Mediatek Corporation

High Tech Computer Corporation

Shao-Chun Ho

Hui-Chi Tang

Hsuan-Yi Lin

Pu-Shan Huang

Hsi-Cheng Yeh

Yu-Chun Peng

Chih-Ming Hsu

Yi-Wen Chiang

A board-level pad pattern includes staggered ball pads disposed within a surface mount region for mounting a multi-row QFN package. The staggered ball pads include first ball pads arranged in a first row and second ball pads arranged in a second row. The first ball pads in the first row are arranged at two different pitches, and the second ball pads in the second row are arranged at a constant pitch.

Board-level pad pattern for multi-row QFN packages

A board-level pad pattern includes a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate; an exposed pad region disposed within a surface mount region of the base substrate; and multiple staggered ball pads disposed within the surface mount region arranged in a ring shape around the exposed pad region. The staggered ball pads includes first ball pads arranged in a first row and second ball pads arranged in a second row. The first ball pads in the first row are arranged at two different pitches, and the second ball pads in the second row are arranged at a constant pitch. Multiple square-shaped ball pads are arranged in a third row between the exposed pad region and the staggered ball pads.

A keypad device including a parallel/serial conversion device, a keypad module, and a controller coupled to the parallel/serial conversion device and the keypad module. The keys in the keypad module are arranged in parallel. After the key is triggered, an interrupt signal will be fed to the controller. On receiving the interrupt signal, the controller will feed a drive voltage to the keypad module generating a parallel signal therein. After causing the parallel/serial conversion device to read and store the parallel signal, the controller will be able to read the parallel signal serially by using the clock signals. The status of the keypad module can thereby be obtained.

Keypad device and operation method thereof

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