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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:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sammy K Brown, Los Gatos, CA (US);
George E Avery, Saratoga, CA (US);
Andrew K Wiggin, San Carlos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alpine Microsystems, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361761 ; 361764 ; 361772 ; 361777 ; 257684 ; 257700 ; 174261 ;
Abstract
A system and method for efficiently interconnecting a plurality of ICs, thereby improving the electrical performance of the overall system. In one embodiment of the system of the present invention, a plurality of carriers corresponds to a plurality of ICs, and a board has a plurality of board regions for receiving the plurality of ICs. In one embodiment of the method of the present invention, a carrier is provided for each IC in a complex IC. A board having openings is provided, and the ICs are fitted into the board openings with the carriers mounted thereto.