3m Innovative Properties Company

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

David J Windschitl

Randolph D Schueller

A flexible circuit includes a flexible non-conductive substrate having a first surface and a second surface. A first electrically conductive trace is provided on the first surface and a second electrically conductive trace is provided on the second surface. A passage extends through the substrate from an end of the first trace to an end of the second trace. The passage includes a beveled opening of a first size formed in the first side and axially aligned with a second beveled opening of the first size formed in the second side. The first and second openings are interconnected by an aperture axially aligned therewith and being of a second size less than the first size. An electrically conductive surface is provided on the passage for electrically interconnecting the first trace and the second trace.

Flexible circuit with conductive vias having off-set axes

A flexible circuit construction includes a polymeric sheet, via holes in the sheet and metal circuitry disposed on the sheet. The circuitry terminates at a cantilever end partially spanning the via hole to which a solder ball is subsequently attached. The cantilever end allows the solder ball to move relative to the flexible circuit and thus compensate for misalignment and-differential thermal expansion effects.

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Leander, TX, United States of America

David J Windschitl