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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1996
Daniel D Gonsalves, Hudson, NH (US);
Paul D Welch, Milpitas, CA (US);
Lance E Terry, Fremont, CA (US);
Leonardo Sandman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kia-Pin A May, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed invention relates to the employment of a spacer element for mounting, aligning and spacing a computer chip relative to a PCB. The spacer element is formed and dimensioned to engage the chip in a manner to assure that the pins of the chip are properly aligned relative to openings in the PCB and to assure that the chip is centered and maintained parallel to the PCB and each of its pins maintained equal distance from the underneath side of the PCB during the wave soldering process for electrically connecting the chip and PCB.