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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
David J Silva, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Assignee:
AST Research, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361777 ; 361767 ; 361760 ; 174260 ; 174261 ; 29832 ; 257797 ; 257792 ;
Abstract
A dual footprint for servicing either of two types of microprocessor packaging systems. A first footprint capable of receiving and servicing a first type of microprocessor packaging system, for example, a tape carrier package microprocessor package, is formed within a second footprint capable of receiving and servicing a second type of microprocessor packaging system, for example, a pin grid array microprocessor package. In a preferred form, the two footprints are electrically interconnected and the first footprint is offset by a selected angle from the second footprint to allow increased connectivity between the two footprints.