International Business Machines Corporation

Walter V Vilkelis

Thomas Mario Cipolla

Timothy C Reiley

Harry R Bickford

Dudley A Chance

Mark F Bregman

Peter G Ledermann

Leonard T Olson

Timothy Rea Dinger

David Peter Pagnani

Ekkehard F Miersch

David P Lapotin

John Gow, Iii

Uh-Po E Tsou

An integrated circuit carrier comprising a modular substrate having an upper surface, a multitude of electrically conducting device terminals on the upper surface of the substrate, a multitude of electrically conducting engineering change pads also on the upper surface of the substrate, and an engineering change network to form a unique electrical connection between each of an arbitrary subset of the device terminals and each of an arbitrary subset of the engineering change pads. The engineering change network includes a multitude of connecting pads, and a multitude of first, second, and third conductive leads or wires, and each of the connecting pads includes first and second spaced apart sections.

Integrated circuit carriers and a method for making engineering changes

Electronic device packaging structures useful for electrically interconnecting an electronic device to a substrate. The structure contains at least two metallization layers with dielectric layers between adjacent to metallization layers. The dielectric layers can have variable thickness. Beam leads can project inwardly in cantilevered fashion over a central aperture through the dielectric layers. The inner ends of the beam leads lie substantially in one plane and can be bonded to contact pads on integrated circuit electronic devices. Beam leads can project outwardly from the metallization layers over outer edges of the dielectric layers for bonding to contact pads on a substrate. Signal leads on metallization layers can be symmetrically arranged between ground and voltage leads to provide optimal impedance properties. These structures are useful for tape automated bonding applications.

Multilevel integrated circuit packaging structures

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Walter V Vilkelis