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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1997
Joseph G Gillette, Margate, FL (US);
Scott Potter, Coconut Creek, FL (US);
Pradeep Lall, Sunrise, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A surface mountable flexible interconnect (100) for connecting two electronic subassemblies is constructed from a flexible film substrate (110). Conductive metal runners (120) run along the bottom surface (114) of the substrate and connect an array of solder pads (122), each having an attached solder bump (123), to a second terminal portion (124) located at the second end of the substrate. A rigid sheet of printed circuit board material (130), attached to the top surface of the substrate using a strong adhesive (142), lies directly above the array of solder pads and acts as stress relief mechanism. A slightly tacky temporary adhesive (140) is used to attach the second end of the substrate to the topside (132) of the rigid sheet.