one alignment post (3) assembled to the frame (2). Each alignment post ( | 06/16/2009 |
| 7442048 | Connector and portable electronic device using the same A connector (20) is coupled with a circuit board (10) of a portable electronic device, and the circuit board includes a board hole (12) therein and a plurality of conductive pads (14) thereon, adjacent the board hole. The connector includ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7374431 | Clamping device for digital camera module A clamping device (100) for clamping a digital camera module (300) includes a base (12) and two legs (14). Two legs extend from two sides of the base. Each leg has at least one foot (18). The at least one foot defines an arcuate su... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371073 | Contact grid array system A scalable, low cost, reliable, compliant, low profile, low insertion force, high-density, separable and reconnectable connector for high speed, high performance electronic circuitry and semiconductors. The electrical connector can be used to make, for example, elec... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371072 | Spring interconnect structures An interconnection element of a spring (body) including a first resilient element with a first contact region and a second contact region and a first securing region and a second resilient element, with a third contact region and a second securing region. The second... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364435 | Electrical connector housing having stylized guide box An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (10) adapted to engage conductive terminals, and having an IC package mating surface (101) and an opposite substrate mounting surface (103). A rigid strip (12), in a substantially wav... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361533 | Stacked embedded leadframe A method of forming a stackable embedded leadframe package includes coupling an electronic component having bond pads to a substrate; coupling on the substrate a leadframe having a plurality of leads, each lead having a lower mounting portion; encapsulating the elec... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362113 | Universal wafer carrier for wafer level die burn-in A reusable burn-in/test fixture for testing unsingulated dice on a semiconductor wafer consists 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 wa... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361023 | Electrical connector An electrical connector (1) for electrically connecting between first and second PCBs comprises a housing (20) and a number of terminals (10) received in the housing. The terminal defines a longitudinal base portion (11), a spring arm ( | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361994 | System to control signal line capacitance A system may include a conductive plane defining a non-conductive antipad area and a second non-conductive area extending from the antipad area in at least a first direction, a dielectric plane coupled to the conductive plane, a conductive via passing through the di... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361028 | Electrical connector An electrical connector (100) for connecting a chip module to a printed circuit board comprises an insulative housing (1) of a substantially rectangular shape defining a receiving area (130) with sidewalls therearound, the receiving area (130... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361997 | Device package, a printed wiring board, and an electronic apparatus with efficiently spaced bottom electrodes including intervals between bottom electrodes of different lengths A device package, such as a BGA, to be mounted on a printed wiring board (PWB) is disclosed. The bottom electrodes of the device package are arranged in an array such that intervals between the edges of the bottom electrodes become different from place to place. The... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347700 | Electronic apparatus capable of mounting a plurality of modules According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a casing; a circuit board provided in the casing; a connector mounted to the circuit board and detachably connecting a first module; and a first storing portion positioned between the first module and th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347701 | Differential I/O spline for inexpensive breakout and excellent signal quality A apparatus is described herein for configuring Input/Output (I/O) conductors on an integrated circuit (IC) or in a socket. At least a portion of the I/O conductors for an IC and/or contacts/receptacles of a socket are configured in a repeatable 2×4 rectangular T p... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343440 | Integrated circuit with a scalable high-bandwidth architecture An integrated circuit component is provided comprising logic capable of being configured to interface with a first companion integrated circuit and to receive information that is communicated from the first companion integrated circuit, which information was communi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334052 | Versatile dual port connector element arrangement A hard disk controller (HDC) chip has interchangeable “A” and “B” ports of differential connector element pairs, with one connector element of each pair being disposed closest to the edge of the chip and with the other element inboard of it to facilitate con... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331799 | Stacked electronic component and fastening device thereof A stacked electronic component includes multiple energy storage units and a fastening device. Each energy storage unit has a first electrode and a second electrode. The fastening device includes first and second fastening member disposed on opposite sides of the ene... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326068 | Elastomeric connector and retention member for holding the same A connector assembly includes a first elastomeric connector having a plurality of alternating elastomeric conductors and elastomer insulators. The first elastomeric connector has first and second contact interfaces spaced apart from one another and extending general... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323712 | Anisotropically conductive connector and production process thereof, and probe member An anisotropically conductive connector, by which positioning, and holding and fixing to a wafer to be inspected can be conducted with ease even when the wafer has a large area, contains a frame plate having a plurality of anisotropically conductive film-arranging h... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312529 | Structure and method for producing multiple size interconnections An electrical structure and method comprising a first substrate electrically and mechanically connected to a second substrate. The first substrate comprises a first electrically conductive pad and a second electrically conductive pad. The second substrate comprises ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310236 | Electronic device A casing that has an electronic component housed therein has a conductive layer made of a mixture of carbon fibers and a thermoplastic resin and an insulating layer where only the thermoplastic resin is exposed on a surface of the conductive layer. The casing preven... | 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 |
| 7306466 | Electrical printed circuit board The invention relates to an electrical printed circuit board serving for electrical contact-connection of an integrated circuit. The printed circuit board has a dielectric forming the printed circuit board material; at least one ground inner layer connected to groun... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293997 | Transceiver mounting adapters A transceiver adapter is provided that includes a substrate, including electrical contacts on a first side thereof for electrically contacting a transceiver, and electrical contacts on a second side thereof for electrically contacting a printed wire assembly. A tran... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288724 | Method of manufacturing multilayer wiring substrate, and multilayer wiring substrate A method of manufacturing a multilayer wiring substrate, which can preserve the dimensional stability of a conductor pattern at a fine pitch, solve the restriction on a process from the viewpoint of material selection, and further reduce a manufacturing cost, and a ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7278859 | Extended package substrate An apparatus may include an integrated circuit package comprising a plurality of conductive pads and having a face, and a socket coupled to the integrated circuit package and to the conductive pads, the socket having a footprint. In some aspects, the footprint is sm... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7261571 | Electrical connector An IC socket for electrically connecting an integrated circuit module to a printed circuit board comprises: an insulative housing defining two pairs of sidewalls, said sidewalls forming a recessed area defining a plurality of passageways therein, one of the sidewall... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261597 | Electrical connector with low profile An electrical connector (100) for accommodating an electrical device, and includes a shielding member (3), a terminal block positioned adjacent to the bottom of the shielding member (3), a number of terminals (2) received in the terminal ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258552 | Socket for holding a circuit board module A socket is for use in an electronic system to hold a circuit board module that has spaced electrical pads proximate to two opposite edges thereof. The socket includes a base and electrical conductors. The base has rectangularly arranged peripheral portions and is f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255579 | Anisotropic conductive connector and circuit-device electrical-inspection device An anisotropically conductive connector, by which expected electrical inspection can be conducted even to a circuit device having a clock frequency of, for example, at least 1 GHz, and an electrical inspection apparatus for circuit devices, which is equipped with th... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255573 | Data signal interconnection with reduced crosstalk Data signal interconnections are described that offer reduced cross talk particularly with high speed differential signaling. In one example, the invention includes a plurality of interconnects to carry data signals between a first component and a second component, ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255575 | Electrical connecting apparatus In the electrical connecting apparatus, a plurality of pins on a ceramic base plate so as to project from one face of the ceramic base plate, a resin base plate including a plurality of conductive portions electrically connected to those pins on the other face of th... | 08/14/2007 |
