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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:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Barry Caldwell, Hesston, KS (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an apparatus suitable for mounting an integrated circuit (IC) including a frame suitable for receiving an integrated circuit (IC). The frame includes at least one leg coupled to the frame, the leg suitable for engaging a circuit board so as to enable the apparatus to be secured to the circuit board, thereby securing the integrated circuit (IC). At least one of the frame and leg include a conductive material so as to create at least one of a heat conducting path and an EMC ground path between the integrated circuit (IC) and the circuit board.