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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2009
Gareth G. Hougham, Ossining, NY (US);
Brian S. Beaman, Cary, NC (US);
John S. Corbin, Austin, TX (US);
Paul Coteus, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Shawn A. Hall, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Kathleen C. Hinge, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Theron L. Lewis, Rochester, MN (US);
Frank R. Libsch, White Plains, NY (US);
Amanda E. E. Mikhail, Rochester, MN (US);
Gareth G. Hougham, Ossining, NY (US);
Brian S. Beaman, Cary, NC (US);
John S. Corbin, Austin, TX (US);
Paul Coteus, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Shawn A. Hall, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Kathleen C. Hinge, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Theron L. Lewis, Rochester, MN (US);
Frank R. Libsch, White Plains, NY (US);
Amanda E. E. Mikhail, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
LGA connectors are fabricated with buttons or spring contacts preformed to different heights to accommodate the initial topography of a typical module or PCB of a particular product type. This is accomplished during fabrication by measuring topographies of mating surfaces of a first electronic device and of a second electronic device; fabricating interposer contacts to form opposing non-planar sides having respective inverse topographies for contacting the mating surfaces; and sandwiching the interposer between the first and second electronic devices with the opposing sides in contact with respective mating surfaces.