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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1998
Michael Gunnar Johnson, Sparta, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, DE (US);
Abstract
A clamp for clamping an electronic component to a circuit board. The clamp has a frame capable of deflection, a spacer structure, and fasteners. The spacer structure has a first and second spacer. One, or both, of the spacers have an opening through at least a portion the spacer in the location where the spacer is positioned over the component. The opening places most of the force of the clamp on the walls of the package of the component. The walls can withstand more force than the lid of the package of the component because the walls are more rigid. This allows the clamp to exert a larger force on the component without cracking the thin lid of the package. The frame has a top section whose central portion is capable of deflection. The deflection of the frame allows the frame to absorb some of the force applied to by the clamp on the component to balance the force so that it is large enough to produce a sufficient electrical connection between the component and the circuit board, but not large enough to crack the component.