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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
May. 27, 2008
Applicants:
Don Saunders, Boise, ID (US);
Gabe Cherian, Sun Valley, ID (US);
Inventors:
Don Saunders, Boise, ID (US);
Gabe Cherian, Sun Valley, ID (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Two groups of interconnection devices and methods are described. Both provide columns between electronic packages and boards or between chips and substrates or the like. In the first group, called Thermal Flex Contact Carrier (TFCC), the column elements are carved out of a flat laminated structure and then formed to suit. In the second group, the carrier, which carries the connecting elements, is made out of a soluble or removable material, which acts at the same time, as a solder mask, to prevent the solder from wicking along the stem of the elements.